| 1946 |
Bolton, England |
33 Bolton
fans were crushed and smothered when two barriers
collapsed. Although the official gate was 65,419,
there was an estimated 85,000 on the ground for
the game. The overcrowded stands made the barriers
collapse.
|
| 1964 |
Lima, Peru |
More
than 300 football fans were killed and over 500
injured during riots and panic following an unpopular
ruling by the referee in a Peru-Argentina football
game. It is the worst football disaster on record.
|
|
1971 |
Glasgow, Scotland |
66 Ranger fans
get killed in a crush at Ibrox
when they they left after the final whistle and
were then caught up in the crush which was caused
by the excessive amount of people funnelling into
the stairwell which had thick wooden railings,
unfortunately stopping people climbing out of
the fatal crush. |
|
1982 |
Moscow, USSR |
340 people died
during a European Cup match in Moscow.
Just before the end of the match the police forced
fans down a narrow, icy staircase out of the stadium,
but when a late goal was scored exiting football
fans returned, crushing the people in the middle.
|
| 1985 |
Bradford,
England |
56 people were
burned to death and over 200 injured when fire,
caused by a cigarette, engulfed the wooden main
grandstand at Bradford's
football stadium. |
|
1985 |
Brussels,
Belgium |
Fights broke
out between English football fans supporting Liverpool
and rival Italian supporters at the European Cup
final at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels. While English
fans attacked a stand filled with Italians a concrete
retaining wall collapsed and 39 persons were crushed
or trampled to death, 32 of them Italians. More
than 400 persons were injured.
|
| 1989 |
Sheffield,
England |
96 people were
killed at Hillsborough
during a semifinal match between Liverpool and
Nottingham Forest. Most of the victims, who were
Liverpool fans, were crushed when fans at the
back of the, already overcrowded, stand pushed
forward for a better view crushing those at the
front against the fence.
|
| 2001 |
Accra, Ghana |
At least 120
people were killed in a stampede at a football match
after panic broke out when the police fired teargas.
It was Africa's worst soccer-related disaster
ever. |
