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The 2012–13 South United F.C. season is the clubs first season since their formation on 16 August 2012. During the season the club participated in the 2012–13 Bangalore Super Division and the 2013 I-League 2nd Division.

Background
South United Football Club was founded on 16 August 2012 at a gala in Bangalore by Lokko Sports India Pvt. Ltd. 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 with CEO of Lokko Sports, Lokknath Char, saying "We're looking to bridge the gap between elite and grassroots sports while encouraging youngsters to take up sports as employment." It was also announced after their founding that Karnataka State Football Association President, AR Khaleel, said that the club would also have automatic recommendation from the state federation to join the I-League 2nd Division in 2013.

The club also announced the appointment of their first ever coach on 19 August 2012 when they signed former Indian international and former National Football League top scorer, Raman Vijayan, as the head coach. The previous season Vijayan led another Bangalore club, KGF Academy, to win the state league competition, the Bangalore Super Division and he led KGF Academy to a surprise fourth place finish in Group C during the 2012 I-League 2nd Division however it was not enough to progress to the next round.

Bangalore Super Division
The club 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. The club then fell to their first loss in their history on 13 December 2012 against former I-League club HAL SC in which the club lost 2–1 with forward Stephen scoring the consolation for South United in the 87th minute not before HAL finished the game with Jagdishkumar Pappiah and Vinoth Kumar scoring for HAL.

The club however failed to come out as the top team in the league season and had to settle for 2nd place after a last day loss to MEG Bangalore by a score of 2–1 at the Bangalore Football Stadium.