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John Russell

Coach🇮🇪

Shelbourne · Irish Premier Division

1550Current Elo

121 matches tracked

Coach DNA

Playing style

balanced profile

Sligo RoversShelbourneDomestic cupInternational cup

Club record

League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.

Sligo Rovers

Jul 2022 – Nov 2025 · 114 matches

1.18 points per game in Premier Division (108 matches).

Sligo Rovers with other coaches, ±3 years: 0.77 (30 matches, 3 coaches).

Line-up Elo: −29 below the league average under him, −72 under the others.

Most used

  1. W. Fitzgerald8,167' · Elo 1,495
  2. R. Hutchinson7,592' · Elo 1,715
  3. N. Morahan6,248' · Elo 1,523
  4. O. Denham4,637' · Elo 1,456
  5. N. Pijnaker4,162' · Elo 1,791
  6. J. Mahon4,046' · Elo 1,554
  7. C. Malley3,959' · Elo 1,380
  8. O. Elding3,760' · Elo 1,641
  9. E. McGinty3,457' · Elo 1,725
  10. M. Mata3,359' · Elo 1,563

Players under John Russell

Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.

Rose most

  1. W. Fitzgerald+478

    in 99 matches · Sligo Rovers

  2. N. Morahan+376

    in 70 matches · Sligo Rovers

  3. J. Hakiki+345

    in 34 matches · Sligo Rovers

  4. C. Reynolds+327

    in 23 matches · Sligo Rovers

  5. O. Elding+323

    in 58 matches · Sligo Rovers

Fell most

  1. F. Liivak−198

    in 30 matches · Sligo Rovers

  2. M. Wolfe−89

    in 22 matches · Sligo Rovers

  3. Jack Henry-Francis−75

    in 11 matches · Sligo Rovers

  4. B. Vaštšuk−67

    in 5 matches · Sligo Rovers

  5. H. Lintott−47

    in 12 matches · Sligo Rovers

Opponents

Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).

Favourite opponents

  1. G. Cunningham portrait

    G. Cunningham1403

    in 4 matches · Galway United

    −59
  2. P. McMullan portrait

    P. McMullan1518

    in 6 matches · Derry City

    −53
  3. P. Hickey portrait

    P. Hickey1580

    in 7 matches · Galway United

    −48
  4. B. Doherty portrait

    B. Doherty1430

    in 8 matches · Derry City

    −43
  5. W. Patching portrait

    W. Patching1517

    in 7 matches · Derry City

    −42

Nemeses

  1. L. Temple portrait

    L. Temple1368

    in 3 matches · Shelbourne

    +204
  2. F. Pierrot portrait

    F. Pierrot1415

    in 4 matches · Drogheda United

    +177
  3. J. Clarke portrait

    J. Clarke1620

    in 12 matches · Bohemians

    +173
  4. D. Markey portrait

    D. Markey1500

    in 11 matches · Drogheda United

    +170
  5. C. Kane portrait

    C. Kane1499

    in 9 matches · Drogheda United

    +170

Coaches

Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).

Favourite coaches

  1. Ruaidhrí Higgins1493

    in 8 matches · Derry City

    −28

  2. Johnathan Caulfield1423

    in 8 matches · Galway United

    −16

  3. John Coleman1478

    in 4 matches · Waterford

    −11

  4. Stephen Bradley1707

    in 13 matches · Shamrock Rovers

    −1

Nemesis coaches

  1. Kevin Doherty1508

    in 13 matches · Drogheda United

    +176

  2. Liam Buckley1167

    in 3 matches · Cork City

    +112

  3. Joseph Martin O'Brien1577

    in 4 matches · Shelbourne

    +89

  4. Alan Reynolds1620

    in 7 matches · Bohemians

    +84

  5. D. Duff1480

    in 8 matches · Shelbourne

    +81

Playing style

How John Russell's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)

Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.

balanced profile

One club since 2016 — lineup-coach attribution starts in 2016, so there's no cross-club comparison yet.