In May 2025, tragedy struck the UK when a driver plowed into a parade celebrating Liverpool Football Club’s latest Premier League win.
Over 50 people were injured, and immediately, memories were triggered of the tragic Hillsborough disaster that killed almost 100 people at a match in Liverpool in 1989. However, this fatal occasion was not an isolated incident.
Huge crowds, rival fans, and poor management have led to the deaths of hundreds of fans in crowd crushes. But it’s not just stampedes at soccer games that cause tragedies—poorly-built structures, bad weather, and on one occasion, even a lit cigarette, have been to blame.
So, click on to read about the worst soccer stadium disasters of the past 50 years.