The purpose of this study was to study of the structural challenges of football club privatization in Iran with a factor analysis method. The method of conducting the research was a combination of two qualitative and quantitative methods. In the first stage of research was used library methods and qualitative interview with expertsto identify and codification the variables and components of privatization. In the second part of the study, a questionnaire was designed according to the identified components of the previous stage and distributed among the statistical population. The statistical population of this study was 260 people. Considering the necessity of using the views of key experts in the first phase of the study was usedPurposive sampling method and the type of snowball. Also In a quantitative phase, random cluster sampling method was used and 155 participants were randomly selected using Cochran formula.In order to analyze the data, was used of factor analysis.In the political-legal aspectwere identifiedfour factors including "legal, juridical, and managerial problems","bureaucracy, lack of macro and middle planning","the lack of operating the plans by the government"," informational and statistical weakness in the field of sports management" andIn the aspect of economic challengeswere identified four factorsincluding"challenges of political economy and lack of economic infrastructures","lack of productivity bases in football","economic instability for investment" and "lack of financial incentive and encouragement for football".
