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The Heysel Stadium disaster (Italian: Strage dell'Heysel [ˈstraːdʒe delleiˈzɛl]; German: Katastrophe von Heysel [ˌkataˈstʁoːfə fɔn ˈhaɪzl̩]; French: Drame du Heysel [dʁam dy ɛzɛl]; Dutch: Heizeldrama [ˈɦɛizəlˌdraːmaː]) was a crowd disaster that occurred on 29 May 1985 when Juventus fans were escaping from an attack by Liverpool fans while they were pressed against a ...
Thirty-nine fans died and more than 600 were injured in fan violence before the European Cup final between Juventus and Liverpool at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels. May 1985, Britain
The gestures were made to taunt the home fans about the Heysel stadium disaster, when 39 Juventus fans died in a crush before the club’s European Cup final against Liverpool in May 1985.
2 March 1985: Both sides miss a penalty as Everton draw 1–1 at Manchester United, enabling Tottenham to close the gap at the top to two points with a 1–0 win at Stoke. Manchester City replace Blackburn as leaders in the Second Division with a 1–0 win at Ewood Park. Oxford are beaten 3–0 by Birmingham, their first league defeat at home ...
Plan of the Heysel Stadium, showing the section of the stadium where the disaster occurred. Fagan's second season in charge was less successful, as Liverpool failed to win a trophy for the first time in nine years. [98] The defence of their League championship was all but over in October 1984 when Liverpool were in the relegation places. [99]
The stadium hosted 70,000 at the time. Its name honours King Baudouin, Leopold's successor as King of the Belgians from 1951 to his death in 1993. The stadium is located at 135/2, avenue de Marathon / Marathonlaan, on the border of the Bruparck entertainment park (with the Atomium, Mini-Europe miniature park and Kinepolis cinema).
Juventus Football Club finished 6th in the 1984–85 Serie A season and won the European Cup for the first time at the Heysel Stadium. However, the season was marked by the Heysel Stadium disaster in which 39 people died, mostly Juventus supporters.
Opening with a capacity of 12,000 people in 1924, Tiger Stadium is the football stadium of Louisiana State University. $1.8 million was spent on the stadium in 1936 while $183 million have been ...