Coach World Ranking · October 2008

Best Football Managers - October 2008

Coach rating gained in October · 125 managers with 3+ rated matches · final, published 3 Nov 2008
‹ Sep 2008
October 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 Manolo Preciado Sporting Gijón +39.0 coach rating gained · 4 matches · 4-0-0
2nd Ralf Rangnick TSG Hoffenheim +29.5 coach rating gained · 4 matches · 4-0-0
3rd Antonio Tapia Málaga CF +25.8 coach rating gained · 4 matches · 3-1-0

October 2008

coach rating rank: Week 45, 2008
# Manager Club Gained Matches W-D-L PPG Coach rating
1Manolo PreciadoSporting Gijón+39.044-0-03.00#62
2Ralf RangnickTSG Hoffenheim+29.544-0-03.00#5
3Antonio TapiaMálaga CF+25.843-1-02.50#89
4Gian Piero VenturaPisa+25.053-2-02.20#146
5Louis van GaalAZ Alkmaar+20.844-0-03.00#67
6Lucien FavreHertha BSC+16.743-1-02.50#76
7Pasquale MarinoUdinese+16.643-1-02.50#25
8Francisco ChaparroReal Betis+15.832-0-12.00#57
9Dave JonesCardiff City+15.153-2-02.20#48
10Francesco GuidolinParma+14.553-2-02.20#127
11Gian Piero GasperiniGenoa+14.443-1-02.50#20
12Yuri SeminDynamo Kyiv+13.844-0-03.00#10
13Christian GourcuffLorient+13.342-0-21.50#13
14Harry RedknappTottenham Hotspur+13.242-2-02.00#21
15Jan CeulemansKVC Westerlo+12.733-0-03.00#83
16Gareth SouthgateMiddlesbrough+12.442-1-11.75#105
17Jean FernandezAuxerre+12.041-2-11.25#40
18Cesare PrandelliFiorentina+11.953-1-12.00#12
19Rafael BenítezLiverpool FC+9.965-1-02.67#2
20Ewald LienenGSS Panionios+9.732-0-12.00#131
21Paul Le GuenParis Saint-Germain+8.942-1-11.75#16
22Gordon StrachanCeltic+8.843-0-12.25#35
23Edoardo RejaSSC Napoli+8.843-0-12.25#19
24Rolland CourbisMontpellier+8.053-1-12.00#116
25Martin O'NeillAston Villa+7.942-1-11.75#7
26Carlo AncelottiAC Milan+7.643-1-02.50#3
27Tony PulisStoke City+7.442-0-21.50#47
28Mehmed BaždarevićGrenoble Foot 38+7.141-2-11.25#45
29Victor ZvunkaGuingamp+6.952-2-11.60#128
30Alex FergusonManchester United+6.054-1-02.60#1
31Guy LacombeStade Rennais+5.641-3-01.50#101
32Daniele ArrigoniBologna+5.552-0-31.20#126
33Faruk HadžibegićDijon+5.452-1-21.40#135
34Armin VehVfB Stuttgart+5.342-0-21.50#150
35Nedo SonettiBrescia+5.254-0-12.40#82
36Jürgen KloppBorussia Dortmund+4.841-3-01.50#42
37Elie BaupNantes+4.342-1-11.75#55
38David MoyesEverton+4.241-2-11.25#49
39Benno MohlmannSpVgg Greuther Fürth+4.252-2-11.60#96
40Quique HernándezAris Thessaloniki+4.132-0-12.00#84
41Steve McClarenFC Twente+3.643-0-12.25#125
42Roy HodgsonFulham+3.441-2-11.25#147
43Frédéric AntonettiNice+3.341-3-01.50#56
44Unai EmeryValencia+2.932-1-02.33#26
45Uwe RapolderTuS Koblenz+2.841-1-21.00#114
46Joe KinnearNewcastle United+2.641-2-11.25#111
47José MourinhoInter+2.663-3-02.00#14
48Laurent BlancBordeaux+2.364-1-12.17#69
