Solent University Football Club was a football club attached to

Solent University Solent University (formerly Southampton Solent University) is a public university based in Southampton, United Kingdom. It has approximately 10,500 students (2019/20). Its main campus is located on East Park Terrace near the city centre and th ...

, based in

Southampton Southampton () is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire, S ...

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...

. The club was affiliated to the

Hampshire Football Association The Hampshire Football Association, also known as ''Hampshire FA'', is the governing body of football in the county of Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metro ...

, as a FA Charter Standard club and from 2011 to 2020 were members of the

Wessex League The Wessex Football League is an English association football league formed in 1986, with its premier division currently at the fifth step of the National League System, or the ninth tier of the overall English football league system. The part ...

History

The club was a founder member of the

Hampshire Premier League The L4 Teamwear Hampshire Premier League is a football competition based in Hampshire, England. The league was formed in 2007 and currently consists of a 'Senior Division' of 17 teams - including some previous members of the disbanded Division ...

in 2008. They were winners of the Hampshire Premier League Cup in 2008 and the Southampton Senior Cup in 2009. The club finished runners-up in the Hampshire Premier League in 2009–10 and 2010–11, winning promotion to the

Division One. In the 2014–15 season, Team Solent were promoted to the Wessex Premier Division, after winning the Wessex Division One for the first time. In 2016 Team Solent won the Wessex League Cup beating Newport IOW 1–0 in the final with a goal from Toby Adekunle. On 10 June 2020, Solent University withdrew from the

citing the "changing landscape of Higher Education which has caused a realignment of the priorities and the desire to support other sporting ambitions" as the reason for this decision.https://www.wessexleague.co.uk/solent-university-resign

Ground

The club's home ground was Test Park Sports Ground, Lower Brownhill Road,

SO16 9QZ.

Honours

**Runners-up 2009–10, 2010–11 *Hampshire Premier League Cup **Winners 2008–09, 2010–11 *Wessex Division One **Winners 2014–15 *Southampton Senior Cup **Winners 2008–09, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2015–16 *Sydenhams Wessex League Cup **Winners 2015–16

References

External links

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Hampshire Premier League page on Team Solent
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