Santiago City FC

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.

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. Their next season, they finished third in Tercera A. In November 2023, Sotomayor sold the club to a local lawyer. 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. Specifically for cutting the electric cables that the media used. The club appealed against the sanction but their appeal was rejected and they were thrown out of the Tercera leagues. A further appeal in January 2024 to the ANFA Council of Presidents was successful and the ban was lifted.

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. 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. A year later, Santiago City announced they would follow any guidelines for their crest set down by Manchester City but had not received any.

Current squad
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Managers

 * Cristian Febre 2022
 * Jorge Acuña 2023
 * Carlos Bussenius 2023
 * Cristian Febre 2023
 * Claudio Rojas (football manager) 2024–Present