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    Even though referees are employed to interpret the rules of soccer in an impartial way, they can exert considerable discretionary power, in particular when adding extra time, awarding penalties, allocating yellow or red cards. As a consequence, referees can have a very important influence on the final result of a soccer match.

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    Referees’ home bias in Greek non-professional soccer matches:

    The case of the Argolida Football Clubs Association.

    Armatas, V.1, Apostolopoulos, I.1, Fragkos, N., Apostolopoulos, A.1, Yiannakos, A.2
    1
    Argolida Football Clubs Association, Greece.
    2
    Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
    Department of Physical Education & Sports Sciences of Thessaloniki,
    Sports Performance & Coaching Laboratory

    Abstract
    The aim of the present study was to examine home team result, yellow cards, red cards
    and penalty kicks awarded for home and away teams. 968 non-professional A, B Division
    and Cup soccer matches from Argolida County during season 2008-09 were studied.
    Results showed that a weak home advantage exists and also that referees penalized
    home teams more often with yellow cards but less with red cards. Moreover, results
    presented that more penalty kicks were awarded for the home team. Nonetheless, no
    statistically significant differences were presented in the above results, except from home
    advantage. Previous studies had shown that referees are biased in favour of home team.

    Key words: soccer, football, amateur, regional, referee, home advantage.

    2nd Annual International Conference: Physical Education, Sport And Health,


    November 20-22, 2009 in Piteşti, Romania.

    Organized by:
    University of Pitesti, Romania
    Faculty of Physical Education and Sport
    Ministry of Education Research and Youth
    (http://efsupit.ro/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1)

    Full text:
    http://www.epsarg.gr/announcements/display_announcement.php?announcement_id=00
    00000293

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