Coach World Ranking · May 2008

Best Football Managers - May 2008

Coach rating gained in May · 68 managers with 3+ rated matches · final, published 2 Jun 2008
‹ Apr 2008
May 2008
257 months, back to Dec 2004 Latest month
Jul 2008 ›
Before 2015/16 fewer matches have a known manager, and for some the manager comes from their dated spell at the club.
1st Manolo Jimenez Sevilla +24.2 coach rating gained · 4 matches · 4-0-0
2nd Felix Magath VfL Wolfsburg +20.2 coach rating gained · 4 matches · 3-1-0
3rd Thomas Schaaf SV Werder Bremen +17.9 coach rating gained · 4 matches · 4-0-0

May 2008

coach rating rank: Week 23, 2008
# Manager Club Gained Matches W-D-L PPG Coach rating
1Manolo JimenezSevilla+24.244-0-03.00#68
2Felix MagathVfL Wolfsburg+20.243-1-02.50#5
3Thomas SchaafSV Werder Bremen+17.944-0-03.00#8
4Manuel PellegriniVillarreal+15.444-0-03.00#11
5Gregorio ManzanoMallorca+15.044-0-03.00#16
6Lucien FavreHertha BSC+13.943-0-12.25#82
7Frédéric AntonettiNice+12.832-1-02.33#56
8Davide BallardiniCagliari+12.732-1-02.33#43
9Paul Le GuenParis Saint-Germain+11.031-2-01.67#18
10Guy LacombeStade Rennais+9.332-1-02.33#93
11Michael FrontzeckArminia Bielefeld+8.041-2-11.25#94
12Luigi DelneriAtalanta+7.932-0-12.00#88
13Mario BerettaACR Siena 1904+7.731-2-01.67#71
14Dieter HeckingHannover 96+7.642-1-11.75#33
15Delio RossiLazio+7.232-0-12.00#24
16Giovanni De BiasiTorino+6.932-0-12.00#79
17Javier AguirreAtlético Madrid+6.843-0-12.25#25
18Laurent BlancBordeaux+6.632-1-02.33#34
19Bernd SchusterReal Madrid+6.143-1-02.50#36
20Yvon PouliquenMetz+6.131-1-11.33#69
21Luciano SpallettiAS Roma+5.832-1-02.33#4
22Michael LaudrupGetafe+5.741-2-11.25#78
23Ricardo GomesAS Monaco+5.131-1-11.33#112
24Alain PerrinOlympique Lyonnais+4.932-1-02.33#44
25Ottmar HitzfeldFC Bayern München+3.743-1-02.50#7
26Christian GourcuffLorient+3.431-2-01.67#10
27Alex FergusonManchester United+2.932-1-02.33#1
28Cesare PrandelliFiorentina+2.832-0-12.00#13
29Claude PuelLille+2.631-2-01.67#40
30Avram GrantChelsea+1.731-2-01.67#27
31Laurent RousseySaint-Étienne+0.931-2-01.67#30
32Stefano ColantuonoPalermo+0.531-1-11.33#62
33Edoardo RejaSSC Napoli+0.531-0-21.00#39
34Franck DumasStade Malherbe Caen+0.131-1-11.33#46
35Walter MazzarriSampdoria−0.331-1-11.33#15
36Carlo AncelottiAC Milan−0.632-0-12.00#6
37Jean-Pierre PapinRC Lens−1.030-2-10.67#107
38Thomas DollBorussia Dortmund−1.141-2-11.25#91
39Jose Luis MendilibarReal Valladolid−1.340-3-10.75#105
40Elie BaupToulouse−1.631-1-11.33#45
41Frank RijkaardFC Barcelona−2.042-0-21.50#17
42Huub StevensHamburger SV−2.742-0-21.50#66
43MarcelinoReal Racing Club−3.042-1-11.75#22
44Rudolf BommerMSV Duisburg−4.041-0-30.75#98
45Thomas von Heesen1. FC Nürnberg−4.141-1-21.00#96
46Jean FernandezAuxerre−4.631-0-21.00#65
47Rudi GarciaLe Mans−5.330-2-10.67#100
48Roberto ManciniInter−5.531-1-11.33#23
49Eric GeretsOlympique de Marseille−5.631-1-11.33#58
50Cuco ZigandaOsasuna−5.641-0-30.75#110
51Pablo CorreaNancy−6.231-0-21.00#70
52Friedhelm FunkelEintracht Frankfurt−6.341-0-30.75#111
53Joaquin CaparrosAthletic Club−7.441-1-21.00#38
54Luigi CagniEmpoli−7.631-0-21.00#51
55Pasquale MarinoUdinese−8.131-0-21.00#57
56Jean-Marc FurlanRC Strasbourg−9.130-0-30.00#120
57Claudio RanieriJuventus−10.330-2-10.67#20
58Javier ClementeReal Murcia−10.540-0-40.00#116
59Ernesto ValverdeEspanyol−10.840-1-30.25#122
60Armin VehVfB Stuttgart−10.941-1-21.00#106
61Michael SkibbeBayer 04 Leverkusen−12.741-0-30.75#103
62Francis GillotSochaux−14.230-1-20.33#59
63Marcel KollerVfL Bochum 1848−14.741-0-30.75#95
64Antoine KombouareValenciennes−15.230-0-30.00#90
65Unai EmeryAlmería−15.641-1-21.00#26
66Miguel Angel LotinaDeportivo de A Coruña−16.841-0-30.75#47
67Edmund BeckerKarlsruher SC−20.840-1-30.25#109
68Gian Piero GasperiniGenoa−20.830-0-30.00#50

Gained - how much the manager's coach rating changed over their rated matches in May 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 23, 2008, games up to Sun 1 Jun). Only managers ranked at the month's end (30+ rated matches) are listed. The table closed with Week 23, 2008 and never changes.

Descriptive, not predictive. The coach rating measures what a manager's teams did against what was expected of them. It doesn't forecast results. How the rating works ›