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

History South United Football Club was founded on 16 August 2012 in Bangalore with the long-term goal of providing a base for youngsters in the southern region to take up football as a professional career. In 2013, South United roped in Raman Vijayan as new head coach and Noel Wilson as their mentor. They began their league journey on 6 December 2012 in the 2012–13 BDFA Super Division, at the Bangalore Football Stadium against Army Service Corps, where the club won by 2–0. The former I-League player Gunashekar Vignesh scored the first ever goal for the club. South United then competed for the first time in the 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. This followed by two 1–0 defeats against Vasco S.C. and Southern Samity. South United won their first match in the second division by beating Hindustan F.C. 2–0 on March 20. The club failed to go further, 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 decided to end financial support. South United was the runner-up of the 2014–15 BDFA Super Division. In April 2015, the club was taken over by Sharan Parikh, a Mumbai-based businessman. They returned to the second division in the 2018–19 season. In August 2019, former Manchester City player Terry Phelan was appointed as technical director.

Home ground

South United plays its home matches at the Bangalore Football Stadium, an astroturf stadium located in the Garden City. South United also has its own state-of-the-art facility in Ulsoor.

Records Season Division Teams Position Federation Cup/Super CupAFC Champions League Elite AFC Cup 2013 2 26 17 DNQ DNQ DNQ 2014–2018 Did not participate DNQ DNQ 2018–19 2 16 Group stage DNQ DNQ Key DNQ = did not qualify DNP = Did not play TBD = To be decided TBA = To be added PR = Preliminary Round

Season

Year Division League LeagueCup Top scorer(s) Player(s) Goals 2013 2 PR721412127 DNQ Amoes Do 5 2014–18 Did not participate 2018–19 2 4th81436125

Managerial history

NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%Ref. Raman Vijayan 2012 2014 Miki Lladó 2018 2019 South United Football Club unveils Spaniard Miquel Llado as coach. . mykhel.com. Retrieved 14 August 2021. Noel Wilson 2019 2019 Noel Wilson joins South United FC.. thesportsmirror.com. Retrieved 28 July 2021. Alfred Fernandes 2019 2020 South United FC appoint Alfred Fernandes as new head coach. . Arunfoot.com. Retrieved 28 July 2021. Sachin Badadhe 2022 present

Honours

League BDFA Super Division Runners-up (4): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 Bangalore 'A' Division Champions: 2022–23

Others Kedari Redekar Football Tournament Champions (1): 2012 South Indian Inter-state Invitational Cup Champions (1): 2015 Gadhinglaj United Cup Third place (1): 2015

References Cited sources

Further reading

External links South United FC profile at Soccerway. Official team page at Facebook.