South United F.C.

South United Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Bengaluru which plays in the I-League 2nd Division and Bangalore Super Division.[1]

South United
Full nameSouth United Football Club
Nickname(s)SUFC
Founded16 August 2012
GroundBangalore Football Stadium
Capacity12,000
OwnerSharan Parikh
Head CoachAlfred Fernandes
LeagueI-League 2nd Division
2018–19TBD
WebsiteClub website

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 Bangalore but the entire Southern India region, to take up football as a professional career[2]

South United started their league history on 6 December 2012 in the 2012–13 Bangalore Super Division 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.[3] South United were the Runners-up of the Bangalore Super Division League in their first year (2012–13) itself.

South United competed in 2013 I-League 2nd Division in their first season as club. They started their journey in the country's second division by 3–4 loss to Luangmual FC on March 11, 2013.[4] This followed by two 1–0 defeats against Vasco S.C. and Southern Samity.[5] South United won their first match in the secon division by beating Hindustan F.C. 2–0 on March 20, 2013.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8]

South United returned to second division in 2018–19 season.[1]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2018—present Hot Fut

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

Current Technical staff
As of 1 October 2019
PositionName
Head Coach Alfred Fernandes
Assistant Coach Christopher Mendis

National/International record
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
  • DNQ = Did not qualified
  • DNP = Did not play
  • TBD = To be decided
  • TBA = To be added
  • PR = Priliminary Round

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 721412127 DNQ Amoes Do 5
2014–18 Did not participate
2018–19 2 4th 81436125 TBD TBD TBD

Head coach's record

updated on 28 May 2017

NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%

Raman Vijayan

  India 2012 2014 7 2 1 4 12 12 028.57
Miquel Llado Plana  Spain 2018 2019 5 0 2 3 5 12 000.00

Noel Wilson

  India 2019 2019 3 1 2 0 1 0 033.33

Alfred Fernandes

  India 2019 Present 0 0 0 0 1 0 !—

Honours

League

Runners-up (2) : 2014–15, 2015–16

References
  1. "LEAGUE COMMITTEE MEETS AT AIFF HQ IN NEW DELHI". AIFF. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. Sridhar, Shrivathsa. "Bangalore gets new pro football club". Times of India. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  3. "South United start in promising style". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  4. "Luangmual FC has the last laugh". The Hindu. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  5. "I-League division II round-up: South United FC and Southern Samity at opposite ends". Goal.com. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  6. "South United keep hopes alive". Deccan Herald. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  7. "Delhi's only club Hindustan FC says it can't bear expenses in I-League 2". Times of India. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  8. "South United in new hands".
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