Football stadiums around the world have witnessed many catastrophes in recent years, the latest being what happened in the Indonesian league at dawn today, after the match between Arima and Persibaya Surabaya in the 11th round of the competition, where 174 people were injured. killed and 180 people were injured.

The away team’s 3-2 victory over Persibaya Surabaya over Arima, its first victory over an opponent in 20 years, led to riots from the fans of the two teams and a large number of casualties.

Fans of the losing team stormed onto the playing field, expressing anger at the result, and quarrels immediately broke out amid unsuccessful attempts by the security forces to prevent them from entering.

The disaster is considered one of the worst to occur in football stadiums in the current century, the most notable of which was the Egyptian Stadium disaster in Port Said in February 2012, when fans rioted at the end of a match between Al Masry and Al Ahli” to the city of Port Said, and at least 74 people were injured and more than 1,000 were injured, and the Egyptian League was suspended for two years.

The same scene was repeated in Egypt in the match between Zamalek and Enppi in the local league, where in February 2015, 22 Zamalek fans were killed in front of the gates of the Air Defense Stadium in Cairo.

The Ghanaian League also witnessed a tragic accident in September 2001 at a stadium in Accra, the capital of Ghana, when 120 people were killed and hundreds injured in a riot in a match between Hearts of Oak and Kotoko.

In March 2009, in Côte d’Ivoire, at least 19 people were killed during a stampede at the Félix Houphouet-Boigny stadium in Abidjan prior to a World Cup qualifier against Malawi.

At the last Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon last January, a tragic accident took place, with at least eight people killed and 38 injured in a stampede at the Olympic Stadium in Yaoundé ahead of the host nation’s Africa Cup of Nations Round of 16 match against the Islands. moon.