5th January MANAGER CHANGE FOR Real Madrid
Rafael Benitez is leaving from Real Madrid. Manner of Departure: Sacked.
New Manager Zinedine Zidane Appointed on 4th January 2016.
| Country | Team | Outgoing Manager | Manner of Departure | Date of Vacancy | Incoming Managers | Date of Appointment |
| Real Madrid | Rafael Benitez | Sacked | 04-01-2016 | Zinedine Zidane | 04-01-2016 | |
| Genclerbirligi | Yilmaz Vural | Mutual agreement | 29-12-2015 | Ibrahim Uzulmez | 31-12-2015 | |
| Notts County | Ricardo Moniz | Sacked | 29-12-2015 | - | ||
| Lyon | Hubert Fournier | Sacked | 24-12-2015 | Bruno Genesio | 24-12-2015 | |
| Montpellier | Rolland Courbis | Resigned | 23-12-2015 | Pascal Baills | 27-12-2015 | |
| Fortuna Dusseldorf | Peter Hermann | Replaced | 23-12-2015 | Marco Kurz | 23-12-2015 | |
| Dagenham & Redbridge | Wayne Burnett | Sacked | 21-12-2015 | John Still | 31-12-2015 | |
| Zaragoza | Ranko Popovic | Sacked | 20-12-2015 | Lluis Carreras | 27-12-2015 | |
| Almeria | Joan Carrillo | Sacked | 20-12-2015 | Nestor Gorosito | 23-12-2015 | |
| Chelsea | Jose Mourinho | Mutual consent[89] | 17-12-2015 | Guus Hiddink | 19-12-2015 | |
| Luton Town | John Still | Sacked | 17-12-2015 | Andy Awford | 17-12-2015 | |
| FC Nordsjalland | Olafur Kristjansson | Sacked | 15-12-2015 | Kasper Hjulmand | 01-01-2016 | |
| Belenenses | Ricardo Sa Pinto | Resigned | 15-12-2015 | Julio Velazquez | 16-12-2015 | |
| Espanyol | Sergio Gonzalez | Sacked | 14-12-2015 | Constantin Galcu0103 | 14-12-2015 | |
| Genclerbirligi | Mehmet Ozdilek | Mutual agreement | 13-12-2015 | Yilmaz Vural | 24-12-2015 |