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| April,
1902, Glasgow, Scotland |
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25
killed and 516 injured when the West Stand at
Ibrox Stadium collapsed during a Scotland versus
England international match.
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| March,
1946, Bolton, England |
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33
killed and 400 injured when a wall collapsed at
Burden Park before an FA Cup tie between Bolton
Wanderers and Stoke City.
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Wanderers FC
Stoke City FC
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| March,
1955, Santiago, Chile |
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6
killed when 70,000 tried to jam into the National
Stadium for the final of the South American Championship
in which Argentina beat Chile 1-0.
Argentinian
FA (English option)
Chilean FA
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| September,
1962, Libreville, Gabon |
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killed and 30 injured when a landslide engulfed
part of the stadium during an international between
Gabon and Congo-Brazzaville.
South
African FA
Confederation of African Football
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| May,
1964, Lima, Peru |
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killed and 500 injured at the National Stadium
after Argentina beat Peru in an Olympic qualifying
match. Trouble broke out when the referee disallowed
a Peruvian goal in the final two minutes.
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| June,
1968, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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74
killed and 150 injured after a league game between
River Plate and Boca Juniors. People trying to
leave were crushed against locked exits and burning
papers were thrown down by celebrating fans in
an upper tier.
Argentinian
Secretariat of Sport and Recreation
Boca Juniors FC
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| January,
1971, Glasgow, Scotland |
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66
killed and 145 injured when fans tried to turn
back on a staircase at Ibrox Stadium after a late
Rangers equaliser in the derby against Celtic.
Rangers
FC
Celtic FC
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| March,
1971, Salvador, Brazil |
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4
killed and 1500 injured in panic caused by a fight
and a stampede in grandstand.
Brazilian
Ministry of Sport and
Tourism
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| February,
1974, Cairo, Egypt |
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49
killed and 50 injured as crowds attempting to
enter the Zamalek Stadium for a top club game
broke down the barriers and a wall collapsed.
Egyptian
Soccer Online
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| October,
1976, Yaounde, Cameroon |
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2
killed in fighting after a penalty was awarded
to Cameroon in a World Cup qualifying tie against
Congo and the Congolese keeper tried to attack
the Gambian referee.
Cameroon
FA
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| December,
1976, Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
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6
killed, including 2 children, at a World Cup qualifier
between Haiti and Cuba. When Cuba scored, a Haitian
fan set off a firecracker. Fans feared gunfire
and panicked, knocking down a soldier whose gun
went off and killed a small boy and girl. Further
panic caused 2 people to be trampled to death,
and one mad died jumping over a wall. The soldier
committed suicide.
Confederation
of North, Central American and Caribbean Association
Football
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| May,
1978, Ghana, Africa |
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15
killed and 35 injured when a wall collapsed.
Information
on Ghana FA
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| August,
1979, Nigeria, Africa |
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24
killed and 27 injured in a stampede following
floodlight failure.
Nigerian
National Team
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