Violence, fights among supporters, breaking of the seats, throwing of different objects into the pitch or at the opponent's supporters, have all become almost regular occurrences at the sports arenas across Europe. Serbia presents no exception to this. The organizer of every sport event has a responsibility to ensure safety of the spectators and the match, and to take any necessary measures to anticipate and discourage any kind of violence and misconduct among the spectators. Considering all these reasons, the organizers of sport events are obliged to establish appropriate systems of stewarding, or to establish cooperation with the companies or entrepreneurs specialized in the field of maintaining order at sport events. A stewarding system is established properly only if it consists of regularly selected, trained, equipped, and directed stewards. This paper presents the author's analysis of the international standards for stewarding systems at sport events, as well as the legal framework that regulates the work of stewards in the Republic of Serbia. Author thinks that the Serbian legal framework is insufficient and inappropriate as to the role of stewarding in the process of organizing sport event, because it fails to recognize stewards as having the key role in enabling the organizer to recognize and to fulfill the duties related to the prevention of violence and misconduct among spectators.