The European championship qualifier between Serbia and Albania that erupted into violence after a drone flew an Albanian nationalist banner into the stadium was just the latest international match to be abandoned because of fighting.
Serbian officials have accused Albania of provoking the incident, and UEFA has opened disciplinary cases against both football associations.
A look at some other high-profile games that were halted because of violence:
More than 20 people required hospital treatment and over 40 were arrested after England fans rampaged inside Lansdowne Road stadium in Dublin shortly after Ireland took the lead in the first half of a friendly match.
Hooligans tore up wooden seats and threw them at opposing fans before battling with Irish police. The game was abandoned after 28 minutes due to crowd disorder.
Thirteen people were crushed to death in a stampede during a World Cup qualifier in Harare that was sparked by police firing tear gas into a section of the National Sports Stadium containing Zimbabwe fans.
Home fans reacted to South Africa scoring its second goal of the game in the 84th minute by throwing bottles and other items onto the field.
The game was abandoned and South Africa was awarded a 2-0 win.
It was the first soccer game between the two countries since Algeria gained independence from France in 1962. The friendly at the Stade de France outside Paris was meant to show brotherhood between them.
Instead, the French national anthem was roundly booed by Algeria fans and chaos erupted on the field after 76 minutes.
With France leading 4-1, a lone Algeria fan ran onto the playing surface brandishing a flag. Moments later, he was joined by dozens of others as stewards struggled to retain order.
A few minutes later, several dozen more fans invaded the pitch and the players walked off. The match was abandoned.
Pre-game predictions of crowd trouble involving Serbia fans were born out amid violent scenes that led to the European qualifying match in Genoa being abandoned after just six minutes.
The kickoff was delayed by 40 minutes after Serbian fans threw flares at Italy supporters and onto the field. The game got underway but more flares and fireworks were thrown. With some Serbs also clashing with police outside the stadium, Scottish referee Craig Thomson led the teams back into the changing rooms.
One firework landed close to Italy goalkeeper Emiliano Viviano. Italy was awarded a 3-0 win.
Ivory Coast players and supporters were escorted by police out of a stadium in Dakar after rioting by Senegal fans during an African Cup of Nations qualifying match.
Didier Drogba had just given Ivory Coast a 2-0 lead when Senegalese supporters began lighting fires in the stands, causing a haze of smoke over the stadium, and threw objects onto the pitch.
Senegal fans attacked Ivorian supporters and police fired tear gas into the stands.
Dozens of Ivorian fans rushed the field, where both teams congregated in the middle. The match was suspended in the 76th minute and abandoned 45 minutes later.
Cars were driven onto the field to take away Ivorian fans and the Ivory Coast team was hustled out by police holding shields.
Angry over a late penalty call, a drunken Danish fan interrupted a thrilling European Championship qualifier by running onto the field in Copenhagen and aiming a punch at the referee.
Denmark had fallen behind 3-0 but managed to even the score at 3-3 when midfielder Christian Poulsen was sent off for punching Markus Rosenberg in the 89th minute. That led to a penalty being awarded and what intruder Ronni Korvig later called his “moment of idiocy.”
A Denmark player intervened to ensure Korvig did not make contact with the referee, who nonetheless abandoned the match. Sweden was awarded a 3-0 win. In 2012, a court ordered Norvig to pay Denmark’s football federation nearly $320,000 in damages for his attack on the referee.
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