The festivities turned to disaster on Saturday evening in the Algerian stadium in 5-July-1962. While the Mouloudia Club of Algiers had just ensured its ninth title of champion of Algeria, by signing a draw and virgin against NC Magra, a terrible incident took place in the stands.
“” MCA supporters fell by ten meters, from the upper rostrum of the 5-juillet stadium following the collapse of a metal security barrier », Can we read in the evening pages of Algeria. A supporter having then found death at the time, according to a first assessment established in the evening.
Despite the rapid intervention of the emergency services and the evacuation of the most serious wounded to the hospitals of Beni Messous, Ben Aknoun and jersey, two other victims were to be deplored this Sunday morning. For more than 80 injured, including six residing at this hospitalized time.
An overcapacity stadium?
The DZ Foot specialized site this Sunday was trying to understand the circumstances of the drama, stressing the obsolescence of the alleged installations and denounced by many on social networks. Another aggravating factor: ” The stadium of July 5 was arch-fashion for this last day. According to observers, there were between 70 and 80,000 people in the stands when they are not supposed to accommodate a maximum of 64,000 people seated ».
The Cabinet of the Algerian Prime Minister published this Sunday press release: ” Following the tragic incident that occurred at the July 5 stadium in the evening of Saturday, June 21, 2025, and having caused the death of supporters and made several injured, and on the orders of the President of the Republic, Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune, a commission of inquiry was created in order to shed light on the circumstances of this drama, to identify the failures, to determine the responsibilities and to sanction the people who are involved. »»
