In 1999-2000, during the 1999 East Timorese crisis and its aftermath, the stadium was used as a makeshift refugee camp and emergency relief distribution point.

In 2005, world-renowned soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo visited Dili stadium and posed for a picture with the President, Xanana Gusmão.

[12] On 12 March 2015, the stadium hosted the first international home match of the Timor-Leste national football team in the first round 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification against Mongolia with Timor winning 4–1.

[16] In February 2021, the Board of Directors of the Infrastructure Fund (Portuguese: Conselho da Administração do Fundo das Infraestruturas (CAFI)) approved an additional budget of more than US$300,000 to complete the 2016 renovations.

The assignment, for a price to be agreed later, was made in connection with a long term contract between the parties, under which the stadium and other football fields in Timor-Leste would be brought up to international standards, at FIFA's expense.