Best Football Managers - May 2009

Coach rating gained in May · 193 managers with 3+ rated matches · final, published 1 Jun 2009
Before 2015/16 fewer matches have a known manager, and for some the manager comes from their dated spell at the club.
1st Thomas Thomasberg FC Midtjylland +26.2 coach rating gained · 6 matches · 4-1-1
2nd Abel Resino Atlético Madrid +25.7 coach rating gained · 5 matches · 5-0-0
3rd Olli Huttunen FC Haka +23.4 coach rating gained · 6 matches · 4-2-0

May 2009

coach rating rank: Week 23, 2009
# Manager Club Gained Matches W-D-L PPG Coach rating
1Thomas ThomasbergFC Midtjylland+26.264-1-12.17#122
2Abel ResinoAtlético Madrid+25.755-0-03.00#54
3Olli HuttunenFC Haka+23.464-2-02.33#99
4Henk Ten CatePanathinaikos FC+21.865-1-02.67#56
5Pasquale MarinoUdinese+21.554-1-02.60#20
6Edmund BeckerKarlsruher SC+21.452-1-21.40#198
7Abdullah AvciBaşakşehir FK+20.854-0-12.40#96
8Silvio BaldiniEmpoli+20.653-2-02.20#229
9Manolo JimenezSevilla+20.254-1-02.60#113
10Owen CoyleBurnley+20.244-0-03.00#8
11Ralf RangnickTSG Hoffenheim+20.253-1-12.00#6
12Luis AragonésFenerbahçe+18.654-1-02.60#36
13Manolo PreciadoSporting Gijón+18.053-1-12.00#152
14Hein van HaezebrouckKV Kortrijk+17.732-0-12.00#81
15Manuel PellegriniVillarreal+16.253-1-12.00#26
16Rolland CourbisMontpellier+15.654-1-02.60#108
17Alain PerrinSaint-Étienne+14.552-2-11.60#62
18Piero BragliaFrosinone+14.253-1-12.00#160
19Maciej SkorzaWisła Kraków+13.954-1-02.60#25
20Michael Oenning1. FC Nürnberg+13.575-2-02.43#78
21Vladimir PetkovićBSC Young Boys+13.365-0-12.50#21
22David MoyesEverton+13.253-1-12.00#17
23Felix MagathVfL Wolfsburg+12.554-0-12.40#3
24Albert CartierRoyale Union Tubize-Braine+12.531-2-01.67#85
25Holger StanislawskiFC St. Pauli+11.953-0-21.80#114
26Hanspeter LatourGrasshopper Club Zürich+11.762-2-21.33#109
27Peter NeururerMSV Duisburg+11.753-2-02.20#89
28Luciano SpallettiAS Roma+11.653-2-02.20#7
29Jupp HeynckesFC Bayern München+11.354-1-02.60#149
30Guus HiddinkChelsea+11.065-1-02.67#16
31Claude PuelOlympique Lyonnais+10.753-1-12.00#77
32Jean FernandezAuxerre+10.654-0-12.40#27
33Glen de BoeckCercle Brugge+10.432-0-12.00#246
34Walter SmithRangers+10.254-1-02.60#38
35Pekka LyyskiIFK Mariehamn+10.162-3-11.50#157
36Rafael BenítezLiverpool FC+9.944-0-03.00#2
37Francky DurySV Zulte Waregem+9.932-1-02.33#69
38Laurent BlancBordeaux+9.655-0-03.00#29
39Jorn Andersen1. FSV Mainz 05+9.554-0-12.40#87
40Laszlo BoloniStandard Liège+9.353-2-02.20#46
41Tolunay KafkasKayserispor+9.353-0-21.80#140
42Jim JefferiesKilmarnock+9.353-1-12.00#199
43Jean-Louis GarciaAngers+9.251-3-11.20#169
44Francis GillotSochaux+8.453-0-21.80#106
45Mario SommaMantova+8.152-2-11.60#176
46Franck DumasStade Malherbe Caen+8.152-0-31.20#139
47Bernard CasoniBastia+8.052-2-11.60#272
48Gian Piero GasperiniGenoa+7.953-2-02.20#15
