Coach DNA
Playing style
balanced profile
Style consistency
More consistent than 12% of multi-club coaches
Club record
League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.
Sydney
Nov 2023 – Mar 2026 · 87 matches
1.53 points per game in A-League (75 matches).
Sydney with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.42 (95 matches, 2 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +87 above the league average under him, +50 under the others.
Most used
- R. Grant7,552' · Elo 1,668
- J. Lolley5,941' · Elo 1,631
- A. Cáceres5,398' · Elo 1,621
- Harrison Devenish-Meares4,547' · Elo 1,757
- J. Courtney-Perkins4,501' · Elo 1,686
- J. King3,968' · Elo 1,750
- C. Hollman3,536' · Elo 1,659
- A. Redmayne3,158' · Elo 1,511
- H. Matthews2,735' · Elo 1,780
- Léo Sena2,584' · Elo 1,671
Wellington Phoenix
Oct 2019 – May 2023 · 107 matches
1.43 points per game in A-League (107 matches).
Wellington Phoenix with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.25 (161 matches, 6 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −18 below the league average under him, −70 under the others.
Most used
- D. Ball7,976' · Elo 1,447
- T. Payne7,772' · Elo 1,534
- O. Sail6,327' · Elo 1,475
- C. Lewis4,746' · Elo 1,534
- A. Rufer4,722' · Elo 1,633
- U. Dávila4,065' · Elo 1,429
- R. Piscopo3,979' · Elo 1,556
- J. Laws3,754' · Elo 1,617
- S. Sutton3,666' · Elo 1,685
- J. Sotirio3,601' · Elo 1,491
Players under Ufuk Talay
Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.
Rose most
- R. Piscopo+703
in 59 matches · Wellington Phoenix
- T. Payne+554
in 90 matches · Wellington Phoenix
- C. Lewis+529
in 63 matches · Wellington Phoenix
- S. Sutton+409
in 52 matches · Wellington Phoenix
in 19 matches · Sydney
Fell most
- M. Tisserand−122
in 19 matches · Sydney
- A. Ouahim−120
in 30 matches · Sydney
- B. Kraev−117
in 26 matches · Wellington Phoenix
- P. Quispe−107
in 22 matches · Sydney
in 20 matches · Wellington Phoenix
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
−100D. Lachman1376
in 9 matches · Perth Glory
−80N. Mileusnic1396
in 9 matches · Wellington Phoenix
−78B. Kaltak1688
in 10 matches · Perth Glory
−73D. De Silva1426
in 13 matches · Macarthur
−72D. Vukovic1707
in 7 matches · Central Coast Mariners
Nemeses
+201B. Nkololo1723
in 5 matches · Central Coast Mariners
+183M. Natta1798
in 9 matches · Newcastle Jets
+182A. Thurgate1625
in 15 matches · Western Sydney Wanderers
+171J. Hoffman1198
in 9 matches · Newcastle Jets
+170I. Hughes1618
in 5 matches · Wellington Phoenix
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −71
M. Rudan1615
in 13 matches · Western Sydney Wanderers
- −39
Ante Milicic1440
in 5 matches · Macarthur
- −31
Warren Moon1552
in 7 matches · Central Coast Mariners
- −17
Alen Stajčić1600
in 11 matches · Western Sydney Wanderers
- −15
M. Jackson1625
in 7 matches · Central Coast Mariners
Nemesis coaches
- +129
A. Papastamatis1877
in 5 matches · Newcastle Jets
- +103
in 6 matches · Wellington Phoenix
- +82
Mile Sterjovski1659
in 9 matches · Macarthur
- +79
Mark Milligan1685
in 3 matches · Newcastle Jets
- +75
Anthony Popović1963
in 10 matches · Melbourne Victory
Playing style
How Ufuk Talay's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)
Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.
Career average
One shape blending all 2 clubs (2016+).
The baseline — each polygon on the right shows how one club's style deviates from this.
-0.24style consistency across 2 clubs
More consistent than 12% of multi-club coaches.
A high score means the same playing style travels from club to club — well above the random-coach baseline (-0.01), so it's a signature, not the squads.
Wellington Phoenix106 matches
Sydney86 matches