South United Football Club is an Indian professional

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club based in

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, that competes in the

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. 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

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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

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as their team mentor. They began their league journey on 6 December 2012 in the

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, at the Bangalore Football Stadium against Army Service Corps where the club won 2–0 with former

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player,

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, 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

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. They started their journey in the country's second division by 3–4 loss to

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on March 11, 2013. This followed by two 1–0 defeats against

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and

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. South United won their first match in the second division by beating

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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

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'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 Bangalore 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.

Home ground

Enhanced photo of the New Bengaluru Football Stadium on a matchday

South United plays its home matches at the Bangalore Football Stadium, an

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stadium located in the Garden city.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Players

First-team squad

(on loan from Kerala Blasters FC (B) ) (on loan from Kerala Blasters FC (B)) (on loan from ATK)

Records

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

Season

Managerial history

updated on 28 July 2021

Honours

League

**Runners-up (4):

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, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16

Others

*Kedari Redekar Football Tournament **Champions (1): 2012

References

External links

South United FC profile
at Soccerway.
Official team page
at Facebook. {{Football in India Association football clubs established in 2012 Football clubs in Bangalore 2012 establishments in Karnataka I-League 2nd Division clubs