INTRODUCTION
Football is the primadona of sports in
Indonesia and even in the world (Gema et
al., 2016). Interest in this sport is not just
being a player in it, but also as an audience
for football matches. Watching a football
match provides its own pleasure for its
connoisseurs, so that not a few people like
to watch football matches (Hapsari &
Wibowo, 2015). The development of soccer
is currently increasing rapidly, which is
marked by the number of children to adults
who play football in the field and in the
corners of every village, from those who
wear complete equipment to those without
wearing any equipment (Ra’ad, 2018).
The world of national football has
experienced maturity where the clubs
under the auspices of the PSSI (Indonesian
Football Association) have begun to show
their professionalism in managing their
respective clubs. In this case they no longer
use the APBD in each region, but rather
think about how to be able to support their
respective clubs (Andrew & Suryawan,
2017). Football club supporters are part of
the social identity of fans and the
experience of the football phenomenon
experienced by supporters.
Of course, football clubs cannot be
separated from the role of supporters.
Every club from the lowest level must have
fanatical fans due to regional, family, class
or sympathetic ties to the players. The same
is the case with clubs in Indonesia which
number more than hundreds but still have
fanatical supporters (Usmana &
Agustangb, 2020). Supporters or often
referred to as the twelfth player will be
present in every match to support the club
they are proud of. Supporters are fanatics
and good friends when they look good, and
become the worst enemies if they don't
perform well. (Bilgiç et al., 2020)
The efforts made by the supporters
complete with their support actions in the
stadium are various, one of which is
wearing the attributes according to the
style worn by the football club's proud
players as a form of their support (Junaedi
et al., 2017). Supporters are also sometimes
seen playing percussion
instruments/drums, chanting loudly,
making choreography, using traditional
song arrangements whose lyrics are
changed according to their respective team
names, and wearing casual clothes, etc. This
kind of phenomenon can easily be found in
every football match anywhere.
Currently football is not only a sport,
but also an entertainment industry for the
community. This is evidenced by the very
high enthusiasm of the community for
football (Kennedy, 2012). Football was
originally a folk game without special rules
which over time can sometimes end in
violent behavior and violations from
players on the field and the supporters
themselves (Dunning, 2017). Conflict
between supporters in this regard has also
increased widely and reached an
unprecedented level (Colombijn, 2000).
Apart from the extraordinary
supporter atmosphere, sometimes they
also create riot after riot as a result of their
immaturity because of high fanaticism.
Fanaticism is a condition in which a person
or group adheres to an ideology, be it
politics, religion, culture or anything in an
excessive way (Hemminger, 2021). One of
the conflicts between supporters in
Indonesia that is often highlighted by social
media or mass media is the conflict