Pittsburgh Steelers

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	+ Eastern Division (1933-1943, 1945-1949)
	+ Western Division (1944)
	+ American Conference (1950-1952)
	+ Eastern Conference (1953-1969)

		- Century Division (1967-1969)
	+ American Football Conference

		- AFC Central
		- AFC North

### Division Champions

1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020

### Playoff Apperances

1947, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021

## History

### Events

* 1933 - Enfranchised as Pittsburgh Pirates
* 1940 - Rebranded to Pittsburgh Steelers
* 1943 - Merged with the Philadelphia Eagles into the Phil-Pitt Steagles for the season
* 1944 - Un-merged with the Eagles and merged with the Cardinals to become Card-Pitt
* 1945 - Reverted back to the Pittsburgh Steelers

### Stadiums

* Forbes Field (1933-1963)
* Shibe Park (1943)
* Comiskey Park (1944)
* Pitt Stadium (1958-1969)
* Three Rivers Stadium (1970-2000)
* *Heinz Field (2000-Present)*

The **Pittsburgh Steelers** are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in 1933, the Steelers are the seventh-oldest franchise in the NFL, and the oldest franchise in the AFC.

In contrast with their status as perennial also-rans in the pre-merger NFL, where they were the oldest team never to have won a league championship, the Steelers of the post-merger (modern) era are among the most successful NFL franchises. The team is tied with the New England Patriots for the most Super Bowl titles at six, and they have both played in (sixteen times) and hosted (eleven times) more conference championship games than any other team in the NFL. The Steelers have also won eight AFC championships, tied with the Denver Broncos, but behind the Patriots' record eleven AFC championships. The team is tied with the Broncos and Dallas Cowboys for the second-most Super Bowl appearances with eight. They lost their most recent championship appearance, Super Bowl XLV, on February 6, 2011.

The Steelers, whose history may be traced to a regional pro team that was established in the early 1920s, joined the NFL as the **Pittsburgh Pirates** on July 8, 1933. The team was owned by Art Rooney and took its original name from the baseball team of the same name, as was common practice for NFL teams at the time. To distinguish them from the baseball team, local media took to calling the football team the **Rooneymen**, an unofficial nickname that persisted for decades after the team had adopted its current nickname. The ownership of the Steelers has remained within the Rooney family since the organization's founding. Art Rooney's son, Dan Rooney, owned the team from 1988 until his death in 2017. Much control of the franchise has been given to Dan Rooney's son, Art Rooney II.

The Steelers enjoy a large, widespread fanbase nicknamed Steeler Nation. They currently play their home games at Heinz Field on Pittsburgh's North Side in the North Shore neighborhood, which also hosts the University of Pittsburgh Panthers. Built in 2001, the stadium replaced Three Rivers Stadium, which had hosted the Steelers for 31 seasons. Prior to Three Rivers, the Steelers had played their games in Pitt Stadium and at Forbes Field.