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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

 

Stop This Fucking Madness


According to Save Our Soccer, a football action group in Indonesia, 51 fans have died either going to or watching football over a 21 year period. 51 fans have gone to see their favourite team never to return home alive. As statistics go that is fairly damning. While politicians and military types vie for votes ahead of the much delayed PSSI elections nothing is said about the death of young Indonesians.

Just last weekend a Persib fan was attacked and beaten to death as he was leaving the stadium in Cikarang after seeing his team defeat Gresik United. As the above chart shows he is the fourth Persib fan to die over the period.

6 fans were trampled to death including two at the SEA Games Final in 2011
7 fans fell from trains or buses. It is an all too common sight to see fans riding the roof of trains or buses and nothing seems to be done to stop them.
12 fans were stabbed
1 fan was shot

Some fans were killed after fighting between rival groups who supported the same team. Five were killed at the same game!

These numbers are shocking. A disgrace. Yet people grow immune to them. It happens so often.

What is being done about it? Nothing. PSSI candidates are spouting meaningless platitudes, Alfred Riedl is being given nonsensical targets ahead of the ASEAN Football Federation Championships next month. Words are cheap and all we get are words.

One of the attractions for me of Indonesian football is the similarities between what we see now and what I grew up enjoying in England. Unfortunately the violence is another similarity but one we could do without. In England you pretty much could tell where something might kick off and while bystanders may have taken the odd slap, as I did, they were not the target. Firms would target rival firms to get their jollies and they grew quite sophisticated how they went about it.

Fans would try to take another team's end, railway stations were likely venues for a toe to toe. Violence was organised, fans would meet up, go for a beer and hope for a row. Things are a bit different in Indonesia. Fans can travel around the country in relative safety, PS TNI v Persija not withstanding, as the fans themselves do the organising and coordination with various forms of transport, security official etc. Where there is a risk of serious disorder away fans will usually stay home or travel incognito in small numbers. At the other extreme league officials do their best to ensure clubs with especially fierce rivalry are placed in different groups. This is what happens in Central Java, including Yogyakarta, for example or with the Tangerang duo of Persita and Persikota.

Indonesian violence is less organised, more spontaneous. The latest fatality was attacked by a mob was he was heading home from the stadium. A Persija fan was attacked near a top hotel on the way to the stadium. And while there was a feeling in England back in the day that once a guy was down and done it was over, move on, in Indonesia a mob frenzy takes over and when someone is down they become fair game for others who may not want to start a row but don't mind getting involved when the odds are on their side and they won't get hurt.

The dynamics and demographics of Indonesian football fans means an English style approach, ie club membership schemes, will not necessarily work. All Indonesians already carry an identity card. In theory they could be used as a mechanism for controlling movements where there is a risk of violence but while the idea of a firm may be evolving they are not necessarily the ones who carry out the excesses and as we have seen with the fatality last weekend the attackers probably weren't even at the game.

Match day is too haphazard, too messy for any kind of serious crowd control. Police and security officials are out in large numbers and maintain a visible presence inside and immediately outside the stadium but the approaches to and from the stadium are often seen as a problem of traffic rather than potential sites for violence. If something kicks off it can take a while before any security officials can get to the scene as the video shows.

Without wishing to sound too gloomy it is difficult to see anything changing in the near future unless there is a cultural shift. Indonesia faces other troubles, maritime issues, extremism, haze, developing infrastructure; sitting back and saying the government must do something is an argument on a par with the old 'it is what it is'. Nothing more than an absolution of responsibility. Fans, clubs, security and government have roles to play in making the football watching experience less fraught with danger and if we all do nothing then nothing will change.

*The chart above and the table below come from Save Our Soccer, an Indonesian football action group.


No
Nama
Waktu
Pertandingan
Keterangan
01
Suhermansyah (Bonek)
28-01-1995
PSIM vs Persebaya
Terhimpit dan jatuh
 
 
 
 
 
