Best Football Managers - May 2023

Coach rating gained in May · 504 managers with 3+ rated matches · final, published 5 Jun 2023
1st Aykhan Abbasov Turan Tovuz +30.3 coach rating gained · 5 matches · 3-1-1
2nd Attila Kuttor Mezőkövesd Zsóry +27.1 coach rating gained · 4 matches · 3-1-0
3rd Marco Rose RB Leipzig +25.7 coach rating gained · 5 matches · 5-0-0

May 2023

coach rating rank: Week 23, 2023
# Manager Club Gained Matches W-D-L PPG Coach rating
1Aykhan AbbasovTuran Tovuz+30.353-1-12.00#280
2Attila KuttorMezőkövesd Zsóry+27.143-1-02.50#297
3Marco RoseRB Leipzig+25.755-0-03.00#50
4Paolo ZanettiEmpoli+24.053-2-02.20#298
5Ron JansFC Twente+23.744-0-03.00#42
6Marinos SatsiasEnosis Neon Paralimniou+22.764-0-22.00#316
7Simone InzaghiInter+22.587-0-12.63#66
8Waldemar FornalikZagłębie Lubin+22.243-1-02.50#105
9Arnar GretarssonValur Reykjavík+21.564-1-12.17#147
10Jimmy ThelinIF Elfsborg+21.355-0-03.00#75
11Rafael NazaryanBKMA Yerevan+21.063-2-11.83#354
12Pascal DuprazDijon+20.853-2-02.20#497
13Magnus HaglundHalmstads BK+20.653-0-21.80#594
14Sean DycheEverton+20.352-2-11.60#63
15Hein van HaezebrouckKAA Gent+20.243-1-02.50#140
16Kemal ÖzdeşKasımpaşa+19.833-0-03.00#550
17Vitali ZhukovskiAtyrau+19.542-2-02.00#322
18Vadim EvseevFakel Voronezh+19.143-0-12.25#535
19Claudio RanieriCagliari+18.955-0-03.00#65
20Thomas FrankBrentford+18.443-0-12.25#6
21Daniel MeijelTallinna Kalev+17.863-2-11.83#152
22Alexander TunchevArda Kardzhali+17.863-3-02.00#191
23John van den BromLech Poznań+17.733-0-03.00#47
24Radoslav KovacFK Pardubice+17.453-0-21.80#475
25Alain GeigerServette FC+17.454-1-02.60#145
26Mattia Croci-TortiFC Lugano+16.753-2-02.20#265
27Lee JohnsonHibernian+16.652-2-11.60#302
28Eric RoyStade Brestois+16.554-0-12.40#286
29Alois SchwartzFC Hansa Rostock+16.543-1-02.50#568
30Olivier FrapolliStade Lavallois+16.443-0-12.25#427
31Viktors MorozsRFS+16.476-1-02.71#100
32Andrei DemchenkoFC Dila Gori+16.364-2-02.33#209
33Bo HenriksenFC Zürich+16.353-1-12.00#394
34Ivan JurićTorino+16.253-2-02.20#125
35Laurent GuyotAnnecy FC+15.942-2-02.00#751
36Jesper SorensenBrøndby IF+15.842-1-11.75#754
37Ivan LekoHNK Hajduk Split+15.844-0-03.00#55
38Pellegrino MatarazzoTSG Hoffenheim+15.842-1-11.75#271
39Vaclav JilekSK Sigma Olomouc+15.752-1-21.40#165
40Joaquin GomezSJK+15.444-0-03.00#217
41Milan MilanovićFK Spartak Subotica+15.453-2-02.20#102
42Gheorghe HagiFCV Farul Constanța+15.343-1-02.50#57
43Kees Van WonderenSC Heerenveen+15.042-2-02.00#519
44Eirik HornelandSK Brann+15.053-1-12.00#224
45Andris RihertsFK Metta+15.073-3-11.71#786
46Steve CooperNottingham Forest+14.842-2-02.00#69
47Andreas AlmOdense Boldklub+14.643-1-02.50#487
48Giovanni ColellaFK Partizani+14.454-1-02.60#549
49Roman PilipchukNK Celje+14.233-0-03.00#166
50Jose AnigoOlympiacos FC+14.132-1-02.33#495
