Coach World Ranking · December 2017

Best Football Managers - December 2017 - page 2

Coach rating gained in December · 314 managers with 3+ rated matches · final, published 1 Jan 2018

December 2017

coach rating rank: Week 1, 2018
# Manager Club Gained Matches W-D-L PPG Coach rating
101Sérgio ConceiçãoFC Porto+5.143-1-02.50#79
102Alfons GroenendijkADO Den Haag+5.153-0-21.80#270
103Nicolae DicaFCSB+5.143-0-12.25#265
104Derek McInnesAberdeen+5.174-1-21.86#75
105Torsten LieberknechtEintracht Braunschweig+5.031-1-11.33#55
106José BordalásGetafe+5.042-1-11.75#84
107John van den BromAZ Alkmaar+5.053-1-12.00#24
108Vlado JagodićFK Javor Ivanjica+4.931-0-21.00#646
109Davide BallardiniGenoa+4.962-2-21.33#141
110Takis LemonisOlympiacos FC+4.843-0-12.25#494
111Uwe NeuhausSG Dynamo Dresden+4.832-0-12.00#72
112Zvezdan MiloševićOFK Bačka+4.731-1-11.33#153
113Stefano PioliFiorentina+4.673-3-11.71#195
114Enrique MartínAlbacete Balompié+4.642-1-11.75#85
115Şenol GüneşBeşiktaş JK+4.353-1-12.00#19
116Michal ProbierzKS Cracovia+4.341-1-21.00#112
117Michalis GrigoriouGSS Panionios+4.232-0-12.00#612
118Luís CastroChaves+4.031-2-01.67#175
119Jorge JesusSporting CP+4.043-0-12.25#177
120Martin SchmidtVfL Wolfsburg+3.851-3-11.20#430
121Nenad BjelicaLech Poznań+3.742-2-02.00#108
122Andy MorrisonConnah's Quay Nomads+3.553-1-12.00#292
123Slaviša JokanovićFulham+3.463-1-21.67#29
124Zdeněk ZemanPescara+3.152-2-11.60#192
125Eric SikoraRC Lens+3.131-2-01.67#422
126Daniel RamosCS Marítimo+3.131-1-11.33#224
127Erwin Van de LooiWillem II Tilburg+2.851-2-21.00#308
128Jorge SimaoBoavista+2.831-1-11.33#182
129Walter NovellinoUS Avellino 1912+2.851-3-11.20#610
130Sofronis AvgoustiApollon Limassol+2.454-0-12.40#131
131Lucas AlcarazAlmería+2.442-0-21.50#679
132Bruno BaltazarAEL Limassol+2.441-3-01.50#139
133Asier GaritanoLeganés+2.431-1-11.33#62
134Julio VelazquezAD Alcorcón+2.241-2-11.25#403
135Paulo FonsecaShakhtar Donetsk+2.232-0-12.00#166
136Yuriy VernydubZoria Luhansk+2.031-1-11.33#593
137Gurban GurbanovQarabağ FK+1.932-0-12.00#107
138Radoslaw MroczkowskiSandecja Nowy Sącz+1.840-3-10.75#600
139Dan PetrescuCFR 1907 Cluj+1.832-0-12.00#155
140Fabio PecchiaHellas Verona+1.761-1-40.67#479
141Zoran ZekićNK Osijek+1.632-1-02.33#135
142Nigel AdkinsHull City+1.551-2-21.00#210
143Julian NagelsmannTSG Hoffenheim+1.452-1-21.40#366
144Ernst BaumeisterAdmira Wacker+1.232-0-12.00#321
145Martin CanningHamilton Academical+1.262-1-31.17#390
146Vincenzo VivariniEmpoli+1.241-3-01.50#640
147Walter ZengaFC Crotone+1.041-0-30.75#521
148Leonardo SempliciSPAL+1.051-2-21.00#96
149Manolo JimenezAEK Athens+0.742-2-02.00#136
150Stéphane MoulinAngers+0.641-1-21.00#142
151Savvas PoursaitidisNea Salamina Famagusta+0.641-0-30.75#425
