San Diego Chargers facts for kids

	San Diego Chargers
	Established 1960; Play in San Diego, California
	League/Conference affiliations
	American Football League (1960-1969) Western Division (1960-1969); National Football League (1970–present) American Football Conference (1970-present) AFC West (1970-present); ;
	Team Details
Team colors	Navy, Gold, Powder Blue, White
Fight song	San Diego Super Chargers
	Personnel
Owner	Alex Spanos; (George Pernicano, minority owner with 3% share)
General Manager	Tom Telesco
Head Coach	Mike McCoy
	Team history
	Los Angeles Chargers (1960); San Diego Chargers (1960–present);
	Team Nicknames
	[Bolts], Super Chargers
	Championships
	League Championships (1) AFL Championships (1); 1963;
	Conference Championships (1) AFC: 1994;
	Division Championships (13) AFL West: 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965; AFC West: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1992, 1994, 2004, 2006, 2007;
	Home fields
	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1960); Balboa Stadium (1961-1966); Qualcomm Stadium (1967-present) a.k.a. San Diego Stadium (1968-1980); a.k.a. Jack Murphy Stadium (1981-1997); ;

The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. They are currently part of the Western Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). They were first called the Los Angeles Chargers, the team was started in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League. The club spent its first season in Los Angeles, California before moving to San Diego in 1961.

As of 2013, Phillip Rivers is the quarterback. The original team logo was a charging horse. Over time, the logo evolved into a lightning bolt, a play on a different meaning of "charge". The team wears navy blue jerseys and white pants for most home games, white jerseys and navy pants for road games, and powder blue jerseys with white pants for designated home games. There is a gold bolt on the jersey that is outlined in both powder blue and navy.

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Images for kids

Kellen Winslow in 2008
The Chargers hosting a pre-season game at San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium in 1987.
The Chargers drafted running back LaDainian Tomlinson in 2001.
Qualcomm Stadium, where the Chargers played their home games from 1967 to 2016.