South United

Full name	South United Football Club
Nickname(s)	SUFC
Founded	16 August 2012; 12 years ago (2012-08-16)
Ground	South United Football Club, Ulsoor
Owner	Sharan Parikh[1]
League	BDFA Super Division
Website	http://www.sufcindia.com
Home colours Away colours

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]

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.

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.

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  IND Jayanth Kumar 2 DF  IND Subhankar Adhikary 3 DF  IND Krishanu Malo 4 DF  IND Nidhin Krishna (on loan from Kerala Blasters FC (B) ) 6 MF  IND Krishan Kumar 7 FW  IND Aaron D'costa 8 FW  IND Rungsing Muinao 9 FW  IND Vikram Venkatachalam 10 FW  IND R. Manivannan 11 MF  IND Magesh Selva (Captain) 13 MF  IND Amoes T. 16 MF  IND Lokesh M. 17 FW  IND Riswan Ali (on loan from Kerala Blasters FC (B))

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  IND Sudipta Malakar 20 FW  IND Sooraj Oj 21 DF  IND Kishan Singh Thongjam 22 DF  IND Lalmalsawma Khawlhring (on loan from ATK) 23 MF  IND Sajid Hossain 24 DF  IND Tonmoy Ghosh 25 GK  IND Maninder Singh 26 MF  IND Sharukh Rahman 27 FW  IND Kishori 28 MF  IND David Lalbiakzara 29 DF  IND Nitesh Aswani 33 DF  IND Amit Tudu 99 GK  IND Royal Basumatary 35 FW  IND Muhammed T K

Key

• DNQ = did not qualify
• DNP = Did not play
• TBD = To be decided
• TBA = To be added
• PR = Preliminary Round

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	Amoes Do	5
2014–18	Did not participate
2018–19	2	4th	8	1	4	3	6	12	5	TBD	TBD	TBD

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]
Sachin Badadhe	India	2022	Present

• BDFA Super Division
  • Runners-up (4): 2012–13, 2013–14,^[23] 2014–15,^[24][25] 2015–16^[26]
• Bangalore 'A' Division
  • Champions: 2022–23

• Kedari Redekar Football Tournament
  • Champions (1): 2012^[27]
• South Indian Inter-state Invitational Cup
  • Champions (1): 2015^[28]
• Gadhinglaj United Cup
  • Third place (1): 2015^[28]

Cited sources

Further reading

• "BDFA Men's Super Division League 2023–24 | South United FC 3–3 FC Bengaluru United (9 November 2023)". the-aiff.com. Bengaluru: All India Football Federation. 9 November 2023. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.

• South United FC profile at Soccerway.
• Official team page at Facebook.