South United F.C.

South United

Full name	South United Football Club
Nickname(s)	SUFC
Founded	16 August 2012
Ground	Bangalore Football Stadium
Capacity	15,000
Owner	Sharan Parikh
League	Bangalore Super Division
2015–16	Bangalore Super Division, Runners-up
Website	Club home page

South United Football Club is a professional football club based out of Bangalore. The club plays in the Bangalore Super Division and has also participated in the I-League Division 2. They were the Runners Up of the Bangalore Super Division League in their first year (2012–13) itself. The team's members are all Indians with the average age being 20 years.

The club was formed with the aim of becoming a platform for India’s young footballers making it the club of choice for the Indian football fan.

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^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Players

First-team squad

As of July 2016.^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Kabir Thaufiq 2 GK Sharath Kumar 3 DF Sunil Kumar 4 DF Keith Raymond 5 DF Neelalohith T.S 6 DF Akash N. 7 DF Kishor R. 8 DF Prashant Andrews 9 MF Magesh S

No. Position Player 10 MF Solaimalai N 11 MF Stephen J 12 MF Manivannan R 13 MF Tony Luis Robert 14 MF Senthil Kumar 15 MF Santhosh R 16 MF Vignesh V 17 FW Subhash R

Current Technical Staff

As of July 2016.^[5]

Position	Name
Head Coach	Santhosh Kiran

Footnotes

1. Sridhar, Shrivathsa. "Bangalore gets new pro football club". Times of India. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
2. "South United start in promising style". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
3. "South United in new hands".
4. "Players". South United Football Club. Retrieved April 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
5. "Management Team". Retrieved August 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

External links

Official Website

• Official Website