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
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Björn Pazen / bc