Coach World Ranking · December 2023

Best Football Managers - December 2023 - page 4

Coach rating gained in December · 389 managers with 3+ rated matches · final, published 1 Jan 2024

December 2023

coach rating rank: Week 1, 2024
# Manager Club Gained Matches W-D-L PPG Coach rating
301David MartindaleLivingston−6.660-2-40.33#858
302Fabrizio CastoriAscoli−6.651-1-30.80#383
303Rene WeilerServette FC−6.740-3-10.75#273
304Pellegrino MatarazzoTSG Hoffenheim−6.841-1-21.00#270
305Žarko LazetićFK TSC Bačka Topola−6.952-2-11.60#191
306Ioan Ovidiu SabăuFC Universitatea Cluj−7.042-0-21.50#204
307Daniel FarkeLeeds United−7.073-1-31.43#198
308Jess ThorupFC Augsburg−7.141-1-21.00#30
309Cristiano BergodiFC Rapid București−7.140-3-10.75#380
310Thomas TuchelFC Bayern München−7.243-0-12.25#17
311Mattia Croci-TortiFC Lugano−7.352-1-21.40#731
312Robert PevnikNK Aluminij Kidričevo−7.531-0-21.00#674
313Raffaele PalladinoMonza−7.651-1-30.80#184
314Vaclav KotalFC Hradec Králové−7.631-0-21.00#402
315Barry RobsonAberdeen−7.763-0-31.50#373
316Marius MăldărășanuFC Hermannstadt−7.841-1-21.00#295
317Arne SlotFeyenoord−7.842-0-21.50#18
318Pascal GastienClermont Foot−7.930-1-20.33#142
319Ivan JovanovićPanathinaikos FC−8.142-0-21.50#60
320Sebastian BeccaceceElche−8.141-1-21.00#778
321Ivo VieiraPendikspor−8.140-1-30.25#447
322Darren MooreHuddersfield Town−8.471-3-30.86#789
323Liasos LoukaAEZ Zakakiou−8.540-1-30.25#138
324Jose MotaSC Farense−8.640-2-20.50#793
325Riza CalimbayBeşiktaş JK−8.652-1-21.40#394
326Miguel Angel RamirezSporting Gijón−8.740-3-10.75#469
327Albert RieraBordeaux−8.841-1-21.00#423
328Stephane Le MignanUS Concarneau−8.841-0-30.75#442
329Chris HughesNewtown AFC−8.831-0-21.00#357
330Torsten LieberknechtDarmstadt 98−8.840-1-30.25#225
331Michael CarrickMiddlesbrough−8.973-0-41.29#307
332Dawid SzwargaRaków Częstochowa−9.241-1-21.00#501
333Nebojša VignjevićÚjpest−9.230-1-20.33#611
334Stefan LeitlHannover 96−9.230-1-20.33#523
335Besnik HasiKV Mechelen−9.351-1-30.80#592
336Luis Miguel RamisEspanyol−9.451-3-11.20#587
337Marinos SatsiasEthnikos Achnas−9.440-1-30.25#509
338Giovanni StroppaCremonese−9.552-1-21.40#144
339Stephane DumontGuingamp−9.541-0-30.75#438
340Matías AlmeydaAEK Athens−9.541-2-11.25#255
341Oskar DrobneNK Rogaška−9.630-0-30.00#775
342Elmar BakhshiyevQəbələ FK−9.741-0-30.75#921
343Niko KovačVfL Wolfsburg−9.951-1-30.80#85
344Roman SkuhravýFK Železiarne Podbrezová−10.031-0-21.00#545
345Carl HoefkensStandard Liège−10.050-3-20.60#541
346Milan MilanovićFK Radnik Surdulica−10.240-1-30.25#145
347Oliver BogatinovKalcer Radomlje−10.230-1-20.33#298
348Tomislav SivicFK Mladost Lučani−10.341-0-30.75#802
349Vlado JagodićFK Sloga Doboj−10.431-0-21.00#695
350Fabian HurzelerFC St. Pauli−10.630-3-01.00#171
351Régis Le BrisLorient−10.840-1-30.25#537
352Markus KauczinskiSV Wehen Wiesbaden−11.030-1-20.33#148
353Paulo SérgioPortimonense SAD−11.040-1-30.25#707
354Florin PârvuFC Petrolul Ploiești−11.340-2-20.50#399
355Ryan LowePreston North End−11.372-1-41.00#599
356Diego SimeoneAtlético Madrid−11.463-1-21.67#6
357Liam RoseniorHull City−11.573-0-41.29#349
358Željko SopićHNK Rijeka−11.731-1-11.33#249
359Borja JiménezLeganés−12.340-3-10.75#386
360Mikel ArtetaArsenal−12.773-2-21.57#61
361István SzabóKecskemét TE−13.130-1-20.33#335
362Florian KohfeldtKAS Eupen−13.550-1-40.20#820
363Waldemar FornalikZagłębie Lubin−13.530-1-20.33#237
364Laurent GuyotAnnecy FC−13.540-1-30.25#878
365Alessio DionisiSassuolo−13.650-1-40.20#699
366Andrea PirloSampdoria−14.552-1-21.40#486
367Rashad SadyqovZirə FK−14.740-1-30.25#597
368Paolo VanoliVenezia−14.751-2-21.00#251
369Edin TerzićBorussia Dortmund−14.860-4-20.67#91
370Bo HenriksenFC Zürich−14.930-1-20.33#289
371XaviFC Barcelona−15.052-1-21.40#864
372Cristian Fiél1. FC Nürnberg−15.241-0-30.75#713
373Fabio CasertaCosenza−15.450-2-30.40#794
374Steve CooperNottingham Forest−15.740-1-30.25#123
375Rene HakeGo Ahead Eagles−15.730-1-20.33#510
376Aleksey ShpilevskiAris Limassol−15.752-0-31.20#232
377Erol BulutCardiff City−16.072-1-41.00#257
378Olivier FrapolliStade Lavallois−16.140-2-20.50#376
379Laszlo BoloniMetz−16.540-0-40.00#135
380Francisco RodriguezRayo Vallecano−17.540-1-30.25#285
381Joseba EtxeberriaEibar−18.040-2-20.50#666
382Pascal JansenAZ Alkmaar−19.251-1-30.80#539
383Erik ten HagManchester United−19.482-1-50.88#15
384Walter MazzarriSSC Napoli−21.772-1-41.00#482
385Lam BeniMaccabi Petach Tikva−23.782-0-60.75#698
386Oran KearneyColeraine FC−27.361-1-40.67#623
387Thomas FrankBrentford−29.761-0-50.50#41
388Jon Dahl TomassonBlackburn Rovers−33.771-0-60.43#772
389Eddie HoweNewcastle United−36.882-1-50.88#104

Gained - how much the manager's coach rating changed over their rated matches in December 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 1, 2024, 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, 2024 and never changes.

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