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  • 1 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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Abstract

Issues related on misbehavior among football fans in Malaysia are not a new issue. Among the misbehavior is often done by the supporters of football in this country are verbal and physical. The FAM has imposed fines and penalties not only in cash but also to punish the team played in an empty stadium. However, all that of this seem not able to control the fans from compliance with the rules and adopting a professional attitude while in the stadium. The objective of this article is to discuss about the internal and external of social control to prevent misbehavior among football fans. This is a quantitative research that involved 600 respondents that were football fans from the state of Kelantan, Johor, Perak and Selangor. All respondents were involved in a questionnaire session to obtain data and information. The main findings of this study showed the majority of respondents agreed that every fan must have social control internally by focusing on emotion regulation, be professional, need to be more disciplined and need to have the sportsmanship spirit. However, the importance of external social control such as fined and punishment by FAM cannot be denied and the arrest and sentenced of misbehavior individual by the courts also need to be enforced more thoroughly.