Corporate social responsibility (CSR) implementation has gained momentum amongst professional sport organisations, including the football industry. Amidst the increasing normative and strategic importance of CSR for professional football clubs, this integrative review aims to consolidate and examine scholarly contributions in this area. Our content analysis performed on 50 studies (published from 2008 to 2022) elaborates on five CSR‐football thematic areas, namely “Implementation and Governance”, “Drivers and Barriers”, “Impacts and Perceptions”, “Communication”, and “Measurement”. Findings indicate that the extant research on CSR in football is rather limited in various aspects. Our discussion addresses those core areas in need of attention for future research endeavours, specifically the expansion of the research scale and scope, the strengthening of theoretical foundations, the prevalent instrumental approach in CSR implementation, the minimal attention on drivers and barriers, the lack of focus on impact assessment and evaluation, and the lack of emphasis on disclosure and communication issues.

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检查职业足球俱乐部企业社会责任的 X 因素：综合文献综述

企业社会责任（CSR）的实施在包括足球行业在内的专业体育组织中势头强劲。随着企业社会责任对职业足球俱乐部的规范和战略重要性日益增加，本次综合审查旨在巩固和审查该领域的学术贡献。我们对 50 项研究（2008 年至 2022 年发表）进行内容分析，详细阐述了五个企业社会责任足球主题领域，即“实施和治理”、“驱动因素和障碍”、“影响和看法”、“沟通”和“衡量” 。研究结果表明，现有的关于足球企业社会责任的研究在各个方面都相当有限。我们的讨论涉及未来研究工作需要关注的核心领域，特别是研究规模和范围的扩大、理论基础的加强、企业社会责任实施中普遍的工具方法、对驱动因素和障碍的关注最少、缺乏注重影响评估和评价，缺乏对披露和沟通问题的重视。