بررسي وضعيت استاديوم هاي فوتبال كشور در مقايسه با استانداردهاي اروپايي

A Comparison between Iran Football Stadiums Condition and European Standards

Football stadiums are considered as the infrastructure of this popular sport. Observing the required standards in these stadiums are important in the following terms: safety, increasing the quality of the games, absorbing more spectators to the stadium, and obtaining permission to host the football games on an international level, etc. In this research, the Iranian football stadiums were compared with the standards in the European stadiums. The standards were divided into seven separate categories, i.e. adequate facilities for ordinary Spectators and special spectators, reporters and mass media, players, coaches, referees, etc. For analysis of the findings two ways were applied: in inferential statistics the Mann - Whitney U test and in descriptive statistics percent age of frequency. The results demonstrated that the majority of the stadiums in Iran do not enjoy good conditions in terms of the seven above - mentioned categories. Consequently, given the importance of establishing essential standards in football stadiums, providing a comprehensive and strategic planning for the football stadiums across the country is suggested.