Coach World Ranking · December 2016

Best Football Managers - December 2016

Coach rating gained in December · 265 managers with 3+ rated matches · final, published 2 Jan 2017
1st Garry Monk Leeds United +21.6 coach rating gained · 6 matches · 4-1-1
2nd Oscar Garcia Red Bull Salzburg +20.8 coach rating gained · 4 matches · 4-0-0
3rd Rudi Garcia Olympique de Marseille +19.6 coach rating gained · 4 matches · 4-0-0

December 2016

coach rating rank: Week 1, 2017
# Manager Club Gained Matches W-D-L PPG Coach rating
1Garry MonkLeeds United+21.664-1-12.17#144
2Oscar GarciaRed Bull Salzburg+20.844-0-03.00#199
3Rudi GarciaOlympique de Marseille+19.644-0-03.00#68
4Ivan LekoSint-Truidense VV+19.553-1-12.00#267
5Gaizka GaritanoDeportivo de A Coruña+19.443-0-12.25#466
6David WagnerHuddersfield Town+19.264-2-02.33#242
7José MourinhoManchester United+18.976-1-02.71#6
8Alvaro CerveraCádiz+18.933-0-03.00#474
9Maurizio SarriSSC Napoli+18.754-1-02.60#14
10Francisco Escribá SeguraVillarreal+18.343-1-02.50#389
11Luigi DelneriUdinese+17.943-1-02.50#167
12Pierpaolo BisoliL.R. Vicenza+17.753-1-12.00#160
13Slaviša JokanovićFulham+17.453-2-02.20#26
14Stefano PioliInter+17.454-0-12.40#72
15Alfredo AgliettiAscoli+15.563-3-02.00#143
16Runar KristinssonKSC Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen+15.252-3-01.80#351
17Bruno GenesioOlympique Lyonnais+15.143-1-02.50#97
18Antonio ConteChelsea+14.966-0-03.00#3
19Alan ArchibaldPartick Thistle+14.772-3-21.29#155
20Paco HerreraReal Valladolid+14.352-1-21.40#310
21Christian StreichSC Freiburg+14.242-2-02.00#77
22Adolf HütterBSC Young Boys+14.133-0-03.00#103
23Brendan RodgersCeltic+14.098-1-02.78#34
24Markus KauczinskiFC Ingolstadt 04+13.832-0-12.00#78
25Markus GisdolHamburger SV+13.743-0-12.25#302
26Mauricio PochettinoTottenham Hotspur+13.765-0-12.50#43
27Carlos CarvalhalSheffield Wednesday+13.564-1-12.17#107
28Marius ȘumudicăAstra Giurgiu+13.553-1-12.00#229
29Ewald LienenFC St. Pauli+12.831-2-01.67#435
30Mustafa Resit AkcayAnkaraspor+12.554-1-02.60#9
31Mauricio PellegrinoDeportivo Alavés+12.353-2-02.20#71
32Ümit ÖzatGençlerbirliği+12.342-1-11.75#477
33Željko KopićNK Slaven Belupo+12.233-0-03.00#62
34Frederic HantzMontpellier+11.442-0-21.50#87
35Franco FodaSK Sturm Graz+11.332-0-12.00#370
36Ståle SolbakkenFC København+11.133-0-03.00#30
37Piotr StokowiecZagłębie Lubin+10.932-1-02.33#227
38Luis Cesar SampedroCD Lugo+10.832-1-02.33#380
39Riza CalimbayAntalyaspor+10.742-1-11.75#226
40Nuno Espírito SantoFC Porto+10.755-0-03.00#128
41Slaven BilićWest Ham United+10.563-1-21.67#173
42Rene WeilerRSC Anderlecht+10.564-1-12.17#24
43Gheorghe HagiFC Viitorul Constanța+10.433-0-03.00#178
44Steve McClarenDerby County+10.264-2-02.33#322
45Jose Luis OltraCórdoba+10.243-0-12.25#448
46Jorge SimaoChaves+10.242-1-11.75#113
47Massimiliano AllegriJuventus+9.954-1-02.60#19
