Police fired tear gas after violence erupted at a soccer match in Indonesia as Persebaya Surabaya beat Arema Malang 3-2. The panic and rush to get out left at least 131 dead, most of whom were trampled, police said. Here’s a look at some other soccer-related crowd disasters:
April 5, 1902 — Glasgow, Scotland; 25 killed and 517 injured when Ibrox Park West Stand collapses during England v Scotland international. The match ends in a 1-1 draw, but is then removed from the official records.
March 9, 1946 — Bolton, England; 33 people were killed and more than 400 injured when a wall collapsed at Burden Park before an FA Cup match between Bolton Wanderers and Stoke City. The collapse crushes the fans and causes a stampede.
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May 24, 1964 — Lima, Peru; More than 300 people were killed and another 500 injured in riots at the National Stadium after Argentina beat Peru in an Olympic qualifying match. Pandemonium erupts when the referee disallows a Peru goal in the final two minutes.
Indonesian military officers work to secure Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java, on October 1, 2022, after a mass riot broke out among fans, killing at least 127 people.
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June 23, 1968 — Buenos Aires, Argentina; 74 people dead and more than 150 injured after a match between River Plate and Boca Juniors when fans trying to leave the stadium mistakenly head for a closed exit and are crushed against the gates by other fans who did not ‘they notice the closed corridor.
October 20, 1982 — Moscow; 66 people were killed in a stampede of fans leaving a UEFA Cup match between Spartak Moscow and Dutch club Haarlem at the Luzhniki Stadium.
May 29, 1985 — Brussels; 39 people died in fan violence at the 1985 European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus at the Heysel Stadium.
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March 12, 1988 — Kathmandu, Nepal; 93 people died as thousands of football fans entered the stadium’s closed exits to escape a sudden hailstorm.
April 15, 1989 — Sheffield, England; 97 people died and hundreds were injured as a result of a stampede of fans at Hillsborough Stadium. One victim died in July 2021 of aspiration pneumonia, to which he had been left vulnerable due to injuries from the disaster.
January 13, 1991 — Orkney, South Africa; At least 40 people were killed, most of them trampled or crushed along the riot fences surrounding the pitch, as fans panicked and tried to flee the fighting that broke out in the stands.
Egyptian football fans are commemorating the fallen fans of a 2012 riot that killed 72 people after El Masry’s 3-1 win against Al Ahly. Picture taken at the Mokhtar Altitch Stadium in Cairo, Egypt on February 1, 2016.
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October 16, 1996 — Guatemala City; 84 people killed and 147 injured when panicked fans are crushed and suffocated before a World Cup qualifier between Guatemala and Costa Rica.
April 11, 2001 — Johannesburg, South Africa; At least 43 people died in a crush during a football game at Ellis Park.
May 9, 2001 — Accra, Ghana; 126 people died in a stampede after police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at fans at the Ohene Djan Stadium at a match between the country’s two biggest teams, Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko.
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February 1, 2012 — Port Said, Egypt; 74 people were killed and more than 500 injured after a match between rivals al-Masry and al-Ahly when thousands of al-Masry fans invaded the pitch and attacked visiting fans. As a result, the Egyptian league was suspended for two years.
