Coach World Ranking · December 2008

Best Football Managers - December 2008

Coach rating gained in December · 99 managers with 3+ rated matches · final, published 5 Jan 2009
‹ Nov 2008
December 2008
257 months, back to Dec 2004 Latest month
Jan 2009 ›
Before 2015/16 fewer matches have a known manager, and for some the manager comes from their dated spell at the club.
1st Dave Jones Cardiff City +20.5 coach rating gained · 6 matches · 4-2-0
2nd Pablo Correa Nancy +16.4 coach rating gained · 3 matches · 2-0-1
3rd Michael Skibbe Galatasaray +15.8 coach rating gained · 3 matches · 3-0-0

December 2008

coach rating rank: Week 2, 2009
# Manager Club Gained Matches W-D-L PPG Coach rating
1Dave JonesCardiff City+20.564-2-02.33#22
2Pablo CorreaNancy+16.432-0-12.00#67
3Michael SkibbeGalatasaray+15.833-0-03.00#140
4Joaquin CaparrosAthletic Club+14.932-1-02.33#51
5Rolland CourbisMontpellier+14.632-1-02.33#68
6Jim JefferiesKilmarnock+14.032-0-12.00#126
7Martin O'NeillAston Villa+13.954-1-02.60#5
8Steve McClarenFC Twente+13.743-1-02.50#107
9Cesare PrandelliFiorentina+13.754-0-12.40#13
10Steve BruceWigan Athletic+13.443-0-12.25#38
11Javier AguirreAtlético Madrid+12.443-1-02.50#15
12Henk Ten CatePanathinaikos FC+12.444-0-03.00#76
13Antoine KombouareValenciennes+11.531-1-11.33#128
14Jesualdo FerreiraFC Porto+10.833-0-03.00#64
15Steve CoppellReading+10.675-2-02.43#72
16Gian Piero VenturaPisa+10.532-0-12.00#163
17Sergije KresicNumancia+9.232-0-12.00#144
18Louis van GaalAZ Alkmaar+8.844-0-03.00#25
19David MoyesEverton+8.653-1-12.00#31
20Elie BaupNantes+8.631-2-01.67#43
21Neil WarnockCrystal Palace+7.964-1-12.17#99
22Laurent BlancBordeaux+7.643-0-12.25#57
23Jose Antonio CamachoOsasuna+7.431-1-11.33#109
24Lucas AlcarazRecreativo de Huelva+7.332-0-12.00#94
25Manolo JimenezSevilla+7.332-1-02.33#96
26Gian Piero GasperiniGenoa+7.232-1-02.33#18
27Claudio RanieriJuventus+6.943-1-02.50#12
28Chris ColemanCoventry City+6.772-3-21.29#129
29Gordon StrachanCeltic+6.353-1-12.00#28
30Trond SolliedSC Heerenveen+6.243-0-12.25#161
31Rudi GarciaLille+6.032-1-02.33#97
32Roy HodgsonFulham+5.851-4-01.40#110
33Luis AragonésFenerbahçe+5.643-0-12.25#20
34Walter NovellinoTorino+5.132-0-12.00#29
35Thomas SchaafSV Werder Bremen+4.832-0-12.00#14
36Rafael BenítezLiverpool FC+4.774-3-02.14#2
37Paul Le GuenParis Saint-Germain+4.532-1-02.33#11
38Francis GillotSochaux+4.430-3-01.00#121
39Sam AllardyceBlackburn Rovers+4.331-2-01.67#105
40Joe KinnearNewcastle United+3.852-1-21.40#86
41Laszlo BoloniStandard Liège+3.832-0-12.00#74
42Alain PerrinSaint-Étienne+3.832-0-12.00#45
43Juande RamosReal Madrid+3.732-0-12.00#55
44Luigi DelneriAtalanta+3.031-1-11.33#90
45Luciano SpallettiAS Roma+2.954-0-12.40#7
46Dušan BajevićAEK Athens+2.632-1-02.33#115
