Best Football Managers - May 2018

Coach rating gained in May · 364 managers with 3+ rated matches · final, published 4 Jun 2018
1st Heimo Pfeifenberger Wolfsberger AC +28.5 coach rating gained · 4 matches · 3-1-0
2nd Valdas Dambrauskas RFS +26.9 coach rating gained · 5 matches · 4-1-0
3rd Jordi Cruyff Maccabi Tel Aviv +25.8 coach rating gained · 4 matches · 4-0-0

May 2018

coach rating rank: Week 23, 2018
# Manager Club Gained Matches W-D-L PPG Coach rating
1Heimo PfeifenbergerWolfsberger AC+28.543-1-02.50#562
2Valdas DambrauskasRFS+26.954-1-02.60#137
3Jordi CruyffMaccabi Tel Aviv+25.844-0-03.00#164
4Jens GustafssonIFK Norrköping+25.454-1-02.60#330
5Krasimir BalakovFK Etar Veliko Tarnovo+24.344-0-03.00#145
6Bruno AkrapovićLokomotiv Plovdiv+23.143-0-12.25#636
7Gentian MezaniKF Laçi+22.254-1-02.60#221
8David MoyesWest Ham United+21.032-1-02.33#167
9Goran TomićNK Lokomotiva Zagreb+20.344-0-03.00#215
10Ireneusz MamrotJagiellonia Białystok+19.443-1-02.50#253
11Gus PoyetBordeaux+18.933-0-03.00#33
12Tadeusz PawłowskiŚląsk Wrocław+18.743-1-02.50#353
13Ernest GjokaKF Vllaznia+17.752-2-11.60#138
14Julio VelazquezAD Alcorcón+17.241-3-01.50#396
15Giorgi DaraseliaFC Dila Gori+17.252-3-01.80#287
16Joaquin CaparrosSevilla+17.043-1-02.50#322
17Jose Luis MendilibarEibar+15.932-1-02.33#467
18Diego LopezCagliari+15.732-0-12.00#674
19Jess ThorupFC Midtjylland+15.344-0-03.00#14
20Tommy WrightSt. Johnstone+15.232-1-02.33#540
21Bruno LabbadiaVfL Wolfsburg+15.243-0-12.25#725
22Mladen ŽižovićFK Radnik Bijeljina+14.432-1-02.33#237
23Aykhan AbbasovZirə FK+14.433-0-03.00#316
24Geir BakkeSarpsborg 08+14.454-1-02.60#135
25Kemal ÖzdeşKasımpaşa+14.332-0-12.00#279
26Ferenc HorvathBalmazújváros+14.342-1-11.75#170
27Marek ZubShakhtyor Soligorsk+13.943-1-02.50#625
28Eusebio Di FrancescoAS Roma+13.743-1-02.50#34
29Tarlan AhmadovNeftçi PFK+13.233-0-03.00#203
30Diego MartinezOsasuna+13.143-1-02.50#154
31John CaulfieldCork City+12.854-1-02.60#595
32Stoycho MladenovFC Kaysar+12.662-3-11.50#372
33Jose Ramon SandovalCórdoba+12.643-0-12.25#329
34Adyam KuzyaevNarva Trans+12.564-1-12.17#326
35Andrea MandorliniCremonese+12.241-2-11.25#410
36Fabrizio CastoriCesena+12.242-2-02.00#296
37Niko KovačEintracht Frankfurt+12.232-0-12.00#269
38Javier CallejaVillarreal+11.942-1-11.75#513
39Dan PetrescuCFR 1907 Cluj+11.333-0-03.00#69
40Oswald TanchotLe Havre+11.143-1-02.50#260
41Miran SrebrničND Gorica+11.074-0-31.71#433
42Nikola SpasovFC Kyzylzhar+10.962-1-31.17#541
43Mindaugas CepasFK Kauno Žalgiris+10.842-1-11.75#141
44Hristo YanevCSKA Sofia+10.643-1-02.50#184
45Walter MazzarriTorino+10.532-1-02.33#36
46Giuseppe IachiniSassuolo+10.232-0-12.00#169
47David NielsenAGF+10.253-1-12.00#180
48Adnan ČustovićKV Oostende+9.943-0-12.25#339
49Toni KorkeakunnasFC Lahti+9.753-2-02.20#134