48Erik ten HagFC Utrecht+9.932-1-02.33#130
49Giovanni van BronckhorstFeyenoord+9.443-0-12.25#86
50Carlo AncelottiFC Bayern München+9.355-0-03.00#2
51Jose CouceiroVitória de Setúbal+9.242-0-21.50#327
52Paul LambertWolverhampton+8.963-1-21.67#365
53Peter SorensenSilkeborg IF+8.931-2-01.67#231
54Eddie HoweBournemouth+8.463-0-31.50#79
55Paulo FonsecaShakhtar Donetsk+8.433-0-03.00#100
56Pedro MartinsVitória SC+8.343-1-02.50#180
57Chris HughtonBrighton & Hove Albion+8.154-1-02.60#57
58Lucien FavreNice+7.953-2-02.20#49
59Mark WarburtonRangers+7.564-1-12.17#93
60Ronald KoemanEverton+7.462-2-21.33#33
61Roberto BoscagliaNovara+7.353-1-12.00#307
62Cristian PustaiGaz Metan Mediaș+7.232-0-12.00#181
63Rolando MaranChievo Verona+7.142-1-11.75#188
64Stefano ColantuonoBari+6.952-3-01.80#286
65Erwin Van de LooiWillem II Tilburg+6.831-2-01.67#186
66Alan PardewCrystal Palace+6.741-1-21.00#212
67Francois CiccoliniBastia+6.642-0-21.50#309
68Luciano SpallettiAS Roma+6.553-1-12.00#41
69Tony PulisWest Bromwich Albion+6.563-0-31.50#15
70Walter NovellinoUS Avellino 1912+6.441-2-11.25#497
71Henk FraserVitesse+6.232-0-12.00#205
72Jose PeseiroSporting Braga+6.042-0-21.50#483
73Bernard CasoniLorient+5.941-1-21.00#542
74Roberto DonadoniBologna+5.742-1-11.75#90
75Tolunay KafkasAkhisarspor+5.442-1-11.75#139
76Paul HartleyDundee FC+5.362-1-31.17#342
77Luis EnriqueFC Barcelona+5.254-1-02.60#42
78José BordalásGetafe+5.132-1-02.33#117
79Frank Schmidt1. FC Heidenheim+5.031-1-11.33#70
80Jacky MathijssenKVC Westerlo+4.851-2-21.00#529
81Patrice GarandeStade Malherbe Caen+4.731-1-11.33#141
82Georgios ParaschosAO Platanias+4.631-1-11.33#420
83Roger SchmidtBayer 04 Leverkusen+4.552-2-11.60#109
84Antoine KombouareGuingamp+4.442-1-11.75#25
85Michel Preud'hommeClub Brugge KV+4.464-1-12.17#51
86Ivica VasticSV Mattersburg+4.031-0-21.00#478
87Juan Antonio Albacete AnquelaHuesca+3.951-3-11.20#164
88Pablo CorreaNancy+3.841-2-11.25#96
89Kosta RunjaicTSV 1860 München+3.831-1-11.33#213
90Mark McGheeMotherwell+3.761-3-21.00#536
91John StegemanHeracles Almelo+3.632-0-12.00#161
92Peter MaesKRC Genk+3.652-1-21.40#80
93Asier GaritanoLeganés+3.540-3-10.75#175
94Damir ČanadiSK Rapid Wien+3.574-1-21.86#257
95Jose MoraisAEK Athens+3.531-2-01.67#345
96Giannis MatzourakisGFS Panetolikos+3.331-1-11.33#491
97Jagoba ArrasateNumancia+3.132-0-12.00#461
98Ernesto ValverdeAthletic Club+3.164-1-12.17#83
99Ersun YanalTrabzonspor+3.042-0-21.50#401
100Serhiy RebrovDynamo Kyiv+3.031-1-11.33#311

Gained - how much the manager's coach rating changed over their rated matches in December 2016. 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 1, 2017, games up to Sun 1 Jan). Only managers ranked at the month's end (30+ rated matches) are listed. The table closed with Week 1, 2017 and never changes.

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