Coach World Ranking · April 2008

Best Football Managers - April 2008

Coach rating gained in April · 89 managers with 3+ rated matches · final, published 5 May 2008
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April 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 Miguel Angel Lotina Deportivo de A Coruña +28.3 coach rating gained · 4 matches · 4-0-0
2nd Claude Puel Lille +19.3 coach rating gained · 4 matches · 3-1-0
3rd Thomas Schaaf SV Werder Bremen +17.9 coach rating gained · 4 matches · 3-1-0

April 2008

coach rating rank: Week 19, 2008
# Manager Club Gained Matches W-D-L PPG Coach rating
1Miguel Angel LotinaDeportivo de A Coruña+28.344-0-03.00#34
2Claude PuelLille+19.343-1-02.50#49
3Thomas SchaafSV Werder Bremen+17.943-1-02.50#11
4Laurent RousseySaint-Étienne+15.354-1-02.60#35
5Ottmar HitzfeldFC Bayern München+15.244-0-03.00#6
6Bernd SchusterReal Madrid+13.743-1-02.50#43
7Michael FrontzeckArminia Bielefeld+12.442-1-11.75#103
8Gary MegsonBolton Wanderers+12.142-1-11.75#70
9Jose Luis MendilibarReal Valladolid+12.142-1-11.75#117
10Martin O'NeillAston Villa+12.043-1-02.50#9
11Franck DumasStade Malherbe Caen+11.942-1-11.75#54
12Kevin KeeganNewcastle United+11.042-2-02.00#20
13Thomas von Heesen1. FC Nürnberg+10.742-1-11.75#95
14Roberto ManciniInter+10.644-0-03.00#25
15Dieter HeckingHannover 96+10.542-1-11.75#41
16Ricardo GomesAS Monaco+9.942-0-21.50#127
17Laurent BlancBordeaux+9.843-1-02.50#37
18Unai EmeryAlmería+9.742-0-21.50#16
19Carlo AncelottiAC Milan+9.543-0-12.25#4
20Rafael BenítezLiverpool FC+8.983-5-01.75#2
21Roy HodgsonFulham+8.942-0-21.50#122
22Luigi CagniEmpoli+8.342-1-11.75#51
23Rudi GarciaLe Mans+8.042-1-11.75#99
24ZicoFenerbahçe+6.232-0-12.00#31
25Claudio RanieriJuventus+6.254-0-12.40#21
26Steve BruceWigan Athletic+6.241-3-01.50#29
27Mark HughesBlackburn Rovers+6.041-2-11.25#36
28Gregorio ManzanoMallorca+4.642-1-11.75#23
29Christian GourcuffLorient+4.541-2-11.25#10
30Stefano ColantuonoPalermo+4.242-1-11.75#55
31Sven-Goran ErikssonManchester City+3.442-0-21.50#56
32Avram GrantChelsea+2.584-3-11.88#30
33Cesare PrandelliFiorentina+2.242-1-11.75#14
34Walter MazzarriSampdoria+2.242-1-11.75#19
35Gian Piero GasperiniGenoa+2.042-0-21.50#26
36Yvon PouliquenMetz+1.940-2-20.50#71
37Rudolf BommerMSV Duisburg+1.441-1-21.00#83
38Elie BaupToulouse+1.341-1-21.00#52
39Guy LacombeStade Rennais+1.042-1-11.75#113
40Edoardo RejaSSC Napoli+1.042-1-11.75#58
41Javier ClementeReal Murcia+0.941-1-21.00#114
42Roy KeaneSunderland+0.542-0-21.50#50
43Eric GeretsOlympique de Marseille+0.543-0-12.25#65
44Lucien FavreHertha BSC+0.340-3-10.75#107
45Marcel KollerVfL Bochum 1848−1.341-2-11.25#89
46Juande RamosTottenham Hotspur−2.240-4-01.00#17
47Luciano SpallettiAS Roma−2.363-1-21.67#5
48Alex FergusonManchester United−2.684-3-11.88#1
49Armin VehVfB Stuttgart−2.942-0-21.50#90
50Giovanni De BiasiTorino−2.941-0-30.75#88
51Paul Le GuenParis Saint-Germain−3.052-0-31.20#24
52Ernesto ValverdeEspanyol−3.240-2-20.50#128
53Manolo JimenezSevilla−3.242-1-11.75#110
54Frédéric AntonettiNice−3.641-2-11.25#80
55Pablo CorreaNancy−3.741-2-11.25#59
56Alex McLeishBirmingham City−3.840-2-20.50#85
57Mario BerettaACR Siena 1904−4.640-3-10.75#74
58Francis GillotSochaux−4.641-2-11.25#42
59Antoine KombouareValenciennes−4.741-1-21.00#79
60Joaquin CaparrosAthletic Club−4.942-0-21.50#40
61Michael SkibbeBayer 04 Leverkusen−5.041-1-21.00#104
62Manuel PellegriniVillarreal−5.142-0-21.50#12
63Gareth SouthgateMiddlesbrough−5.440-2-20.50#106
64Frank RijkaardFC Barcelona−6.182-4-21.25#13
65Thomas DollBorussia Dortmund−6.241-1-21.00#100
66Javier AguirreAtlético Madrid−6.841-2-11.25#33
67Edmund BeckerKarlsruher SC−7.141-1-21.00#96
68Jean-Pierre PapinRC Lens−7.151-1-30.80#120
69Pasquale MarinoUdinese−7.441-1-21.00#39
70Arsène WengerArsenal−7.562-2-21.33#3
71David MoyesEverton−8.141-2-11.25#27
72Michael LaudrupGetafe−8.240-3-10.75#102
73Felix MagathVfL Wolfsburg−8.841-1-21.00#7
74Giancarlo CamoleseUS Livorno 1915−8.840-1-30.25#105
75Alan CurbishleyWest Ham United−9.041-1-21.00#61
76Delio RossiLazio−9.340-2-20.50#45
77Héctor CúperParma−10.350-2-30.40#38
78Harry RedknappPortsmouth−12.641-1-21.00#46
79Alain PerrinOlympique Lyonnais−12.741-2-11.25#64
80Ronald KoemanValencia−12.830-0-30.00#132
81Luigi DelneriAtalanta−13.240-1-30.25#108
82Steve CoppellReading−13.440-1-30.25#115
83Cuco ZigandaOsasuna−14.541-0-30.75#116
84Mirko SlomkaFC Schalke 04−14.841-0-30.75#67
85Huub StevensHamburger SV−20.340-1-30.25#57
86MarcelinoReal Racing Club−20.541-0-30.75#22
87Jean-Marc FurlanRC Strasbourg−20.750-0-50.00#126
88Jean FernandezAuxerre−23.240-1-30.25#48
89Friedhelm FunkelEintracht Frankfurt−25.340-1-30.25#119

Gained - how much the manager's coach rating changed over their rated matches in April 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 19, 2008, games up to Sun 4 May). Only managers ranked at the month's end (30+ rated matches) are listed. The table closed with Week 19, 2008 and never changes.

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