02
Tiga Bonek
1996
Tour Jakarta
Jatuh dari kereta api
03
Sembilan Suporter PSIS
1999
Tour Jakarta
Terlindas kereta api di Lenteng Agung
04
Imam Iswanto, 17 (Panser Biru)
27-05-2001
Persija vs PSIS
Pengeroyokan di Stasiun Manggarai, Jakarta
05
Tri Sadono  (Pasoepati)
24-04-2002
Persijatim vs Persema
Terlindas truk
06
Beri Mardias (Semen Padang)
22-05-2002
Persija vs Semen Padang (10 Besar LI)
Dikeroyok
07
Subari
23-12-2002
Indonesia vs Filipina
Jatuh dari bus
08
Rahmat Hidayat (Bonek)
27-07-2003
Persela vs Persebaya
Terlindas truk
09
Dimas Aditya (Bonek)
14-12-2003
Persija vs Persebaya (PialaEmas Bang Yos)
Pukulan benda keras
10
Ahmad “Mat Togel” Dani  (Aremania)
11-04-2005
Persekabpas vs Arema
Pukulan benda keras
11
Fajar Widya Nugraha (Aremania)
13-07-2005
Arema vs Persija
Terhimpit penonton
12
Fathurrahman (The Jakmania)
25-09-2005
Persija vsPersipura
Dikeroyok
13
Makarius Puji Sulistyo (Panser Biru)
10-12-2005
Perjalanan ke Jakarta mendukung PSIS di Piala Bang Yos
Jatuh dari kereta api di Batang
14
Mince (Persipuramania)
26-02-2006
Persipura vs Persiwa
Diinjak-injak
15
Fathul Mulyadin (The Jakmania)
06-02-2008
Persija vs Persipura
Dikeroyok
16
Dian Rusdiana, 16 tahun, (NJ Mania)
20-09-2008
Persitara Vs Pelita Jaya
Ditusuk senjata tajam
17
Fauzan, 19 (Persikmania)
09-02-2010
Persik vs Persib
Terinjak-injak
18
Handoyo, 24 tahun (Panser Biru, PSIS)
17-01-2011
Gresik United vs PSIS
Terjatuh dari kereta api
19
Muhammad Tommy, 17 (Viola, Persita)
19-04-2011
Bentrokan suporter Tangerang: Persita – Persikota
Dipukul rantai besi, kayu, dan batu
20
Ahmad Hariri, 15 (Viola, Persita)
19-04-2011
Bentrokan suporter Tangerang: Persita – Persikota
Dipukul rantai besi, kayu, dan batu
21
M. Aziz, 12 tahun, (Pelita Jaya)
25-04-2011
Pelita Jaya vs Arema
Bacokan samurai
22
Gilang, 24 tahun (LA Mania)
22-05-2011
Insiden di Kereta Api dengan Bonekmania
Tusukan di leher kiri
23
Reno Alvino Arena, 21
21-11-2011
Final Sea Games
Terinjak-injak
24
Kusmanto, 29
21-11-2011
Final Sea Games
Terinjak-injak
25
Kunto, 30 (Bonek)
12-12-2011
Kisruh Deltamania dan Bobotoh Deltras vs Persib
Pukulan benda keras
26
Ovick Arangga, 19 tahun (SNEX Semarang)
14-01-2012
SNEX vs Panser Biru
Ditusuk senjata tajam
27
M. Nurul Huda, 16 (Maiden Brajamusti PSIM)
12-03-2012
Bentrok antar suporter PSIM
Empat luka tusuk bagian dada
28
Sudarmadji, 27 tahun
 
10-04-2012
Persibo vs Persebaya
Luka lemparan batu di Kereta diserang suporter Persela
29
Miftahul Huda, 15 tahun (Bonek)
 
10-04-2012
Persibo vs Persebaya
Luka lemparan batu di Kereta diserang suporter Persela
30
Abdul Farid, 15 (Bonek)
 
10-04-2012
Persibo vs Persebaya
Luka lemparan batu di Kereta diserang suporter Persela
31
Soimul Fadli, 15 tahun (Bonek)
 
10-04-2012
Persibo vs Persebaya
Luka lemparan batu di Kereta diserang suporter Persela
32
No Name (Bonek)
10-04-2012
Persibo vs Persebaya
Luka lemparan batu di Kereta diserang suporter Persela
33
Rangga Cipta Nugraha, 22 tahun, (Bobotoh)
27-05-2012
Persija vs Persib
Tusukan senjata tajam
34
Lazuardi, 29 tahun (Bobotoh)
27-05-2012
Persija Vs Persib
Pengeroyokan
35
Dani Maulana, 17 tahun (Bobotoh)
27-05-2012
Persija Vs Persib
Pengeroyokan
36
Purwo Adi Utomo
03-06-2012
Persebaya 27 vs Persija
Gas air mata dan terinjak
37
M. Ikhwanuddin (Lanus/PSCS)
12-10-2012
Perjalanan pulang usai Persis Solo vs PSCS
Tusukan benda tajam suporter Sleman
38
Erik Setiawan, 17 (Bonek Gresik)
08-03-2013
Bentrok suporter di luar  lapangan
Dikeroyok rombongan Aremania
39
Tegar, 15 (PSPS)
11-03-2013
PSPS Vs Persepam Bentrok sesama suporter PSPS
Luka pukulan benda tajam di kepala
40
Wisnu, 16 (Macz Man, PSM)
07-09-2013
PSM vs Persepar
Ditikam senjata tajam
41
Jupita (Paserbumi)
12-02-2014
Bentrok antar suporter Persiba Bantul saat menjamu Persiram Raja Ampat
Pendarahan di otak
42
Andika (Singamania)
18-02-2014
Sriwijaya vs Persijap
Ditusuk benda tajam
43
Joko Riyanto (Pasoepati)
22-10-2014
Persis vs Martapura
Kerusuhan. Tembakan di bagian dada.
44
Khoirul Anam, 21 (Aremania)
06-06-2014
Bentrok Aremania dan Bonek di Tol Simo
Pengeroyokan
45
Udin Zaenal, 32 tahun (Aremania)
06-06-2014
Bentrok Aremania dan Bonek di Tol Simo
Pengeroyokan
46
Ahmad Fadila, 28 tahun (Aremania)
06-06-2014
Bentrok Aremania dan Bonek di Tol Simo
Pengeroyokan
47
Eko Prasetyo (Aremania)
19-12-2015
Piala Jenderal Sudirman
Dipukul batu
48
Slamet (Aremania)
19-12-2015
Piala Jenderal Sudirman
Dikeroyok
49
M. Fahreza, 16 (The Jakmania)
13-05-2016
Persija vs Persela
Pengeroyokan
50
Stanislaus Gandhang Deswara, 16, (BCS, PSS Sleman)
22-05-2016
Bentrok dengan suporter PSIM yang baru kembali dari Semarang
Luka bacok di kepala dan tusuk di badan
51
Muhammad Rovi Arrahman alias Omen, 17 (Bobotoh)
23-10-2016
Persib vs Persegres Gresik United (Stadion Wibawa Mukti)
Pengeroyokan

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