The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team located in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the leagues National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The team currently plays its home games at Levis Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
History
1946–78: Early years[edit] The San Francisco 49ers, an original member of the new All-America Football Conference (AAFC), were the first major league professional sports franchise based in San Francisco, and one of the first major league professional sports teams based on the Pacific Coast.[7] The team joined the Los Angeles Rams of the rival National Football League as the first big four-sport playing in the Western United States in 1946,[7] eventually becoming part of the NFL themselves in 1950.