During the period of the siege in the war, from 1992 until reintegration in 1996, the neighborhood saw heavy fighting, with all of its non-Serb population murdered or expelled, while its many urban parts with architectural and public landmarks, such as the iconic Hotel Bristol and Grbavica Stadium, ended being burnt or razed to the ground.
The stadium, home-ground of FK Željezničar, was hit by numerous large caliber and incendiary ammunition and ordnance from Bosnian Serb forces positions with heavy artillery, getting eventually incinerated.
After initially bombing its pitch, it was turned into the front line and laden with many land-mines by Serb militias.
[4] Hej Grbavice, rano ljuta Pritisla me teška tuga Na trenutak i pomislim Da si sada neka druga.
Hej Grbavice, bolna si mi Iz daleka gledam ulice tvoje Tamo su slike djetinjstva moga Tamo je sve što je moje Ko život cijeli Miljacka dijeli Mene od krila tvog I ne znam kad ću al' znam da ću Doći do doma svog A onda Željin, stadion gledam Vidim ponos tvoj Život ću dati, al' tebe ne dam Jer ti si život moj Ne budi tužna kad čuješ pjesmu Bol što naša srca mori Jer svaki od nas što pjesmu pjeva Do zadnjeg se za tebe bori Zbog toga bola kad sa Bristola Na tebe gledamo Zbog ove pjesme, nazad se ne sm'je Nikom te ne damo Hey, Grbavica, open wound A heavy sadness presses me down For a moment I presume That you're different now.