Current Status, Causes and Intervention Strategies of Soccer Violence in Chinese Professional Football League

Abstract

Professional football league has been held for 14 years in China, the occurrence of soccer violence is rising year by year. Violence control is such a complicated problem that depends on the joint cooperation and effort of Chinese football association, football clubs, media, and football players. The soccer violence in China is the interaction outcome of social, mental and environment factors. In the long run, the key to solve problem lays in the referee management, player enlightenment, as well as the perfection of soccer competition regulations.