San Francisco 49ers

San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
Current season
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Basic info
Established	June 4, 1944
Stadium	Levi's Stadium; Santa Clara, California
Headquartered	SAP Performance Facility; Santa Clara, California
Colors	Montana Red, Gold Rush Gradient, Heritage Cream, Primetime Black, white;
Mascot	Sourdough Sam
Website	49ers.com
Personnel
Owner(s)	DeBartolo-York family (majority)
Chairman	Denise DeBartolo York; John York (co-chairs)
CEO	Jed York
President	Al Guido
General manager	John Lynch
Head coach	Kyle Shanahan
Nicknames
	Niners;
Team history
	San Francisco 49ers (1946–present);
Home fields
	Kezar Stadium (1946–1970); Candlestick Park (1971–2013); Levi's Stadium (2014–present); Temporary stadiums 1989 due to the Loma Prieta earthquake: Stanford Stadium (one game); 2020 due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the San Francisco Bay Area: State Farm Stadium (three games);
League / conference affiliations
	All-America Football Conference (1946–1949) Western Division (1946–1948); ; National Football League (1950–present) National Conference (1950–1952); Western Conference (1953–1969) Coastal Division (1967–1969); ; National Football Conference (1970–present) NFC West (1970–present); ;
Championships
	League championships: 5; Super Bowl championships: 5; 1981 (XVI), 1984 (XIX), 1988 (XXIII), 1989 (XXIV), 1994 (XXIX);
	Conference championships: 8 NFC: 1981, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1994, 2012, 2019, 2023;
	Division championships: 22 NFC West: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2022, 2023;
Playoff appearances (30)
	AAFC: 1949; NFL: 1957, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023;
Owner(s)
	Tony Morabito (1944–1957); Morabito estate (1957–1977); Edward J. DeBartolo Jr. (1977–2000); John and Denise DeBartolo York (2000–2024); Jed York (2024–present);

The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners and nicknamed the Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The team plays its home games at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, located 38 miles (61 km) southeast of San Francisco. The team is named after the prospectors of the California gold rush.

The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and joined the NFL in 1949 when the leagues merged. The 49ers were the first major professional sports team based in San Francisco. They are the 10th oldest franchise in the NFL, and have been owned and operated by Italian Americans (Morabito and DeBartolo families) since their inception. The team began play at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco before moving to Candlestick Park in 1971 and then to Levi's Stadium in 2014. Since 1988, the 49ers have been headquartered in Santa Clara.

The 49ers won five Super Bowl championships between 1981 and 1994. Four of those came in the 1980s, and were led by Hall of Famers Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott, Steve Young, Charles Haley, Fred Dean, and coaches Bill Walsh and George Seifert. They have been division champions 22 times between 1970 and 2023, making them one of the most successful teams in NFL history. The 49ers sit alone in NFL history for most playoff wins (38), having been in the league playoffs 30 times (29 times in the NFL and one time in the AAFC), and have also played in the most NFC Championship games (19), hosting 11 of them, also an NFC record. The team has set numerous notable NFL records, including most consecutive away games won (18), most consecutive seasons leading the league in scoring (4), most consecutive games scored (420 games from 1977 to 2004), most field goals in a season (44), most games won in a season (18), and most touchdowns (8) and points scored (55) in a Super Bowl.

According to Forbes, the 49ers are the sixth most valuable team in the NFL, valued at $6.8 billion as of August 2024. In June 2023, the enterprise branch of the 49ers completed the acquisition of English soccer club Leeds United and in May 2025, it acquired 51% of Scottish soccer club Rangers F.C.