Coach World Ranking · March 2008

Best Football Managers - March 2008

Coach rating gained in March · 86 managers with 3+ rated matches · final, published 7 Apr 2008
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March 2008
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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 Pasquale Marino Udinese +25.4 coach rating gained · 6 matches · 4-2-0
2nd Steve Coppell Reading +20.6 coach rating gained · 5 matches · 3-1-1
3rd Guy Lacombe Stade Rennais +20.1 coach rating gained · 5 matches · 3-2-0

March 2008

coach rating rank: Week 15, 2008
# Manager Club Gained Matches W-D-L PPG Coach rating
1Pasquale MarinoUdinese+25.464-2-02.33#38
2Steve CoppellReading+20.653-1-12.00#98
3Guy LacombeStade Rennais+20.153-2-02.20#123
4Edoardo RejaSSC Napoli+19.163-1-21.67#61
5Alain PerrinOlympique Lyonnais+19.065-0-12.50#51
6Gregorio ManzanoMallorca+19.053-1-12.00#39
7MarcelinoReal Racing Club+17.754-0-12.40#16
8Armin VehVfB Stuttgart+17.053-2-02.20#84
9Walter MazzarriSampdoria+15.964-2-02.33#14
10Kevin KeeganNewcastle United+15.552-1-21.40#29
11Joaquin CaparrosAthletic Club+15.353-2-02.20#24
12Manuel PellegriniVillarreal+15.254-1-02.60#15
13Friedhelm FunkelEintracht Frankfurt+15.153-1-12.00#90
14Avram GrantChelsea+14.376-1-02.71#41
15Delio RossiLazio+14.062-3-11.50#25
16Rafael BenítezLiverpool FC+13.376-0-12.57#3
17Francis GillotSochaux+12.753-2-02.20#27
18Miguel Angel LotinaDeportivo de A Coruña+12.153-1-12.00#54
19Alex FergusonManchester United+11.966-0-03.00#1
20Cuco ZigandaOsasuna+11.352-2-11.60#105
21Javier AguirreAtlético Madrid+10.653-0-21.80#23
22Alex McLeishBirmingham City+9.952-1-21.40#75
23Felix MagathVfL Wolfsburg+9.753-1-12.00#6
24Antoine KombouareValenciennes+8.451-3-11.20#66
25Michael FrontzeckArminia Bielefeld+8.150-4-10.80#121
26Roy KeaneSunderland+7.552-1-21.40#35
27Elie BaupToulouse+7.351-3-11.20#56
28Mario BerettaACR Siena 1904+6.163-2-11.83#85
29Marcel KollerVfL Bochum 1848+5.651-4-01.40#72
30Luciano SpallettiAS Roma+5.475-1-12.29#4
31Claudio RanieriJuventus+4.653-1-12.00#31
32Pablo CorreaNancy+3.452-2-11.60#53
33Laurent RousseySaint-Étienne+3.241-2-11.25#49
34Javier ClementeReal Murcia+2.841-0-30.75#108
35Roy HodgsonFulham+2.751-2-21.00#131
36Christian GourcuffLorient+2.751-3-11.20#10
37Harry RedknappPortsmouth+2.153-0-21.80#21
38Steve BruceWigan Athletic+2.051-2-21.00#52
39Eric GeretsOlympique de Marseille+1.153-1-12.00#43
40Mirko SlomkaFC Schalke 04+1.063-1-21.67#46
41Gian Piero GasperiniGenoa+0.662-1-31.17#30
42Gareth SouthgateMiddlesbrough+0.551-2-21.00#106
43Mark HughesBlackburn Rovers+0.152-2-11.60#48
44Héctor CúperParma0.031-1-11.33#34
45Claude PuelLille0.063-1-21.67#87
46Thomas von Heesen1. FC Nürnberg−0.350-3-20.60#97
47Yvon PouliquenMetz−0.552-0-31.20#81
48Franck DumasStade Malherbe Caen−0.751-2-21.00#62
49Unai EmeryAlmería−1.351-3-11.20#32
50Huub StevensHamburger SV−1.452-3-01.80#40
51Jean FernandezAuxerre−1.851-2-21.00#36
52Giovanni De BiasiLevante UD−2.751-0-40.60#109
53Dieter HeckingHannover 96−3.351-3-11.20#65
54Luigi DelneriAtalanta−3.862-1-31.17#100
55Ottmar HitzfeldFC Bayern München−3.953-1-12.00#9
56Silvio BaldiniCatania−4.461-2-30.83#129
57Thomas DollBorussia Dortmund−5.350-3-20.60#71
58Laurent BlancBordeaux−5.853-0-21.80#50
59Arsène WengerArsenal−6.062-3-11.50#2
60Frédéric AntonettiNice−6.351-2-21.00#80
61Giancarlo CamoleseUS Livorno 1915−6.561-3-21.00#93
62Jose Luis MendilibarReal Valladolid−6.951-1-30.80#115
63Michael LaudrupGetafe−7.752-1-21.40#68
64Jean-Marc FurlanRC Strasbourg−7.941-0-30.75#111
65Rudi GarciaLe Mans−8.550-4-10.80#118
66David MoyesEverton−8.752-1-21.40#20
67Gary MegsonBolton Wanderers−9.250-1-40.20#114
68Cesare PrandelliFiorentina−9.463-0-31.50#11
69Bernd SchusterReal Madrid−10.163-0-31.50#70
70Walter NovellinoTorino−10.562-1-31.17#26
71Paul Le GuenParis Saint-Germain−11.740-1-30.25#22
72Manolo JimenezSevilla−11.963-0-31.50#102
73Ronald KoemanValencia−12.151-1-30.80#128
74Francesco GuidolinPalermo−13.050-2-30.40#127
75Ernesto ValverdeEspanyol−13.252-0-31.20#124
76Alan CurbishleyWest Ham United−13.861-1-40.67#42
77Sven-Goran ErikssonManchester City−15.051-2-21.00#64
78Juande RamosTottenham Hotspur−16.062-1-31.17#18
79Michael SkibbeBayer 04 Leverkusen−16.752-0-31.20#95
80Martin O'NeillAston Villa−17.250-2-30.40#8
81Alberto MalesaniEmpoli−19.860-1-50.17#132
82Carlo AncelottiAC Milan−20.172-1-41.00#5
83Frank RijkaardFC Barcelona−22.462-1-31.17#12
84Ricardo GomesAS Monaco−23.050-1-40.20#126
85Thomas SchaafSV Werder Bremen−24.351-1-30.80#17
86Roberto ManciniInter−24.572-2-31.14#28

Gained - how much the manager's coach rating changed over their rated matches in March 2008. 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 15, 2008, games up to Sun 6 Apr). Only managers ranked at the month's end (30+ rated matches) are listed. The table closed with Week 15, 2008 and never changes.

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