LOS ANGELES CHARGERS
Updated: 10 july 2020
Founded: 1960
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Division: AFC WEST
STADIUM

(SOFI STADIUM)
(70,240)

Los Angeles Chargers were founded in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) when they were originally based in Los Angeles before moving to San Diego in 1961. They joined the NFL as part of the AFL–NFL merger in 1970. In 2017 they returned to Los Angeles and will share SoFi Stadium in Inglewood,CA with the Los Angeles Rams.
The Chargers have won 1 AFL Championship (1963) but have yet to win a Super Bowl but appeared in Super Bowl XXIX in the 1994 season. The team is worth $2.2bn.
NAMES
San Diego Chargers (1961-2016)
Los Angeles Chargers (1960,2017-PRESENT)
AFFILIATIONS
AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE (1960-1969)
Western Division (1960–1969)
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE (1970-)
AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE (1970-)
AFC West (1970-)
AWARDS
LEAGUE TITLES (1)
  • AFL (1): 1963
AFC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (1)
  • 1994
DIVISION TITLES (15)
  • AFL WESTERN (5): 1960-1961, 1963-1965 AFC WEST (10): 1979-1981, 1992, 1994, 2004, 2006, 2007-2009
PLAYOFFS APPEARANCES (19)
AFL (5): 1960-1961, 1963-1965
NFL (14): 1979-1982, 1992, 1994-1995, 2004, 2006-2009, 2013, 2018
SEASONS (SINCE 2010)
SEASON DIVISION FINISH RECORD PLAYOFFS
2010 AFC WEST 2ND 9-7 -
2011 AFC WEST 2ND 8-8 -
2012 AFC WEST 2ND 7-9 -
2013 AFC WEST 3RD 9-7 Won Wild Card Playoffs (@ Bengals) 27–10
Lost Divisional Playoffs (@ Broncos) 24–17
2014 AFC WEST 3RD 9-7 -
2015 AFC WEST 4TH 4-12 -
2016 AFC WEST 4TH 5-11 -
2017 AFC WEST 2ND 9-7 -
2018 AFC WEST 2ND 12-4 Won Wild Card Playoffs (@ Ravens) 23–17
Lost Divisional Playoffs (@ Patriots) 41–28
2019 AFC WEST 4TH 5-11 -
AFL CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES
SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP W/L OPPONENT SCORE LOCATION VICTORY #
1960 1ST L  HOUSTON 24-16 HOUSTON -
1961 2ND L  HOUSTON 10-3 SAN DIEGO -
1963 4TH W  BOSTON 51-10 SAN DIEGO 1
1964 5TH L  BUFFALO 20-7 BUFFALO -
1965 6TH L  BUFFALO 23-0 SAN DIEGO -
NFL SUPER BOWL APPEARANCES
SEASON SUPER BOWL W/L OPPONENT SCORE LOCATION VICTORY #
1994 XXIX L  SAN FRANCISCO 49-26 MIAMI -
LOGOS
(1961-1973)
(1974-1987)
(1988-2001)
(2002-2006)
(2007-2017)
(2020-)
HELMETS
(1960)
(1961-1965/1967-1973)
(1963-1964)
(1966)
(1974-1987)
(1988-2006)
(2007-2018)
(2019)
(2020-)
STADIUMS
MEMORIAL COLISEUM
(LOS ANGELES, CA)
(1960)
BALBOA STADIUM
(SAN DIEGO, CA)
(1961-1966)
SDCCU STADIUM
(SAN DIEGO, CA)
(1967-2016)
DIGNITY HEALTH
SPORTS PARK
(LOS ANGELES, CA)
(2017-2019)
SOFI STADIUM
(INGLEWOOD, CA)
(2020-)