51Tomislav StipićRiga FC+14.076-1-02.71#127
52Oliver BogatinovKalcer Radomlje+14.033-0-03.00#109
53Franck HaiseRC Lens+13.955-0-03.00#10
54João ArosoVitória SC+13.943-0-12.25#409
55Kjetil KnutsenBodø/Glimt+13.955-0-03.00#11
56Volodymyr SharanFC Minaj+13.763-1-21.67#176
57Ricardo SoaresEstoril Praia+13.642-1-11.75#205
58Mircea RednicUTA Arad+13.542-2-02.00#676
59Ivan BionchikSlavia Mozyr+13.532-1-02.33#146
60Stefan BillbornSarpsborg 08+13.343-1-02.50#185
61Lyuboslav PenevFK Hebar Pazardzhik+13.363-0-31.50#67
62Sahin DiniyevSəbail FK+13.352-1-21.40#626
63Thomas LetschVfL Bochum 1848+13.342-1-11.75#642
64Nermin BašićFK Željezničar+13.253-2-02.20#398
65Sergey TashuevAkhmat Grozny+13.243-0-12.25#251
66José BordalásGetafe+13.253-1-12.00#192
67Mircea LucescuDynamo Kyiv+13.165-0-12.50#150
68Aleksandr SednevFC Ordabasy+13.144-0-03.00#204
69Peter ZeidlerFC St. Gallen 1879+12.952-2-11.60#330
70Paco LopezGranada+12.943-1-02.50#386
71Husref MusemićFK Igman Konjic+12.952-2-11.60#80
72Fabio GrossoFrosinone+12.744-0-03.00#206
73Manuel PellegriniReal Betis+12.553-1-12.00#20
74Adrian MutuFC Rapid București+12.352-1-21.40#137
75Srđan BlagojevićDebreceni VSC+12.342-2-02.00#202
76Paulo SousaUS Salernitana 1919+12.242-1-11.75#194
77Óskar Hrafn ThorvaldssonBreidablik Kópavogur+12.265-1-02.67#139
78Imanol Alguacil BarrenetxeaReal Sociedad+12.053-1-12.00#86
79Garcia PimientaUD Las Palmas+11.942-2-02.00#258
80Branko KaračićHŠK Posušje+11.742-1-11.75#709
81Igor KovalevichNeman Grodno+11.743-1-02.50#244
82Marcel RappHolstein Kiel+11.342-0-21.50#455
83Kim BergstrandDjurgårdens IF+11.364-0-22.00#117
84Stuart KettlewellMotherwell+11.354-1-02.60#415
85Ucha SosiashviliShukura Kobuleti+11.361-3-21.00#850
86Zsolt HornyakPuskás Akadémia+11.243-0-12.25#308
87Miron MuslićCercle Brugge+11.142-1-11.75#242
88Liviu CiobotariuFC Voluntari+11.053-2-02.20#174
89Nenad BjelicaTrabzonspor+11.043-0-12.25#72
90Frédéric AntonettiRC Strasbourg+10.942-2-02.00#564
91Daniel ThiouneFortuna Düsseldorf+10.742-2-02.00#113
92Tomislav SivicFK Mladost Lučani+10.543-0-12.25#695
93Jan UrbanGórnik Zabrze+10.443-1-02.50#108
94PetitBoavista+10.232-0-12.00#482
95Edoardo GoriniCittadella+10.241-3-01.50#376
96Tim WalterHamburger SV+10.043-1-02.50#346
97Jurgen HennFlora Tallinn+9.866-0-03.00#25
98Vlado JagodićFK Sloga Doboj+9.842-0-21.50#735
99Thierry LaureyParis FC+9.842-2-02.00#61
100Jacek MagieraŚląsk Wrocław+9.842-1-11.75#636

Gained - how much the manager's coach rating changed over their rated matches in May 2023. 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, 2023, games up to Sun 4 Jun). Only managers ranked at the month's end (30+ rated matches) are listed. The table closed with Week 23, 2023 and never changes.

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