18.09.2015, 11:00
Dujshebaev the best coach, best atmosphere in the Veszprem Arena

Part II of the ehfCL.com coaches’ ranking ahead of the start of the VELUX EHF Champions League season

Dujshebaev the best coach, best atmosphere in the Veszprem Arena

After ehfCL.com unveiled the individual coaches’ dream teams of the VELUX EHF Champions League participants of the 2015/16 season, here’s the second part of their ranking - this time around we are dealing with the best coaches and arenas.

The questions were: “Which three coaches in the VELUX EHF Champions League impress you the most?” and “hich arena and fans in the VELUX EHF Champions League (not yours) do you enjoy playing in most?”

The result is obvious: Spanish coaches are appreciated most by their colleagues from all over Europe: Five of the six top ranked coaches are Spanish, only Icelandic Alfred Gislason (THW Kiel) managed to make it among this armada.

Number one coach, in the opinion of his colleagues, is Talant Dujshebaev (Vive Tauron Kielce), who was nominated 14 times, ahead of Gislason (11) and the Spaniards Xavi Pascual (FC Barcelona Lassa/9), Manuel Cadenas (Orlen Wisla Plock/7), Juan Carlos Pastor (Pick Szeged/6) and Raul Gonzalez (Vardar Skopje/5).

Talant Dujshebaev (Kielce): 14

Alfred Gislason (Kiel): 11

Xavi Pascual (Barcelona): 9

Manuel Cadenas (Plock): 7

Juan Carlos Pastor (Szeged): 6

Raul Gonzalez (Vardar): 5

Ljubomir Vranjes (Flensburg): 5

Noka Serdarusic (PSG): 4

Carlos Ortega (Veszprem): 3

The race for the arena with the best atmosphere was open, but the Veszprem Arena took the top position with 7 nominations, closely ahead of the Sparkassenarena Kiel (6), and the LANXESS Arena Cologne and Jana Sandanski Arena Skopje (each 5).

Veszprem Arena: 7

Sparkassenarena Kiel: 6

Lanxess Arena Cologne (VELUX EHF FINAL4): 5

Jane Sandanski Arena Skopje: 5

Hala MOSIR Kielce: 3

Flensarena Flensburg: 2

The coaches’ nominations for coaches and arenas:

Carlos Antonio Ortega - Veszprém Handball Club (HUN)
Coaches: Gislason, Vranjes, Serdarusic
Arena: Lanxess Arena Cologne

Noka Serdarusic - Paris Saint-Germain Handball (FRA)  
Coaches: Jacobson, Gislason, Vujovic
Arena: Cologne

Veselin Vujovic - Handball Club Prvo Plinarsko Drustvo Zagreb (CRO)  
Coaches: Cadenas, Pascual, Dujshebaev
Arena: Skopje

Xavi Pascual - FC Barcelona Lassa (ESP)
Coaches: Rivera, Dujshebaev, Gislason
Arena: Barcelona (insisted on their home arena)

Ljubomir Vranjes - SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER)  
Coaches: Cadenas, Pastor, Pascual
Arena: Veszprem Arena

Mufit Arin - Besiktas Mogaz HT (TUR)  
Coaches: Pascual, Vranjes, Gislason
Arena: Flensburg

Branko Tamse - RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko (SLO)  
Coaches: Dujshebaev, Vranjes, Cadenas
Arena, Celje, Skopje

Talant Dujshebaev - KS Vive Targi Kielce (POL)
Coaches: Pascual, Gonzalez, Ortega
Arena: Skopje, Veszprem, Flensburg

Henrik Kronborg - KIF Kolding Kopenhagen (DEN)  
Coaches: Dujshebaev, Cadenas, Pastor
Arena: Veszprem Arena

Juan Carlos Pastor - MOL-Pick Szeged (HUN)  
Coaches: Pascual, Vranjes, Dujshebaev
Arena: Kiel, Jana Sandanski Skopje, Barcelona

Raul Gutierrez Gonzalez - HC Vardar (MKD)  
Coaches: Dujshebaev, Gonzales, Ortega
Arena: Plock

Nikolaj Jacobsen  - Rhein-Neckar Löwen (GER)  
Coaches: Serdarusic, Pascual, Dushebajev
Arena: Jane Sandanski in Skopje

Patrice Canayer - Montpellier Handball (FRA)  
Coaches: Gislason, Dujshebaev, Pastor
Arena: Cologne, Veszprem, Kiel

Ola Lindgren - IFK Kristianstad (SWE)
Coach: Serdarusic
Arena: Kielce

Nikola Markovic - HC Vojvodina (SRB)
Coaches: Ortega, Pascual, Dujshebaev
Arena: Veszprem

Sergej Bebeshko - HC Meshkov Brest (BLR)  
Coaches: Gislason, Cadenas
Arena: Cologne

Jesus Javier Gonzalez Fernandez - Naturhouse La Rioja (ESP)
Coaches: Gonzales, Pastor, Dujshebaev
Arena: Veszprem

Rastivlav Trtik - TATRAN Presov (SVK)
Coaches: Dujshebaev, Gislason, Pastor
Arena: LANXESS Cologne

Ricardo Costa - FC Porto (POR)
Coaches: Cadenas, Pastor, Gonzales
Arena: Kiel

Vladimir Maximov - Chekhovskie Medvedi (RUS)
Coaches: Cadenas, Canayer, Gislason
Arena: Kiel

Markus Baur - Kadetten Schaffhausen (SUI)
Coaches: Gislason, Serdarusic, Dujshebaev
Arena: Kiel

Ole Norgaard  - Skjern Handbold (DEN)
Coach: Viktor Tichonov

Lars Walther - HCM Baia Mare (ROU) 
Coaches: Gislason, Vranjes
Arena: Kiel

Lino Cervar - HC Metalurg Skopje (MKD)
Coaches: Pascual, Dujshebaev, Gonzalez
Arena: Veszprem, Kielce

Nikolai Stepanec - HC MOTOR Zaporozhye (UKR)
Coaches: Pascual, Gislason, Dujshebaev
Arena: Kielce

TEXT: Björn Pazen / bc