Legally, a team occurs as limited partnership operated by Al Davis, who serves when President of the team's general partner, The.D. Football, Inc.

Franchise history

At the period, Oakland seemed an unbelievable venue for a broker football franchise. a city got non invite a team, there was there are there are no ownership class action formed, there was no bowl around Oakland suitable for around favour of football (the nearest arena were in Berkeley and San Francisco) and there was already the successful NFL franchise through San Francisco Bay in the San Francisco 49ers. Yet, a AFL owners selected Oakland fallowing Los Angeles Chargers owner Barron Hilton threatened to forfeit his franchise unless a second team were set on the West Coast. Hilton as well refused to endorse a bid from either the city of Atlanta.

Upon getting the franchise, Oakland civic leaders witnessed a total of business people unforced to invest in the freshly team. The limited partnership was formed to own a team, which involved general partners Harvey Binns, Don Blessing, Charles Harney, Ed McGah, Robert Osborne, and Wayne Valley, headed by managing general partner Chet Soda, a local real-estate devloper, likewise when many limited partners. The "name the team" contest was held by a local newspaper, & a winner was the Oakland Señors (Fallowing two or three weeks of existence a butt of local jokes, a owners changed a team's title to "Raiders," which got finished third in the contest). A original team colors were black, gold & white. the today-familar team emblem of a pirate (or even "raider") wearing the football hemet was created, reportedly the rendition of actor Randolph Scott.

After a University of California refused to let the Raiders play front yard games at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, they chose Kezar Stadium in San Francisco as their front yard field. A team's foremost regular year personal game was played in September 11, 1960, a 37-22 loss to the Houston Oilers. the Raiders finished their 1st campaign by using a 6-8 record, & misused $500,000. Soda dropped out as a partner of the franchise

In January 17, 1961, Ed McGah, Wayne Valley and Robert Osborne bought out their partners in the ownership of the Raiders. That season a Raiders moved to Candlestick Park and finished 2-12. Number attendance for the year was all about 50,000. Vale threatened to move the Raiders elsewhere unless a sports stadium was built around Oakland. Inside 1962 the Raiders moved into 18,000-seat Frank Youell Field (later expanded to 22,000 seats), their number 1 range in Oakland. It was a irregular at home for the team when the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum was being built. A Raiders finished One-13 within 1962, losing their number one 13 games prior to winning a year finale, & attendance remained moo.

Fallowing a 1962 year, Vale hired Al Davis, a previous helper coach for the San Diego Chargers, as head coach & general manager. At 33, Davis was a younker within office football history to hang on to a positions. Davis changed a team colors to silver & black, primarily because victims colors stood call at an era while virtually all populatiin watched football on black-&-white television. Under Davis a Raiders improved to 10-Four, & he was known as a AFL's Coach of the Month. Within 1966, Davis left the Raiders & became Commissioner of the AFL. 4 years later, a club captured a 1967 AFL Championship. By using John Rauch as head coach, a Raiders won the 1967 AFL Championship, defeating the Houston Oilers 40-7. the win earned a team a hike to Super Bowl II, where it were beaten 33-14 by Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers.

Within 1969, John Madden became the team's sixth head coach, & when you took a 1970s his Raiders' became one of the virtually all successful franchises in the NFL.

Around 1970, the AFL-NFL merger took place and a Raiders joined a West Section of the American Football Conference in the newly incorporated National Football League. A merger left Davis embittered. He envisioned the sales person football landscape non unlike that of Major League Baseball, with ii independent leagues sharing a most common draft & swimming the championship game at the prevent of the year. He felt betrayed per AFL owners, world health organization bounded at a risk to extinguish a newly league and then it may receive NFL franchises. He resented the fact that a "football man," prefer himself, was subject to a whim of owners whose expertness was far outside the realm of the game. Davis' goal, so, was to turn into an creator himself.

By using a merger, a position of AFL Commissioner was there are no yearn required, & Davis entered into discussions by having Vale all about giving to the Raiders. Davis returned when section creator of a team, & when the team's third general partner; a partner inside charge of football operations.

