Coach World Ranking · Final table 2007

Best Football Managers of 2007

Coach rating gained in 2007 · 125 managers · final, published 7 Jan 2008
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2007
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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 Martin O'Neill Aston Villa +40.7 coach rating gained · 37 matches · 15-13-9
2nd Alan Curbishley West Ham United +40.4 coach rating gained · 36 matches · 15-7-14
3rd Huub Stevens Hamburger SV +40.4 coach rating gained · 32 matches · 18-8-6

Final table 2007

coach rating rank: Week 2, 2008
# Manager Club Gained Matches W-D-L PPG Coach rating
1Martin O'NeillAston Villa+40.73715-13-91.57#4
2Alan CurbishleyWest Ham United+40.43615-7-141.44#27
3Huub StevensHamburger SV+40.43218-8-61.94#31
4Manuel PellegriniVillarreal+34.83922-6-111.85#28
5Antoine KombouareValenciennes+34.13813-12-131.34#37
6Arsène WengerArsenal+32.64729-12-62.11#2
7Claudio RanieriJuventus+31.73317-11-51.88#18
8Walter MazzarriSampdoria+26.53712-13-121.32#45
9Frédéric AntonettiNice+25.73813-17-81.47#48
10Christian GourcuffLorient+24.13712-16-91.41#11
11Sven-Goran ErikssonManchester City+24.12010-6-41.80#24
12Bernd SchusterReal Madrid+22.84524-10-111.82#26
13Lucas AlcarazReal Murcia+22.3174-7-61.12#39
14Pablo CorreaNancy+21.53814-13-111.45#41
15Silvio BaldiniCatania+21.0165-5-61.25#112
16Roberto ManciniInter+20.65238-11-32.40#9
17Stefano ColantuonoPalermo+19.13311-14-81.42#62
18Carlo AncelottiAC Milan+17.64923-16-101.73#3
19Edoardo RejaSSC Napoli+17.4176-5-61.35#51
20Luciano SpallettiAS Roma+16.65327-18-81.87#5
21Giancarlo CamoleseUS Livorno 1915+16.193-4-21.44#49
22David MoyesEverton+15.73717-9-111.62#25
23Rudi GarciaLe Mans+15.4199-3-71.58#91
24Ernesto ValverdeEspanyol+15.33916-12-111.54#32
25Jean-Marc FurlanRC Strasbourg+15.13812-10-161.21#61
26Marcel KollerVfL Bochum 1848+14.83413-7-141.35#86
27Luigi DelneriAtalanta+14.63811-14-131.24#77
28Aidy BoothroydWatford+14.3194-5-100.89#46
29Joaquin CaparrosAthletic Club+13.63912-13-141.26#53
30Gregorio ManzanoMallorca+13.53915-8-161.36#75
31MarcelinoReal Racing Club+13.43813-13-121.37#23
32Walter SmithRangers+13.1105-2-31.70#87
33Dieter HeckingHannover 96+12.63415-6-131.50#36
34Rafael BenítezLiverpool FC+12.35128-12-111.88#6
35Jose Antonio CamachoBenfica+11.91710-3-41.94#72
36Jürgen Klopp1. FSV Mainz 05+11.5177-2-81.35#55
37Giovanni TrapattoniRed Bull Salzburg+11.343-0-12.25#30
38Friedhelm FunkelEintracht Frankfurt+11.23410-13-111.26#109
39Fabio CapelloReal Madrid+11.02414-5-51.96#8
40Michael SkibbeBayer 04 Leverkusen+11.03417-5-121.65#59
41Alex FergusonManchester United+10.54934-7-82.22#1
42Elie BaupToulouse+9.74016-10-141.45#43
43Eric GeretsOlympique de Marseille+8.8156-4-51.47#79
44Paco FloresGimnàstic de Tarragona+7.782-1-50.88#74
45Thomas DollBorussia Dortmund+7.62811-6-111.39#83
46Victor MunozRecreativo de Huelva+7.5175-5-71.18#52
47Mario BerettaACR Siena 1904+6.5256-7-121.00#115
48Steve CoppellReading+5.53714-8-151.35#84
