Kanjuruhan and Indonesia’s Soccer Problem

The loss of at least 125 lives at an Indonesian soccer match Saturday has exposed anew the Southeast Asian nation’s troubled history with the sport.

Indonesian soccer has been plagued for decades by inter-club rivalries that, at times, can get deadly. According to data from Indonesian sport watchdog Save Our Soccer, cited by the Associated Press, at least 78 soccer supporters died in Indonesia between 1995 and Saturday’s tragedy at Kanjuruhan Stadium in East Java.

Many more have been hurt. The latest disaster, which took place at a match between soccer clubs Arema FC…