The Top 5 Worst Stadium Disasters in Football

  Location Date Deaths Cause
1 Estadio Nacional: Lima, Peru May 24th, 1964 328 Police intervention, stampede, gate crush (gates closed).
2 Accra Sports Stadium: Accra, Ghana May 9th, 2001 127 Police intervention, stampede, gate crush (some gates closed).
3 Hillsborough Stadium: Sheffield, England Apr 15th, 1989 96 Poor crowd managment, gate crush.
4 Port Said Stadium, Port Said, Egypt Feb 1st, 2012 72 Fan riot, gates closed.
5 1. Central Lenin Stadium: Moscow, Soviet Union
2. Ibrox Park Stadium: Glasgow, Scotland
1. Oct 20th, 1982
2. Jan 2nd,1971
66 Human crush.
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Sources:  Top 5 of anything Research 2015.

List Notes: Data is top 5 worst football (soccer) stadium disasters in history ranked by the number of deaths. List last updated February 2015.
Worst Stadium Disasters in Football

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