San Francisco City FC
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| Full name | San Francisco City Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | SF City |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Stadium | Negoesco Stadium |
| Capacity | 3,000 |
| Owner | San Francisco City FC Members Organization (Nonprofit) (51%) |
| Coach | Paddy Coyne |
| League | Premier Development League |
| 2016 | 3rd, Central Pacific Division Playoffs: DNQ |
| Website | Club home page |
San Francisco City Football Club, commonly abbreviated to SF City, is a supporter-owned amateur soccer club located in San Francisco, California that competes in the Premier Development League.
Founded in 2001, SF City played its home matches at Kezar Stadium. The club has also hosted home matches at Cox Stadium, Raymond Kimbell Playground, and Crocker-Amazon Park. As of 2017, the club will play at Negoesco Stadium at the University of San Francisco.
In 2016, SF City qualified for its second Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in the U.S., after winning two preliminary qualifiers and receiving a bye into the first round of the tournament.
San Francisco City Football Club was founded in 2001 by current youth academy coach Jonathan Wright, and entered the San Francisco Soccer Football League beginning with the 2002 season. After a decade in the competition, the club won back-to-back promotions to reach the SFSFL Premier Division in 2012. On the heels of the club's SFSFL success, and with enthusiasm for soccer mounting in the buildup to the 2014 FIFA World Cup, former SF City player and current club president Jacques Pelham began discussions with members of the San Francisco Football Supporters Association and the San Francisco chapter of the American Outlaws about building a grassroots, supporter-owned professional soccer club in the city.
The club began offering membership in August 2014, but a bid to join the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) for the spring 2015 campaign was blocked by San Francisco Stompers FC, who claimed territorial exclusivity in the league. SF City filed a grievance with US Soccer contesting the Stompers' claim. An independent arbiter eventually sided with SF City, but by the time the decision was made the club had already agreed to join the US Club Soccer NorCal Premier Soccer League.
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