List of major Soccer disasters in The Stadium April 5, 1902 - Glasgow, Scotland; 25 killed and 517 injured when the West Stand at Ibrox Park collapses during an international between England and Scotland. The game ends in a 1-1 draw but is later stricken from official records. March 9, 1946 - Bolton, England; 33 people are killed and over 400 injured when a wall collapses at Burden Park before an English FA Cup match between Bolton Wanderers and Stoke City. The collapse crushes fans together and sparks a stampede. March 30, 1955 - Santiago, Chile; Six died when 70,000 tried to jam into the stadium for the finals of the South American soccer tournament. Argentina beat Chile 1-0. April 28 1963 - Gaetano Plaitano,Plaitano was killed by a stray bullet fired by police trying to control rioting during a third-division game between Salernitana and Potenza. May 24, 1964 - Lima, Peru; 318 people are killed and another 500 injured in riots at National Stadium after Argentina beats Peru in an Olympic qualifying match. The pandemonium breaks out when the referee disallows a Peruvian goal in the final two minutes. June 23, 1968 - Buenos Aires, Argentina; 74 people are killed and over 150 injured following a first-division game between River Plate and Boca Juniors when fans trying to leave the stadium mistakenly head toward a closed exit and are crushed against the doors by other fans unaware of the closed passageway. Jan. 2, 1971 - Glasgow, Scotland; 66 people are killed and 140 are injured when barriers in Ibrox Stadium collapse near the end of a match between Celtic and Rangers and fans are crushed. The incident occurs when fans leaving the stadium are met by a group trying to return after hearing that Rangers had scored an equalizer. March 4, 1971 - Salvador, Brazil; A fight and a wild rush broke out in the grandstands, killing four and injuring 1,500. Feb. 17, 1974 - Cairo, Egypt; Crowds attempting to enter a club game broke down barriers and 49 people were trampled to death. Oct. 31, 1976 - Yaounde, Cameroon; After a penalty kick was awarded to Cameroon in a World Cup qualifying match vs. the Congo, the Congolese goalie attacked the Gambian referee. A fight broke out and the president of Cameroon, watching the game at home on television, sent in paratroopers by helicopter. Two bystanders died. Dec. 6, 1976 - Port-au-Prince, Haiti; At a World Cup qualifier between Haiti and Cuba, the visitors scored and a Haitian fan set off a firecracker. Fans thought it was gunfire and panicked, knocking down a soldier, whose gun went off and killed a small boy and girl in the crowd. Further panic caused two people to be trampled to death, and one man died jumping over a wall. The soldier committed suicide. October 28 1979 - Vincenzo Paparelli, Paparelli, a 33-year-old Lazio fan, was killed by a flare fired into his eye by Roma fans ahead of the capital derby match. 16th August 1980 (Eden Garden,Kolkata) - 16 football fans died during the match between East Bengal and Mohunbagan - (the two Giant Soccer Team of Indian Football based at kolkata )in the league match at Eden Garden. Oct. 20, 1982 - Moscow; 340 are reportedly killed at a European Cup match between Soviet club Spartak Moscow and Haarlem of the Netherlands. Police are blamed for pushing fans down a narrow, icy staircase before the end of the match. When a late goal is scored, exiting fans try to re-enter the stadium and create a "human mincer." Moscow officials dispute the claims made in the publication of the Soviet Sports Committee, saying only 61 died and police did not push fans. March 21 1982 - Andrea Vitone,This 13-year-old boy was killed in a train set alight by Roma fans following their side’s defeat in Bologna. February 8 1984 - Stefano Furlan, Triestina fan Furlan went into a coma and subsequently died of the injuries sustained during clashes with Udinese supporters at an Italian Cup game. September 30 1984 - Marco Fonghessi,AC Milan supporter Fonghessi, 23, was stabbed in the heart by a fellow Milan fan who mistook him for a follower of the visitors to the San Siro that day, Cremonese. May 11, 1985 - Bradford, England; 56 people die when a cigarette stub ingnites a stadium's wooden terrace section and fire engulfs the structure. May 29, 1985 - Brussels, Belgium; 39 people are killed at the European Champions Cup Final at Heysel Stadium when riots beak out and a wall separating rival fans of England's Liverpool and Italy's Juventus of Turin collapses. December 7 1986 - Giuseppe Tomasetti,Tomasetti, a 21-year-old Sambenedettese fan, was stabbed to death during a match at Ascoli. March 10, 1987 - Tripoli, Libya; 20 people are killed when paic-stricken fans flee knife-wielding ruffians and trigger the collapse of a wall. (On the other hand Libyan state news agency JANA, which said two people were killed and 16 were hospitalized.) March 12, 1988 - Katmandu, Nepal; At least 93 peole are killed and more than 100 injured when fans fleeing a hailstorm stampede into locked stadium exits. October 17 1988 - Nazareno Filippini,Ascoli fan Filippini died in hospital eight days after being clubbed and stoned by Inter hooligans following a Serie A match. April 15, 1989 - Sheffield, England; 96 people are crushed to death at an English FA Cup semifinal game between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, when police open gates to alleviate crowding outside Hillsborough Stadium. The resulting rush of people onto the already filled terrace sections traps fans against riot control fences ringing the field. June 4 1989 -Antonio De Falchi,AS Roma fan De Falchi died of a heart attack at just 17 years of age after being attacked by a group of AC Milan hooligans outside Milan’s San Siro Stadium. Jan. 13, 1991 - Orkney, South Africa; at least 40 people are killed, most of them trampled or