Denver Broncos

Denver Broncos
Denver Broncos
Current season
	Established August 14, 1959; First season: 1960; Play in Empower Field at Mile High; Denver, Colorado; Headquartered at Centura Health Training Center in Dove Valley, Colorado
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	Orange, navy blue, white;
Mascot	Thunder (live horse); Miles (costume suit)
Personnel
Owner(s)	Rob Walton
CEO	Greg Penner
President	Damani Leech
General manager	George Paton
Head coach	Sean Payton
Team history
	Denver Broncos (1960–present);
Team nicknames
	Orange Crush (defense, 1977–1983); No Fly Zone (defense, 2014–2018);
Championships
	League championships (3); Super Bowl championships (3); 1997 (XXXII), 1998 (XXXIII), 2015 (50);
	Conference championships (8) AFC: 1977, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1997, 1998, 2013, 2015;
	Division championships (15) AFC West: 1977, 1978, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015;
Playoff appearances (22)
	NFL: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015;
Home fields
	Hilltop Stadium (1960); Mile High Stadium (1960–2000); Empower Field at Mile High (2001–present);

The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team is headquartered in Dove Valley, Colorado.

The team began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) and joined the NFL as part of the merger in 1970. The Broncos are currently owned by the Walton-Penner group, and play their home games at Empower Field at Mile High; Denver previously played its home games at Mile High Stadium from its inception in 1960 through the 2000 season.

The Broncos were barely competitive during their 10-year run in the AFL and their first three years in the NFL. They did not have a winning season until 1973 and qualified for their first playoffs in 1977, eventually advancing to Super Bowl XII that season. Since 1975, the Broncos have become one of the NFL's most successful teams, having suffered only eleven losing seasons. They have won eight AFC Championships (1977, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1997, 1998, 2013, 2015), and three Super Bowl championships (1997 (XXXII), 1998 (XXXIII), 2015 (50), and share the NFL record for most Super Bowl losses (5 – tied with the New England Patriots). The Broncos have nine primary members enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame: John Elway, Floyd Little, Shannon Sharpe, Gary Zimmerman, Terrell Davis, Champ Bailey, Steve Atwater, and Randy Gradishar, along with late club owner Pat Bowlen.

According to Forbes, the Broncos are valued at $4.65 billion in July 2022 making them the twelfth most-valuable team in the NFL.

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