Around 1972, by using Vale away from a united states for many weeks attending a Olympic Games in Munich, Davis' attorneys drafted the revised partnership agreement that gave Davis aggregate control completely over all of the Raiders' operations. McGah signed a agreement. Under partnership law, by a Two-One vote of the general partners, the freshly agreement was so ratified. Vale was furious whenever he found this, & immediately filed lawsuit to stand a newly agreement upturned. A courts sided by owning Davis & McGah. Following, Vale sold his interest within the team, & Davis---though with however the little part of the team---was firmly in charge.

Madden left a Raiders (& coaching job) inside 1979 to pursue a career as a television football commentator. Madden's replacement, previous Raiders quarterback Tom Flores, guided the team to the waround in Super Bowl XV.

Inside 1982, the Raiders moved to Los Angeles, California to play their home games at a Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. A Los Angeles Raiders won Super Bowl XVIII the following season. Inside 1987, the Raiders drafted dual-sport athlete Bo Jackson after he originally decided to not play sales person football inside 1986 (when drafted per Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first around). Davis's perceived infatuation by using Jackson driven the major rift between Davis & star running back Marcus Allen, who sooner or later left to play for the Kansas City Chiefs.

When you took a 1989 season, Davis fired head coach Mike Shanahan and replaced him with previous Raider lineman Art Shell. Plate was a foremost African-American head coach of the modern NFL era. Casing led a Raiders to the AFC Championship game in the 1990 season, where it misused the lopsided affair to the Buffalo Bills, 51-3.

A team's fortunes faded when a loss. It processed ii more playoff appearances in a period of the Nineties, & finished up than Tertiary place merely threefold. This period of time was marked per career-ending injury of Bo Jackson around 1990, the failure of disruptive quarterback Todd Marinovich, the departure of Marcus Allen within 1993 and the retirement of Hall of Fame defender Howie Long after the 1993 year.

In June 23, 1995, Al Davis signed a letter of intent to move a Raiders back to Oakland. A move was greeted by using very much public fanfare, & a 1995 year began dispatch swell for the team. It began 8-Two, however injuries to starting quarterback Jeff Hostetler contributed to a six-game losing streak to prevent a year, & a Raiders failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Around 1998, Al Davis strayed away from either his habit of hiring a head coach from the team's ranks for single a 2nd period inside franchise history whenever he hired Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Jon Gruden, a immature help world health organization 1st worked for the 49ers under head coach Bill Walsh. Under Gruden, the Raiders began to play by using a feel of discipline that experienced been lacking within last years.

A 2000 season, the team's Third under Gruden, was a team's virtually all successful inside the decade. Led by seasoned quarterback Rich Gannon, the team finished 12-Four & advanced to the AFC Championship, losing 16-Three to the eventual Very Bowl prizewinning Baltimore Ravens.

A Raiders acquired a lot-instance leading receiver Jerry Rice prior to the 2001 season. It finished 10-6, however misplaced their divisional playoff game to the eventual Super Bowl prizewinning New England Patriots in the controversial "Tuck Game." The game was played within the heavily snow storm, where an apparent muff by Nationalist quarterback Tom Brady was recovered Charles Woodson. A play was reviewed & determined to exist as an uncomplete pass.

Shortly when a 2001 year, A Raiders made an unusual move that involved stock trading Jon Gruden to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for cash and first draft picks. Bill Callahan, former offensive coordinator & offensive line coach of the Raiders when you took Gruden's tenure, was known as head coach. the sudden move come fallowing months of speculatiin in the media that Al Davis & Gruden got fallen retired by having each more both personally & on a business level.

A Raiders finished a 2002 season with an 11-Five record & clinched a top seed in the playoffs. Gannon was known as MVP of a NFL, and a Raiders manufactured their fifth Very Bowl appearance below the year. It misused Super Bowl XXXVII to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, now coached by Gruden.

the Raiders finished a 2003 season, their 2nd year under Callahan, by owning a record of Four-12 (attached by owning tierce more teams for the worst record in the NFL). It was a worst record ever for a team that experienced played in the Extremely Bowl the former year. At a post-game news conference in a period of the year, Callahan berated each his players & the media for the team's unfortunate performance [http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20031130_DEN@OAK]. At a prevent of the 2003 regular year Callahan was fired & replaced by Norv Turner.

