On this day in 1982, the deadly Luzhniki Stadium disaster took place killing 66 and injuring 61 people.
Spartak Moscow were hosting Eredivisie side HFC Haarlem in a UEFA Cup second round tie. Despite being in the middle of October, the weather was uncharacteristically chilly with temperatures reaching as low as -10 degrees Celsius. Only about 16,500 tickets were sold of the available 82,000.
With no roof over the seating area, only two stands, the East and the West, were opened to clear out the snow faster and to create a better atmosphere with so few tickets sold.