49Rudi GarciaLille+2.241-3-01.50#99
50Arsène WengerArsenal+2.253-2-02.20#4
51Marco GiampaoloACR Siena 1904+1.541-1-21.00#139
52Jim JefferiesKilmarnock+1.532-0-12.00#107
53Huub StevensPSV Eindhoven+1.463-0-31.50#91
54Albert CartierRoyale Union Tubize-Braine+1.331-0-21.00#104
55Lucas AlcarazRecreativo de Huelva+0.830-2-10.67#98
56Neil WarnockCrystal Palace+0.552-1-21.40#140
57Pepe MelRayo Vallecano+0.453-0-21.80#153
58Ricardo GomesAS Monaco+0.341-1-21.00#137
59Roy KeaneSunderland+0.341-2-11.25#58
60Iain DowieQueens Park Rangers0.031-1-11.33#90
61Alex McLeishBirmingham City−0.453-1-12.00#63
62Christoph Daum1. FC Köln−0.542-0-21.50#17
63Ernesto ValverdeOlympiacos FC−0.632-0-12.00#162
64Mircea LucescuShakhtar Donetsk−0.652-1-21.40#59
65Claudio RanieriJuventus−0.753-0-21.80#24
66Martin JolHamburger SV−0.842-1-11.75#71
67Silvio BaldiniEmpoli−0.853-0-21.80#152
68Olli HuttunenFC Haka−1.531-0-21.00#142
69Mario BerettaLecce−1.540-3-10.75#70
70Sergije KresicNumancia−1.641-0-30.75#133
71Jose Luis MendilibarReal Valladolid−1.941-1-21.00#130
72Aidy BoothroydWatford−2.152-1-21.40#121
73Friedhelm FunkelEintracht Frankfurt−2.252-0-31.20#149
74Francis GillotSochaux−2.340-3-10.75#113
75Gary MegsonBolton Wanderers−2.541-1-21.00#94
76Manolo JimenezSevilla−3.132-0-12.00#78
77Yvon PouliquenMetz−3.252-2-11.60#51
78Chris ColemanCoventry City−3.651-2-21.00#124
79Felix MagathVfL Wolfsburg−3.752-1-21.40#6
80Joaquin CaparrosAthletic Club−3.741-0-30.75#80
81Manuel PellegriniVillarreal−4.042-2-02.00#9
82Franck DumasStade Malherbe Caen−4.240-3-10.75#34
83Claude PuelOlympique Lyonnais−4.252-2-11.60#37
84Javier AguirreAtlético Madrid−4.751-2-21.00#23
85Glenn RoederNorwich City−4.752-0-31.20#158
86Victor MunozGetafe−4.941-2-11.25#97
87Luigi DelneriAtalanta−5.251-1-30.80#109
88Bernd SchusterReal Madrid−5.342-1-11.75#41
89Christian GrossBasel−5.552-1-21.40#85
90Bernard CasoniBastia−5.751-2-21.00#154
91Rudolf BommerMSV Duisburg−5.741-1-21.00#103
92Giovanni De BiasiTorino−6.551-1-30.80#118
93Trond SolliedSC Heerenveen−6.541-2-11.25#156
94Jean-Marc FurlanRC Strasbourg−7.241-2-11.25#117
95Antoine KombouareValenciennes−7.340-1-30.25#134
96Walter MazzarriSampdoria−7.531-0-21.00#27
97Mark HughesManchester City−7.641-1-21.00#64
98Michael FrontzeckArminia Bielefeld−7.740-2-20.50#143
99Mick McCarthyWolverhampton−7.853-0-21.80#106
100Bruce RiochAaB−8.130-1-20.33#65

Gained - how much the manager's coach rating changed over their rated matches in October 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 45, 2008, games up to Sun 2 Nov). Only managers ranked at the month's end (30+ rated matches) are listed. The table closed with Week 45, 2008 and never changes.

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