South United Football Club partners with Hotfut to setup football arenas in India

South United will also host scouting programs at the pitch. 

South United Football Club, Bengaluru’s first private football club, announced a partnership with Hotfut, India’s pioneering and leading sports infrastructure company, to setup football arenas across India.

South United will be the development partner, and will set up futsal pitches across India. The club will conduct programs that are aimed at creating a platform for young football players in the country. The futsal pitch will play a unique role in giving football players in the U-12, U-10 and U-8 categories a safe, secured, and high quality environment to develop their skills and showcase their talent through various training programs and events.

South United will also host scouting programs at the pitch.

HotFut Sports provides state of the art infrastructure, fine-tuned technical and management systems, and talented people in an economically viable package.

With a proven business model and successful yields, HotFut’s solutions bring sustainability to sports programs, reducing their dependence on external funding and ensuring their long-term stability.

South United and HotFut will use these pitches to continue and further develop their community-oriented programs. Football players and interested people from underprivileged backgrounds can avail the facilities to train and further develop their skills, with help from the football club.

Mr. Sharan Parikh, Owner & Director of South United Football Club, said “South United Football Club’s sole focus is to ensure Indian footballing talent have an avenue to develop themselves. While our club and soccer schools remain a vehicle to showcase talent, our unique partnership with the pioneers of football arenas, HotFut, will allow our youngest talent and stars to play, train, and develop in a secured and high-quality environment. Furthermore, our partnership with HotFut will ensure setting up of sports arenas that not only provide a great place to play but also help in building a sustainable culture within the club.”

Pavit Singh, Co-founder & Director of HotFut said, “The fundamental idea behind HotFut was to create better human beings through sport. Our initial focus was to mitigate the disparity in participation via infrastructural solutions. This partnership (SUFC) is a natural extension that renews our commitment to development through sports. Our business model, infrastructural expertise and penetration, combined with SUFC and its education and social platforms make for, a formidable force in the advancement of sport in India.”

About South United Football Club

South United Football Club is a professional football club based out of Bangalore. 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. They will be the development partner here, conducting programs, scouting talent and hope to continue to be a platform for young footballers. South United football club mainly focus on unique, safe, secured, and high-quality environment for under 12, under 10, and under 8 to develop their skills and show case their talent through various training programs.

About Hotfut

HotFut is India's pioneering and leading grassroots sports infrastructure company that were the first ones to introduce futsal pitches in the country. Their exclusive facilities boast international standard infrastructure that have been manufactured in associations with world leading manufacturers like Tencate. They also have strategic partnerships and associations with companies like Nike and international coaching programs.

This partnership aims to have a bigger impact on sports in India.