Frank Lampard is the SIXTH Chelsea cup final in his debut season, but what happened to the others?

Frank Lampard guided Chelsea to their eighth FA Cup final of the current century with a comfortable win over Manchester United on Sunday.

The Blues manager is now one game away from winning the competition he won four times as a player, despite this being his first season in top-flight management.

In achieving this feat, he becomes the sixth Chelsea manager in the club's history to reach the FA Cup Final in their first full season in charge at Stamford Bridge.

With the Blues closing in on a Champions League spot for next season, a victory over Arsenal at Wembley could round off a sensational debut campaign at the Chelsea helm for Lampard.

But does this promising domestic bliss bode well for Lampard for the future?  Sportsmail takes a look at what happened to the five other Chelsea managers who reached the cup final in their first season....

Glenn Hoddle

Player-manager Glenn Hoddle became the first Chelsea boss to reach the FA Cup during his debut season in charge of the club during the 1993/94 season.

The cup final was a bright spot in a frustrating opening campaign in management for Hoddle, who guided the Blues to a 14th-placed finish in the Premier League

While cup final day would end in disappointment for the Blues, as Manchester United romped to a 4-0 win thanks to four second-half strikes, including two Eric Cantona penalties, the appearance at Wembley earned Hoddle's Chelsea a spot in the following season's European Cup Winners' Cup competition as United had sealed the double.

Hoddle took the Blues to the semi-final stage of that European competition the following year, losing to eventual winners Real Zaragoza at the last-four stage. The exposure of Chelsea on the European stage allowed the club to sign stars of an international calibre, such as Dutch maestro Ruud Gullit.

In his third and final year at Stamford Bridge, Hoddle took Chelsea to the last-four of the FA Cup before going out to Manchester United again, while the Blues settled for  another mid-table finish in the Premier League.

In the summer of 1996, Hoddle accepted the role as England manager, a role he held until 1999.

Guus Hiddink

Dutch manager Guus Hiddink was brought in by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich to settle the ship following a poor start to the 2008-09 season under Luiz Felipe Scolari.

The Dutchman, who also held the role as Russian national team manager at the same time, managed to have an immediate impact at Chelsea even though he was only an interim appointment.

Hiddink won all but one Premier League game during his first temporary spell at Stamford Bridge, which secured a third-placed finish in the league.

The Dutchman also took the Blues to the Champions League semi-finals, where they crashed out in heartbreaking fashion to Barcelona thanks to a decisive 93rd-minute strike from Andres Iniesta.

But it was in the FA Cup where Hiddink landed silverware, thanks to a 2-1 win over Everton at Wembley, with Lampard netting a second-half winner.

Despite the success, the cup final win would be Hiddink's last in his first spell in charge, with Abramovich opting to bring in Carlo Ancelotti for the 2009-10 season.

But Hiddink was brought back to the club in 2015 after Jose Mourinho was sacked for a second time, with the club sitting outside the relegation zone in December.

The Dutchman took Chelsea to 10th in the table and crashed out to Everton in the FA Cup quarter-finals that season.

Carlo Ancelotti

Hiddink's permanent replacement at Stamford Bridge also managed to secure a FA Cup final appearance during his first season at the club, with the Blues beating Portsmouth by a single Didier Drogba goal in 2010.

The Ivorian striker's free-kick mid-way through the second-half was the difference for the Blues, with goalkeeper Petr Cech saving a penalty from Pompey's Kevin-Prince Boateng just minutes before.

It was part of a league and cup historic double masterminded by Ancelotti, the first and only time the west London club have completed this achievement in their history.

Having won the 2009-10 Premier League season by notching up 86 points, the Blues would go on to give their crown back to Manchester United the following year.

Despite finishing as Premier League runners-up, Ancelotti was dismissed as the club's boss following a defeat to Everton at Goodison Park on the final day of the league campaign.

The Toffees would also be the team to consign the Italian to his first FA Cup defeat as a manager, after they beat Chelsea in the fourth round on penalties during Ancelotti's second season.

Roberto Di Matteo

Ancelotti's replacement, Andre Villas-Boas, turned out to be a failure at Stamford Bridge and was replaced mid-season by club legend and then-assistant coach Roberto Di Matteo, who was the hero for the Blues in the 2000 FA Cup final win over Aston Villa.

Di Matteo hit the ground running in the Chelsea manager's role, guiding the club to their first ever Champions League triumph thanks to a penalty shootout win over Bayern Munich.

His other piece of silverware was the 2012 FA Cup, as the Blues reached the final thanks to five-goal victories over Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur in the semi-finals, both masterminded by Di Matteo.

In the final against Liverpool, goals from Ramires and Drogba gave Chelsea a 2-1 victory under the Wembley arch, with Petr Cech starring once again as he prevented a late Andy Carroll equaliser by pushing the striker's close-range header onto the crossbar.

Despite a remarkable first few months at Stamford Bridge, Di Matteo did not last much longer in the Chelsea hotseat.

The Blues crashed out of the Champions League at the group stage, which cost the club legend his job, and he was replaced by Rafael Benitez on an interim basis in November 2012.

Antonio Conte

In 2017, Italian manager Antonio Conte nearly took Chelsea to a second league and cup double during his debut season in west London.

Conte's Blues had wrapped up the league title before the 2017 FA Cup final by registering 93 points in the top flight, but London rivals Arsenal sealed a record-breaking 13th cup triumph thanks to a 2-1 win.

Goals from Alexis Sanchez and Aaron Ramsey gave Arsene Wenger's side the win at Wembley, with Diego Costa netting a second-half equaliser for the Blues, who had Victor Moses sent off.

Despite a near-perfect debut domestic season in England, Conte struggled during his second season at the Bridge as Chelsea fell to fifth place in the 2017-18 Premier League campaign amid rows with players, most infamously Costa.

Conte did manage to appease the angry Chelsea fans by giving them a second successive FA Cup final appearance in 2018, which they won 1-0 against Manchester United thanks to Eden Hazard's first-half penalty.

The cup success was not enough for Conte to keep his job, however, and he was replaced by Maurizio Sarri that summer.

Conte's triumph at Wembley two years ago, however, was the Blues' last FA Cup win, with cup success a feat which Lampard will be hoping to achieve on August 1st.