A teams's fortunes did non improve inside Turner's number one month. It finished a 2004-200Five year by using a 5-11 record, the team's 2nd sequentially losing campaign. Within early 2005 the Raiders acquired Pro Bowl wide receiver Randy Moss via a trade using a Minnesota Vikings [http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/OAK/8245462]. a team may commence a 2005 year while forgoing longtime starting quarterback Gannon, world health organization retired due to a neck injury suffered when you took the 2004 year [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/nfl/08/06/bc.fbn.raiders.gannonre.ap/index.html]. Legal battles
A Raiders use at times been exposed around many suit by owning a cities of Los Angeles & Oakland, also when using a NFL. When a NFL 1st declined to approve a Raiders' move from either Oakland to Los Angeles back within 1980, a team along by having a Los Angeles Coliseum successfully sued the league for violating antitrust laws. They were the sole team that was non a suspect in the USFL's ultimately stillborn antitrust suit against the NFL; Davis was the witness for the USFL therein action. the Raiders sued a city of Los Angeles on top a fact that the city backed away from a sports stadium treat for the team. After relocating back to Oakland, it sued a NFL for interfering using a team's negotiations to build the fresh arena at Hollywood Park prior to the move. A suit farther contended that a Raiders got a rights to put an NFL team within Los Angeles, & so were entitled to compensation from either a league for rendering higher people rights by moving to Oakland. Their virtually all recent legal battle is by having a city of Oakland. inside that causa, a Raiders agreed that it would sell out a lot of their house games, in exchange for the city helping to renovate their stadium. It did this by issuing Personal Seat Licenses, without which fans can't choose tickets to the games.

