Investigating the relationship between social responsibility and the image and identity of the team among the selected football clubs of Iran Football Premier League

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between social responsibility and team image and identity among the selected football clubs of the Iran Football Premier League. The present research is descriptive-correlational in nature and applied in terms of purpose. The data collection was appropriate to the objectives of the research. The statistical population of the present study was all over 18 years old fans of Esteghlal, Persepolis, Traktor, Foolad and Sepahan teams during the season of 2020-2021. The sampling method of the present study was random cluster sampling using Morgan table with a statistical sample size of 384 for Each of the 5 teams. then it was analyzed after a total of 1920 questionnaires and the data collection tool was 3 standard questionnaires, social responsibility questionnaire (Chang and Yang, 2012); The team image questionnaire (Chan, 2008) and the team identity questionnaire (Hyper et al., 2012). The validity of the questionnaires were confirmed by 10 professors and specialists in sports management. the reliability of the questionnaires were 0.82, 0.77 and 0.74, respectively.the data was analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, frequencies, percentages and plotting) and inferential statistical methods Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and Spearman correlation test by using Spss software version 25. the Findings showed that there is a positive relationship between social responsibility and image and team identity; Therefore, social responsibility can be a tool to have a positive impact on the development and promotion of the image and identity of the team in the selected clubs of the Iranian Football Premier League.