古代蹴鞠運動發展得有聲有色，本研究以古代蹴鞠爲研究主題與背景探究古代蹴鞠對不同階層發展與影響承現宮廷與民間文化特徵﹐藉由歷史文獻研究方法，探討古代縉紳文人階級足球活動、庶民階級足球活動、女子蹴鞠足球活動、海外鄰國足球活動，研究所獲結果如下：縉紳即廣義上的官僚士大夫及貴族階層。庶民階級傳統足球文化系統中，蘊涵著兩大文化子系統，即上層文化與庶民文化。女子蹴鞠在中國傳統男尊女卑的封建社會中，婦女能夠普遍性的參與足球運動。海外鄰國除了面積廣邈的西域地區，唐代空前的對外交流規模中，足球運動世界性的自然傳播當然不僅止於此，逐步輻射至日本、高麗等周邊國家。

Football game was very popular in the ancient China. By using literature analysis, this article attempts to explore the development of football in the gentry and elite classes, the people of lower social class, women and the neighboring countries of the ancient China. This study concluded as follows: First, there were two football cultures, upper and lower classes, in football game for people of the lower social class. Second, women could participate in the football game under the sex discrimination in the ancient China. Finally, in the Tang Dynasty, because of developing the diplomacy, football game was spread to the neighboring countries such as Japan, Korea and others.