Coach World Ranking · January 2009

Best Football Managers - January 2009

Coach rating gained in January · 110 managers with 3+ rated matches · final, published 2 Feb 2009
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January 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 Mark McGhee Motherwell +24.9 coach rating gained · 5 matches · 2-3-0
2nd Roberto Martínez Swansea City +24.5 coach rating gained · 4 matches · 3-1-0
3rd Lucas Alcaraz Recreativo de Huelva +16.1 coach rating gained · 4 matches · 3-1-0

January 2009

coach rating rank: Week 6, 2009
# Manager Club Gained Matches W-D-L PPG Coach rating
1Mark McGheeMotherwell+24.952-3-01.80#154
2Roberto MartínezSwansea City+24.543-1-02.50#26
3Lucas AlcarazRecreativo de Huelva+16.143-1-02.50#69
4Yvon PouliquenMetz+15.733-0-03.00#60
5Juande RamosReal Madrid+14.955-0-03.00#38
6Trond SolliedSC Heerenveen+14.933-0-03.00#139
7Domenico Di CarloChievo Verona+14.442-2-02.00#147
8Luciano SpallettiAS Roma+13.564-1-12.17#5
9Dave JonesCardiff City+13.053-2-02.20#17
10Davide BallardiniPalermo+12.543-0-12.25#35
11Dušan BajevićAEK Athens+11.843-1-02.50#101
12Joaquin CaparrosAthletic Club+11.195-3-12.00#29
13Jim MagiltonIpswich Town+10.852-2-11.60#76
14Antoine KombouareValenciennes+10.231-2-01.67#104
15Elie BaupNantes+9.842-1-11.75#27
16Carlo AncelottiAC Milan+9.342-2-02.00#4
17Gian Piero GasperiniGenoa+9.352-3-01.80#12
18Alex FergusonManchester United+9.298-0-12.67#1
19Gregorio ManzanoMallorca+9.183-2-31.38#92
20Faruk HadžibegićDijon+9.032-1-02.33#130
21Antonio TapiaMálaga CF+8.253-1-12.00#71
22Albert CartierRoyale Union Tubize-Braine+7.831-1-11.33#59
23Pep GuardiolaFC Barcelona+7.787-1-02.75#15
24Walter SmithRangers+7.643-1-02.50#57
25Luis FernandezStade de Reims+6.931-1-11.33#63
26Eric GeretsOlympique de Marseille+6.632-0-12.00#117
27Victor ZvunkaGuingamp+6.331-2-01.67#98
28Laszlo BoloniStandard Liège+6.033-0-03.00#70
29Tony PulisStoke City+5.241-1-21.00#56
30Alan IrvinePreston North End+5.052-1-21.40#40
31Laurent BlancBordeaux+5.032-0-12.00#49
32Marco GiampaoloACR Siena 1904+4.942-0-21.50#174
33Ernesto ValverdeOlympiacos FC+4.644-0-03.00#158
34Tony ParkesBlackpool+4.442-0-21.50#121
35Arsène WengerArsenal+4.452-3-01.80#7
36Mario BerettaLecce+4.141-2-11.25#75
37David MoyesEverton+4.051-3-11.20#24
38Sam AllardyceBlackburn Rovers+3.941-3-01.50#96
39Martin O'NeillAston Villa+3.954-1-02.60#6
40Claude PuelOlympique Lyonnais+3.632-1-02.33#61
41Stefano PioliPiacenza Calcio 1919+3.541-2-11.25#188
42Pasquale MarinoUdinese+3.361-3-21.00#91
43Franco ColombaAscoli+3.342-0-21.50#43
44Hugo BroosMGS Panserraikos+2.940-2-20.50#55
45Ricardo GomesAS Monaco+2.842-1-11.75#163
46Francesco GuidolinParma+2.741-3-01.50#133
47Andrea MandorliniSassuolo+2.741-3-01.50#137
