List of soccer stampede disasters

This is the list of disasters related with football occurred while watching in stadium.[1][2][3]

• April 5, 1902 - 1902 Ibrox disaster - 25 people were killed and more than 500 were injured when heavy rainfall the previous night caused part of the West Tribune Stand to collapse, causing 200 to 300 people to fall onto the concrete below at the Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland.
• March 9, 1946 - Burnden Park disaster - 33 died when the collapse of two crash barriers in an overcrowded stand led to the crowd falling forward upon each other.
• May 24, 1964 - Estadio Nacional disaster - 328 died and 500 injured during match between Argentina and Peru when referee disallowed a goal scored at last minute which ignited crowd protest. Police fired tear gas into the crowd, causing a panic and a rush for the exits at National Stadium, Lima, Peru.
• June 23, 1968 - Puerta 12 tragedy - 71 dead in the deadliest sports-related event in Argentine history. Cause of crush undetermined.
• January 2, 1971 - 1971 Ibrox disaster - 66 people were killed when the collapse of stairway barriers occurred after someone fell as fans were leaving the stadium, leading to a crush.
• February 8, 1981 - Karaiskakis Stadium disaster - A total number of 21 people, 20 supporters of Olympiacos and 1 supporter of AEK, lost their lives while rushing out of the stadium to celebrate the victory of Olympiacos against AEK Athens (6–0). The accident occurred in the historic Gate 7 (Θύρα 7).
• October 20, 1982 - Luzhniki disaster - Between 3 and 340 people died due to a stampede followed by the collision between exiting and returning viewers when a goal was scored at Lenin Stadium, Moscow, Russia.[4][5]
• May 11, 1985 - Bradford City stadium fire - 56 people were killed and at least 265 were injured when a cigarette that had fallen below the stands ignited the wooden stands, causing a fire and a stampede at the Valley Parade, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
• May 29, 1985 - Heysel Stadium disaster 39 people were killed and 600 injured when escaping fans were pressed against a collapsing wall in the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium.
• March 10, 1987 - 20 people were killed when panicked soccer fans fled from knife-wielding ruffians and triggered the collapse of a sports stadium in Tripoli, Libya.
• March 12, 1988 - Kathmandu stadium disaster - 93 people were killed and 100 more injured when fans attempted to flee from a hailstorm inside the national Dasarath Rangasala Stadium watching a football match between Bangladesh and Nepal at Kathmandu, Nepal. The crowd first fled to the main stand, where they were beaten back by police with clubs. The crowd then made for the tunnel leading to the exit gate, which was locked, yet people kept entering the tunnel, not knowing about the deadly crush ahead of them.[6]
• April 15, 1989 - Hillsborough disaster - 96 dead after police negligence led to overcrowding in standing pens.
• October 16, 1996 - 83 dead and several hundreds wounded before an international match between Guatemala and Costa Rica in the Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores.
• April 11, 2001 - Ellis Park Stadium disaster - 43 stampeded to death after non-ticketed spectators gained access into stadium by force. Johannesburg, South Africa.