Post a Comment Print Share on Facebook

Football: the El Salvador championship definitively stopped after the deadly stampede

The Salvadoran Football Federation (Fesfut) and the clubs decided on Wednesday to stop the closing tournament of the national championship, after the stampede which killed 12 people on Saturday in a stadium.

- 7 reads.

Football: the El Salvador championship definitively stopped after the deadly stampede

The Salvadoran Football Federation (Fesfut) and the clubs decided on Wednesday to stop the closing tournament of the national championship, after the stampede which killed 12 people on Saturday in a stadium.

“We have decided to declare the El Salvador 2022-2023 National Championship ended,” they said in a joint statement. "This measure was taken in view of the seriousness of the facts and the need to guarantee the security conditions of sports facilities," they added.

"There will be no tournament champion," said Fesfut. As a result, the federation will propose that the 2022 champion and vice-champion, namely FAS and Jocoro, as well as the Aguila club, the highest ranked in the 2023 championship, represent El Salvador at the next Concacaf tournament. .

At least 12 people died and 500 were injured in a stampede at San Salvador's 35,000-capacity Cuscatlan stadium on Saturday at the start of a first division game between local side Alianza and the FAS CD.

The Alianza club were held responsible for the accident and received a one-year sanction of behind closed doors matches by Fesfut. According to the authorities, a possible sale of counterfeit tickets or a sale of excess tickets could be at the origin of the tragedy, many people having tried to force their way into the already saturated stadium.

Avatar
Your Name
Post a Comment
Characters Left:
Your comment has been forwarded to the administrator for approval.×
Warning! Will constitute a criminal offense, illegal, threatening, offensive, insulting and swearing, derogatory, defamatory, vulgar, pornographic, indecent, personality rights, damaging or similar nature in the nature of all kinds of financial content, legal, criminal and administrative responsibility for the content of the sender member / members are belong.