Coach World Ranking · Final table 2008

Best Football Managers of 2008

Coach rating gained in 2008 · 181 managers · final, published 5 Jan 2009
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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 Louis van Gaal AZ Alkmaar +58.2 coach rating gained · 17 matches · 13-2-2
2nd Ralf Rangnick TSG Hoffenheim +54.3 coach rating gained · 17 matches · 11-2-4
3rd Davide Ballardini Palermo +47.0 coach rating gained · 37 matches · 16-7-14

Final table 2008

coach rating rank: Week 2, 2009
# Manager Club Gained Matches W-D-L PPG Coach rating
1Louis van GaalAZ Alkmaar+58.21713-2-22.41#25
2Ralf RangnickTSG Hoffenheim+54.31711-2-42.06#3
3Davide BallardiniPalermo+47.03716-7-141.49#50
4Temur KetsbaiaAnorthosis Famagusta+45.72414-4-61.92#30
5Guy LacombeStade Rennais+45.43817-16-51.76#71
6Mircea LucescuShakhtar Donetsk+44.12112-5-41.95#24
7Dave JonesCardiff City+41.32712-11-41.74#22
8Yuri SeminDynamo Kyiv+40.52719-4-42.26#17
9Gian Piero GasperiniGenoa+39.63817-7-141.53#18
10Miguel Angel LotinaDeportivo de A Coruña+37.63719-5-131.68#44
11Lucien FavreHertha BSC+36.73516-10-91.66#60
12Gordon StrachanCeltic+36.62817-4-71.96#28
13Rolland CourbisMontpellier+36.2189-5-41.78#68
14Claude PuelOlympique Lyonnais+33.84523-16-61.89#52
15Roy HodgsonFulham+33.73913-11-151.28#110
16Mick McCarthyWolverhampton+33.32718-5-42.19#95
17Unai EmeryValencia+30.93718-9-101.70#19
18Benno MohlmannSpVgg Greuther Fürth+30.4178-5-41.71#69
19Rafael BenítezLiverpool FC+29.95532-19-42.09#2
20Henk Ten CatePanathinaikos FC+29.82514-7-41.96#76
21Jose Luis MendilibarReal Valladolid+29.73915-9-151.38#122
22Manolo PreciadoSporting Gijón+29.6189-0-91.50#77
23Steve BruceWigan Athletic+28.13915-10-141.41#38
24Felix MagathVfL Wolfsburg+26.23417-9-81.76#8
25Ståle SolbakkenFC København+25.61711-4-22.18#46
26Javier AguirreAtlético Madrid+25.14523-9-131.73#15
27Mario BerettaLecce+22.4389-17-121.16#111
28Ottmar HitzfeldFC Bayern München+21.41712-4-12.35#9
29Avram GrantChelsea+21.02515-9-12.16#39
30Laurent BlancBordeaux+20.34525-10-101.89#57
31Andrea MandorliniSassuolo+20.2199-5-51.68#142
32Edoardo RejaSSC Napoli+19.83918-6-151.54#33
33Paul Le GuenParis Saint-Germain+19.53815-9-141.42#11
34Walter SmithRangers+19.52213-5-42.00#56
35Claudio RanieriJuventus+19.24625-14-71.93#12
36Dick AdvocaatZenit St. Petersburg+18.4186-8-41.44#116
37Antonio TapiaMálaga CF+18.4186-5-71.28#73
38Mehmed BaždarevićGrenoble Foot 38+17.5196-7-61.32#78
39Walter MazzarriSampdoria+15.53817-10-111.61#37
40Tony PulisStoke City+15.2236-6-111.04#58
41Jürgen KloppBorussia Dortmund+14.4187-9-21.67#42
42Steve CoppellReading+12.74519-9-171.47#72
43Paul SturrockPlymouth Argyle+12.4269-6-111.27#80
44Hanspeter LatourGrasshopper Club Zürich+12.1177-7-31.65#48
45Paulo BentoSporting CP+12.0159-1-51.87#104
46Albert CartierRoyale Union Tubize-Braine+11.6174-2-110.82#65
47Manolo JimenezSevilla+11.53923-6-101.92#96
48Dominique BijotatChâteauroux+11.411-0-03.00#79
