Coach World Ranking · March 2013

Best Football Managers - March 2013

Coach rating gained in March · 225 managers with 3+ rated matches · final, published 1 Apr 2013
Before 2015/16 fewer matches have a known manager, and for some the manager comes from their dated spell at the club.
1st Marco van Basten SC Heerenveen +33.4 coach rating gained · 4 matches · 4-0-0
2nd Vincenzo Torrente Bari +31.6 coach rating gained · 6 matches · 4-2-0
3rd Igor Pamić NK Istra 1961 +21.4 coach rating gained · 4 matches · 2-2-0

March 2013

coach rating rank: Week 14, 2013
# Manager Club Gained Matches W-D-L PPG Coach rating
1Marco van BastenSC Heerenveen+33.444-0-03.00#325
2Vincenzo TorrenteBari+31.664-2-02.33#296
3Igor PamićNK Istra 1961+21.442-2-02.00#19
4Frederic HantzBastia+20.843-0-12.25#79
5Arsène WengerArsenal+20.043-0-12.25#3
6Fred RuttenVitesse+20.044-0-03.00#24
7Darren FergusonPeterborough United+19.063-3-02.00#219
8Colin ToddRanders FC+18.754-1-02.60#63
9Lee ClarkBirmingham City+16.653-1-12.00#269
10Billy DaviesNottingham Forest+15.754-1-02.60#27
11Mick McCarthyIpswich Town+14.953-1-12.00#218
12Fernando VazquezDeportivo de A Coruña+14.542-1-11.75#362
13Mauricio PochettinoSouthampton+14.342-1-11.75#203
14Dean SaundersWolverhampton+13.953-1-12.00#176
15Stuart McCallMotherwell+13.243-1-02.50#234
16Marcin BroszPiast Gliwice+13.142-2-02.00#80
17Alfredo AgliettiNovara+12.964-2-02.33#54
18Sam AllardyceWest Ham United+12.832-0-12.00#60
19Erwin KoemanRKC Waalwijk+12.442-0-21.50#329
20Marcelo BielsaAthletic Club+12.132-0-12.00#354
21Antonio ConteJuventus+12.154-1-02.60#9
22Kamil KieresGKS Bełchatów+11.941-3-01.50#312
23Frank De BoerAFC Ajax+11.644-0-03.00#43
24Stéphane MoulinAngers+11.442-2-02.00#143
25Kenny JackettMillwall+11.363-1-21.67#160
26Philippe HinschbergerStade Lavallois+11.142-2-02.00#195
27Elie BaupOlympique de Marseille+10.942-2-02.00#193
28Alessandro CaloriBrescia+10.773-3-11.71#311
29Olivier Dall'OglioDijon+10.541-3-01.50#206
30Hans-Jurgen BoysenSV Sandhausen+10.341-2-11.25#144
31Eugenio CoriniChievo Verona+10.342-0-21.50#275
32Stefano ColantuonoAtalanta+10.142-1-11.75#150
33Peter MaesKSC Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen+9.831-2-01.67#28
34Alain CasanovaToulouse+9.742-2-02.00#202
35Hubert FournierStade de Reims+9.442-1-11.75#61
36Pierpaolo BisoliCesena+9.174-1-21.86#103
37Jess ThorupEsbjerg FB+9.032-1-02.33#148
38Jan UrbanLegia Warszawa+9.043-1-02.50#44
39Benno MohlmannFSV Frankfurt+8.842-1-11.75#178
40Jean-Marc FurlanTroyes+8.641-2-11.25#154
41Stefano PioliBologna+8.442-1-11.75#48
42Holger Stanislawski1. FC Köln+8.343-1-02.50#49
43Fatih TerimGalatasaray+8.353-1-12.00#233
44Vincenzo MontellaFiorentina+8.343-0-12.25#119
45Philippe MontanierReal Sociedad+8.242-2-02.00#15
46Harry RedknappQueens Park Rangers+7.932-0-12.00#10
47Giuseppe PillonReggina 1914+7.832-0-12.00#353
