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| Nickname(s) | SanCity Los Ciudadanos (The Citizens) |
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| Short name | Santiago City |
| Founded | 25 May 2020 [1] |
| Ground | Estadio Municipal Las Condes Las Condes, Santiago, Chile |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| Owner | Francisco Basoalto |
| Manager | Claudio Rojas |
| League | Tercera A |
| 2023 | 3rd |
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]
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]
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]
As of 14 May 2024 [update] . [10] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Cristian Febre 2022 [11] Jorge Acuña 2023 [12] Carlos Bussenius 2023 [13] Cristian Febre 2023 [14] Claudio Rojas 2024–Present [15] 
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