Inside the world's most dangerous football league | Foreign Correspondent

forget Brazil Barcelona or Manchester this is Indonesian football Indonesia it's like insane the fans here are one of the craziest in the world millions football here is a reason to live it's more than life and far too often a reason to kill it's one of the world's most deadly leagues to be a fan since 1994 74 supporters have died in soccer related violence this Muslim nation it's not alcohol but iced tea fueling the fervor of fan mania tonight inside the stadium of a football league running amok [Applause] [Music] come under look so watch he got he got he got he got he got he got he got my it's seven o'clock on Sunday morning boot camp in the back lots of Jakarta then calm it flower man go mean tell ask what facing them em down look either they look like a militia loyal to their commander but these are just football fans these drills are about getting their team to win and getting home alive [Applause] they are supporters of Jakarta's one-and-only football club procedure Jakarta they are millions strong and call themselves [Music] [Applause] Jack mania Oh forgive us O God I'm here jack mania commander Irulan alla ranchers group is known as Greece could us literally the hardliners Michael Knipper CEO my field my money given every club has dozens of commanders like ear Lani they lead small armies of fanatical foot soldiers to matches across the Indonesian archipelago was just after midday they've already walked through the streets here in Jakarta they're cramming onto this bus on their way to a match let me see the Indonesian Liga Sato or first league is made up of 18 clubs rivalries between fans can be fierce and violent somebody's you keep that I wanna think I'm really glad I'm slowly there then kannada monument a Mossad Mockingbird yeah yeah we also have a state the origins are super gay big on it Jack manias arch rivals are the Vikings from the neighboring city of bundle the club's share a history of battles both on and off the pitch determine other refile it and airy-fairy testing and the Tonga yep Alamos moody MOC MOC MOC remember not only are the fans in danger the players are regularly transported to games in armored personnel carriers to many outsiders Indonesian fan mania is stranger than fiction [Music] nd Bakhtiar Yusef is one of Indonesia's biggest filmmakers as a proud jacket in football easily squads for me football changed my life it's been my passion my yeah I used to be the same like them I think back in 2001 I was there with my stick and fought my passion to football I transformed it into my film his first movie the jack featured a baby-faced but clearly militant ear lon one is a very passionate as far as I know he used to be Islam fundamentalist but now he's a personage fundamentalism each of Yusuf's 12 films including recent hit love for sale features the world game take on Shakespeare highlighted the sometimes violent Jakarta bundle rivalry in 2008 I should bromine Juliette it's basically Romeo Juliet but the Descartes's boy and Bandung school and then burden people said you can't screen your film here I think because it was made by Joe cartons but then my producer said what did you go to Bandung and ask them politely to watch the film so we can release it there I wasn't there but they were waiting for me in the cafe don't stare and then I went down tried to invite them and then we fought in Indonesia everyone wants to watch the game but then you see the enemy and then you fight a Gary Mingo to party buggy at the telephone Emma City door jungnam - Delia Mundy of this Monday but why do rock paper community casaya in command among the maze of alleyways in the southern suburbs of jakarta live mera and siloam serie the sun herenga or re was a jack mania die hard joaco Surabaya a joke Jocko solo Solano mountain top it a mentally teen September 23 2018 procedure Jakarta is playing its arch-rivals hersa bundle to head off any violence jack mania fans are banned from attending a party Adobe asana can Cologne on tombola do receptor is mala Mia Papa to fall apart Oh eaten de Ternay Dean Okimoto bando 23 year old re goes to bundle incognito hoping to support his beloved procedure instead he is fingered as a jack mania member by archrival Viking fans by a mob in a few minutes Indonesian football for claims several of the alleged attackers are quickly rounded up by police here tiny booty patrol get to meet allies like a taboo Mucca Mucca little an apology to your color priming the bull a get in full damage control the entire league is suspended for a fortnight Viking fans are banned from attending matches for the rest of the season the club is forced to play its remaining home games in a closed stadium 1,300 kilometres away in Kalimantan Borneo among it is a kid burner burner Safia burner burner Cossacks Allah talks I apply body in a Persie beanie but obviously is the good [Music] joke Adriana who is the vice president of this league under siege how did you feel when you watched the video of Ahri's death for the first time yeah that's so sad that we have a fairy feel very sorry on that that everybody never expecting it will happen and hope that it's last circus net we want to see you've had dozens of deaths in recent decades how can you say that no one expected the death of Ari Ansari case actually Sally has a policy no away friends come to pandu no 1xx expecting that persist offense comes to pan do [Music] Akmal Mohali the head of local NGO save our soccer says he would rather see the game shut down then another life lost a tradition young son at whoops Khalid is above all a new science iron Upendra seated upon a solution to minions icon seeing a core Banja what is about wadi anger Tsubaki Holly on Vyasa her Inga was the seventh fan killed at games between bonding and Jakarta since 2012 [Music] who bore upon him warranty Indonesia to be Pol Pot supporters in the municipal Paula Indonesia it will be super priestess it appear to say boo ado commander lab [Music] [Music] it's been two months since Ahri's death and while the league has recommenced it's very survival remains on tenterhooks with two games remaining barley United is preparing for a Jack mania invasion Dutch import nick van de Velde n' isn't expecting any trouble in bali you don't need a lot of police because we're one of the most relaxed reporters that were there you know they're only about the football game and nothing else and I like that a lot a Denpasar airport Ari's family have just arrived as guests of Jack mania [Music] second bar Ali need not be