The worst tragedies experienced in a football stadium

The fans of the losing team jumped onto the playing field with the intention of demanding explanations for the result. Security forces responded to a pitch invasion with the use of tear gas, causing a huge stampede in the stadium. Unfortunately, it is not the first time that similar scenes have been experienced in a sports stadium. This is a review of the worst tragedies in football stadiums of the last 40 years: January 2022, Cameroon At least eight people died and another 38 were injured in a stampede at the Yaounde Olembe Stadium, in Cameroon, before a round of 32 match of the African Cup of Nations final.March 2009, Ivory CoastAt least 19 people were killed during a stampede at Abidjan’s Felix Houphouet-Boigny stadium ahead of a World Cup qualifier against Malawi. May 2001, Ghana Around 126 people were killed in a stampede at the Accra football stadium. Police fired tear gas to try to control the violence in the stands, causing one of the worst tragedies in African football history.April 2001, South AfricaAt least 43 people were crushed to death when a group of fans tried to force their way into the gigantic Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg during a South African Football League match.October 1996, GuatemalaAt least 82 people were killed and 147 injured when an avalanche of fans collapsed several rows of seats and a flight of stairs during a qualifying match for the World Cup that pitted Guatemala against Costa Rica in Guatemala City.May 1992, FranceOne of the stands at the Furiani stadium in Bastia before a French Cup semi-final against Olympique de Marseille. 18 people died and more than 2,300 were injured. Last year, the French Parliament passed a law banning the holding of professional football matches throughout the country on May 5 in memory of the victims.January 1991, South Africa42 people were killed in a stampede during a pre-season match in the Oppenheimer Stadium, in the mining town of Orkney between the Kaizer Chiefs and the Orlando Pirates. A Pirates fan attacked several Chiefs fans in the stands with a knife causing a panic. April 1989, UK 96 Liverpool fans crushed to death in an overcrowded stadium where the stands were fenced off to separate the hobbies in what went down in history as the ‘Hillsborough Tragedy’. An FA Cup semi-final match was being played between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. The last fatality occurred last June, when one of the fans died 32 years after suffering serious and irreversible brain damage during the stampede at Sheffield Stadium. March 1988, Nepal A hail storm caused the fans to flee fans, but the exits were closed. More than 90 people were crushed to death at the Kathmandu stadium.May 1985, Belgium39 fans were killed and more than 600 injured when ultra violence before the European Cup final between Juventus and Liverpool at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels. May 1985, United KingdomAt least 56 people were killed and another 200 injured after a fire broke out in the stands of the Valley Parade stadium in Bradford during an English third division match against Lincoln City. October 1982 , Russia Dozens of fans were crushed to death as they left the UEFA Cup match that ended in a draw between Spartak Moscow and Dutch side HFC Haarlem at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium. The censorship of the former Soviet Union hid the tragedy for years. When it was made public, the official death toll was 66, although the number of people crushed at one of the stadium gates could reach 340 fatalities.