South United F.C.

South United
Full name South United Football Club
Founded 16 August 2012
Ground Bangalore Football Stadium
Capacity 15,000
Owner Sharan Parikh
League Bangalore Super Division
2013–14 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 comprises of 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 bwith 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 April 2015.[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 MF Mani Vannan
2 India MF Sunil Kumar Muthu
3 India MF Solaimalai Nataranjan
4 India FW Subhash Rajamani
5 India FW Senthil Kumar
6 India DF Keith Raymond
7 India MF Narendra Prasad
8 India MF Sarath Mohan
9 India DF Akash Narshima
10 India DF Diwakar Manohar
11 India FW Pravruth Byaravalli
No. Position Player
12 India FW Edwin Rossario
13 India GK Kabir Thaufiq
14 India DF Neela Lohith
15 India DF Tony Luiz Robert
16 India FW Dinesh David
17 India DF John Peter
18 India MF Shanthosh Kumar
19 India FW Mithun Uthappa
20 India DF Sudarshan Veerappa
21 India GK Mrutunjaya Lingaraj
22 India DF Abilash Narashima

Current Technical Staff

As of April 2015.[5]
Position Name
Head Coach India Santosh Kiran
Manager India Ramaiah Gopal


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: |accessdate= (help)
  5. ↑ "Management Team". Retrieved April 2015.

External links

Official Website