Coach World Ranking · March 2019

Best Football Managers - March 2019

Coach rating gained in March · 450 managers with 3+ rated matches · final, published 1 Apr 2019
1st Dean Smith Aston Villa +30.9 coach rating gained · 5 matches · 5-0-0
2nd Ferenc Horvath Szombathelyi Haladás FC +26.5 coach rating gained · 4 matches · 3-0-1
3rd Reginald Ray Valenciennes +24.3 coach rating gained · 4 matches · 3-0-1

March 2019

coach rating rank: Week 14, 2019
# Manager Club Gained Matches W-D-L PPG Coach rating
1Dean SmithAston Villa+30.955-0-03.00#123
2Ferenc HorvathSzombathelyi Haladás FC+26.543-0-12.25#194
3Reginald RayValenciennes+24.343-0-12.25#426
4Bruno AkrapovićLokomotiv Plovdiv+21.143-1-02.50#626
5Igor CherevchenkoArsenal Tula+20.543-1-02.50#314
6Simone InzaghiLazio+20.443-1-02.50#193
7Florian KohfeldtSV Werder Bremen+20.143-1-02.50#174
8Oliver GlasnerLASK+19.744-0-03.00#21
9Edward IordănescuGaz Metan Mediaș+19.343-1-02.50#294
10Valdas IvanauskasZagłębie Sosnowiec+19.242-0-21.50#475
11Dick AdvocaatFC Utrecht+18.643-1-02.50#186
12Cristiano BergodiFC Voluntari+18.243-1-02.50#210
13Cihat ArslanNK Čelik Zenica+18.143-1-02.50#630
14Marcelo BielsaLeeds United+18.154-0-12.40#351
15Rolando MaranCagliari+17.943-0-12.25#480
16Marco SilvaEverton+17.942-1-11.75#88
17Mladen ŽižovićFK Radnik Bijeljina+17.842-2-02.00#256
18Vaclav JilekSK Sigma Olomouc+17.343-0-12.25#156
19Loukas ChatziloukasDoxa Katokopias+17.042-1-11.75#444
20Kobi RefuaHapoel Tel Aviv+16.633-0-03.00#612
21Jose Luis OltraCD Tenerife+16.552-3-01.80#636
22Pascal GastienClermont Foot+15.942-2-02.00#163
23PachetaElche+15.753-1-12.00#434
24Fabio CelestiniFC Lugano+15.742-2-02.00#371
25Barak BakharHapoel Be'er Sheva+15.643-1-02.50#525
26Didier Olle-NicolleUS Orléans+15.042-2-02.00#232
27Mariano Barreto JeronimoStumbras Kaunas+14.943-1-02.50#108
28Jakob MichelsenOdense Boldklub+14.543-1-02.50#101
29Adolf HütterEintracht Frankfurt+14.365-1-02.67#15
30Erik ten HagAFC Ajax+14.254-0-12.40#23
31Jaap StamPEC Zwolle+13.642-1-11.75#536
32Kasper HjulmandFC Nordsjælland+13.341-3-01.50#151
33Daniel FarkeNorwich City+13.355-0-03.00#129
34Siniša MihajlovićBologna+12.943-0-12.25#27
35RodriExtremadura UD+12.952-1-21.40#450
36Glen RiddersholmSønderjyske Fodbold+12.542-1-11.75#267
37Zdeněk SčasnýAC Sparta Praha+12.443-0-12.25#333
38Jess ThorupKAA Gent+12.443-0-12.25#26
39Savvas PantelidisAris Thessaloniki+12.443-0-12.25#61
40Marco GiampaoloSampdoria+12.343-0-12.25#488
41Okan BurukÇaykur Rizespor+12.132-0-12.00#93
42Antonio Iriondo OrtegaRayo Majadahonda+11.952-1-21.40#312
43MarcelinoValencia+11.964-2-02.33#53
44Yuri SeminLokomotiv Moscow+11.943-1-02.50#202
45Serhiy RebrovFerencváros TC+11.744-0-03.00#306
46Markus Anfang1. FC Köln+11.733-0-03.00#68
47Zaur SvanadzeDinamo Tbilisi+11.753-0-21.80#801