48Nedo SonettiBrescia+2.242-1-11.75#100
49Brian LawsSheffield Wednesday+1.351-2-21.00#179
50Jan PoortvlietSouthampton+1.031-0-21.00#191
51Jose Antonio CamachoOsasuna+1.060-3-30.50#106
52Francis GillotSochaux+0.531-0-21.00#95
53Jose PasqualettiAjaccio+0.141-1-21.00#176
54Gary MegsonBolton Wanderers0.051-1-30.80#94
55Paul Le GuenParis Saint-Germain−0.432-0-12.00#11
56Steve BruceWigan Athletic−0.961-2-30.83#28
57Manuel PellegriniVillarreal−1.141-2-11.25#46
58Bernard CasoniBastia−1.431-1-11.33#177
59Manolo JimenezSevilla−1.485-1-22.00#119
60Christian GourcuffLorient−1.430-3-01.00#10
61Dominique BijotatChâteauroux−1.730-2-10.67#93
62Jan CeulemansKVC Westerlo−1.731-0-21.00#122
63Sergije KresicNumancia−1.851-0-40.60#141
64Luiz Felipe ScolariChelsea−2.143-0-12.25#157
65Guy LacombeStade Rennais−2.353-1-12.00#88
66Alain PerrinSaint-Étienne−3.041-1-21.00#58
67Gareth SouthgateMiddlesbrough−3.351-2-21.00#170
68ManéEspanyol−3.430-2-10.67#135
69Silvio BaldiniEmpoli−4.441-1-21.00#184
70Luigi DelneriAtalanta−5.041-0-30.75#103
71Franck DumasStade Malherbe Caen−5.030-2-10.67#81
72Glenn RoederNorwich City−5.230-1-20.33#190
73Henk Ten CatePanathinaikos FC−5.642-1-11.75#85
74Chris ColemanCoventry City−6.141-1-21.00#149
75Walter MazzarriSampdoria−6.161-2-30.83#45
76Mark HughesManchester City−6.342-0-21.50#80
77Frédéric AntonettiNice−6.331-0-21.00#77
78Harry RedknappTottenham Hotspur−6.683-1-41.25#41
79Roy HodgsonFulham−6.842-0-21.50#136
80Francisco ChaparroReal Betis−7.061-1-40.67#78
81Steve CoppellReading−7.252-1-21.40#86
82Paul SturrockPlymouth Argyle−8.230-1-20.33#110
83Jean FernandezAuxerre−8.240-2-20.50#118
84Frederic HantzLe Havre−8.340-1-30.25#129
85Rafael BenítezLiverpool FC−8.451-4-01.40#2
86Mehmed BaždarevićGrenoble Foot 38−9.130-0-30.00#112
87Walter NovellinoTorino−9.250-2-30.40#39
88Gordon StrachanCeltic−9.331-1-11.33#44
89Victor MunozGetafe−9.441-0-30.75#145
90Manolo PreciadoSporting Gijón−9.582-1-50.88#83
91Unai EmeryValencia−9.682-3-31.13#34
92José MourinhoInter−10.563-2-11.83#25
93Cesare PrandelliFiorentina−10.541-0-30.75#14
94Delio RossiLazio−10.652-1-21.40#65
95Walter ZengaCatania−10.750-1-40.20#120
96Jean-Marc FurlanRC Strasbourg−10.830-2-10.67#166
97Joe KinnearNewcastle United−11.330-1-20.33#132
98Giuseppe PillonReggina 1914−12.440-1-30.25#178
99Mick McCarthyWolverhampton−12.862-1-31.17#140
100Quique HernándezAris Thessaloniki−13.430-1-20.33#123

Gained - how much the manager's coach rating changed over their rated matches in January 2009. 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 6, 2009, games up to Sun 1 Feb). Only managers ranked at the month's end (30+ rated matches) are listed. The table closed with Week 6, 2009 and never changes.

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