Journal of Investment Knowledge 2322-5777 4 بهار 1394 2015 01 04 New methods of financing football clubs in developed countries and the developing countries have a comparative study New methods of financing football clubs in developed countries and the developing countries have a comparative study 217 232 7693 FA Taghi Torabi Associate Professor, Faculty member of the Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch Mahsa Ghorbani Ph.D Student in financial management,Allameh Tabatabai University (Corresponding Author) Meysam Bagheri Ph.D Student in financial management,Allameh Tabatabai University Samaneh Tarighi PhD student in Economics, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch Journal Article 2014 10 04 The main objective of this comparative study is to see how professional football clubs in Iran and England’s premier league are financed. This applied research has been conducted in a descriptive and analytical way. The results of the study showed that there is a significant difference between the ways through which English and Iranian professional football league clubs are financed. Most Iranian clubs are funded by government and industry-based sources (65%) while most English clubs are private and are funded by television broadcasting rights (31%), match-day income and cash flow from business (22%). Some major barriers to financing Iranian professional football league clubs are as follows; the state-run clubs, lack of financial transparency , the fact that IRIB refuses to pay the media broadcasting right to the clubs, failure in complying with copyright law in Iran , inappropriate competition schedules, unsuccessful club marketing management, club managers lack of awareness about new methods of financing , limited use of creative sport directors with financial and business expertise at different levels of football industry The main objective of this comparative study is to see how professional football clubs in Iran and England’s premier league are financed. This applied research has been conducted in a descriptive and analytical way. The results of the study showed that there is a significant difference between the ways through which English and Iranian professional football league clubs are financed. Most Iranian clubs are funded by government and industry-based sources (65%) while most English clubs are private and are funded by television broadcasting rights (31%), match-day income and cash flow from business (22%). Some major barriers to financing Iranian professional football league clubs are as follows; the state-run clubs, lack of financial transparency , the fact that IRIB refuses to pay the media broadcasting right to the clubs, failure in complying with copyright law in Iran , inappropriate competition schedules, unsuccessful club marketing management, club managers lack of awareness about new methods of financing , limited use of creative sport directors with financial and business expertise at different levels of football industry http://www.jik-ifea.ir/article_7693_1f8f69b53d86cf2a952bf95d87a59b0c.pdf