48Oleg KononovFC Spartak Moscow+11.742-2-02.00#501
49Valdas DambrauskasRFS+11.533-0-03.00#141
50Vjatseslav ZahovaikoPaide Linnameeskond+11.432-0-12.00#391
51Paul HeckingbottomHibernian+11.432-1-02.33#451
52Giannis PetrakisPAS Giannina+11.441-3-01.50#640
53Mustafa DenizliKasımpaşa+11.331-2-01.67#768
54Jan VazinskiFC Kuressaare+11.331-1-11.33#647
55Klaus SchmidtSV Mattersburg+11.143-0-12.25#638
56Roberto VenturatoCittadella+10.942-2-02.00#104
57EusebioGirona FC+10.742-0-21.50#272
58Stefan LeitlSpVgg Greuther Fürth+10.631-1-11.33#764
59Ralph HasenhüttlSouthampton+10.632-0-12.00#5
60Christophe PélissierAmiens SC+10.641-3-01.50#110
61Stephen BradleyShamrock Rovers+10.665-1-02.67#112
62Valeriy KarpinFC Rostov+10.642-2-02.00#404
63Andrey TalalaevPyunik Yerevan+10.553-1-12.00#338
64Torsten LieberknechtMSV Duisburg+10.431-2-01.67#189
65Rui AlmeidaTroyes+10.343-1-02.50#184
66Ernesto ValverdeFC Barcelona+10.355-0-03.00#20
67Jose Manuel GomesReading+9.953-1-12.00#468
68Mehmed BaždarevićParis FC+9.743-1-02.50#680
69Pierpaolo BisoliPadova+9.741-2-11.25#254
70Nenad LalatovićFK Radnički Niš+9.755-0-03.00#39
71Adrie KosterWillem II Tilburg+9.643-0-12.25#135
72Gian Piero GasperiniAtalanta+9.443-1-02.50#43
73Gianluca FestaAEL Novibet+9.342-2-02.00#289
74Pedro MartinsOlympiacos FC+9.344-0-03.00#166
75Claude MakeleleKAS Eupen+9.242-0-21.50#476
76Philippe HinschbergerGrenoble Foot 38+9.142-1-11.75#567
77Jürgen KloppLiverpool FC+9.054-1-02.60#3
78Razvan LucescuPAOK+9.044-0-03.00#30
79Mathieu ChabertAS Béziers+8.941-3-01.50#457
80Giovanni StroppaFC Crotone+8.742-2-02.00#107
81Massimo RastelliCremonese+8.731-2-01.67#546
82Marcel KeizerSporting CP+8.744-0-03.00#346
83John van den BromAZ Alkmaar+8.543-1-02.50#19
84Brendan RodgersLeicester City+8.443-0-12.25#18
85Javier CallejaVillarreal+8.264-0-22.00#604
86Christian StreichSC Freiburg+8.241-2-11.25#116
87Friedhelm FunkelFortuna Düsseldorf+8.242-0-21.50#299
88Gheorghe HagiFC Viitorul Constanța+8.132-0-12.00#350
89Leonardo SempliciSPAL+7.942-0-21.50#70
90Martin SevelaŠK Slovan Bratislava+7.844-0-03.00#140
91Miodrag BožovićKrylya Sovetov Samara+7.842-1-11.75#84
92Jozef WeberMladá Boleslav+7.642-2-02.00#452
93Igor BišćanHNK Rijeka+7.543-0-12.25#103
94Steve BruceSheffield Wednesday+7.552-3-01.80#58
95Marcel KollerBasel+7.542-2-02.00#555
96Fabio LiveraniLecce+7.253-1-12.00#225
97Colin CatonBala Town+7.231-0-21.00#668
98Dušan KosičNK Celje+7.141-2-11.25#425
99Steve ClarkeKilmarnock+7.142-2-02.00#133
100Kakhaber TskhadadzeFC Ordabasy+7.032-1-02.33#357

Gained - how much the manager's coach rating changed over their rated matches in March 2019. 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, 2019, 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, 2019 and never changes.

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