Identifying and analyzing the impact on effective management of vandalism behaviors of football fans with cultural geography

The aim of this study was to identify and analyze the factors affecting the effective management of vandalism behaviors of football fans based on cultural geography. From the paradigm perspective, the present study was a kind of pragmatism research, mixed approach, exploratory-field nature, phenomenological and survey strategy, and applied in terms of purpose. The data collection method was in-depth and semi-structured interviews (qualitative section) and a questionnaire. The statistical population of the study was the faculty members of sports management, managers of the football federation, national and international players and referees, 14 of whom were considered as a sample of research in a non-probabilistic, targeted and snowball method. Coaches, referees, players, executive agents in holding Premier League events, experts and football fans formed the sample members of the research in a quantitative part by determining the sample size of Hooman (1390) structural equations using the formula 5q