South United
Full nameSouth United Football Club
Nickname(s)SUFC
Founded16 August 2012; 11 years ago (2012-08-16)
GroundSouth United Football Club, Ulsoor
OwnerSharan Parikh[1]
LeagueBangalore Super Division
WebsiteClub website

South United Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Bangalore, Karnataka,[2][3] that competes in the Bangalore Super Division. They have also competed in the I-League 2nd Division,[4][5] then second tier of Indian football league system.[6]

History

South United Football Club was founded on 16 August 2012 in Bangalore with the long-term goal of providing a base for youngsters, not only in the city but entire southern region, to take up football as a professional career.[7]

In 2013, South United roped in Raman Vijayan as new head coach and Noel Wilson as their team mentor.[8] They began their league journey on 6 December 2012 in the 2012–13 Bangalore Super Division,[9] at the Bangalore Football Stadium against Army Service Corps where the club won 2–0 with former I-League player, Gunashekar Vignesh, scoring the first ever goal for the club in the 47th minute,[10] ending campaign as runners-up.

South United competed for the first time in 2013 I-League 2nd Division. They started their journey in the country's second division by 3–4 loss to Luangmual FC on March 11, 2013.[11] This followed by two 1–0 defeats against Vasco S.C. and Southern Samity.[12] South United won their first match in the second division by beating Hindustan F.C. 2–0 on March 20, 2013.[13] The club failed to go further in the league finishing fifth with two wins, a draw and four losses in qualifying Group C.

South United pulled out of second division next season after AIFF's decided to end financial support to second division clubs.[14]

The club won their premier victory at Kolhapur with the prestigious Kedari Redekar United Cup by beating Pune FC.

South United were the runners up of the 2014–15 Bangalore Super Division.

In April, 2015, the club was taken over by Sharan Parikh, a Mumbai-based businessman.[15] They returned to second division in 2018–19 season.[4] In August 2019, Manchester City legend Terry Phelan was appointed as technical director.[16]

Home ground

New Bengaluru Football Stadium in Karnataka, used as home ground of South United.

South United plays its home matches at the Bangalore Football Stadium,[17] an Astroturf stadium located in the Garden city.[18]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2019—2020 Vector X Vector X

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 July 2019

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
9 GK India IND Jayanth Kumar
2 DF India IND Subhankar Adhikary
3 DF India IND Krishanu Malo
4 DF India IND Nidhin Krishna (on loan from Kerala Blasters FC (B) )
6 MF India IND Krishan Kumar
7 FW India IND Aaron D'costa
8 FW India IND Rungsing Muinao
9 FW India IND Vikram Venkatachalam
10 FW India IND R. Manivannan
11 MF India IND Magesh Selva (Captain)
13 MF India IND Amoes T.
16 MF India IND Lokesh M.
17 FW India IND Riswan Ali (on loan from Kerala Blasters FC (B))
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW India IND Sudipta Malakar
20 FW India IND Sooraj Oj
21 DF India IND Kishan Singh Thongjam
22 DF India IND Lalmalsawma Khawlhring (on loan from ATK)
23 MF India IND Sajid Hossain
24 DF India IND Tonmoy Ghosh
25 GK India IND Maninder Singh
26 MF India IND Sharukh Rahman
27 FW India IND Kishori
28 MF India IND David Lalbiakzara
29 DF India IND Nitesh Aswani
33 DF India IND Amit Tudu
99 GK India IND Royal Basumatary
35 FW India IND Muhammed T K

Records

Season Division Teams Position Federation Cup/Super Cup AFC Champions League AFC Cup
2013 2 26 17 DNQ DNQ DNQ
2014–2018 Did not participate DNQ DNQ
2018–19 2 16 Group stage TBD DNQ DNQ
Key

Season

As of 13 January 2018
Year Division League League
Cup 		Top Scorer(s)
Pos. P W D L GF GA Pts Player(s) Goals
2013 2 PR 7 2 1 4 12 12 7 DNQ India Amoes Do 5
2014–18 Did not participate
2018–19 2 4th 8 1 4 3 6 12 5 TBD TBD TBD

Managerial history

As of 9 October 2023
Name Nationality From To P W D L GF GA Win% Ref.

Raman Vijayan

 India 2012 2014 7 2 1 4 12 12 028.57 [19]
Miki Lladó  Spain 2018 2019 5 0 2 3 5 12 000.00 [20]

Noel Wilson

 India 2019 2019 3 1 2 0 1 0 033.33 [21]

Alfred Fernandes

 India 2019 2020 0 0 0 0 1 0 !— [22]

Honours

League

Others

References

Cited sources

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  2. ^ Ferrao, Christal (18 May 2018). "How a Bengaluru football club is helping the underprivileged by sourcing local talent". www.thenewsminute.com. The News Minute. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019.
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  20. ^ South United Football Club unveils Spaniard Miquel Llado as coach. Archived 14 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine. mykhel.com. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  21. ^ Noel Wilson joins South United FC.Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine. thesportsmirror.com. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  22. ^ South United FC appoint Alfred Fernandes as new head coach. Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Arunfoot.com. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
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Further reading

External links

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