English abstract
This study aimed to investigate the factors affecting the attendance of football fans to the professional football tournament, and to identify the demographic characteristics of the Omani football fans. To achieve the aims of the study, a sample consisted of 1574 Omani football fans from various regions have been voluntary participated in the study and filled an electronic survey which have been developed for the purpose of this study. The results of the study revealed that the age category of 78,1% of the football fans range from 19 to 35 years old, and 91,5% of them hold high school diploma, community colleges, and universities academic degrees, and 75,9% of them practicing regular sport activities
The results also showed that administrative aspects were the most important determinants factors affecting tournaments fans attendance (m = 3,75), followed by personal aspects (m = 3,72), then technical aspects (m = 3,52), and finally the media aspect (m = 3,29). The results also revealed that the extent of practicing sport activities affecting technical factors of the Omani football fans attendance of the professional football tournament
