Valérien Ismaël

France51 years old6 clubs on record128 matches

Known as: V. Ismaël

Current club

No club recorded at present

Nothing in this database has this coach at a club right now. His previous spells are listed below.

The record128 matches · 42–40–46

  • matches1284 clubs
  • record42–40–46won–drawn–lost
  • points per match1.3033% won
  • goals158–1571.23 for · 1.23 against

Valérien Ismaël has 128 finished matches on this store, across 4 clubs between 6 Aug 2021 and 31 Jan 2026.

His teams have won 42, drawn 40 and lost 46 — 33% of them — at 1.30 points per match, scoring 158 and conceding 157.

The strongest spell is Beşiktaş: 1.72 points per match over 18 matches, against 1.05 at Blackburn Rovers.

His longest unbeaten run is 9 matches, the longest winning run 4, and he is currently on 1 defeat.

4-2-3-1 is the shape he has used most — 29 of the 107 matches whose lineups the store holds.

First match in charge
6 Aug 2021 · 2–2 at Bournemouth
Biggest win
11 Nov 2023 · 5–0 v Rotherham United
Heaviest defeat
25 Aug 2021 · 0–6 v Arsenal
How this record is built

There is no coach-to-match table in this store. The record is reconstructed: the spells in coach_stints crossed with the finished fixtures of the clubs he was at, in the competitions StatsGem covers — 119 of these matches also carry a dugout the provider actually recorded, 116 of which name him. 0 match(es) were added by that observation and 3 removed by it.

127 of the 128 matches carry team statistics (the store's begin in 2018) and 128 carry squads. A statistic the provider never filed is absent from the cards above rather than counted as a zero.

Club by club6 spells

  1. Blackburn Rovers25 Feb 2025 – 12 Feb 2026

    Championship

    42 matches · 11–11–20 · 1.05 points per match · 41–54 goals (26% won)

    LDLLDLBest 4–1 v MillwallWorst 0–3 at Charlton AthleticIn charge 1 Mar 2025 – 31 Jan 2026
  2. Watford1 Jul 2023 – 9 Mar 2024

    Championship

    38 matches · 11–13–14 · 1.21 points per match · 53–52 goals (29% won)

    LWLLDLBest 5–0 v Rotherham UnitedWorst 0–3 at Leeds UnitedIn charge 5 Aug 2023 – 9 Mar 2024
  3. Watford11 May 2023 – 30 Jun 2023

    Championship

    No finished match for this spell in the store — the club's fixtures here either predate it or are outside the competitions StatsGem covers.

  4. Watford10 May 2023 – 10 May 2023

    Championship

    No finished match for this spell in the store — the club's fixtures here either predate it or are outside the competitions StatsGem covers.

  5. Beşiktaş25 Mar 2022 – 27 Oct 2022

    Trendyol Süper Lig

    18 matches · 8–7–3 · 1.72 points per match · 30–21 goals (44% won)

    WLDWDLBest 4–1 v AlanyasporWorst 0–3 v KasımpaşaIn charge 3 Apr 2022 – 24 Oct 2022
  6. West Bromwich Albiondates unreviewed6 Aug 2021 – 29 Jan 2022

    30 matches · 12–9–9 · 1.50 points per match · 34–30 goals (40% won)

    LDLWLLBest 4–0 v Sheffield UnitedWorst 0–6 v ArsenalIn charge 6 Aug 2021 – 29 Jan 2022

Formthe last 40 of 128 matches, oldest first

One bar per match, oldest first — three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat. The dashed line is the mean of these 40 matches: 1.07 points per match. A bar with no colour is a match the statistics do not cover.

By season and competition
seasoncompetitionpw–d–lppggoals
Super Lig 22/23Trendyol Süper Lig105–3–21.8018–12
Super Lig 21/22Trendyol Süper Lig83–4–11.6312–9
EFL Cup 25/26EFL Cup10–0–10.001–2
EFL Cup 23/24EFL Cup10–1–01.001–1
EFL Cup 21/22EFL Cup10–0–10.000–6
Championship 25/26Championship297–8–141.0026–38
Championship 24/25Championship124–3–51.2514–14
Championship 23/24Championship3711–12–141.2252–51
Championship 21/22Championship2912–9–81.5534–24

With him and without him

The same club, in the same competitions and seasons, split by whether he was in charge — his spell against the club's other matches in those seasons.

Blackburn Rovers

25 Feb 2025 – 12 Feb 2026

42 matches with him · 49 without · Championship

  • Points per match−0.401.0542m1.4549m
  • Win rate−14.6 pp26%42m41%49m
  • Goals for per match−0.120.9842m1.1049m
  • Goals against per match+0.271.2942m1.0249m

with him · without him

Watford

1 Jul 2023 – 9 Mar 2024

38 matches with him · 9 without · Championship

  • Points per match−0.011.2138m1.229m
  • Win rate+6.7 pp29%38m22%9m
  • Goals for per match+0.391.3938m1.009m
  • Goals against per match+0.261.3738m1.119m

with him · without him

Beşiktaş

25 Mar 2022 – 27 Oct 2022

18 matches with him · 53 without · Trendyol Süper Lig

  • Points per match−0.151.7218m1.8753m
  • Win rate−8.4 pp44%18m53%53m
  • Goals for per match−0.141.6718m1.8153m
  • Goals against per match+0.021.1718m1.1553m

with him · without him

His teams in the twelve target statistics127 matches with statistics

His teams' average for each of the twelve statistics this site measures — the same statistic families the match odds and the league tables publish — beside the competition-season average of the same matches. The statistics begin in 2018, which is why the counts are lower than his match total.

  • Fouls12.7+1.611.1(127m vs 130km)
  • Throw-ins24.6+2.222.4(127m vs 130km)
  • Shots13.4+1.112.3(127m vs 130km)
  • Shots on target4.0−0.14.1(127m vs 130km)
  • Tackles16.4+0.715.7(127m vs 130km)
  • Saves2.2−0.62.8(127m vs 130km)
  • Interceptions9.5+0.19.3(127m vs 130km)
  • Offsides1.9−0.11.9(121m vs 120km)
  • Corners5.5+0.45.1(127m vs 130km)
  • Cards2.3+0.22.1(127m vs 125km)
  • Dribbles7.5+0.37.2(127m vs 130km)
  • Goal kicks6.8−1.07.9(127m vs 130km)

Shapes102 matches with a lineup

  • 4-2-3-129
  • 3-4-1-220
  • 3-4-319
  • 3-4-2-117
  • 4-3-317

The players he leaned on128 matches with a squad

Most minutes first, over the matches the store holds a squad for. A player's rating is the provider's, averaged over the matches he was rated in.