152Chris ColemanSunderland+0.562-2-21.33#567
153Friedhelm FunkelFortuna Düsseldorf+0.331-1-11.33#614
154Abdullah AvciBaşakşehir FK+0.354-0-12.40#39
155Damir BurićSpVgg Greuther Fürth+0.331-1-11.33#405
156Andre BreitenreiterHannover 96+0.241-1-21.00#98
157Heimo PfeifenbergerWolfsberger AC+0.130-2-10.67#606
158Giovanni StroppaFoggia−0.151-1-30.80#128
159Flavius StoicanACSM Politehnica Iași−0.232-0-12.00#664
160Ian HollowayQueens Park Rangers−0.361-2-30.83#639
161Jose Luis OltraGranada−0.342-1-11.75#435
162Edward IordănescuAstra Giurgiu−0.332-0-12.00#203
163Imanol IdiakezAEK Larnaca−0.442-2-02.00#231
164Makis ChavosGFS Panetolikos−0.430-2-10.67#419
165Claudio RanieriNantes−0.542-1-11.75#18
166Pasquale MarinoBrescia−0.551-2-21.00#450
167Waldemar FornalikPiast Gliwice−0.540-3-10.75#191
168Pascal DuprazToulouse−0.641-0-30.75#507
169Olivier Dall'OglioDijon−0.742-0-21.50#193
170Nenad LalatovićFK Čukarički−0.732-0-12.00#129
171Jose AnigoAPO Levadiakos−0.831-0-21.00#377
172Pablo MachinGirona FC−0.842-0-21.50#234
173Ilija StolicaFK Voždovac−0.931-1-11.33#342
174Samir ToplakNK Inter Zaprešić−1.031-0-21.00#551
175Juan Ramon MunizLevante UD−1.140-3-10.75#329
176Diego MartinezOsasuna−1.231-1-11.33#143
177Henk FraserVitesse−1.451-2-21.00#212
178Alan ArchibaldPartick Thistle−1.483-0-51.13#327
179Frank Schmidt1. FC Heidenheim−1.541-2-11.25#119
180Rudi GarciaOlympique de Marseille−1.552-2-11.60#46
181Claude PuelLeicester City−1.583-2-31.38#93
182Roberto D'AversaParma−1.651-4-01.40#671
183Giannis PetrakisPAS Giannina−1.730-2-10.67#504
184Hein van HaezebrouckRSC Anderlecht−1.764-0-22.00#156
185Luis Cesar SampedroReal Valladolid−1.942-0-21.50#580
186Manuel BaumFC Augsburg−1.941-2-11.25#228
187Alfredo AgliettiVirtus Entella−2.052-1-21.40#251
188Paul Le GuenBursaspor−2.141-1-21.00#34
189Yuval NaimHapoel Ashkelon−2.250-3-20.60#343
190Neil LennonHibernian−2.372-3-21.29#33
191Lito VidigalCD Aves−2.431-0-21.00#315
192Vladan MilojevićFK Crvena zvezda−2.442-2-02.00#147
193Mick McCarthyIpswich Town−2.462-1-31.17#380
194Natxo GonzalezReal Zaragoza−2.541-1-21.00#223
195Alan PardewWest Bromwich Albion−2.570-4-30.57#277
196MíchelMálaga CF−2.741-1-21.00#622
197Roberto VenturatoCittadella−2.862-2-21.33#140
198Paul ClementSwansea City−2.841-0-30.75#480
199Rui VitoriaBenfica−2.942-1-11.75#233
200Eddie HoweBournemouth−2.981-3-40.75#95

Gained - how much the manager's coach rating changed over their rated matches in December 2017. 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, 2018, games up to Sun 31 Dec). Only managers ranked at the month's end (30+ rated matches) are listed. The table closed with Week 1, 2018 and never changes.

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