中国足球职业化改革是在社会主义初级阶段的历史大背景下作为中国体育体制改革的突破口被推上历史舞台的。运用文献资料法和专家访谈法对中国足球职业化改革的演进进行系统总结,在分析取得的成功和存在的问题的基础上,探讨今后足球职业化改革的发展方向及在发展中应该着力解决的问题,不仅对于足球体制改革本身,而且对于推动建立与社会主义市场经济相适应的中国体育体制都具有重要的理论和现实意义。一、摸索筹备阶段(1992—1993年)。1992年1月,国奥足球队在 Professional football reform in China is on the historic stage as a breakthrough point in the reform of China’s sports system under the historical background of the primary stage of socialism. This paper systematically summarizes the evolution of the reform of the professionalization of football in China by using the methods of documentation and expert interviews. Based on the analysis of the successes and existent problems, this paper discusses the development direction of the reform of the professionalization of soccer in the future and should make efforts to solve it in the development The issue is of great theoretical and practical significance not only for the reform of the football system itself but also for promoting the establishment of a Chinese sports system compatible with the socialist market economy. First, explore the preparatory phase (1992-1993). January 1992, the Olympic football team