Stampede in Luzhniki on 20th October 1982

When

20 Oct 1982

Kind

Crowd crush

Coordinates

55.72° N, 37.55° E

Description

Mass crush with human casualties

Deaths

66

Injured

61

Participants

10000

Cause

crowd collapses and crushes

1982 human crush in Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

The Luzhniki disaster was a deadly crowd crush that took place at the Grand Sports Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow during the 1982–83 UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem on 20 October 1982. According to the official enquiry, 66 FC Spartak Moscow fans, mostly adolescents, died in the crush, which made it Russia's worst sporting disaster.

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