crushed along riot-control fences that surround the field, when fans panic and try to escape brawls that break out in the grandstand. May 5, 1992 - Bastia, Corsica; 17 people are killed and 1,900 injured when a temporary grandstand, erected to increase the capacity of the stadium from 8,500 to 18,000, collapses before a French Cup semifinal match between four-time defending league champion Olympique Marseille and second-division Bastia. January 30 1994 - Salvatore Morchella, he died of his wounds after jumping off a train to escape from Messina hooligans returning from a match in Ragusa. The thugs went after the 22-year-old because he tried to defend a young woman they were molesting. January 29 1995 -Vincenzo Spagnolo,Genoa fan Vincenzo Spagnolo was stabbed to death by an AC Milan supporter in the area of Genoa’s Marassi Stadium. June 16, 1996 - Lusaka, Zambia; Nine soccer fans were crushed to death and 78 others injured during a stampede following Zambia's victory over Sudan in a World Cup qualifying game. July 14, 1996 - Tripoli, Libya; A riot at a soccer match involving a team controlled by a son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi killed or injured up to 50 people. No exact figures were reported in the Libyan-controlled press. Oct. 16, 1996 - Guatemala City; At least 78 people died and about 180 others were injured during a stampede at a stadium before a World Cup qualifying match between Guatemala and Costa Rica. October 1997 - Italy-England: Around 40 England supporters were arrested during clashes before this crucial World Cup qualifier. One English fan was stabbed. The British government complained about the Italian police’s heavy-handed crowd control. January 1998 - Brescia-Fiorentina Clashes between fans of the two teams left around 50 people injured, including 12 police officers. May 24 1999 - Ciro Alfieri (aged 15), Giuseppe Diodato (15), Vincenzo Loi (16); Simone Vitale (22), These four young Salernitana fans died in a fire on the train that was bringing them back from the last game of the season at Piacenza. Vitale helped save two youngsters from the flames before succumbing to them. October 1999 - Sampdoria-Bologna. Two hours of rioting and clashes with police took place around Genoa’s Marassi after an Italian Cup tie. March 2000 - Roma-Leeds. One Leeds fan slashed before this UEFA Cup encounter. April 23, 2000 - Monrovia, Liberia; At least three reported dead and others injured as thousands of fans forced their way into an overcrowded stadium for a World Cup qualifier between Liberia and Chad. July 9, 2000 - Harare, Zimbabwe; Twelve people die after a stampede at World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Zimbabwe. October 2000 - Lazio-Arsenal. Two fans of the London-based club were stabbed in the area of Rome’s Olympic Stadium before this Champions League game. April 11, 2001 - At least 47 people were killed and 119 injured at a football match between South Africa's two biggest teams. The stampede began as a crowd of 1,20,000 tried to get into 68,000 Capasity Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg to watch the match between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates. April 29, 2001 - Another stampede killed eight people in Lubumbashi, Congo. May 6, 2001 - Several soccer fans were killed and hundreds others injured Sunday when part of the roof of a stadium grandstand caved in during a game in northeastern Iran. Two people died and a third was in critical condition at a local hospital, Asghar Samarbakhsh, deputy sports director for Mazandaran province, said. The number of dead was in dispute. May 6, 2001 - Fighting broke out among fans at a match in Ivory Coast, killing one person and injuring 39. 12 May 2001 -Accra, Ghana :One hundred and thirty people died in a stampede at a football match in Accra, Ghana, on Wednesday, in Africa's worst sporting disaster. After the home team Accra Hearts of Oak scored two late goals to beat Asante Kotoko 2-1, witnesses say some of the Kotoko fans began destroying plastic seats at the Accra Sports Stadium and throwing them on to the running track surrounding the pitch. In response the police began firing tear gas into the crowd and some fans were said to have retaliated with bottles. Many fans said the police had caused the stampede at the 40,000 capacity stadium by firing large amounts of the gas. As the gas spread, panic ensued and the fans scrambled for the exits, which were locked shut, causing many to be suffocated and crushed to death. June 17 2001- Antonino Curro’,Licursi, a 40-year-old director of Calabrian amateur club Sammartinese, was killed by a kick to his neck while trying to stop a mass brawl with opponents Cancellese in Italy March 2002 - Roma-Galatasaray. Post-match brawl involving players, police brought lengthy UEFA bans, sparked brief diplomatic spat between Italy and Turkey. September 21 2003 - Sergio Ercolano,Napoli fan Ercolano, 20, died in hospital two days after falling from the upper tier of a stadium during trouble at the Campania derby at Avellino in Italy. March 2004 - Roma-Lazio. The derby match was suspended at the request of fans who invaded the pitch and claimed the police had killed a young boy. The allegation was false. Clashes between police and fans took place after the game was suspended. September 2004 - Roma-Dynamo Kiev. Champions League game abandoned after Danish ref Anders Frisk bloodied by thrown lighter. April 2005 - Inter Milan-AC Milan. The second leg of the Champions League quarter-final between the Milanese giants was suspended after Inter fans showered the pitch with flares. One of the flares hit Milan’s Brazil goalkeeper Dida on the head. March 2006 - Roma-Middlesbrough. Three English fans stabbed after Roma fans throw flare into Rome bar ahead of UEFA quarter-final.