Challenges and barriers to the development of football in the West Country

The purpose of this study, an analysis of the main challenges and obstacles to the development of football in the West of the country. Research methods, descriptive – survey. The population of the research includes all specialists, soccer, soccer board of directors, coaches, and athletes of professional football Five provinces in the West Country (Lorestan, Kermanshah, Hamedan, Kurdistan, Ilam) to the number is 230, Sample survey, based on 145 patients and randomly Morgan - cluster is determined. Data in this study, a five-item Likert scale questionnaire with 40 questions. Internal reliability by Cranach’s alpha coefficient 89/0 was determined. For data analysis, descriptive statistics (tables, mean. ..) and inferential statistics (K-S, and Friedman) is used. The results showed that, in general, there are twelve fundamental challenges in the development of football in this area are: Lack of long-term planning and the ravages of capitalism professional club, poor management and poor marketing is one of the most important challenges. The barriers identified in this study, it is suggested Policy officials and the sport of football officials and related organizations across the province by implementing strategies according to the scheduled program, in the development of football in the West Country and accordingly take steps to improve the country's football.