San Diego Chargers

San Diego Chargers
San Diego Chargers
	Established 1961; Ended 2017; Played in Qualcomm Stadium; San Diego, California; Headquartered in Chargers Park; San Diego, California
San Diego Chargers logo	San Diego Chargers wordmark
Logo	Wordmark
League/conference affiliations
	American Football League (1961–1969) Western Division (1961–1969); ; National Football League (1970–2017) American Football Conference (1970–2017) AFC West (1970–2017); ;
	Uniform
Team colors	Navy blue, powder blue, gold, white;
Fight song	San Diego Super Chargers
Personnel
Owner(s)	Barron Hilton (1961–1966); Eugene Klein and Sam Schulman (1966–1984); Alex Spanos (1984–2017)
General manager	Sid Gillman (1961–1970); Harland Svare (1971–1975); Johnny Sanders (1976–1986); Steve Ortmayer (1987–1989); Bobby Beathard (1990–2000); John Butler (2001–2003); A. J. Smith (2003–2013); Tom Telesco (2013–2017)
Head coach	Sid Gillman (1961–1969, 1971); Charlie Waller (1969–1970); Harland Svare (1971–1973); Ron Waller (1973); Tommy Prothro (1974–1978); Don Coryell (1978–1986); Al Saunders (1986–1988); Dan Henning (1989–1991); Bobby Ross (1992–1996); Kevin Gilbride (1997–1998); June Jones (1998); Mike Riley (1999–2001); Marty Schottenheimer (2002–2006); Norv Turner (2007–2012); Mike McCoy (2013–2017)
Team history
	Los Angeles Chargers (1960, 2017–present); San Diego Chargers (1961–2017);
Team nicknames
	The Bolts; San Diego Super Chargers;
Championships
	League championships (1); AFL championships: (1) ; 1963;
	Conference championships (1) AFC: 1994;
	Division championships (14) AFL West: 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965; AFC West: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1992, 1994, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009;
Playoff appearances (17)
	AFL: 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965; NFL: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013;
Home fields
	Balboa Stadium (1961–1966); Qualcomm Stadium (1967–2017);

The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team of the National Football League (NFL) that played in San Diego from 1961 until the end of the 2016 season, before relocating back to Los Angeles, where the franchise had played its inaugural 1960 season. The team is now known as the Los Angeles Chargers.

The Chargers' first home game in San Diego was at Balboa Stadium against the Oakland Raiders on September 17, 1961. Their final game as a San Diego-based club was played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego at the end of the 2016 season on January 1, 2017, against the Kansas City Chiefs, who defeated them 37–27.^[1]

^ "Chargers vs. Chiefs 2017 live results: Score updates and highlights from Saturday night football". SB Nation. 16 December 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2018.

[1] "Chargers vs. Chiefs 2017 live results: Score updates and highlights from Saturday night football". SB Nation. 16 December 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2018.

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