Timeline

The death of at least 74 people in soccer violence on Wednesday in the Egyptian city of Port Said is the latest in a long line of stadium tragedies.

Disasters at Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Hillsborough in Sheffield and Furiani in Corsica are among the most widely remembered, but the highest death toll was in Lima in 1964.

Peru

May 23, 1964: 320 deaths and more than 1,000 injuries during a stampede at a Peru-Argentina match at Lima's National Stadium. Fans could not escape the crush and were trampled or asphyxiated.

Ghana

May 10, 2001: 126 deaths in Accra at the end of a match between Hearts of Oaks and Kumasi, when Kumasi supporters, angered by their team's defeat, threw projectiles and broke chairs. Police threw tear-gas grenades, triggering a stampede.

England

April 15, 1989: 96 Liverpool supporters died in a stampede in the stands at Sheffield's Hillsborough Stadium during an FA Cup semifinal between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.

May 11, 1985: 56 deaths in a fire in a wooden stand during a match between Bradford and Lincoln City.

Scotland

Jan 2, 1971: 66 people killed in a crush at the Ibrox Stadium during a Rangers-Celtic derby. It was the stadium's second disaster, the first being when a stand collapsed in 1902, killing 26.

Egypt

Feb 17, 1974: 48 deaths and 47 injuries when 80,000 people crammed into a stadium with a capacity of 40,000.

South Africa

April 11, 2001: 43 deaths during a stampede at Ellis Park in Johannesburg during a match between the Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs.

Jan 13, 1991: 40 deaths during a melee in an Orlando Pirates-Kaizer Chiefs match.

Belgium

May 29, 1985: 39 killed at Heysel Stadium in Brussels when Juventus fans tried to flee aggressive Liverpool fans.

France

May 5, 1992: 18 killed and more than 2,300 injured when a terrace collapsed in Furiani stadium in Corsica.