It always seemed odd to me........that the Raiders moved down the coast to LA only to move back.....musical pro sports teams.....i see the San Diego Chargers moved to LA......i haven't kept up as much as i used to..............once i knew that many were cheating.........pro sports no longer held the interest it once did for me....

Oakland Raiders

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Oakland Raiders
Current season
Established January 30, 1960; 58 years ago[1] First season: 1960 Play in Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Oakland, California Headquartered in Alameda, California[2]
Logo Wordmark
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)
Current uniform
Team colors	Silver, black[3][4]
Fight song	"The Autumn Wind"
Personnel
Owner(s)	Mark Davis (majority owner)[5][6]
President	Marc Badain
General manager	Reggie McKenzie
Head coach	Jon Gruden[7][8]
Team history
Oakland Raiders (1960–1981, 1995–present) Los Angeles Raiders (1982–1994)
Team nicknames
Silver and Black Men in Black Team of the Decades The World's Team Raider Nation Malosos (Mexican fan base)[9]
Championships
League championships (3†) AFL championships (pre-1970 AFL–NFL merger) (1) 1967 Super Bowl championships (3) 1976 (XI), 1980 (XV), 1983 (XVIII)
Conference championships (4) AFC: 1976, 1980, 1983, 2002
Division championships (15) AFL West: 1967, 1968, 1969 AFC West: 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1983, 1985, 1990, 2000, 2001, 2002 † – Does not include the AFL or NFL championships won during the same seasons as the AFL–NFL Super Bowl championships prior to the 1970 AFL–NFL merger
Playoff appearances (22)
AFL: 1967, 1968, 1969 NFL: 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2016
Home fields
Kezar Stadium (1960) Candlestick Park (1961) Frank Youell Field (1962–1965) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum (1966–1981, 1995–present)[10][11] Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1982–1994) Las Vegas Stadium (planned for 2020)

The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football franchise based in Oakland, California. The Raiders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. Founded on January 30, 1960, they played their first regular season game on September 11, 1960, as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) which merged with the NFL in 1970.
The Raiders' off-field fortunes have varied considerably over the years. The team's first three years of operation (1960–1962) were marred by poor on-field performance, financial difficulties, and spotty attendance. In 1963, however, the Raiders' fortunes improved dramatically with the introduction of head coach (and eventual owner) Al Davis. In 1967, after several years of improvement, the Raiders reached the postseason for the first time. The team would go on to win its first (and only) AFL Championship that year; in doing so, the Raiders advanced to Super Bowl II, where they were soundly defeated by the Green Bay Packers. Since 1963, the team has won 15 division titles (three AFL and 12 NFL), four AFC Championships (1976, 1980, 1983, and 2002), one AFL Championship (1967), and three Super Bowl Championships (XI, XV, and XVIII). At the end of the NFL's 2017 season, the Raiders boasted a lifetime regular season record of 462 wins, 411 losses, and 11 ties; their lifetime playoff record currently stands at 25 wins and 19 losses.^[12]
The team departed Oakland to play in Los Angeles, California from the 1982 season until the 1994 season before returning to Oakland at the start of the 1995 season. Al Davis owned the team from 1972 until his death in 2011. Control of the franchise was then given to Al's son Mark Davis.
On March 27, 2017, NFL team owners voted nearly unanimously to approve the Raiders' application to relocate from Oakland to Las Vegas, Nevada, in a 31-to-1 vote at the annual league meetings in Phoenix, Arizona. The Raiders plan to remain in Oakland through 2018 – and possibly 2019 – and relocate to Las Vegas in either 2019 or 2020, depending on the completion of the team's planned new stadium.^[13][14]
The Raiders are known for their extensive fan base and distinctive team culture. The Raiders have 14 former members who have been enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Raiders currently play their home games at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum west of the Elmhurst district of East Oakland. They have previously played at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco, California, Candlestick Park in San Francisco, Frank Youell Field in Oakland, and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles.