Souths United FC

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Souths United Football Club
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Full nameSouths United Football Club
Nickname(s)Souths
Founded1961
GroundWakerley Park
ChairmanTracey Confessore
Head coachVedran Becirbegovic
League Queensland Premier League 2
2023 10th of 12
Website Club website

Souths United Football Club is an Australian football (soccer) club based in Runcorn, a southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed in 1962, and currently competes in the Brisbane Premier League. [1] In May 2017, Football Queensland announced Souths United FC were among the 14 clubs accepted to form the Football Queensland Premier League for its initial season in 2018. [2]

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History

The club was formed as South Coast United Soccer Club in 1962. The grounds that were to become the club's headquarters were provided by the Brisbane City Council in the early 1960s, originally consisting of an overgrown farm plot. This wasteland of jungle weeds and bulrushes was cleared by the club's founding members and became the Runcorn Reserve, later renamed Wakerley Park in the mid 1970s. The club's emerald green and white hooped colours originated in this early stage in the club's history, when Scottish champions Celtic F.C. provided Souths with 2 strips in their traditional white with emerald green hoops, which to this day, remain Souths colours.. [1] [3]

South Coast United joined senior competition entering the third tier of Brisbane soccer in the 1964 season. [4] The club absorbed the Triangles Soccer Club in the mid 1960s contributing to a rapid expansion in its playing numbers. [1] This increased participation led to a third place finish in 1967, then promotion to Division 2 the following season. [4]

The club changed its name to Souths United at the end of the 1972 season. After relegation to Division 3 in 1974, the club won its first senior grade premiership in 1975 and returned to Division 2 after a single season. With the formation of the Queensland State League in 1979, South United played two seasons in Division 1, but after relegation in last place in 1980 the club remained at the second or third tier of Brisbane soccer for the next two decades. In 1981 South United's Division 1 team finished 5th in the Brisbane First Division. [5] One highlight from this era was winning the Division 1 South premiership in 1999, however the club was not promoted to the Brisbane Premier League. [4]

In 2002 Souths United achieved a long sought after goal, achieving promotion to the Brisbane Premier League for the first time. [1] The club finished second in Division 1 [6] then won a promotion/relegation play-off 3–2 against Eastern Suburbs over two legs. [7] Souths United remained in the BPL for ten seasons with its best results occurring between 2005 and 2008 when it just missed the finals series finishing fifth in 2005 and sixth in the following three seasons. [8] In 2007 South United achieved its best cup run, progressing to the final of Brisbane Premier Cup which it lost 2–1 to Pine Rivers United. [9]

Souths United fell two divisions to Capital League 2 after being relegated in 2012 and 2014, but bounced back to win successive promotions in 2015 and 2016 to return to the BPL for the 2017 season. This period included a 3–0 grand final victory over Western Spirit to win the 2015 Capital League 2 championship. [10] Souths United bolstered its squad for the 2017 BPL campaign by signing former Socceroo Jon McKain. [11]

In May 2017, Football Queensland announced Souths United FC were among the 14 clubs accepted to form the Football Queensland Premier League for its initial season in 2018. [2]

In 2021, Souths United was relegated into Football Queensland Premier League 2, although disappointment from the Mens team, the National Premier League Women's Women's team reached the quarter final in the Kappa Cup. The following seasons saw success for the Women's team, in which they achieved runners up in both 2022, and 2023 in the Kappa Cup. [12]

In November 2023, Souths United brought in former Socceroo Jade North as club ambassador.

As of the 2024 season, the club Competed in the Football Queensland Premier League 2 for men, Football Queensland Academy Leagues for junior boys and the National Premier League Women's for women and junior girls. The club also fielded male and female teams for seniors and juniors in divisional competitions along with Miniroos teams.

Recent seasons

SeasonLeague FFA Cup
Division (tier)PldWDLGFGAGDPtsPositionFinals Series
2008Brisbane Premier League (3)2294938326316thDNQNot yet founded
2009Brisbane Premier League (3)2493123447−13308thDNQ
2010Brisbane Premier League (3)2683154251−9279thDNQ
2011Brisbane Premier League (3)2682164066−262612thDNQ
2012Brisbane Premier League (3)26112423119−96414th ↓DNQ
2013 Capital League 1 (4)2273123132−1249thDNQ
2014 Capital League 1 (4)2234151649−331312th ↓DNQ Preliminary Round 1
2015 Capital League 2 (5)221813952570551st ↑Champions Preliminary Round 3
2016 Capital League 1 (4)221453662838471st ↑Preliminary Final Preliminary Round 4
2017 Brisbane Premier League (3)2285945414298thDNQ Preliminary Round 5
2018 Football Queensland Premier League (3)241356663630444thSemi FinalPreliminary Round 5
2019 Football Queensland Premier League (3)1840132959-30138thDNQPreliminary Round 4
2020 Football Queensland Premier League (3)2033143065-351210thDNQFFA Cup Cancelled - COVID-19
2021 Football Queensland Premier League (3)2050152854-26159th ↓DNQPreliminary Round 5
2022 Football Queensland Premier League (4)2293104452-8306thDNQ
2023 Football Queensland Premier League 2 (4)2253142653-271810thDNQ

Source: [4]

Key:Premiers / Champions Promoted ↑ Relegated ↓

The tier is the level in the Australian soccer league system

Honours

Due to frequent restructures and re-classifications of divisions in Brisbane football, the club's first team honours below are listed by tier in the Brisbane football pyramid.

Tier 2

Tier 3

Notable Players

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Football Queensland Unveils Clubs For New Two-Tiered State Competition". Football Queensland website. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Club Strip". Souths United official website. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
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  5. ↑ "Club History | Souths United Football Club". southsunited.org.au. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Brisbane Division One 2002 Fixtures/Results". socceraust.co.uk website. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Brisbane promotion/relegation playoffs 2002". socceraust.co.uk website. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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  10. ↑ "Brisbane Capital League Division Two 2015". socceraust.co.uk website. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  11. ↑ Brayden Heslehurst (22 December 2016). "Souths United make presence felt with signing of former Socceroos player Jon McKain". Quest Newspapers.
  12. ↑ "Fixture for Kappa Women's Super Cup". GameDay. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
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