Time 16:20 EET (14:20 UTC) | Date 17 September 1967 | |
Location Kayseri Atatürk Stadium, Kayseri, Turkey Similar 1994 Gowari stampede, Ellis Park Stadium disaster, Accra Sports Stadium, Burnden Park disaster, 1954 Kumbh Mela sta | ||
1967 Kayseri Atatürk Stadium disaster refers to an occurrence of football hooliganism, resulting in 43 deaths and at least 300 injuries (according to newspaper Hürriyet 's headline 600), during the football match held on September 17, 1967 between the clubs of Kayserispor and Sivasspor at the Atatürk Stadium of Kayseri in Turkey. It was the worst sports-related violence to occur in Turkey.
The violence started following provocation of the Kayserispor fans in the half time, whose team went to leading by a goal scored in the first half. Supporters of the two teams threw rocks to each other. Some of the hooligans were also armed with bats and knives. The fleeing crowd caused a stampede in front of the stand exits. After the incident Sivasspor fans attacked people of Kayseri in the middle of the city center. The events in the stadium were followed by vandalism in Kayseri and many-days lasting riots in Sivas. The Turkish government abandoned the entrances between the two cities for several days for resettle.