# South United FC

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 second tier of 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, not only in the city but entire 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 team 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 2–0 with former I-League player, Gunashekar Vignesh, scoring the first ever goal for the club in the 47th minute, 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. 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, 2013. 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.
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. They returned to second division in 2018–19 season. In August 2019, Manchester City legend Terry Phelan was appointed as Technical Director.
South United were the Champions of the BDFA 'A' Division 2022-23 Season.

## 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 the heart of Bangalore in Ulsoor.

## Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

| Period | Kit Partner |
| 2019 - 2020 | Vector X |
| 2022 - 2023 | adidas |
| 2023 - 2024 | PUMA India |
| 2024 - 2025 | PUMA 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. | 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 |

## Records

| 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 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2018–19 | 2 | 16 | Group stage | TBD | DNQ | DNQ |

### Key

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

### Season

    As of 13 January 2018
| Year | Division | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League Cup | Top Scorer(s) | Top Scorer(s) |
| Year | Division | Pos. | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | League Cup | Player(s) | Goals |
| 2013 | 2 | PR | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | DNQ | Amoes Do | 5 |
| 2014–18 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 2018–19 | 2 | 4th | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | TBD | TBD | TBD |

### Managerial history

    As of 9 October 2023
| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
| Raman Vijayan | India | 2012 | 2014 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 028.57 |
| Miki Lladó | 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 | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | !— |
| Sachin Badadhe | India | 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