49Rudolf BommerMSV Duisburg+11.3298-9-121.14#127
50Gian Piero VenturaPisa+11.3197-5-71.37#163
51Joe KinnearNewcastle United+10.5154-6-51.20#86
52Delio RossiLazio+10.54016-11-131.48#34
53Rudi GarciaLille+10.03813-16-91.45#97
54Martin JolHamburger SV+9.21811-3-42.00#54
55Chris ColemanCoventry City+8.5278-10-91.26#129
56Steve McClarenFC Twente+8.41910-4-51.79#107
57Elie BaupNantes+7.9348-12-141.06#43
58Joaquin CaparrosAthletic Club+7.83915-8-161.36#51
59Christian GourcuffLorient+7.33813-12-131.34#10
60Jan CeulemansKVC Westerlo+6.8178-4-51.65#123
61Kevin KeeganNewcastle United+6.6205-7-81.10#35
62Martin O'NeillAston Villa+6.13918-11-101.67#5
63Mark HughesManchester City+6.03813-11-141.32#83
64Peter NeururerMSV Duisburg+5.941-3-01.50#138
65Cesare PrandelliFiorentina+5.94724-8-151.70#13
66Alex McLeishBirmingham City+5.64518-13-141.49#85
67Ertuğrul SağlamBeşiktaş JK+5.664-2-02.33#49
68Yvon PouliquenMetz+4.93712-10-151.24#88
69Gary MegsonBolton Wanderers+4.63812-7-191.13#92
70Tony ParkesBlackpool+4.420-2-01.00#131
71Luigi DelneriAtalanta+4.44115-8-181.29#90
72Jesualdo FerreiraFC Porto+4.21811-2-51.94#64
73Alain PerrinSaint-Étienne+4.22715-5-71.85#45
74José MourinhoInter+3.82315-5-32.17#16
75Christoph Daum1. FC Köln+3.3187-1-101.22#23
76Laszlo BoloniStandard Liège+2.91910-6-31.89#74
77Luciano SpallettiAS Roma+2.94928-7-141.86#7
78Alex FergusonManchester United+2.65635-16-52.16#1
79Sergije KresicNumancia+2.6185-2-110.94#144
80Gernot RohrAjaccio+2.552-2-11.60#70
81Giuseppe PillonReggina 1914+2.410-1-01.00#156
82Giovanni De BiasiTorino+2.4379-8-200.95#145
83Hugo BroosMGS Panserraikos+2.220-1-10.50#61
84David MoyesEverton+2.13918-10-111.64#31
85Harry RedknappTottenham Hotspur+1.44219-7-161.52#26
86Faruk HadžibegićDijon+1.2185-6-71.17#147
87Nedo SonettiBrescia+1.2148-2-41.86#102
88Thomas von Heesen1. FC Nürnberg+0.9174-6-71.06#136
89Francisco ChaparroReal Betis+0.53713-8-161.27#63
90Juanma LilloReal Sociedad+0.321-0-11.50#181
91Peter PacultSK Rapid Wien+0.232-0-12.00#87
92Frédéric AntonettiNice0.03814-14-101.47#59
93Bruce RiochAaB−0.1176-3-81.24#66
94Eric GeretsOlympique de Marseille−0.54622-13-111.72#119
95Gareth SouthgateMiddlesbrough−0.83910-12-171.08#155
96Nevio OrlandiReggina 1914−0.9309-7-141.13#132
97Colin ToddRanders FC−1.0174-9-41.24#114
98Uwe RapolderTuS Koblenz−1.3174-5-81.00#149
99Neil WarnockCrystal Palace−1.52711-7-91.48#99
100Frederic HantzLe Havre−1.610-0-10.00#101

Gained - how much the manager's coach rating changed over their rated matches in 2008, weighed against the opponent and the venue. Club - their last club of the year. Coach rating - their rank in Week 2, 2009, the week that published this final (games up to Sun 4 Jan 2009). Only managers ranked at the year's end (30+ rated matches) are listed. The final includes the games of 29-31 December, so it can differ from the last weekly 2008 table. It never changes.

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