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.[1]
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.[2] Their next season, they finished third in Tercera A.[3] In November 2023, Sotomayor sold the club to a local lawyer.[4] 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.[3] Specifically for cutting the electric cables that the media used.[5] The club appealed against the sanction but their appeal was rejected and they were thrown out of the Tercera leagues.[6] A further appeal in January 2024 to the ANFA Council of Presidents was successful and the ban was lifted.[5]
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.[1] 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.[7] A year later, Santiago City announced they would follow any guidelines for their crest set down by Manchester City but had not received any.[8]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Boris González asume como nuevo presidente de Santiago City" (in Spanish). ADN Radio. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Manchester City issue cease and desist order to Chilean club Santiago City over crest similarities". TNT Sports. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "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.
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