47Quique HernándezAris Thessaloniki+2.331-2-01.67#108
48Mehmed BaždarevićGrenoble Foot 38+1.541-2-11.25#78
49Alex FergusonManchester United+1.586-2-02.50#1
50Albert CartierRoyale Union Tubize-Braine+1.431-0-21.00#65
51Christian GourcuffLorient+1.432-0-12.00#10
52Guy LacombeStade Rennais+1.331-2-01.67#71
53Miguel Angel LotinaDeportivo de A Coruña+1.132-0-12.00#44
54Delio RossiLazio+1.041-2-11.25#34
55Edoardo RejaSSC Napoli+0.632-0-12.00#33
56Carlo AncelottiAC Milan+0.542-1-11.75#4
57Antonio TapiaMálaga CF+0.531-1-11.33#73
58José MourinhoInter−0.543-0-12.25#16
59Andrea MandorliniSassuolo−0.731-1-11.33#142
60Ernesto ValverdeOlympiacos FC−0.832-1-02.33#164
61Huub StevensPSV Eindhoven−1.052-2-11.60#133
62Francesco GuidolinParma−1.332-0-12.00#139
63Victor MunozGetafe−1.531-1-11.33#135
64Mark HughesManchester City−2.051-2-21.00#83
65Jose Luis MendilibarReal Valladolid−2.031-1-11.33#122
66ManéEspanyol−2.130-1-20.33#120
67Walter SmithRangers−2.442-1-11.75#56
68Nedo SonettiBrescia−2.532-0-12.00#102
69Davide BallardiniPalermo−2.931-0-21.00#50
70Walter MazzarriSampdoria−3.031-0-21.00#37
71Franck DumasStade Malherbe Caen−3.330-2-10.67#62
72Glenn RoederNorwich City−3.662-0-41.00#180
73Silvio BaldiniEmpoli−4.231-1-11.33#173
74Mick McCarthyWolverhampton−5.163-2-11.83#95
75Mario BerettaLecce−5.130-1-20.33#111
76Stefano PioliPiacenza Calcio 1919−5.331-0-21.00#182
77Unai EmeryValencia−5.331-0-21.00#19
78Harry RedknappTottenham Hotspur−6.262-2-21.33#26
79Arsène WengerArsenal−6.472-3-21.29#6
80Domenico Di CarloChievo Verona−6.430-0-30.00#166
81Eric GeretsOlympique de Marseille−7.041-2-11.25#119
82Jean FernandezAuxerre−8.530-1-20.33#84
83Paul SturrockPlymouth Argyle−8.861-1-40.67#80
84Alex McLeishBirmingham City−9.063-1-21.67#85
85Manolo PreciadoSporting Gijón−9.931-0-21.00#77
86Gregorio ManzanoMallorca−10.230-1-20.33#106
87Claude PuelOlympique Lyonnais−10.241-1-21.00#52
88Mark McGheeMotherwell−10.431-0-21.00#175
89Tony PulisStoke City−10.560-2-40.33#58
90Pasquale MarinoUdinese−10.730-1-20.33#93
91Marco GiampaoloACR Siena 1904−11.230-0-30.00#167
92Frédéric AntonettiNice−12.640-2-20.50#59
93Gareth SouthgateMiddlesbrough−12.750-1-40.20#155
94Francisco ChaparroReal Betis−12.830-1-20.33#63
95Jan CeulemansKVC Westerlo−12.830-1-20.33#123
96Ricardo GomesAS Monaco−15.330-1-20.33#162
97Christian GrossBasel−15.431-0-21.00#157
98Gary MegsonBolton Wanderers−16.151-0-40.60#92
99Manuel PellegriniVillarreal−18.740-1-30.25#36

Gained - how much the manager's coach rating changed over their rated matches in December 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 2, 2009, games up to Sun 4 Jan). Only managers ranked at the month's end (30+ rated matches) are listed. The table closed with Week 2, 2009 and never changes.

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