monkaji Guinea Football Tragedy: Timeline Of Some Of The Deadliest Stadium Disasters
monkaji Guinea Football Tragedy: Timeline Of Some Of The Deadliest Stadium Disasters
Representative image showing people playing football. Photo: Unsplash Representative image showing people playing football. Photo: Unsplash 
A football match turned deadly in Guineamonkaji, leaving at least 56 people dead after fans protested a referee's call and thousands of panicked spectators tried to flee the stadium causing a stampede. Some reports also put the number of deaths in three figures. (More Football News)
Two local clubs Labe and Nzerekore were competing in the final of the first national tournament of the West African nation honoring military leader Mamadi Doumbouya. The match was taking place in Nzerekore with around 20,000-30,000 people attending the game Third of April stadium.
Guinea is a West African nation under military control and thus information coming out of the country is sparse. The death could grow further but news agencies were not clear by how much.
The incident is among the worst of its kind in Africa but not the first one. In fact, several such incidents have occurred in the past all over the world. Some of them have been really deadly too. Here is a list of some of the deadliest stadium disasters in the past few decades.
Hillsborough, Britain (1989)One of the most infamous football stadium disasters took place in Hillsborough during the FA Cup semifinal match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. The deadliest disaster in English football history saw the death of 97 Liverpool fans due to overcrowding in the stands that triggered a crowd crush.
Estadio Nacional, Peru (1964)Regarded as the deadliest football tragedy of all time. In a World Cup qualifying match between Peru and Argentina, fans invaded the pitch protesting a decision by the referee which led to police firing tear gas and gun shots in the air. This led to panic which triggered a stampede. As per official records 328 people died in the incident.
Accra Sports Stadium, Ghana (2001)In a game between two of Ghana football's top teams, Heart of Oak and Kotoko, a referee decision led to fans throwing things on pitch which further led to tear gas firing by security personnel. Panic ensued and the stampede then caused 126 deaths.
Dasharath Stadium, Nepal (1988)The deadliest stadium disaster in Nepal saw the death of 93 people who came to watch the final of the Tribhuvan Challenge Shield 1988. The reason behind the deaths was a stampede that ocurred after a hailstorm in the region triggered panic among the 30,000-strong crowd,
Mateo Flores National Stadium, Guatemala (1996)Overcrowding in a World Cup qualifying match between Guatemala and Costa Rica saw the death of 82 people.
Port Said, Egypt (2012)A game between Al-Masry and Al-Ahly turned bloody as the fans of the former celebrated their win by attacking players, staff and fans of the latter. 73 people were killed and over 1000 injured.
Yaounde Olembe Stadium, Cameroon (2022)In one of the more recent football stadium disastersmonkaji, eight people died and 39 were injured after a stampede occured in Cameroon vs Comoros game in the Africa Cup Of Nations.