Editing Heysel Stadium disaster (section)

== Investigation ==
The investigation focused initially on the actions of Liverpool fans. On 30 May, official UEFA observer Gunter Schneider said, "Only the English fans were responsible. Of that there is no doubt." UEFA, the organiser of the event, the owners of Heysel Stadium and the Belgian police were investigated for culpability. After an eighteen-month investigation, the dossier of leading Belgian judge Marina Coppieters was finally published. The investigation concluded that blame should not rest solely with the fans, and some culpability lay also with the police and authorities. Several top officials were incriminated by her findings, including police captain Johan Mahieu, who had been in charge of security. He was subsequently charged with involuntary manslaughter.<ref name="auto2"/>

=== Effect on stadiums ===
After Heysel, English clubs began to impose stricter rules intended to make it easier to prevent troublemakers from attending domestic games, with legal provision to exclude troublemakers for three months introduced in 1986, and the [[Football Spectators Act 1989]] introduced in 1991.

Serious progress on legal banning orders preventing foreign travel to matches was arguably not made until the violence involving England fans (allegedly mainly involving [[neo-Nazism|neo-Nazi]] groups, such as [[Combat 18]]) at a match against [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Ireland]] [[Lansdowne Road football riot|on 15 February 1995]] and violent scenes at the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]]. Rioting at [[UEFA Euro 2000]] saw the introduction of new legislation and wider use of police powers—by 2004, 2,000 banning orders were in place, compared to fewer than 100 before Euro 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Crime prevention - GOV.UK|url=https://www.gov.uk/crime-justice-and-law/crime-prevention|website=gov.uk|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329231137/http://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/policing13.htm?w46|archivedate=29 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=[Archived Content&#93; Football disorder &#124; Home Office<!-- Bot generated title -->|url=http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime-victims/reducing-crime/football-disorder/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318140521/http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime-victims/reducing-crime/football-disorder/|archivedate=18 March 2009}}</ref>

The main reforms to English stadiums came after the [[Taylor Report]] into the [[Hillsborough disaster]] in April 1989, which ultimately resulted in the death of 97 Liverpool fans. All-seater stadiums became a requirement for clubs in the top two divisions while pitch-side fencing was removed and [[closed-circuit camera]]s became widespread. Fans who misbehave can have their tickets revoked and be legally barred from attending games at any English stadium.

The Heysel Stadium itself continued to be used for some matches of the Belgium national team until 1990, when UEFA banned Belgium from hosting a European final for a minimum of 10 years. In 1994, the stadium was almost completely rebuilt as the [[King Baudouin Stadium]]. On 28 August 1995 the new stadium welcomed the return of football to Heysel in the form of a friendly match between [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] and [[Germany national football team|Germany]]. It then hosted a major European final again on 8 May 1996 when [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] [[1996 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final|defeated]] [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Vienna]] 1–0 to win the [[1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]].