[2] As of November 2017[update], Pittodrie has hosted fifteen matches involving the Scotland national team.

The ground has also staged rugby union, with four Scotland international fixtures being held there including a match against the Barbarians.

[3] In club football, Inverness Caledonian Thistle temporarily shared Pittodrie during part of the 2004–05 season.

[4] The land was leased from Mr Knight Erskine of Pittodrie,[4] with an agreement to construct a terrace on what is now the site of the Richard Donald Stand.

[4] 8000 spectators turned up to watch the new Aberdeen FC play its first game at Pittodrie, a 1–1 draw in the Northern League against Stenhousemuir on 15 August 1903.

[4] Also in the 1920s, the dugout was introduced to football by Aberdeen coach Donald Colman, who was interested in sitting lower to the pitch in order to inspect the players' footwork.

Floodlights were introduced at Pittodrie on 21 October 1959, when English league side Luton Town were beaten 3–2 in a friendly.

[4] On 6 February 1971, a fire destroyed part of the Main Stand, and gutted the dressing rooms and club offices.

In 1978, Pittodrie became the first all-seated stadium in Great Britain, after the south terracing was fitted with bench style seating.

[4] This improvement pre-dated the Taylor Report on British football grounds by a decade and coincided with a distinct upturn in the fortunes of the home team, now managed by Alex Ferguson.

[4] Both during the subsequent run in the 1980s and at numerous other times over the century the stadium has been in operation, there have been many memorable nights for the local fans.

A full house witnessed this victory, which took the Dons through to the semi-finals, and they went on to win the trophy by defeating Real Madrid in the final.

The club installed 24 executive boxes in the Main Stand, and built a new roof over the Merkland Road End in 1985.

As a result of a ground sharing agreement, Pittodrie was used by Inverness Caledonian Thistle for their home matches during the early part of the 2004–05 season.

As befits a main stand, this section of the ground includes both padded seating for club officials and VIPs, and several executive boxes at the rear.

It was built by the present chairman's construction firm, the Stewart Milne Group, at a cost of £4.5 million.

to move to the edge of the city, which corresponded with Scotland's failed joint bid for the Euro 2008 tournament, was scrapped.

[9] During the late 2010s, construction began at Kingsford on the western edge of the city which led to the completion of a new training facility, Cormack Park, in 2019;[10][11] however, the proposed stadium on the same site was put on hiatus due to economic issues, and in 2021 alternative designs at the city's beachfront close to Pittodrie were released.