The Politics of Indonesian Football

Abstract

Freek Colombijn Cet article retrace les grands traits de l'histoire du football indonésien pendant ce siècle. Le développement du football indonésien suit à un degré remarquable l'histoire récente de l'Indonésie. Les principaux points en sont : les intérêts financiers concernés, la rivalité entre associations de football nationalistes et hollandaises, les tentatives de modernisation du football par le gouvernement de l'Ordre Nouveau et les batailles rangées (entre camps adversaires qui changent selon les périodes).

Soccer and the city: the game and its fans in Solo and Yogyakarta

“…Aside from these isolated attempts, the general apathy may be a result of cultural snobbery: football may be considered solely as a bodily act of entertainment and thus not worthy of sophisticated intellectual inquiry for fear that the perceived boorishness of the players may infect those who study it. A number of scholars have researched the significance of sport in Indonesian society, however small their number is (Adams 2002;Brown 2006;Colombijn 2000;Flicker 2013;Junaedi 2012Junaedi , 2014Lesmana 2013;Moser 2010). Additionally, we find many popular texts on sport (Gunawan 2014;Sindhunata 2002).…”

“…These are the 'correct' Indonesian terms that superseded the original Dutch name for the game as used in the Dutch East Indies: i.e. voetbal (Colombijn 2000). As the cartoonist Muhamad Misrad (2012) has shown in the brief book of illustrations on the vocabulary used by soccer commentators, the terms often evoke other issues in the local social and cultural context.…”

South Asia and South-East Asia: new paths of African footballer migration

“…[The Indonesian league, started in 1993 allowed in foreign players. 36 ] African players started to play in Indonesia shortly after the football borders were opened to non-Indonesian players. Roger Milla, the legendary player from Cameroon, was one of the first African players to play in Indonesia.…”

“…In Indonesia (the former Netherland Indies), the role of the Netherland (the former colonizer) in the diffusion of football came through institutions and organizations, such trading firms, the army and civil servants. 7 Colombijn 8 states that 'the introduction of football to Indonesia followed the Netherlands pattern in remarkable detail'. 9 India, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia adopted football very much in the same way as Africa did.…”

Approaching football in Indonesia

“…My perspective changed to consider the material that already exists in Indonesian, rather than lamenting what hasn't been written. In English, there is an article by Freek Colombijn (2000), an honours thesis by Tim Flicker (2013), while developments and matters relating to Indonesian soccer are discussed in articles by Akindes (2013) and Dorsey and Sebastian (2013). 3,4,5,6 Colombijn's article opens up an analysis of the origins of football in Indonesia.…”