On 27 March 2015, the stadium was the site of an abandoned match when the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier between Montenegro and Russia was dismissed by the referees to ensure the safety of the players.

[2] Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev had been struck in the head by a flare and was sent to a hospital as a result.

Following this tradition, Podgorica City Stadium is now the host venue of every Montenegrin Cup final.

A year later, the Budućnost-Red Star Belgrade match was suspended for two hours after home supporters (Varvari) threw tear gas on the pitch and, after that, attacked visitors' ultras.

[8] In the Montenegrin First League, numerous matches of FK Budućnost were suspended due to crowd violence or crowd-invasion to the pitch.

With the full crowd at every important match, and the architecture of the stands which are only four meters away from the pitch-lines, games of Montenegrin national team are playing in the highly-electric atmosphere.

During the past years, Montenegrin FA is sanctioned by UEFA and FIFA in numerous occasions.

During the game, missiles and flares were hurled at goalkeeper Joe Hart while he was in front of Ultra Montenegro group.

[10] After that game, barriers were constructed in the upper portions of the stadium to prevent similar incidents in the future.