South United F.C.

South United
Full name South United Football Club
Nickname(s) SUFC
Founded 16 August 2012
Ground Bangalore Football Stadium
Ground 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 India GK Kabir Thaufiq
2 India GK Sharath Kumar
3 India DF Sunil Kumar
4 India DF Keith Raymond
5 India DF Neelalohith T.S
6 India DF Akash N.
7 India DF Kishor R.
8 India DF Prashant Andrews
9 India MF Magesh S
No. Position Player
10 India MF Solaimalai N
11 India MF Stephen J
12 India MF Manivannan R
13 India MF Tony Luis Robert
14 India MF Senthil Kumar
15 India MF Santhosh R
16 India MF Vignesh V
17 India FW Subhash R

Current Technical Staff

As of July 2016.[5]
Position Name
Head Coach India 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)

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