13. Prak Sovannara (Boeung Ket)

Sitting in a similar position on our list to last year [up two spots from No.15], the boss of Cambodian outfit Boeung Ket has continued to establish the team as a perennial title contender.

After finishing six points clear at the end of the regular season last year, the club ended up crashing out in the first round of the finals series before rebounding strongly this season.

Currently head of the pack with the regular season drawing to a close, Prak has impressed by losing just the one match in the league over this campaign.

That’s come whilst the team, powered by national starlet Chan Vathanaka, has continued to smash goalscoring records along the way – they’ve currently plundered 53 in just 16 matches at a clip of more than three goals per match, a record unmatched virtually anywhere else in Southeast Asia.

Famed for his embrace of technology and attention to detail, the results show that the club and its coach are the most successful combination in Cambodian football over the past several seasons. 

12. Chris Greatwich (Player-Coach/Kaya)

A new name on FourFourTwo’s annual list, Greatwich’s playing career is perhaps not yet at a complete close even as he takes the first tentative, yet impressive, steps in his senior coaching career.

One of the best players from what’s been an excellent generation of Filipino talent, the 32-year-old was appointed player-coach in November of the current season with the club he joined back in 2013.

It’s a slightly odd arrangement though as Stephen Nicholls is listed as the official head coach, although the reality is Greatwich is in control and whilst he’s also listed as a player, he’s yet to feature since being an unused substitute in the AFC Cup Round of 16 loss to JDT.

Seemingly destined for such a coaching role for several years, the English-born midfielder has been director of the Kaya Academy for more than three years where he cut his managerial teeth before having a couple of spells in temporary charge of the senior squad prior to his fulltime appointment.

The 7-2 walloping at the hands of JDT certainly wasn’t the kind of start Greatwich would have envisaged, but he’s improved the club steadily through the first half of the domestic United Football League season.

Having won eight of their 12 matches thus far, Kaya are sitting fifth in a tightly-packed title race and the experience Greatwich takes from his debut season could see him push up even higher in our annual rankings in the years to come.