Santiago City FC

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Santiago City FC
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Full nameSantiago City Football Club
Nickname(s)SanCity
Los Ciudadanos (The Citizens)
Short nameSantiago City
Founded25 May 2020;4 years ago (2020-05-25) [1]
GroundEstadio Municipal Las Condes
Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
Capacity2,000
OwnerFrancisco Basoalto
ManagerClaudio Rojas
League Tercera A
2023 3rd
Website Club website
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Santiago City FC is a Chilean association football club based in Las Condes, Santiago, Chile. They were founded in 2020 by Jorge Sotomayor and currently play in Tercera A at the Municipal Stadium in Santiago. [2]

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History

Santiago City were founded in 2020 and entered the Chilean football leagues at tier 5 in the Tercera B. The club's president Jorge Sotomayor expressed a desire for the club to be promoted to the top tier. In their first season, they were promoted as champions. [3] Their next season, they finished third in Tercera A. [4] In November 2023, Sotomayor sold the club to a local lawyer. [5] However, in December 2023 the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Amateur de Chile (ANFA) suspended Santiago City for 3 years for failing to comply with media access requirements and for attempting to censor press coverage of the club. [4] Specifically for cutting the electric cables that the media used. [6] The club appealed against the sanction but their appeal was rejected and they were thrown out of the Tercera leagues. [7] A further appeal in January 2024 to the ANFA Council of Presidents was successful and the ban was lifted. [6]

Colours and crest

When the club was founded, the colours were decided as a result of a market study. Black and pink were selected on the grounds that no other club in Chile aside of Colo-Colo played in a predominantly black kit and the pink was a tribute to women suffering from breast cancer, despite claims they looked like the American club Inter Miami CF. [2] In February 2022, the English Premier League club Manchester City F.C. and its holding group City Football Group, issued a cease and desist letter against Santiago City for their crest being similar to the Manchester City crest. [8] A year later, Santiago City announced they would follow any guidelines for their crest set down by Manchester City but had not received any. [9]

Players

Current squad

As of 14 May 2024. [10] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Juan José Echave
2 DF Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Santiago Chicao
4 DF Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Álex Matamala
5 DF Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Martín Delgado
6 MF Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Mauro Maureira
7 FW Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Joaquín Agüero
8 DF Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Nicolás Palomo
9 FW Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Álvaro Pilquiman
10 FW Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Matías Sáez
12 GK Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Tomás Meyer
13 MF Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Bastián Marchant
14 MF Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Nicolás Clavería
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15 FW Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Juan José Sánchez
16 MF Flag of Chile.svg  CHI José Manuel Farías
17 DF Flag of Chile.svg  CHI José Antonio Farías
18Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Núñez
19 DF Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Álvaro Rojas
20Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Salinas
21 FW Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Mauricio Cortez
22 MF Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Emanuel Vargas
23 DF Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Sebastián Toro
24 MF Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Adrián Obando
26 MF Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Luis Valenzuela
30Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Cárcamo

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References

  1. ↑ "DATOS DEL EQUIPO". www.terceradivision.cl (in Spanish). ANFA . Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  2. 1 2 Darwin, Stephen (17 February 2022). "Have Santiago City FC copied Man City's club crest? Premier League champions issue legal warning to Chilean fifth-tier side". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "De Colo Colo a Santiago City: Estos son todos los campeones en la temporada 2022 del fútbol chileno". En Canacha (in Spanish). 20 November 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  4. 1 2 "ANFA aplica sanción ejemplar contra Santiago City por censurar a la prensa" (in Spanish). Deportes 13. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "Boris González asume como nuevo presidente de Santiago City" (in Spanish). ADN Radio. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  6. 1 2 "La Tercera División le levanta el castigo a Santiago City: Los "ciudadanos" podrán disputar la temporada 2024" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "La ANFA vuelve a darle otro portazo a Santiago City en su plan de revertir la dura sanción en su contra". La Tercera (in Spanish). 29 December 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  8. ↑ "Manchester City issue cease and desist order to Chilean club Santiago City over crest similarities". TNT Sports. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  9. ↑ "Santiago City cambia de controlador y no se aleja de la polémica con el gigante Manchester City" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  10. ↑ Santiago City FC on Instagram
  11. ↑ Romero, Jorge (17 December 2022). "No va más en el Santiago City: Cristián Febre presentó su renuncia pese a salir campeón". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  12. ↑ "Jorge Acuña dejó de ser entrenador de Santiago City". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  13. ↑ Arévalo, Joaquín (7 June 2023). "Santiago City encontró al reemplazante de Jorge Acuña: fue ayudante de Marcelo Bielsa en La Roja". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  14. ↑ @sancityfc (4 September 2023). ""𝐈'𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤"" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2024– via Instagram.
  15. ↑ García Mendoza, Javier (17 April 2024). ""Bienvenido Boss": El polémico Santiago City oficializó a su nuevo entrenador". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
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