Coach World Ranking · August 2008

Best Football Managers - August 2008

Coach rating gained in August · 80 managers with 3+ rated matches · final, published 1 Sep 2008
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August 2008
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 Jean-Marc Furlan RC Strasbourg +26.0 coach rating gained · 5 matches · 5-0-0
2nd Christian Gross Basel +24.1 coach rating gained · 8 matches · 6-1-1
3rd Bruce Rioch AaB +22.8 coach rating gained · 7 matches · 5-1-1

August 2008

coach rating rank: Week 36, 2008
# Manager Club Gained Matches W-D-L PPG Coach rating
1Jean-Marc FurlanRC Strasbourg+26.055-0-03.00#105
2Christian GrossBasel+24.186-1-12.38#41
3Bruce RiochAaB+22.875-1-12.29#24
4Mick McCarthyWolverhampton+18.053-2-02.20#117
5Walter SmithRangers+14.453-1-12.00#75
6Mark HughesManchester City+13.032-0-12.00#33
7Eric GeretsOlympique de Marseille+12.865-1-02.67#39
8Martin JolHamburger SV+11.832-1-02.33#43
9Jürgen KloppBorussia Dortmund+11.832-1-02.33#36
10Ralf RangnickTSG Hoffenheim+11.632-0-12.00#12
11Harry RedknappPortsmouth+11.541-1-21.00#38
12Dave JonesCardiff City+10.952-3-01.80#72
13Rolland CourbisMontpellier+10.342-1-11.75#118
14Laszlo BoloniStandard Liège+10.352-3-01.80#57
15Paul Le GuenParis Saint-Germain+9.842-1-11.75#13
16Mircea LucescuShakhtar Donetsk+9.152-2-11.60#76
17Claude PuelOlympique Lyonnais+8.043-1-02.50#35
18Jean FernandezAuxerre+6.942-0-21.50#60
19Christoph Daum1. FC Köln+6.731-1-11.33#18
20Uwe RapolderTuS Koblenz+6.531-2-01.67#110
21Frédéric AntonettiNice+6.543-0-12.25#48
22Antoine KombouareValenciennes+6.542-0-21.50#95
23Alan CurbishleyWest Ham United+5.832-0-12.00#46
24Colin ToddRanders FC+5.641-2-11.25#69
25Rudolf BommerMSV Duisburg+5.531-2-01.67#103
26Javier AguirreAtlético Madrid+4.932-0-12.00#23
27Benno MohlmannSpVgg Greuther Fürth+4.231-1-11.33#120
28Tony PulisStoke City+4.231-0-21.00#77
29Alex McLeishBirmingham City+4.153-1-12.00#61
30Gareth SouthgateMiddlesbrough+4.032-0-12.00#85
31Roy HodgsonFulham+2.532-0-12.00#114
32Gernot RohrAjaccio+2.552-2-11.60#66
33Yvon PouliquenMetz+2.242-1-11.75#73
34Kevin KeeganNewcastle United+2.141-2-11.25#28
35Steve BruceWigan Athletic+2.031-0-21.00#34
36Lucien FavreHertha BSC+1.331-1-11.33#97
37Aidy BoothroydWatford+1.242-1-11.75#50
38Armin VehVfB Stuttgart+0.932-0-12.00#124
39Steve CoppellReading+0.542-1-11.75#111
40Chris ColemanCoventry City+0.352-1-21.40#122
41Cesare PrandelliFiorentina+0.331-2-01.67#11
42Arsène WengerArsenal−0.154-0-12.40#3
43Claudio RanieriJuventus−0.531-2-01.67#25
44Luis AragonésFenerbahçe−0.653-1-12.00#16
45Ricardo GomesAS Monaco−1.141-2-11.25#140
46Iain DowieQueens Park Rangers−1.442-1-11.75#71
47Martin O'NeillAston Villa−1.631-1-11.33#10
48Gordon StrachanCeltic−2.042-1-11.75#99
49Franck DumasStade Malherbe Caen−3.241-1-21.00#62
50Alan PardewCharlton Athletic−3.342-0-21.50#94
51Friedhelm FunkelEintracht Frankfurt−3.530-2-10.67#142
52Felix MagathVfL Wolfsburg−3.731-2-01.67#5
53Michael FrontzeckArminia Bielefeld−3.730-2-10.67#115
54Gary MegsonBolton Wanderers−3.931-1-11.33#79
55Steve McClarenFC Twente−4.030-1-20.33#113
56Guy LacombeStade Rennais−4.241-2-11.25#116
57Pablo CorreaNancy−4.241-2-11.25#88
58Ernesto ValverdeOlympiacos FC−4.632-0-12.00#153
59Marcel KollerVfL Bochum 1848−4.730-1-20.33#119
60Roy KeaneSunderland−6.241-1-21.00#68
61Michael SkibbeGalatasaray−6.441-2-11.25#134
62Edmund BeckerKarlsruher SC−6.731-0-21.00#144
63Rudi GarciaLille−6.741-1-21.00#129
64Juande RamosTottenham Hotspur−7.030-1-20.33#29
65Rafael BenítezLiverpool FC−7.252-3-01.80#2
66Bernd SchusterReal Madrid−7.331-0-21.00#58
67Faruk HadžibegićDijon−7.851-1-30.80#141
68Albert CartierRoyale Union Tubize-Braine−9.030-0-30.00#106
69Laurent BlancBordeaux−10.352-1-21.40#56
70Thomas SchaafSV Werder Bremen−11.130-2-10.67#8
71Francis GillotSochaux−12.540-1-30.25#100
72Dieter HeckingHannover 96−12.930-1-20.33#59
73Laurent RousseySaint-Étienne−13.241-0-30.75#55
74Christian GourcuffLorient−13.741-1-21.00#14
75Alex FergusonManchester United−13.741-2-11.25#1
76Glenn RoederNorwich City−15.250-3-20.60#131
77Bojan PrasnikarEnergie Cottbus−15.930-1-20.33#93
78David MoyesEverton−17.531-0-21.00#53
79Neil WarnockCrystal Palace−22.750-2-30.40#127
80Victor ZvunkaGuingamp−27.650-1-40.20#143

Gained - how much the manager's coach rating changed over their rated matches in August 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 36, 2008, games up to Sun 31 Aug). Only managers ranked at the month's end (30+ rated matches) are listed. The table closed with Week 36, 2008 and never changes.

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