The Comparison of Physiological Profile of Iranian and South Korean Olympic Soccer Players

The objective of this study was to compare physiological profile of Iran and South Korea soccer players. For this purpose, 23 people were selected as samples from Iran Olympics soccer players having average 20.6±1.3 y, height: 181.3±6.11 cm, weight: 78.73±7.2 kg, and BMI: 23.53±1.6 kg m², while they attended in Olympics elementary games preparation camp, Beijing 2008. of total individuals, aerobic power, anaerobic power, speed, agility, and flexibility were conducted and then obtained results were compared with information related to 23 people selected from South Korea Olympicssoccer players having average 21.8±1.9 y, height: 180.32±5.4 cm, weight: 73.76±6.9 kg, and BMI: 22.7±1.1 kg m².Acquired data were analyzed by Independent t- statistical method and the following results were obtained: According to BMI (23.53 versus 22.7), aerobic power (42.42 versus 51.16), Speed (4.85 versus 4.7), and agility (16.15 versus 15.65), there was the meaningful difference between Iran and South Korea Olympics soccer players (p< 0.05) and South Korea players obtained better result, while in anaerobic power(66.30 versus 64.17), despite dominance of South Korea players and in flexibility (36.65 versus 35.56), despite dominance of Iran players the meaningful difference was not observed (p> 0.05). Considering results obtained from present research, probably one of possible reason for not attending Iran Olympics soccer team in Beijing 2008 Olympics games can be unsuitable conditions of physical fitness of Iran Olympics soccer players physiological relative to teams such as South Korea that has been participated in 3 successive periods in Olympics champions.