Southern United
| Southern United | |||
| Basic data | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Surname | Southern United Football Club Dunedin | ||
| Seat | Dunedin , New Zealand | ||
| founding | 2004 as Otago United | ||
| Colours | blue yellow | ||
| president | David Lamont | ||
| Website | pitchero.com | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Venue | Forsyth Barr Stadium | ||
| Places | 30,748 | ||
| league | Championship | ||
| 2018/19 | 5th place | ||
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Southern United Football Club Dunedin is a New Zealand football club based in Dunedin . The club plays its home games at the 30,748-seat Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin.
history
The club, founded in 2004 as Otago United, has played in New Zealand's top soccer league, the New Zealand Football Championship , since the 2004/05 season . The club achieved its best-ever placement in the league in the 2005/06 season when it finished fifth ahead of Waitakere United , making it the only time to qualify for the championship playoffs. Four years later he was also fifth, but missed the playoffs. In the all-time table of the NZFC Otago United is last with 72 points. In the summer of 2013, the club was renamed from Otago United to Southern United Football Club Dunedin.
For the start of the new championship season in mid-November 2020, Southern United and Tasman United joined Canterbury United .
Known players
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Jacob Spoonley (2004-2005) -
Lutz Pfannenstiel (2004-2006) -
Graham Demas (2004-2007) -
Jean Victor Maleb (2004-2007)
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Andrew Boyens (2005-2006)
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Terry Phelan (2005-2009) -
Liam Little (2007-2009)
Web links
- Southern United in the database of weltfussball.de
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ New Zealand Football Championship. (No longer available online.) Otago United FC, archived from the original on May 23, 2010 ; accessed on September 3, 2014 (English, original website no longer available).
- ^ Luiz Uehara named Southern United FC coach. (No longer available online.) In: nzfootball.co.nz. New Zealand Football , September 3, 2013, archived from the original on January 21, 2015 ; accessed on May 31, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ National football and futsal leagues back for 2020/21 season. In: nzfootball.co.nz. New Zealand Football , July 29, 2020, accessed July 29, 2020 .
