Table 202-1.

Major Soccer Disasters

Year	Month, Day	Disaster
1985	May 11	Bradford, England: 56 burned to death, 200 injured due to a fire at Bradford soccer stadium.
1985	May 26	Mexico City: 10 trampled to death and 29 injured forcing their way into a match.
1985	May 29	Brussels, Belgium: British soccer fans attack rival Italian supporters at Heysel Stadium. A concrete retaining wall collapses, resulting in 39 deaths and more than 400 injured.
1988	March 12	Kathmandu, Nepal: 80 fans seeking shelter during a violent hailstorm are trampled to death.
1989	April 15	Sheffield, England: 96 died at Hillsborough Stadium. Many were crushed to death when a barrier collapsed on an overcrowded area.
1992	May 5	Bastia, Corsica: 17 killed when a grandstand collapsed.
1996	October 16	Guatemala City: 84 killed and 147 injured by stampeding fans at Mateo Flores National Stadium.
2001	April 11	Johannesburg, South Africa: 43 dead, 250 injured at Ellis Park Stadium due to crushing as crowds pushed into an already overcrowded stadium.
2001	May 9	Accra, Ghana: More than 120 killed in a stampede at a soccer match.
2004	March 12	Qamishli, Syria: A riot erupted at a soccer match, killing more than 25.
2007	Nov 25	Salvador, Brazil: 7 died and about 40 were injured when a stand collapsed.
2012	Feb 1	Port Said Stadium, Egypt: 79 killed and more than 1000 injured as a result of riots.