SOCCER-RELATED INCIDENTS
* March 30, 1955, at Santiago, Chile--Six died when 70,000 tried to jam into the stadium for the finals of the South American tournament. Argentina beat Chile, 1-0.
* May 24, 1964, at Lima, Peru--At least 318 people were killed and 500 injured in riots during an Olympic qualifying match, when a fan nicknamed “Bomba” ran onto the field and attacked the referee for overruling a goal scored. Argentina beat Peru on a last-minute goal.
* June 23, 1968, at Buenos Aires--At least 74 people were killed and 150 injured after a 1st Division game between River Plate and Boca Juniors. Fans leaving the stadium through a tunnel found an outside gate locked and trampled each other.
* 1969--El Salvador and Honduras suffered thousands of casualties in the so-called “Soccer War,” which began after a disputed soccer match between the two countries. The brief war was provoked by Honduras’ decision to expel many Salvadorans who had settled in Honduras.
* Jan. 2, 1971, at Glasgow, Scotland--An overcrowded stairway collapsed during a local match, killing 66 people.
* March 4, 1971, at Salvador, Brazil--A fight and a wild rush broke out in the grandstands, killing four and injuring 1,500.
* Feb. 17, 1974, at Cairo--Crowds trying to enter a club game broke down barriers and 49 people were trampled to death.
* Oct. 31, 1976, at Yaounde, Cameroon--After a penalty kick was awarded to Cameroon in a World Cup qualifying match against 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, at 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.
* Oct. 20, 1982, at Moscow--Police pushed spectators toward the exit a few minutes before the end of the game to prevent a sudden jam at the nearby subway station. But when the final--and only--goal was scored, some of the fans tried to return and collided with outgoing fans on icy stairs to form a “human mincer” that killed 340 fans.
* May 11, 1985, at Bradford, England--A fire engulfed the main stands at Bradford Stadium during a match and killed 55 fans.
* May 29, 1985, at Brussels--Fans from Liverpool caused the collapse of a wall in a standing section and the riot and crush left 39 people dead, mostly fans of Juventus of Turin, Italy, before the European Champions Cup final at Heysel Stadium.
* March 10, 1987, at Tripoli, Libya--Panicked soccer fans fled knife-wielding ruffians and triggered the collapse of a wall in the sports stadium, killing at least 20 people. However, a report from the Libyan news agency JANA said two people were killed and 16 were hospitalized.
* March 12, 1988, at Katmandu, Nepal--Fans fleeing a violent hailstorm stampeded into locked stadium exits, killing at least 93 people and injuring more than 100.
* April 15, 1989, at Sheffield, England--The crush of fans at the English Football Assn. Cup semifinal between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest killed 95 people and injured at least 200 at Hillsborough Stadium, 150 miles north of London.
* May 5, 1992, at Bastia, Corsica--The collapse of temporary stands at Furiani Stadium just before the start of a French Cup semifinal between Bastia and Olympique Marseille killed 15 people and injured 1,650 on the southern French island.
* April 28, 1993--The Zambian national team was killed in an airplane crash off the coast of Gabon.
* July 2, 1994, at Medellin, Colombia--Colombian defender Andres Escobar was gunned down, apparently in retribution for scoring an own goal against the United States in the World Cup.
* June 16, 1996, at Lusaka, Zambia--At least 15 fans were crushed to death and 52 others injured during a stampede after Zambia’s victory over Sudan in a World Cup qualifying game.
* Oct. 16, 1996, at Guatemala City--At least 84 people were killed and 147 injured trying to squeeze into a stadium to watch a World Cup qualifying match between Guatemala and Costa Rica.
