Best Football Managers - May 2006

Coach rating gained in May · 35 managers with 3+ rated matches · final, published 5 Jun 2006
Before 2015/16 fewer matches have a known manager, and for some the manager comes from their dated spell at the club.
1st Juande Ramos Sevilla +22.5 coach rating gained · 4 matches · 4-0-0
2nd Javier Clemente Athletic Club +22.4 coach rating gained · 3 matches · 3-0-0
3rd Jürgen Klopp 1. FSV Mainz 05 +15.0 coach rating gained · 3 matches · 2-1-0

May 2006

coach rating rank: Week 23, 2006
# Manager Club Gained Matches W-D-L PPG Coach rating
1Juande RamosSevilla+22.544-0-03.00#16
2Javier ClementeAthletic Club+22.433-0-03.00#99
3Jürgen Klopp1. FSV Mainz 05+15.032-1-02.33#19
4Thomas SchaafSV Werder Bremen+11.933-0-03.00#6
5Manuel PellegriniVillarreal+9.432-1-02.33#31
6Jacques SantiniAuxerre+8.632-0-12.00#20
7Gregorio ManzanoMallorca+8.232-0-12.00#50
8Javier AguirreOsasuna+6.732-0-12.00#38
9Bert van MarwijkBorussia Dortmund+5.831-2-01.67#68
10Arsène WengerArsenal+5.043-0-12.25#3
11Wolfgang Wolf1. FC Kaiserslautern+5.030-3-01.00#59
12Horst KöppelBorussia M'gladbach+4.931-1-11.33#54
13Víctor EspárragoCádiz+4.631-1-11.33#45
14Michael SkibbeBayer 04 Leverkusen+4.331-2-01.67#53
15Jean FernandezOlympique de Marseille+2.531-2-01.67#23
16Steve McClarenMiddlesbrough+1.430-2-10.67#81
17Lorenzo Serra FerrerReal Betis+1.031-1-11.33#82
18Armin VehVfB Stuttgart−1.031-0-21.00#117
19Nando YosuReal Racing Club−1.631-0-21.00#72
20Peter NeururerHannover 96−1.930-2-10.67#61
21Miguel Angel LotinaEspanyol−2.031-0-21.00#98
22Fernando VazquezCelta Vigo−2.031-1-11.33#63
23Laszlo BoloniStade Rennais−3.430-3-01.00#18
24Victor MunozReal Zaragoza−3.831-0-21.00#56
25Felix MagathFC Bayern München−4.031-2-01.67#9
26Falko GotzHertha BSC−5.331-0-21.00#47
27Bernd SchusterGetafe−6.131-0-21.00#33
28Joaquin CaparrosDeportivo de A Coruña−6.531-0-21.00#28
29Friedhelm FunkelEintracht Frankfurt−9.930-2-10.67#109
30Frank RijkaardFC Barcelona−10.053-0-21.80#11
31Thomas DollHamburger SV−10.331-0-21.00#29
32Klaus AugenthalerVfL Wolfsburg−14.730-1-20.33#74
33Quique Sánchez FloresValencia−15.830-1-20.33#22
34Guy LacombeParis Saint-Germain−17.730-1-20.33#97
35Thomas von HeesenArminia Bielefeld−19.230-0-30.00#102

Gained - how much the manager's coach rating changed over their rated matches in May 2006. Each result is weighed against the opponent and the venue, so a draw away at a stronger side can count for more than a home win against a weaker one. Minimum 3 rated matches; a month is a handful of games, so read it as form, not a verdict. Club - their last club in the month. Coach rating - their rank in the week that published this table (Week 23, 2006, games up to Sun 4 Jun). Only managers ranked at the month's end (30+ rated matches) are listed. The table closed with Week 23, 2006 and never changes.

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