Nasionalisme dalam Sepak Bola Indonesia Tahun 1950-1965

R.N. Bayu Aji

Lembaran Sejarah
Vol 10, No 2 (2013)

In the modern history of the mankind, no type of sports has gained as a widespread popularity as football, or soccer, including in politics. This paper examines the policy of President Sukarno on the Indonesian football and the discourse of nation building during the 1950s. Sukarno was aware of the potentials of football and made it accordingly an inspiring source to bolster the Indonesian nationalism. However, this paper argues, the nationalism that spread out of the football was temporary in nature and euphoria in kind that it vaporized along the decline of the national team’s performances and achievements.