Barcelona arbitration balance: how many penalties, yellow and red cards and expulsions were there during the seasons that paid Enríquez Negreira

The Catalan parquet examines the payments made by Barcelona in the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 to the Vice President of the Technical Commission of Referees, José María Enríquez Negreira, to prepare referee reports and lower category player reports.

The news has led to the release of statistical analyzes of the Blaugrana team’s arbitration balance during the 2015-15, 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons and how it was in subsequent seasons after payments were interrupted.

Barcelona arbitration balance: how many penalties, yellow and red cards and expulsions were there during the seasons that paid Enríquez Negreira

During these seasons, Barça took 33 penalties and only conceded 3, while they received 206 yellow and 4 red. In the following five seasons, the last of which is still ongoing, the Catalan team has had 2 fewer penalties (31 and 16 more conceded). The number of reprimands and expulsions has also increased.