Coach World Ranking · Week 45, 2026

Best Football Managers of 2026 - page 2

Coach rating gained in 2026, games up to Sun 1 Nov · 975 managers · updated every Monday

2026 so far

+/− vs Week 44, the race since 1 Jan
# +/− Manager Club Gained Matches Coach rating
101down 14Ulf KristianssonIF Brommapojkarna+24.227#411
102down 6Paolo VanoliFiorentina+24.133#289
103– no changeOscar LasagniSS Folgore / Falciano+23.619#359
104down 19Denis CoricFK Sutjeska Nikšić+23.210#157
105– no changeCristiano BergodiFC Universitatea Cluj+23.129#149
106up 1Luigi Bizzottolast club: SS Virtus+22.827#128
107up 33Aleksandr SednevDynamo Brest+22.527#122
108up 36Hans Erik OdegaardLillestrøm SK+22.527#543
109up 1John MousinhoPortsmouth+22.438#431
110up 7Danny RöhlRed Bull Salzburg+22.338#220
111up 25Andrius SkerlaFK Žalgiris+22.230#152
112up 26Vahe GevorgyanFC Alashkert+22.128#62
113up 40Pavel HapalSK Sigma Olomouc+22.116#224
114down 8Didier TholotFC Sion+22.038#161
115down 51Rik De MilKAA Gent+21.939#214
116up 12Marc SchneiderFC Vaduz+21.916#926
117down 4Mirel JosaKF Bylis+21.818#683
118up 1Roberto D'Aversalast club: Torino+21.512#868
119up 24Vincenzo ItalianoBeşiktaş JK+21.550#46
120up 2Vincent Kompanylast club: FC Bayern München+21.439#24
121up 126Joonas RantanenHJK+21.334#64
122down 38Manuel BaumFC Augsburg+21.328#477
123up 36Aleksandar StanojevićFK Partizan+21.319#342
124up 102Antonio CalabroPadova+21.230#492
125up 90John van den BromFC Twente+21.236#81
126up 16Gary O'NeilIpswich Town+20.937#759
127– no changeGarcia PimientaAlmería+20.812#272
128down 39Lauri NuumaHarju Jalgpallikool+20.735#195
129up 47Arian BellajKF Vora+20.627#279
130down 19Michal GasparikGórnik Zabrze+20.633#75
131up 34Steven PressleyDundee FC+20.527#447
132up 60Benat San JoseRayo Vallecano+20.334#305
133down 4Eliran Hudedalast club: Ironi Dorot Tiberias+20.317#204
134up 161Marcel KollerFC Zürich+20.312#135
135down 5Felip Ortizlast club: Inter Club d'Escaldes+20.225#219
136up 59Vítor BrunoRSC Anderlecht+20.219#314
137down 5Ruslan RotanPolissya Zhytomyr+20.222#63
138up 113Federico BessoneNK Osijek+20.228#417
139up 7Thomas StammSG Dynamo Dresden+20.227#473
140down 46Luís CastroLevante UD+20.130#261
141down 46Daniel FarkeLeeds United+20.035#22
142down 9Mario Cvitanovićlast club: FK Sarajevo+19.916#413
143down 44Martin SvedikFC Zbrojovka Brno+19.813#213
144down 43David HealyLinfield+19.635#117
145down 57Milija SavovicFK Otrant-Olympic+19.413#450
146down 38Craig HarrisonThe New Saints+19.331#131
147up 103Peter CernakFC Košice+19.327#520
148up 259Daniele De RossiGenoa+19.133#346
149down 2Ferdinand Feldhoferlast club: Grazer AK 1902+18.917#737
150up 23Marco SilvaBenfica+18.840#54
151up 30Jussi LeppälahtiIF Gnistan+18.529#129
152down 36Sergey GurenkoVitebsk+18.527#794
153down 30Azar BagirovŞamaxı FK+18.515#531
154down 2Viktors MorozsRFS+18.440#72
155down 6Bruno Baltazarlast club: Radomiak Radom+18.46#842
156down 65Enzo MarescaManchester City+18.114#344
157down 18Temur KetsbaiaDinamo Tbilisi+18.132#200
158down 4Roberto Bredalast club: Padova+17.86#601
159up 30Anzor KighuradzeFC Spaeri+17.827#452
160down 45Giovanni van BronckhorstFeyenoord+17.814#139
161up 99Zdenko FrtalaFK Teplice+17.726#233
162up 29Toni KorkeakunnasFK Panevėžys+17.727#1,009
163up 39Johan PoulsenVíkingur Gøta+17.727#440
164down 9Rolan Gusevlast club: Dynamo Moscow+17.611#585
165down 67Martin AnselmiElche+17.611#696
166down 16Álvaro ArbeloaFulham+17.636#498
167down 10Serhii ShyshchenkoBukovyna Chernivtsi+17.49#127
168down 10Oscar GarciaPogoń Szczecin+17.321#176
169down 49Jocelyn GourvennecServette FC+17.232#500
170up 129Henrik RydstromHammarby IF+17.220#123
171up 121Rhys GriffithsPenybont+17.130#88
172down 12Magomed Adievlast club: ML Vitebsk+17.111#750
173down 12Mika Laurikainenlast club: Paide Linnameeskond+17.06#991
174down 29Leeroy EchteldAZ Alkmaar+17.036#406
175up 11Nikola ŠafarićNK Varaždin+17.030#175
176up 18Sandro SchwarzDynamo Moscow+16.913#625
177down 10Martin Falklast club: Molde FK+16.67#895
178up 102Julian SchusterSC Freiburg+16.643#138
179up 17Nickolai Konig LundViborg FF+16.626#437
180down 11Larus Orri SigurdssonÍA Akranes+16.627#232
181down 11Sead BabacaFK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje+16.517#808
182up 23José MourinhoReal Madrid+16.534#12
183down 59Luis GarciaSevilla+16.318#455
184down 63Claus-Dieter WollitzEnergie Cottbus+16.011#811
185up 149Olivier PantaloniNice+16.029#392
186down 82Andrea ChiappellaVirtus Entella+15.931#540
187down 10Kent Nielsenlast club: Silkeborg IF+15.812#603
188down 10Custódiolast club: FC Alverca+15.818#349
189up 19Michael WildeColwyn Bay+15.828#115
190– no changeGonzalo GarcíaHNK Hajduk Split+15.738#140
191up 134Marco RoseBournemouth+15.713#107
192down 10Ron Janslast club: FC Utrecht+15.521#34
193down 79Henning BergOmonia Nicosia+15.340#151
194down 6Giacomo Modicalast club: Ħamrun Spartans FC+15.220#324
195down 29Sander PostFC Kuressaare+15.235#482
196down 34Selçuk İnanKocaelispor+15.026#186
197up 246Raffaele PalladinoBologna+14.736#96
198up 3Ardijan Nuhijilast club: FC Drita+14.315#928
199up 168Alessandro NestaUS Avellino 1912+14.311#912
200up 72Thomas ReisTrabzonspor+14.223#110

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