South United FC

South United Football Club was founded on 16 August 2012 in Bangalore with the long-term goal of providing a base for youngsters in the 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 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 by 2–0. The former I-League player Gunashekar Vignesh scored the first ever goal for the club.^[10] South United then competed for the first time in the 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.^[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.^[13] The club failed to go further, 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 decided to end financial support.^[14] South United was the runner-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 the second division in the 2018–19 season.^[4] In August 2019, former Manchester City player Terry Phelan was appointed as technical director.^[16]

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 Ulsoor.

Key

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

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As of 13 January 2018

More information Year, Division ...

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

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As of 9 October 2023

More information Name, Nationality ...

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						[22]
Sachin Badadhe	India	2022	present

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