49Stefano PioliPiacenza Calcio 1919+7.952-2-11.60#233
50Alex DupontStade Brestois+7.842-0-21.50#97
51Tony MowbrayWest Bromwich Albion+7.641-1-21.00#204
52Marco SchallibaumAC Bellinzona+7.463-1-21.67#162
53Dušan BajevićAEK Athens+7.463-2-11.83#118
54Alain CasanovaToulouse+7.351-4-01.40#63
55Harm van VeldhovenRoda JC Kerkrade+6.962-3-11.50#270
56Gregorio ManzanoMallorca+6.453-0-21.80#23
57Mika LaurikainenFF Jaro+6.173-2-21.57#125
58Christoph Daum1. FC Köln+5.952-1-21.40#50
59Giuseppe PapadopuloBologna+5.552-2-11.60#84
60Mark McGheeMotherwell+5.052-1-21.40#217
61Andreas ZachhuberFC Hansa Rostock+4.951-4-01.40#144
62Jean-Marc FurlanRC Strasbourg+4.753-0-21.80#178
63Leonardo AcoriUS Livorno 1915+4.732-0-12.00#129
64Frederic HantzLe Havre+4.651-2-21.00#171
65Ståle SolbakkenFC København+4.564-1-12.17#34
66Davide BallardiniPalermo+4.352-2-11.60#42
67Dominique BijotatChâteauroux+4.363-1-21.67#94
68Miguel Angel LotinaDeportivo de A Coruña+4.152-2-11.60#80
69Mark HughesManchester City+3.942-0-21.50#66
70Riza CalimbayEskişehirspor+3.952-1-21.40#230
71Peter MaesKV Mechelen+3.932-0-12.00#127
72Ertuğrul SağlamBursaspor+3.853-1-12.00#9
73Harry RedknappTottenham Hotspur+3.742-1-11.75#12
74Dieter HeckingHannover 96+3.752-2-11.60#82
75Philippe MontanierUS Boulogne Côte-d'Opale+3.453-0-21.80#64
76Alex FergusonManchester United+3.175-1-12.29#1
77Landry ChauvinCS Sedan+2.952-1-21.40#212
78Guy LacombeStade Rennais+2.863-1-21.67#195
79Robin DuttSC Freiburg+2.853-1-12.00#59
80Ryszard KomornickiFC Aarau+2.662-1-31.17#244
81Luigi De CanioLecce+2.550-3-20.60#175
82Johan BoskampFCV Dender+2.431-1-11.33#92
83Giuseppe PillonReggina 1914+2.252-1-21.40#254
84Lars OlsenOdense Boldklub+2.263-3-02.00#43
85Mixu PaatelainenHibernian+1.951-2-21.00#181
86Didier Olle-NicolleClermont Foot+1.852-1-21.40#141
87Walter MazzarriSampdoria+1.561-3-21.00#35
88Jan UrbanLegia Warszawa+1.453-1-12.00#53
89Jos LuhukayFC Augsburg+1.451-2-21.00#262
90Claus-Dieter WollitzVfL Osnabrück+1.362-1-31.17#258
91Henryk KasperczakGórnik Zabrze+1.152-1-21.40#206
92Jose Antonio CamachoOsasuna+0.852-1-21.40#86
93Antoine KombouareValenciennes+0.552-1-21.40#104
94Marco GiampaoloACR Siena 1904+0.352-1-21.40#242
95Tony PulisStoke City+0.342-0-21.50#32
96Bojan PrasnikarEnergie Cottbus+0.251-1-30.80#147
97Mika LehkosuoFC Honka−0.362-3-11.50#57
98Michel Preud'hommeKAA Gent−0.432-0-12.00#67
99Gianfranco ZolaWest Ham United−0.542-0-21.50#120
100Benno MohlmannSpVgg Greuther Fürth−0.851-2-21.00#121

Gained - how much the manager's coach rating changed over their rated matches in May 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 23, 2009, games up to Sun 31 May). Only managers ranked at the month's end (30+ rated matches) are listed. The table closed with Week 23, 2009 and never changes.

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