50Moreno LongoFrosinone+9.743-1-02.50#250
51Runar KristinssonKR Reykjavík+9.752-3-01.80#713
52Marcin BroszGórnik Zabrze+9.442-1-11.75#101
53Gennaro GattusoAC Milan+9.142-1-11.75#544
54Abelardo FernándezDeportivo Alavés+8.932-0-12.00#344
55Aurelius SkarbaliusFK Žalgiris+8.854-0-12.40#691
56Ricardo Sá PintoStandard Liège+8.642-2-02.00#146
57Mark HughesSouthampton+8.631-1-11.33#193
58Stephen KennyDundalk FC+8.465-0-12.50#265
59Mariano Barreto JeronimoStumbras Kaunas+8.452-1-21.40#420
60Leonardo JardimAS Monaco+8.333-0-03.00#48
61Darko MilaničNK Maribor+8.375-1-12.29#211
62Petri VuorinenVPS+8.362-3-11.50#204
63Neil McDonaldLimerick+8.251-1-30.80#655
64Philippe ClementKRC Genk+8.253-1-12.00#300
65Ozcan MelkemichelDjurgårdens IF+8.164-0-22.00#240
66Michel Der ZakarianMontpellier+8.131-2-01.67#212
67Barak BakharHapoel Be'er Sheva+7.943-0-12.25#213
68Roberto D'AversaParma+7.943-0-12.25#639
69Marko NikolićVideoton FC Fehérvár+7.943-1-02.50#64
70Peter MaesKSC Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen+7.952-2-11.60#51
71Arne ErlandsenLillestrøm SK+7.952-1-21.40#517
72Eirik HornelandHaugesund+7.852-2-11.60#355
73Okan BurukAkhisarspor+7.832-0-12.00#446
74Roberto StellonePalermo+7.832-1-02.33#139
75Gary RowettDerby County+7.832-0-12.00#295
76Volodymyr SharanOleksandria+7.533-0-03.00#65
77Husref MusemićFK Sarajevo+7.432-0-12.00#379
78Lars Arne NilsenSK Brann+7.453-2-02.20#59
79Nikolay KirovBotev Plovdiv+7.142-1-11.75#112
80Bohumil PáníkBaník Ostrava+7.041-3-01.50#673
81Joan CarrilloWisła Kraków+7.042-1-11.75#399
82Graham PotterÖstersunds FK+6.953-1-12.00#24
83Christophe GaltierLille+6.832-0-12.00#285
84Vaclav JilekSK Sigma Olomouc+6.542-1-11.75#113
85Luis Garcia TevenetSevilla Atlético+6.542-0-21.50#527
86Pavel HapalAC Sparta Praha+6.443-1-02.50#425
87Peter LundbergIFK Mariehamn+6.362-2-21.33#676
88Fatih TerimGalatasaray+6.333-0-03.00#119
89Şenol GüneşBeşiktaş JK+6.333-0-03.00#13
90Claudio FoscariniUS Avellino 1912+6.342-1-11.75#421
91Leonardo SempliciSPAL+6.232-0-12.00#37
92Yossi AbukasisBnei Yehuda Tel Aviv+6.241-1-21.00#315
93Anton SoltisMFK Zemplín Michalovce+6.032-0-12.00#198
94Kazimierz MoskalSandecja Nowy Sącz+6.041-2-11.25#430
95Giovanni StroppaFoggia+6.042-1-11.75#53
96Vladimir CheburinFK Sūduva Marijampolė+5.943-1-02.50#76
97Morten WieghorstAaB+5.841-2-11.25#548
98Oleksandr BabychMariupol+5.830-3-01.00#480
99Yves VanderhaegheKAA Gent+5.742-1-11.75#233
100Claudio RanieriNantes+5.732-0-12.00#31

Gained - how much the manager's coach rating changed over their rated matches in May 2018. 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, 2018, games up to Sun 3 Jun). Only managers ranked at the month's end (30+ rated matches) are listed. The table closed with Week 23, 2018 and never changes.

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