48Roberto MartínezWigan Athletic+7.743-0-12.25#68
49Jacky MathijssenK. Beerschot V.A.+7.632-0-12.00#368
50José MourinhoReal Madrid+7.354-1-02.60#2
51Manuel PellegriniMálaga CF+7.352-2-11.60#6
52Massimiliano AllegriAC Milan+7.254-0-12.40#29
53Juan Ignacio MartinezLevante UD+7.161-5-01.33#201
54Craig BrownAberdeen+6.831-1-11.33#294
55Luis GarciaGetafe+6.732-1-02.33#133
56Davide NicolaUS Livorno 1915+6.562-4-01.67#180
57Glen RiddersholmFC Midtjylland+6.541-3-01.50#151
58Jocelyn GourvennecGuingamp+6.143-0-12.25#92
59Domenico ToscanoTernana+6.162-3-11.50#62
60Rudolf BommerEnergie Cottbus+6.042-1-11.75#302
61Gregorio ManzanoMallorca+5.942-0-21.50#175
62Murat YakinBasel+5.854-0-12.40#110
63Art LangelerPEC Zwolle+5.242-0-21.50#235
64Marco KurzTSG Hoffenheim+5.141-1-21.00#125
65Francesco MorieroGrosseto+5.162-1-31.17#383
66Jürgen KloppBorussia Dortmund+5.054-0-12.40#7
67Brendan RodgersLiverpool FC+4.943-0-12.25#69
68David MoyesEverton+4.543-0-12.25#36
69Nigel CloughDerby County+4.552-1-21.40#211
70Laurent RousseyFC Lausanne-Sport+4.431-1-11.33#166
71Jeff SaibeneFC St. Gallen 1879+4.452-1-21.40#215
72Paul LambertAston Villa+4.342-0-21.50#115
73Sean DycheBurnley+4.351-3-11.20#184
74Aurelius SkarbaliusBrøndby IF+4.141-1-21.00#373
75Jacek ZielinskiRuch Chorzów+4.131-1-11.33#165
76Michael FrontzeckFC St. Pauli+4.032-0-12.00#376
77Kasper HjulmandFC Nordsjælland+3.932-1-02.33#86
78Ronald KoemanFeyenoord+3.843-0-12.25#264
79Steve BruceHull City+3.553-0-21.80#109
80Christophe GaltierSaint-Étienne+3.341-3-01.50#50
81Zoran VulićRNK Split+3.242-2-02.00#126
82Sascha LewandowskiBayer 04 Leverkusen+2.742-0-21.50#137
83Andrea StramaccioniInter+2.652-0-31.20#173
84Johnny MolbyAC Horsens+2.651-1-30.80#221
85Maurizio SarriEmpoli+2.564-1-12.17#128
86Franco Foda1. FC Kaiserslautern+2.441-3-01.50#272
87Ariel JacobsFC København+2.243-1-02.50#16
88Claudio FoscariniCittadella+2.161-3-21.00#301
89Rudi GarciaLille+2.143-0-12.25#100
90Pascal GastienChamois Niortais+1.941-2-11.25#149
91Mirko SlomkaHannover 96+1.941-1-21.00#34
92Victor FernandezKAA Gent+1.931-1-11.33#127
93Javier AguirreEspanyol+1.941-2-11.25#45
94Tomislav IvkovićNK Lokomotiva Zagreb+1.842-1-11.75#51
95Ryszard KomornickiFC Luzern+1.530-3-01.00#347
96Lars SondergaardSønderjyske Fodbold+1.541-0-30.75#261
97Roberto DonadoniParma+1.342-0-21.50#90
98Markus WeinzierlFC Augsburg+1.342-0-21.50#231
99Gus PoyetBrighton & Hove Albion+1.262-2-21.33#25
100Ernesto ValverdeValencia+1.251-3-11.20#67

Gained - how much the manager's coach rating changed over their rated matches in March 2013. 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 14, 2013, games up to Sun 31 Mar). Only managers ranked at the month's end (30+ rated matches) are listed. The table closed with Week 14, 2013 and never changes.

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