29th May 2023

LFC marks 38th anniversary of Heysel Stadium disaster

Liverpool FC remembers the 39 football fans who lost their lives at Heysel Stadium in Belgium on this day 38 years ago.

The disaster occurred before the European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus on May 29, 1985, when events in Block Z of the stadium tragically led to the deaths of 39 people and left hundreds more injured. As a mark of respect to those who died, a floral tribute was placed beside the Heysel memorial plaque on the Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand at Anfield today. Flags across all club sites are being flown at half-mast throughout the day. In January, the mayor of Turin, Stefano Lo Russo, visited Anfield as part of the official handover of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, and joined LFC ambassador Ian Rush and director of communications Susan Black to lay a floral wreath and pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the Heysel Stadium disaster. Black said: "This is a poignant and important day in our club’s history and one on which we come together to pay our respects to the 39 people who lost their lives at Heysel and remember all those affected by this tragedy". In Memoria e Amicizia, in Memory and Friendship: Rocco Acerra - Bruno Balli - Alfons Bos - Giancarlo Bruschera - Andrea Casula - Giovanni Casula - Nino Cerullo - Willy Chielens - Giuseppina Conti - Dirk Daenecky - Dionisio Fabbro - Jacques François - Eugenio Gagliano - Francesco Galli - Giancarlo Gonnelli - Alberto Guarini - Giovacchino Landini - Roberto Lorentini - Barbara Lusci - Franco Martelli - Gianni Mastroiaco - Sergio Bastino Mazzino - Loris Messore - Luciano Rocco Papaluca - Luigi Pidone - Benito Pistolato - Patrick Radcliffe - Domenico Ragazzi - Antonio Ragnanese - Claude Robert - Mario Ronchi - Domenico Russo - Tarcisio Salvi - Gianfranco Sarto - Giuseppe Spolaore - Mario Spanu - Tarcisio Venturin - Jean Michel Walla - Claudio Zavaroni. Rest In Peace - You'll Never Walk Alone. Fonte: Liverpoolfc.com © 29 maggio 2023 (Testo © Fotografie)