Santiago City FC

Santiago City FC
Full nameSantiago City Football Club
Nickname(s)SanCity
Los Ciudadanos (The Citizens)
Short nameSantiago City
Founded25 May 2020 (2020-05-25)[1]
GroundEstadio Municipal Las Condes
Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
OwnerFrancisco Basoalto
ManagerRafael Celedón
LeagueSegunda División Profesional
20241st (Champion)
Websitewww.sancity.cl
colours

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 Segunda División Profesional de Chile at the Municipal Stadium in Las Condes, Santiago.[2]

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 5 May 2025.[10] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  CHI Juan José Echave
2 DF  CHI Ignacio Mesina
3 DF  CHI Bruno Romo
4 DF  CHI Miguel Arias
5 DF  CHI Matías Quiroz
6 MF  CHI Andrés Díaz
7 FW  CHI Matías Sáez
8 DF  CHI Nicolás Palomo
9 FW  CHI Zederick Vega
10 MF  CHI Marco Medel
11 FW  CHI Nicolás Gutiérrez
12 GK  CHI Marcelo Suárez
13 DF  CHI Francisco Sepúlveda
14 MF  CHI Nicolás Clavería
15 FW  CHI Franco Astudillo
16 MF  CHI José Manuel Farías
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF  CHI José Antonio Farías
18 FW  CHI Álvaro Pilquiman
19 DF  CHI Álvaro Rojas
20 MF  CHI Luis Hernández
22 MF  CHI Nicolás Bascuñán
23 DF  CHI Matías Silva
24 FW  CHI Damián Sáez
25 DF  CHI Jordy Contreras
26 MF  CHI Esteban Carvajal
27 MF  CHI Bastián Arias
28 FW  CHI Bastián Cerda
29 FW  CHI Eliam Quiroz
30 FW  CHI Nicolás Castillo
31 GK  CHI Tomás Meyer
32 MF  CHI Fabián Carmona
34 FW  CHI Cristian Aravena

Managers

References

  1. ^ "DATOS DEL EQUIPO". www.terceradivision.cl (in Spanish). ANFA. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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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