Season-by-season
|- | colspan="6" align="center" | Oakland Raiders |- |196Zero || Sextet || Octonary || 0 || Tertiary West (AFL) || -- |- |1961 || Ii || Xii || Zero || Quaternary West (AFL) || -- |- |1962 || Ace || Long dozen || Cypher || Fourth West (AFL) || -- |- |1963 || Tenner || Iv || Nought || 2d West (AFL) || -- |- |1964 || Phoebe || Septet || Two || Tertiary West (AFL) || -- |- |196V || Ogdoad || 5 || I || Second West (AFL) || -- |- |1966 || Eight || V || Unity || 2d West (AFL) || -- |- |1967 || Xiii || Single || Zero || First West (AFL) || Wasted Super Bowl II (Packers) |- |1968 || Twelve || Deuce || Cypher || First West (AFL) || Misused AFL Championship (Jets) |- |1969 || Xii || Single || Ace || First West (AFL) || Misplaced AFL Championship (Chiefs) |- | colspan="6" align="center" | Merged into NFL |- |1970 || Octonary || Little joe || Deuce || First AFC West || Misused AFC Championship (Colts) |- |1971 || Octad || Tetrad || Two || Second AFC West || -- |- |1972 || X || Tercet || I || First AFC West || Wasted Divisional Playoffs (Steelers) |- |1973 || Ix || Foursome || One || First AFC West || Misplaced AFC Championship (Dolphins) |- |1974 || Xii || Deuce || Zero || First AFC West || Misused AFC Championship (Steelers) |- |1975 || Xi || Trio || Zero || First AFC West || Wasted AFC Championship (Steelers) |- |1976 || Thirteen || One || Nought || First AFC West || Won Super Bowl XI (Vikings) |- |1977 || Xi || Troika || Cypher || Second AFC West || Misplaced AFC Championship (Broncos) |- |1978 || Niner || Heptad || Cypher || Fourth AFC West || -- |- |197Nine || 9 || Sevener || Nought || Tertiary AFC West || -- |- |198Cipher || Xi || Quintet || 0 || First AFC West || Won Super Bowl XV (Eagles) |- |1981 || Heptad || Ix || Zero || Fourth AFC West || -- |- | colspan="6" align="center" | Los Angeles Raiders |- |1982 || Octonary || I || Cypher || First AFC Conf. || Wasted Divisional Playoffs (Jets) |- |1983 || Xii || Quaternion || Zero || First AFC West || Won Super Bowl XVIII (Redskins) |- |1984 || Xi || V || Cipher || Third AFC West || Wasted Wild Card Playoffs (Seahawks) |- |1985 || Twelve || Quadruplet || Cypher || First AFC West || Misused Divisional Playoffs (Patriots) |- |1986 || Eighter || Viii || Nought || Quaternary AFC West || -- |- |1987 || Fin || Decade || Cipher || Fourth AFC West || -- |- |1988 || Vii || Nine || Zero || Third AFC West || -- |- |1989 || Octonary || Octet || Cypher || Tertiary AFC West || -- |- |199Zero || Twelve || Iv || 0 || First AFC West || Misused AFC Championship (Bills) |- |1991 || Nine || Septenary || Cipher || Third AFC West || Wasted Wild Card Playoffs (Chiefs) |- |1992 || Vii || Ix || Zero || Quaternary AFC West || -- |- |1993 || X || Sextuplet || Zero || Second AFC West || Misused Divisional Playoffs (Bills) |- |1994 || Nine || Sevener || Nought || Second AFC West || -- |- | colspan="6" align="center" | Oakland Raiders |- |1995 || Ogdoad || Eighter || Zero || Fourth AFC West || -- |- |1996 || Septenary || Niner || Cypher || Fourth AFC West || -- |- |1997 || Quaternary || Twelve || Zero || Quaternary AFC West || -- |- |199Octad || Eighter from decatur || 8 || Nought || Second AFC West || -- |- |1999 || Octad || Octad || Nought || Quaternary AFC West || -- |- |200Zero || Twelve || Quartet || 0 || First AFC West || Wasted AFC Championship (Ravens) |- |2001 || Decade || Six || Cypher || First AFC West || Misplaced Divisional Playoffs (Patriots) |- |2002 || Xi || Cinque || Cypher || First AFC West || Misused Super Bowl XXXVII (Buccaneers) |- |2003 || Quaternion || Xii || Nought || Tertiary AFC West || -- |- |2004 || Cinque || Xi || Zero || Fourth AFC West || --

Players of note
Current roster

Pro Football Hall of Famers
Marcus Allen (2003) - 1982-1992 Fred Biletnikoff (1988) - 1965-1978 George Blanda (1981) - 1967-1975 Bob Brown (2004) - 1971-1973 Willie Brown (1984) - 1967-1978 Dave Casper (2002) - 1974-1980, 1984 Al Davis (1992) - 1963-1965, 1966-Present Eric Dickerson (1999) - 1992 Mike Haynes (1997) - 1983-1989 Ted Hendricks (1990) - 1975-1983 James Lofton (2003) - 1987-1988 Howie Long (2000) - 1981-1993 Ronnie Lott (2000) - 1991-1992 Ron Mix (1979) - 1971 Jim Otto (1980) - 1960-1974 Art Shell (1989) - 1968-1982 Gene Upshaw (1987) - 1967-1981

Retired numbers
None ''(a Raider organization doesn't retire a jersey many previous players)''

Not to be forgotten
Lyle Alzado Cliff Branch Tim Brown Billy Cannon Todd Christensen Clem Daniels Tom Flores Dave Grayson Ray Guy Wayne Hawkins Lester Hayes Bo Jackson Sean Jones Daryle Lamonica John Matuszak Art Powell Jim Plunkett Jerry Rice Otis Sistrunk Ken Stabler Jack Tatum Rod Woodson

Head coaches
Eddie Erdelatz (1960-61) Marty Feldman (1961-62) Red Conkright (1962) Al Davis (1963-65) John Rauch (1966-68) John Madden (1969-78) Tom Flores (1979-87) Mike Shanahan (1988-89) Art Shell (1989-94) Mike White (1995-96) Joe Bugel (1997) Jon Gruden (1998-2001) Bill Callahan (2002-2003) Norv Turner (2004-present)