Identifying the indicators of Financial Corruption in Iran Football Industry with Delphi Fuzzy Approach

Corruption in sport is a widespread issue threatening the integrity of sport. This prevalence includes from money laundering to collusion in sports events. The purpose of this research was identifying the indexes of financial corruption in Iran football industry with Delphi Fuzzy approach.

This research is among exploratory ones. The statistical society of the research consists of people who had executive and academic knowledge about corruption issue. In the first phase, the research indexes were identified through interviews with experts (18 people). In the second phase, the Delphi Fuzzy method was used for the experts’ meeting and agreement for the identified indexes. Totally 15 people participated in the second phase. The sampling method was purposive.

The results showed that 6 indexes along with 14 components inclusive of 55 Items were agreed by the experts: 1. corrupt governance 2. Structural dysfunction 3. Defective agreements and supervision 4. Customization and brokerage 5. Financial dysfunction 6. Humanitarian corruption.

Identifying these indexes can comprehensively assess and measure financial corruption in football in different dimensions. In addition, it can help regulatory bodies such as Judiciary and Economic Security Police in the confronting financial corruption among manpower of football field.