# About · El Colegiado

> El Colegiado: an independent, neutral and non-commercial data platform on refereeing in the Liga.

Source: https://elcolegiado.com/about/

# About

Who makes El Colegiado, and on what principles.

**El Colegiado is a non-commercial project: no advertising, no paid offer, no commercial ties.**

## Independence

El Colegiado has no link with any club, federation, refereeing body, bookmaker or media outlet.

## Approach

We gather public sources (9,880 Liga matches, 2000-01 → 2025-26), standardise them, document every choice, and compare results with what the bookmakers' odds predicted. Everything is reproducible: the tables can be downloaded from the [Data](https://elcolegiado.com/data/) page and the method is described in detail in the [Methodology](https://elcolegiado.com/methodology/).

## Neutrality

- A fixed vocabulary: "deviation", "favourable to the club", "unfavourable to the club", "inconclusive".

- No ranking by deviation, verdict or "suspicion": lists are sorted by name, number of matches or date.

- Sample size always accompanies a deviation; small samples are flagged.

- Colours carry no moral meaning: lime and lavender for the two directions of a deviation, grey for "inconclusive".

- No photos of referees: the same neutral silhouette for everyone.

## Credits

- Data: football-data.co.uk; Zenodo 7341037 (BeSoccer, CC BY-NC 4.0); Zenodo 7831873 (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). File-by-file details on the [Data](https://elcolegiado.com/data/#licences) page.

- Crests are the property of the clubs and are reproduced for identification purposes only. Source: Wikipedia (en).

## Contact and corrections

Write to [baurice@pixelers.fr](mailto:baurice@pixelers.fr). To report a factual error, see the [Corrections](https://elcolegiado.com/corrections/) page. Publisher information: [legal notice](https://elcolegiado.com/legal-notice/).