AREMANIA: SUATU BENTUK IDENTITAS PEMERSATU KAUM MUDA KOTA MALANG TAHUN 1992-2000

Abstract

This study aims to assess the dynamics of Arema Malang FC. supporters community identity in 1992-2000. In the 1990s, Malang youth troublemakers splited into some gangs in some villages in Malang city. Next, those Malang youth people relized about the need of Malang identity unifier and they chose football to achieve that unity. At the beginning, the behavior of being troublemaker were brought into football scene due to every defeat they got so that they made a fuss. In 1992 the conflict between supporters of Surabaya and Malang occured. This conflict was one of the main factors of the Malang youth unity identity construction. After that incident, the youth/ supporters of Malang chose Aremania as the name, which was the result of Malang supporters agreement to be more orderly and polite. In the end, Aremania, as an identity construction of rioters have become more orderly and polite supporters in 2000.