To investigation the personel characteristics the football referees in the area of Ankara

This research has been conducted to identify and differentiate the characteristics of football referees charged in Turkish Professional Football Leagues on the basis of the following criteria. The sample of research is composed of 68 prefessional football refereas 6 females 68 males, who are registered in Ankara district in 2005-2006 football season. The personality test of ?Adjective Check List? and ?Personal Information Forms for Referees? have been used to identify the characteristics of Ankara District Classified Football Referees. Data obtained from research are analysied with Mann-Whitney ?U? test in order to compare two groups and Kruskal Wallis test in order to compare more than two groups. For these proceedings ACL computer programme and SPSS for Windows programme are used. According to the findings; 1. The most dominant five characteristics of the Ankara District Classified Football Referees forming the sample group are seen as; ideal self, dominance, self confidence, creativity and orderliness. 2. No significant difference has been observed on the sub scale of referees? classification. 3. A significant difference is observed among the male and female referees on ?readiness for asking advise? sub scale. 4. Referees are observed to differ on the ?affection? sub scale according to their occupations. 5. No significant difference has been observed on the sub scale of referees? education.. 6. Referees on the basis of their economic situation, differ on ?empathy, affection, proximity, readiness for asking advice and ideal self? sub scales. 7. According to the differences in their choice of becoming a referee, ?perseverence, orderliness, independence, tolerance for change and creativity? sub scales were observed to be significantly different among referees. 8. Referees show a significant difference on the basis of ?perseverence, orderliness, independence, agressiveness, tolerance for change and obedience? sub scales according to their job satisfaction degrees. 9. According to work time sub scale, no significant difference is observed. 10. According to the age variable of referees, there is a meaningful difference on ?perseverence and orderliness? sub scales.