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Green Bay Packers
Established 1919 Play in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Helmet Logo
League/Conference affiliations
Independent (1919-1920) National Football League (1921–present) Western Division (1933-1949) National Conference (1950-1952) Western Conference (1953-1966) Central Division (1967-1969) National Football Conference (1970-present) Central Division (1970-2001) North Division (2002-present)
Current uniform
Team colors	Dark Green, Gold, White
Fight song	Go! You Packers! Go!
Personnel
Owner	Green Bay Packers, Inc. (111,967 stockholders)
Chairman	Mark Murphy
General Manager	Ted Thompson
Head Coach	Mike McCarthy
Team history
Green Bay Packers (1919–present)
Team Nicknames
Indian Packers (1919)[1] Indians (1919) Acme Packers (1921) Blues (1922) Big Bay Blues (1920s) Bays (1920s-1940s) The Pack (current)
Championships
League Championships (12) NFL Championships (9) 1929, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1939, 1944, 1961, 1962, 1965 Super Bowl Championships (3) 1967 (I), 1968 (II), 1997 (XXXI)
Conference Championships (8) NFL Western: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967 NFC: 1996, 1997
Division Championships (13) NFL West: 1936, 1938, 1939, 1944 NFL Central: 1967 NFC Central: 1972, 1995, 1996, 1997 NFC North: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007
Home fields
Hagemeister Park (1919-1922) Bellevue Park (1923-1924) City Stadium (Green Bay) (1925-1956) Lambeau Field (1957-present) (known as "New" City Stadium 1957-65) Split games between Milwaukee and Green Bay (1933-1994) Borchert Field (1933-1935) Wisconsin State Fair Park (1934-1951) Marquette Stadium (1952) Milwaukee County Stadium (1953-1994)

The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are currently members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL) and are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL.

The Packers are the last vestige of "small town teams" that were once common in the NFL during the 1920s and 1930s. Founded in 1919 by Earl "Curly" Lambeau (thus the name Lambeau Field in which the team presently plays) and George Whitney Calhoun, the Green Bay Packers can trace their lineage to other semi-professional teams in Green Bay dating back to 1896. In 1919 and 1920 the Packers competed as a semi-professional football team against clubs from around Wisconsin and the Midwest. They joined the American Professional Football Association (APFA) in 1921, the forerunner to what is known today as the National Football League (NFL).

The Green Bay Packers have won twelve league championships (more than any other team in the NFL) including nine NFL Championships prior to the Super Bowl era and three Super Bowl victories in 1967 (Super Bowl I), 1968 (Super Bowl II) and 1997 (Super Bowl XXXI). The team has a fierce rivalry with the Chicago Bears, whom they have played in over 170 games.^[2]

The Packers are currently the only non-profit, community-owned major league professional sports team in the United States.

Beginning with the 1992 season, the Packers had 13 non-losing seasons in a row (their worst record being 8-8 in 1999), two Super Bowl appearances, and one Super Bowl win (Super Bowl XXXI). The Packers' 13 consecutive non-losing seasons was an active NFL record until the team finally suffered a losing campaign in their 2005 season. They returned to have an 8-8 season in 2006 and a 13-3 regular season in 2007, both under new head coach Mike McCarthy.