An Investigation of Affecting Factors on the Behavior of Selected Fans of Major Soccer League

Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the factors influencing the behavior of the selected fans of the Major League Soccer. The present is practical, descriptive-correlative, and survey in terms objective, strategy, and procedure of implementation respectively, hence conducted as a field study. The research population studied consists of the soccer fans of the teams of Persepolis of Tehran and Tractorsazi of Tabriz who were watching the matches respectively in the Stadium of Azadi in Tehran and the stadium of Yadegar Imam in Tabriz. Based on Morgan's Table, the sample consisted of 361 people of the fans of Persepolis and 353 of the fans of Tractorsazi selected randomly from four groundstands of the stadium. The data collection tools included the researcher-made questionnaire. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to estimate the reliability of the questionnaire; the average reliability obtained was 0.72. Descriptive statistics (mean, percentage, frequency) were used to describe the data and correlation coefficient was used to analyze the data. Of the most important results of the research one can mention the relationship between the behaviors of the fans of teams and age, mass media and press, the wins and losses of the favorite team, and the sensitivity of the match.

Keywords: fans, soccer, anomalous behavior..