San Diego

=== Professional teams ===
The following teams compete at their sport's highest level of domestic competition.

'''Bold''' indicates [[Professional sports leagues in the United States|major professional league]] team.

''Italic'' indicates [[Sports club|club]] or [[Semi-professional sports|semi-pro]] team competing in its sport's highest level league, where the sport has no fully-professional domestic competition.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!Club
!League
!Sport
!Since{{efn|First season in San Diego}}
!Home venue
!Attendance{{efn|Average home game attendance}}
!Titles
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| align="left" |'''[[San Diego Padres]]'''
|'''[[Major League Baseball|MLB]]'''
|'''[[Baseball]]'''
|1936'''{{efn|Original founding as a [[Minor League Baseball]] (MiLB) team: [[San Diego Padres (PCL)]]}}'''; '''1969'''{{efn|First season in San Diego in Major League Baseball}}
|'''[[Petco Park]]'''
|'''40,915 <small>([[2023 Major League Baseball season|2023]])</small>'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lin |first=Dennis |title=The disappointing Padres drew record attendance in 2023. Will next year be the same? |url=https://theathletic.com/4896261/2023/09/24/padres-attendance-record-2023/ |access-date= |website=The Athletic |language=en}}</ref>
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| align="left" |'''[[San Diego FC]]'''
|'''[[Major League Soccer|MLS]]'''
|'''[[Association football|Soccer <small>(men's)</small>]]'''
|'''2025'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maurer |first=Pablo |title=MLS in San Diego: The history, context and next steps |url=https://theathletic.com/4531733/2023/05/18/mls-san-diego-expansion-explained/ |access-date= |website=The Athletic |language=en}}</ref>
|'''[[Snapdragon Stadium]]'''
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| align="left" |[[San Diego Wave FC]]
|[[National Women's Soccer League|NWSL]]
|[[Women's association football|Soccer <small>(women's)</small>]]
|2022
|[[Snapdragon Stadium]]
|20,718 (<small>[[2023 National Women's Soccer League season|2023]]</small>)<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 NWSL Attendance |url=https://soccerstadiumdigest.com/2023-nwsl-attendance/ |access-date= |website=Soccer Stadium Digest |language=en-US}}</ref>
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| align="left" |[[San Diego Seals]]
|[[National Lacrosse League|NLL]]
|[[Box lacrosse]]
|2018
|[[Pechanga Arena]]
|5,115 <small>([[2023 NLL season|2023]])</small>
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| align="left" |[[California Redwoods (lacrosse)|California Redwoods]]
|[[Premier Lacrosse League|PLL]]
|[[Field lacrosse]]
|2024{{efn|Team began play in 2019 as Redwoods Lacrosse Club, a charter member of the PLL, which was a touring-only league of nomadic teams for its first five seasons. The league assigned teams to home markets beginning in 2024, with San Diego's Torero Stadium becoming the home of the Redwoods}}
|[[Torero Stadium]]
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| align="left" |[[San Diego Legion]]
|[[Major League Rugby|MLR]]
|[[Rugby union|Rugby]]
|2018
|[[Snapdragon Stadium]]
|3,043 <small>([[2019 Major League Rugby season|2019]])</small>
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| align="left" |[[San Diego Sockers (2009–)|San Diego Sockers]]
|[[Major Arena Soccer League|MASL]]
|[[Indoor soccer]]
|1978''';{{efn|Original founding. Current team is the 3rd San Diego Sockers iteration of highest-level professional indoor soccer, revived in 2009. Previous teams: [[San Diego Sockers (1978–1996)]] and [[San Diego Sockers (2001–2004)]]}} '''2009
|[[Pechanga Arena]]{{efn|The Sockers plan to move to [[Frontwave Arena]] (capacity 6,367), a newly constructed arena in the suburb of [[Oceanside, California|Oceanside]] in 2023<ref>{{Cite web|title=CaliFino Arena|url=https://www.califinoarena.com/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=CaliFino Arena|language=en-US|archive-date=January 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122064819/https://www.califinoarena.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
|2,746 <small>([[2019–20 Major Arena Soccer League season|2019–20]])</small>
|16{{efn|Sockers franchise includes titles won by its original iteration, [[San Diego Sockers (1978–1996)]], in preceding top professional indoor soccer leagues. The franchise's titles by league are as follows:<br />[[Major Arena Soccer League|MASL]]: 6 ([[2009–10 Professional Arena Soccer League season|2010]], [[2010–11 Professional Arena Soccer League season|2011]], [[2011–12 Professional Arena Soccer League season|2012]], [[2012–13 Professional Arena Soccer League season|2013]], [[2020–21 Major Arena Soccer League season|2021]], [[2021–22 Major Arena Soccer League season|2022]])<br />[[Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992)|MISL]]: 8 ([[1982–83 Major Indoor Soccer League season|1983]], [[1984–85 Major Indoor Soccer League season|1985]], [[1985–86 Major Indoor Soccer League season|1986]], [[1987–88 Major Indoor Soccer League season|1988]], [[1988–89 Major Indoor Soccer League season|1989]], [[1989–90 Major Indoor Soccer League season|1990]], [[1990–91 Major Soccer League season|1991]], [[1991–92 Major Soccer League season|1992]])<br />[[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|NASL Indoor]]: 2 ([[1981–82 NASL Indoor season|1982]], [[1983–84 NASL Indoor season|1984]])}}
|-
| align="left" |[[San Diego Strike Force]]
|[[Indoor Football League|IFL]]
|[[Indoor American football|Indoor football]]
|2019{{efn|Team was temporarily dormant for 2021 season due to effects of [[COVID-19 pandemic]]}}
|[[Pechanga Arena]]
|1,930 <small>([[2023 Indoor Football League season|2023]])</small><ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 Football Schedule |url=https://sdstrikeforce.com/sports/football/schedule/2023 |access-date=July 18, 2023 |website=San Diego Strike Force |language=en}}</ref>
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| align="left" |[[San Diego Mojo]]
|[[Pro Volleyball Federation|PVF]]
|[[Volleyball|Volleyball <small>(women's)</small>]]
|2024<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 25, 2023 |title=San Diego is home to a new women's professional volleyball team |url=https://www.10news.com/sports/sports-news/san-diego-is-home-to-a-new-womens-professional-volleyball-team |access-date= |website=ABC 10 News San Diego KGTV |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Viejas Arena]]
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| align="left" |[[San Diego Wild]]
|[[National Volleyball Association|NVA]]
|[[Volleyball|Volleyball <small>(men's)</small>]]
|2023
|varies
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| align="left" |[[San Diego Growlers]]
|[[Ultimate Frisbee Association|UFA]]
|[[Ultimate (sport)|Ultimate <small>(men's)</small>]]
|2015
|varies
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| align="left" |San Diego Super Bloom
|[[Western Ultimate League|WUL]]
|[[Ultimate (sport)|Ultimate <small>(women's)</small>]]
|2022
|varies
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| align="left" |''[[San Diego Lions]]''
|[[United States Australian Football League|''USAFL'']]
|[[Australian rules football|''Australian football'']]
|''1997''
|''varies''
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|''2{{efn|2001, 2006}}''
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| align="left" |''[[San Diego Yacht Club]]''
|''[[America's Cup]]{{efn|Non-annual competition, no fixed schedule- matches held years apart on dates agreed upon between the defender and the challenger}}''
|[[Sailing (sport)|''Sailing'']]
|''1886''
|''[[San Diego Bay]]''
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|''3{{efn|[[1987 America's Cup|1987]], [[1988 America's Cup|1988]], [[1992 America's Cup|1992]]}}''
|}
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