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ABSTRACH Sustainable sportive success of football clubs depends on their being economically strong and thus having maintainable incomes in industrial football. Economic pressure experienced in recent years have shown that it would be impossible for football industry to continue its development without spectators. Data gathered from statistical reports in recent years revealed that there was a significant decrease in the number of spectators in Turkish Football Super League in 2014 –2015 season compared to previous years. The purpose of this study is to investigate the reasons of decrease of football spectators in 2014-2015 Turkish super league according to spectator’s perspective. The sampling of this study consist of 818 spectators which were chosen by quota sampling method. To collect the data, a questionnaire was developed consisting of 27 items. To develop the questionnaire, focus group interviews were conducted after a literature review according to the subject andsuggestions of four academicians, who were experts in the fields of sports sciences. Chi square and descriptive analysis were conducted by using SPSS. After analyzing the data, it revealed that “passolig application”, “reaction towards the policies of Turkish Football Federation” and perception of unfair referees are the main reasons that reduction of the spectators in 2014-2015 Turkish Football Super League season according to spectators

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