The Nickname Of The Football Club Supporter In Indonesia, From The Persib Supporting Group To PSM Makassar

Persija Jakarta Supporter (Instagram.com/@persija)

YOGYAKARTA For football lovers, they may be familiar with the terms coffee, Madridista, Gooners, Romanisti and so on. These terms are nicknames for football club supporters in Europe such as Liverpool, Real Madrid, Arsenal, and AS Roma.

Similar to in Europe, football club supporters in Indonesia also have their own nicknames. So, what are the nicknames of football club supporters in Indonesia?

The nickname Supporter for Football Clubs in Indonesia

Just so you know, the existence of fans for football clubs in Indonesia is very important. In addition to providing support to players, supporters also contribute to the club's financial condition.

How not, fans are the main consumers selling club jerseys. For a fan, it feels less attractive if you don't have knick-knacks that smell like a favorite club.

Talking about fans, football clubs in Indonesia also have fanatics. These fanatical fans then formed a fan group by their own name.

VOI compiled from various sources, Sunday, October 9, 2022, here are some nicknames for sportsmen for football clubs in Indonesia.

Bobotoh is the nickname for the fans of the club Persib bandung football. Bobotoh comes from Sundanese which means raising the spirit.

Bobotoh is one of the most influential supporters in Indonesian football. Members of weight are not only in Indonesia, but also spread abroad.

Aremania is the nickname for Arema supporters. This group of fans became known in the late 1990s.

Interestingly, Aremania is not included in the organizational structure of the Arema Malang club. However, stand alone as a sympathizer who supports Arema Malang.

Aremania was recorded as having received The Best Sporter award at Ligina VI 2000. At the 2006 Copa Indonesia II event, Aremania again won the same award.

This support group is quite famous in Indonesia. Bonek is a term for supporters of the Persebaya Surabaya club.

The word 'Bonek' stands for 'Bondho Nekat' which means 'dangerous capital'. In the past, Bonek often got a negative stigma because his supporters often act anarchic.

However, this stigma has now begun to fade along with Surabaya's management steps that are trying to get rid of the stigma. The management, added the creative word behind the reckless word. So that Bonek's words have become Bondo Nekat & Creative.

Bonek was the first support group in Indonesia to pioneer the away supporters phenomenon as in Europe. What is meant by away supports is football supporters who accompany their favorite team to compete with other club headquarters.

The Jakmania is the nickname for the Persija Jakarta fan group. This group is part of a fanatical football fans.

The Jakmania was officially formed on December 19, 1997 through a declaration attended by 40 people at Graha Wisata Kuningan, Jakarta.

The establishment of this group of supporters from the Capital City club received full support from the Persija management at that time. This was marked by the presence of the manager of the Persija team at that time, Diza Rasyid Ali in The Jakmania declaration.

Persija Jakarta supporters always appear with orange attributes, both in home and away matches.

The Maczman is the nickname for PSM Makassar football club supporters. This group emerged in early 2001. After that, various other supporters emerged from PSM Makassar, such as Red Gank and Laskar Ayam satu.

That's the nickname for football club supporters in Indonesia. Not only the five clubs above, each club from league1 and league also has a fanatical support group with their own names.