Coach World Ranking · December 2007

Best Football Managers - December 2007

Coach rating gained in December · 72 managers with 3+ rated matches · final, published 7 Jan 2008
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December 2007
257 months, back to Dec 2004 Latest month
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Before 2015/16 fewer matches have a known manager, and for some the manager comes from their dated spell at the club.
1st Victor Munoz Recreativo de Huelva +17.7 coach rating gained · 4 matches · 2-2-0
2nd Bernd Schuster Real Madrid +17.0 coach rating gained · 5 matches · 5-0-0
3rd Roberto Mancini Inter +13.9 coach rating gained · 7 matches · 7-0-0

December 2007

coach rating rank: Week 2, 2008
# Manager Club Gained Matches W-D-L PPG Coach rating
1Victor MunozRecreativo de Huelva+17.742-2-02.00#52
2Bernd SchusterReal Madrid+17.055-0-03.00#26
3Roberto ManciniInter+13.977-0-03.00#9
4Steve CoppellReading+13.362-3-11.50#84
5Lucas AlcarazReal Murcia+10.641-2-11.25#39
6Rudi GarciaLe Mans+10.642-1-11.75#91
7Antoine KombouareValenciennes+10.542-1-11.75#37
8Gareth SouthgateMiddlesbrough+10.363-1-21.67#118
9Cuco ZigandaOsasuna+10.352-2-11.60#110
10Juande RamosTottenham Hotspur+10.264-0-22.00#15
11Arsène WengerArsenal+9.385-2-12.13#2
12Francesco GuidolinPalermo+9.242-1-11.75#85
13Joaquin CaparrosAthletic Club+9.141-2-11.25#53
14Steve BruceWigan Athletic+8.562-2-21.33#56
15Ernesto ValverdeEspanyol+8.442-2-02.00#32
16Frédéric AntonettiNice+7.841-3-01.50#48
17Mario BerettaACR Siena 1904+7.741-2-11.25#115
18Mirko SlomkaFC Schalke 04+7.743-1-02.50#38
19Friedhelm FunkelEintracht Frankfurt+7.731-2-01.67#109
20Elie BaupToulouse+7.552-2-11.60#43
21Claudio RanieriJuventus+7.343-1-02.50#18
22Alan CurbishleyWest Ham United+7.163-1-21.67#27
23Christian GourcuffLorient+6.042-2-02.00#11
24David MoyesEverton+5.363-1-21.67#25
25Silvio BaldiniCatania+5.342-0-21.50#112
26Claude PuelLille+4.731-1-11.33#101
27Alberto MalesaniEmpoli+4.341-2-11.25#120
28Thomas DollBorussia Dortmund+4.032-0-12.00#83
29Felix MagathVfL Wolfsburg+4.031-1-11.33#13
30Michael SkibbeBayer 04 Leverkusen+3.932-0-12.00#59
31Eric GeretsOlympique de Marseille+3.552-2-11.60#79
32Frank RijkaardFC Barcelona+2.553-1-12.00#10
33Walter MazzarriSampdoria+2.341-1-21.00#45
34Alex FergusonManchester United+1.575-1-12.29#1
35Jean-Marc FurlanRC Strasbourg+1.441-1-21.00#61
36Alain PerrinOlympique Lyonnais+1.352-2-11.60#47
37Delio RossiLazio+0.761-2-30.83#35
38Giancarlo CamoleseUS Livorno 1915+0.730-3-01.00#49
39Walter NovellinoTorino+0.640-3-10.75#20
40Luciano SpallettiAS Roma+0.463-3-02.00#5
41Paul Le GuenParis Saint-Germain+0.442-0-21.50#17
42Carlo AncelottiAC Milan−0.231-1-11.33#3
43Rafael BenítezLiverpool FC−0.374-1-21.86#6
44Javier AguirreAtlético Madrid−0.342-1-11.75#19
45Miguel Angel LotinaDeportivo de A Coruña−1.541-1-21.00#114
46Sam AllardyceNewcastle United−1.672-2-31.14#82
47Sven-Goran ErikssonManchester City−2.461-4-11.17#24
48Jean FernandezAuxerre−3.842-0-21.50#34
49Luigi DelneriAtalanta−4.041-1-21.00#77
50Ottmar HitzfeldFC Bayern München−4.231-2-01.67#14
51Edoardo RejaSSC Napoli−4.341-2-11.25#51
52Thomas SchaafSV Werder Bremen−5.642-0-21.50#7
53Ricardo GomesAS Monaco−6.341-1-21.00#96
54Renzo UlivieriReggina 1914−7.041-0-30.75#121
55Victor FernandezReal Zaragoza−7.640-3-10.75#64
56Huub StevensHamburger SV−7.730-2-10.67#31
57Pablo CorreaNancy−9.150-4-10.80#41
58MarcelinoReal Racing Club−10.141-0-30.75#23
59Mark HughesBlackburn Rovers−10.462-1-31.17#58
60Nedo SonettiCagliari−11.350-1-40.20#76
61Pasquale MarinoUdinese−11.941-1-21.00#40
62Martin O'NeillAston Villa−12.761-3-21.00#4
63Marcel KollerVfL Bochum 1848−12.830-1-20.33#86
64Ronald KoemanValencia−13.050-3-20.60#108
65Gary MegsonBolton Wanderers−13.162-0-41.00#70
66Cesare PrandelliFiorentina−13.541-1-21.00#12
67Manuel PellegriniVillarreal−14.241-1-21.00#28
68Harry RedknappPortsmouth−15.561-2-30.83#22
69Giovanni De BiasiLevante UD−15.740-0-40.00#100
70Gregorio ManzanoMallorca−16.140-2-20.50#75
71Armin VehVfB Stuttgart−16.641-0-30.75#104
72Pierre DréossiStade Rennais−19.630-0-30.00#107

Gained - how much the manager's coach rating changed over their rated matches in December 2007. 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 2, 2008, games up to Sun 6 Jan). Only managers ranked at the month's end (30+ rated matches) are listed. The table closed with Week 2, 2008 and never changes.

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