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Resting-state EEG signals were recorded using a 32-channel EEG system during 3 min of EO and 3 min of EC conditions. Absolute power in the delta (0.5\u20134 Hz), theta (4\u20138 Hz), alpha (8\u201313 Hz), and beta (13\u201330 Hz) frequency bands was calculated using Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). Electrodes were grouped into four regions of interest (ROIs): frontal, central, parietal, and occipital regions. A three-way repeated-measures analysis of variance (Group \u00d7 Condition \u00d7 ROI) and difference-score analysis (\u0394 = EC \u2013 EO) were conducted to examine group differences. The results revealed significant main effects of Condition and ROI across all frequency bands (all\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    &amp;lt; 0.01), indicating that the EC\u2013EO transition reliably modulated resting-state EEG activity. No significant group-related effects were observed in the alpha or theta bands (all\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    &amp;gt; 0.05). In contrast, a significant Condition \u00d7 ROI \u00d7 Group interaction was found in the beta band (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    &amp;lt; 0.05), whereas the delta band exhibited significant Condition \u00d7 Group and Condition \u00d7 ROI \u00d7 Group interactions (both\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    &amp;lt; 0.05). Furthermore, difference-score analyses revealed exploratory differences in EC\u2013EO modulation between groups in the beta and delta bands before correction for multiple comparisons; however, these effects did not remain significant after FDR correction. In conclusion, resting-state EEG modulation patterns differed between female soccer players and female university students in a frequency- and region-dependent manner, particularly involving the beta and delta bands. In contrast, alpha and theta activity mainly reflected fundamental physiological responses to EO and EC conditions and showed no apparent sport-specific differences. These findings suggest that long-term soccer participation may be associated with differences in resting-state neural regulatory patterns involving oscillatory processes previously implicated in visual information processing and sensorimotor regulation, although the functional significance of these patterns requires further validation. 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