49Hugo BroosKRC Genk+5.232-0-12.00#54
50Gordon StrachanCeltic+4.7103-4-31.30#66
51Mark HughesBlackburn Rovers+4.23816-9-131.50#58
52Ottmar HitzfeldFC Bayern München+3.83619-9-81.83#14
53Miguel Angel LotinaDeportivo de A Coruña+3.13911-9-191.08#114
54Renzo UlivieriReggina 1914+2.872-2-31.14#121
55Jean FernandezAuxerre+2.63815-9-141.42#34
56Mirko SlomkaFC Schalke 04+2.44019-12-91.73#38
57Walter NovellinoTorino+2.24111-17-131.22#20
58Jose PasqualettiCS Sedan+2.2174-7-61.12#63
59Roy HodgsonFulham+1.910-1-01.00#125
60Ricardo GomesAS Monaco+1.43814-11-131.39#96
61Javier AguirreAtlético Madrid+1.13918-9-121.62#19
62Frank RijkaardFC Barcelona+0.64827-12-91.94#10
63Giovanni De BiasiLevante UD+0.1247-3-141.00#100
64Alberto MalesaniEmpoli−1.1237-7-91.22#120
65Gareth SouthgateMiddlesbrough−1.23712-9-161.22#118
66Harry RedknappPortsmouth−1.83712-14-111.35#22
67Jupp HeynckesBorussia M'gladbach−2.420-1-10.50#97
68Steve BruceWigan Athletic−2.6205-4-110.95#56
69Alan PardewCharlton Athletic−2.8174-6-71.06#69
70Giovanni GaleoneUdinese−3.610-0-10.00#124
71Armin VehVfB Stuttgart−3.84021-3-161.65#104
72Ernst MiddendorpArminia Bielefeld−3.9259-4-121.24#117
73Klaus AugenthalerVfL Wolfsburg−5.0174-6-71.06#78
74Lorenzo Serra FerrerAEK Athens−5.320-0-20.00#42
75Petrik SanderEnergie Cottbus−5.3237-5-111.13#89
76Guy LacombeStade Rennais−5.620-1-10.50#123
77Alberto CavasinMessina−5.982-2-41.00#95
78Gary MegsonBolton Wanderers−5.9103-3-41.20#70
79Cesare PrandelliFiorentina−6.03718-14-51.84#12
80Martin JolTottenham Hotspur−6.2279-9-91.33#60
81Juande RamosTottenham Hotspur−6.63819-9-101.74#15
82Paul Le GuenParis Saint-Germain−6.93713-11-131.35#17
83Franco ColombaCagliari−6.962-1-31.17#33
84Felix MagathVfL Wolfsburg−6.9195-6-81.11#13
85Albert EmonOlympique de Marseille−7.03012-8-101.47#116
86Mircea LucescuShakhtar Donetsk−7.2105-0-51.50#80
87Daniele ArrigoniUS Livorno 1915−7.4101-4-50.70#90
88Francesco GuidolinPalermo−7.6216-9-61.29#85
89Juan Ramon Lopez CaroLevante UD−7.883-1-41.25#65
90José MourinhoChelsea−8.13016-11-31.97#16
91Neil WarnockSheffield United−8.4174-3-100.88#67
92Guy RouxRC Lens−8.440-2-20.50#102
93Thomas SchaafSV Werder Bremen−8.44224-6-121.86#7
94Stuart PearceManchester City−8.6174-4-90.94#113
95Alain PerrinOlympique Lyonnais−9.44421-10-131.66#47
96Marco GiampaoloCagliari−9.7257-5-131.04#111
97Pasquale MarinoUdinese−10.03811-11-161.16#40
98Victor FernandezReal Zaragoza−11.64013-16-111.38#64
99Luigi CagniEmpoli−11.83611-9-161.17#50
100Nedo SonettiCagliari−12.0264-7-150.73#76

Gained - how much the manager's coach rating changed over their rated matches in 2007, weighed against the opponent and the venue. Club - their last club of the year. Coach rating - their rank in Week 2, 2008, the week that published this final (games up to Sun 6 Jan 2008). Only managers ranked at the year's end (30+ rated matches) are listed. The final includes the games of 29-31 December, so it can differ from the last weekly 2007 table. It never changes.

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