Assad somebody took something I am all everybody taking care again Gua phenomena are varoom varoom Aurelia Stella [Music] [Applause] [Music] the match is a sellout 20,000 fans descending on the barley stadium [Music] well this is the moment thousands of Jack mania fans have made it across the sea to the Isle of the Gods the layer of Bally United for Jakarta if they lose this match tonight well that's the end of their season you can feel it in the air energy [Applause] [Music] yes I can even take money honey sorry honey yeah kami sangat again by today Alabama America Papa developer Milan are asleep at Ebola yeah that is people like Daniel Medina man [Music] [Applause] in Hindu Bali alcohol is readily available and many are pre-loaded most are welcoming but tension spills over between some rival fans [Applause] we call a friendly match in the Indonesian soccer league this fight has just broken out while the teams are meant to be mates their fans are meant to be mates but as you see people are trying to tell us to turn off the camera it's a sensitive issue they know the league could be shut down Algy in the wake of Ahri's death jack mania leaders called for calm another death could see their beloved Liga Sato shut down indefinitely gazecki table para PB none paruparu rose and to meet you madam so basically in the Inca katika vania gimme a la montee the egg lemon balm [Applause] as the game gets underway Aries parents have box seats wah-wah-wah dioxide I am lying [Applause] the CGS scores first sending the jack mania fans wild within minutes it's the bali united stands that are really satellite [Applause] it's not jubilation but white-hot angel a rumor is spread that the match has been fixed and they are blaming their own team officials the game is stopped [Music] [Applause] the match comes back on but only briefly [Applause] mafia dogs they shout [Applause] [Applause] standing by the United fans continue to cause chaos some constant fireworks plays I don't know how to play is it still going on [Music] finally it's full time CJ Jakarta to bali united why the barley United fans won't accept the result they are still livid save our soccer Zach malmö Holly says match-fixing is rife across the league immune sebelum prytaneum ricotta Wasel hisself returning an E and an immediate area develop a gun in E and mu DN member support remote seed began upon a transformer fixing any Moreau patent selasa - Aparna Maya finish it barring cronies disable Polynesia canker to lung out of the embassy we put it to the league's vice president how corrupt is Indonesian footballs that's a potentially as you said crab sand and so on it may happen in a football and we have to be strict to otherwise with just stunning her own in her own this is never progress it's the last day of the season procedure Jakarta sit atop the table your lung big day woman big Oklahoma wagon Iran's hardliners will join 80,000 other supporters in a fan mania event of epic proportions this is what they've been training for how do you mean procedure that first point bigger yo bredda have a fun gift an Islamic us town no Adam Adam inject - I'm at us I wouldn't have a procedure beside you ever play see dr. Yalow want Oh commander agita come on among subtle something we may get an office for questioning of of course [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] 17 years in the wilderness Chicanos moment noise that is you can feel the drums feeling during the chest this city of almost 30 million [Applause] - Jack Narnia tickles 20 minutes into the first half procedure Jakarta is awarded a penalty kick [Applause] they take the lead one as the second half gets underway procedure control the field jack mania control the stadium outside the police have lost control [Applause] [Applause] fortunately these fans aren't looking for trouble without tickets they just want to be part of history so where does this passion come from where does this passion for football comes from football is a waterken class game they can escape from what bad things happen in their life and it's very cheap even in some stadium you don't need to pay any ticket to get in into the stadium [Applause] with just minutes to go procedure is holding on a second goal seals victory [Applause] final score procedure to Mitra cuca 1 [Music] [Applause] long time we are champions of [Applause] I'm doing [Applause] fans Flay's and silverware procedure Jakarta are champions [Music] for millions of fans here in Indonesia the idea of no more football is their worst nightmare that is a distinct possibility unless the league confronts the endemic corruption and fan violence voila Buchan competent Oh agent Prentiss a popular dela a young demon an orange comedian be suddenly has President Kagame era and Buchan comedian Kanu carnelian comedian harus libanon evil a waitress is a popular Lanisha bagaimana media Carmen and and Kahneman our supporters on Toba terminal the superb quality de l'eglise quadtree ammonia so now it's time to party Jack Nadia take to the streets it's been a long time since jet mania has tasted victory though last few weeks we found a lead all sorts of problems these fans behind me that's all been set aside tonight they're celebrating a massive victory and they want everyone to know about it [Music] [Applause] [Applause] de Blasio on our procedure on her moped Nikita Rebellion's Erdogan's go madam sir America [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]

Channel: ABC News In-depth

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Length: 29min 2sec (1742 seconds)

Published: Mon Feb 11 2019

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There was a game once where nobody wanted to play Persipa Jakarta in the next round so both kept scoring own goals until the end to lose

[u/Rigelmeister]

Had no idea Indonesia's fan scene is so big and violent, wow. I always assumed they are like India, maybe another sport is very popular but not much interest in football overall. How wrong I was. Having grown up in Thrace in Turkey and sharing that Balkan heritage with our neighbours, I have to say this was scarier to watch than say, a derby between Olympiakos and Panathinaikos. Imagine getting beaten to death so casually for showing up in a wrong location wtf.

[u/amirulirfin]

My national team has to get out of the stadium with an armour vehicle when we beat them. Indonesia fans are crazy

[u/PlanetEarth_666]

The most dangerous league is in our neighborhood, whenever there are fight between the players(kids) they bring their mothers and then it's like watching a reality show.