Sport Management Journal

The Investigation of the State of Safety in Stadiums of Iran Professional Football League

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Loghman Hesami 1
Majid Jalali Farahani 2
Khaled Soleimany 3

1 M.Sc. of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor of Sport management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

3 M.Sc. of Sport Management, Physical Education Faculty, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jsm.2014.50473
Abstract
Football stadiums are the main infrastructures of this popular sport in every society. It is essential to observe essential standards in these stadiums such as safety, enhancing the quality of competitions, attracting more spectators to the stadium and receiving the host permission for international football competitions and so on. The present study aimed at demonstrating the state of safety of Iran professional football league stadiums. The statistical population which equaled the sample included all 16 stadiums hosting Iran professional league competitions in 88-89 (the ninth league). A researcher-made checklist based on the Asian football confederation standards was used. The reliability of the checklist was determined by the examiners and Pearson correlation coefficient (r=0.93). Data were collected at stadiums and descriptive statistics (mean, graph and frequency distribution) were used to describe the data. The results demonstrated that stadiums were in a good condition with 67% safety and Fooladshahr stadium in Isfahan with 88% safety was considered to be the safest and Takhti stadium in Bandar Anzali with just 47% safety had the lowest safety. According to the results of the present study, it is suggested that more attention should be paid to the safety when establishing new stadiums or rebuilding the existing ones in order to ensure the safety of the stadiums for all users.

Keywords

football
Iran Professional League
Safety
stadium
Standard
Sport Management Journal
Volume 6, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
Summer 2014
Pages 343-359

  • Receive Date 15 November 2012
  • Revise Date 11 June 2014
  • Accept Date 07 May 2013

Home

Guide for Authors

Submit Manuscript

Reviewers

Contact Us