South United FC

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South United
South United FC.svg
Full nameSouth United Football Club
Nickname(s)SUFC
Founded16 August 2012;12 years ago (2012-08-16)
GroundSouth United Football Club, Ulsoor
OwnerSharan Parikh [1]
League BDFA Super Division
Website Club website

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

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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 BDFA 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 BDFA 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]

South United were the Champions of the BDFA 'A' Division 2022-23 Season.

Home ground

New Bengaluru Football Stadium in Karnataka, used as home ground of South United. Enhanced photo of the New Bengaluru Football Stadium on a matchday.jpg
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] South United also has its own state-of-the-art facility in the heart of Bangalore in Ulsoor.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

PeriodKit Partner
2019 - 2020Vector X
2022 - 2023adidas
2023 - 2024PUMA India
2024 - 2025PUMA India

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

Records

SeasonDivisionTeamsPosition Federation Cup / Super Cup AFC Champions League AFC Cup
2013 22617DNQDNQDNQ
2014–2018Did not participateDNQDNQ
2018–19 216Group stageTBDDNQDNQ
Key

Season

As of 13 January 2018
YearDivisionLeagueLeague
Cup		Top Scorer(s)
Pos.PWDLGFGAPtsPlayer(s)Goals
2013 2PR721412127DNQ Flag of India.svg Amoes Do 5
2014–18Did not participate
2018–19 24th81436125TBDTBDTBD

Managerial history

As of 9 October 2023
NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%Ref.

Raman Vijayan

Flag of India.svg  India 2012201472141212028.57 [19]
Miki Lladó Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 201820195023512000.00 [20]

Noel Wilson

Flag of India.svg  India 20192019312010033.33 [21]

Alfred Fernandes

Flag of India.svg  India 20192020000010!— [22]
Sachin BadadheFlag of India.svg  India 2022Present

Honours

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