Research Paper Investigating the Consequences of Fan Participation for Financial Sponsors of Selected Clubs in the Premier League of Iran1

The purpose of this study was to The Study of Fans' Involvement Consequences to Selected Clubs' Sponsors of Iran Soccer Premier League. The research method was applied in a descriptive-correlational field. The statistical population included all fans of three popular teams from the Iranian Premier League (n=422). The sampling method was simple random research. in order to collect information, a questionnaire used by Kyle et al. (2003) and Alexanders et al. (2012) was used, after confirming its factual validity by 7 faculty members, the reliability of involvement, Purchase intention, Attitudes towards Sponsors and Sponsors Image with Cronbach’s alpha test were calculated 0/91, 0/85, 0/71 and 0/76 respectively.SPSS 20 and Smart PLS 3 software were used for data analysis. The results showed that fans involvement of football clubs involvement with a sponsor image have a significant relationship (t-value= 11/17) also fans involvement of football clubs involvement with a Attitudes towards Sponsors have a significant relationship(t-value= 4/67), but The involvement of fans of football clubs in a small amount leads to the purchase of sponsors and does not have a meaningful relationship(t-value =1/03) also The sponsor image has a meaningful relationship with the attitude toward the sponsor(t-value =7/46) and the sponsor image has a meaningful relationship with the purchase intention(t-value =10/68). As a result, the most important dimension of participation is attractiveness, and the participation of fans leads to the purchase intention through the variables of attitude towards the sponsor and the image of the sponsor.