Petro Souths FC was a semi-professional association football club founded in 2010 and based in Mendi,[1] the capital of the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea, although they played their home games in Goroka.
[2] The side played in two editions of the Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, with their best result coming in the 2010–11 season, where they narrowly missed out on qualification for the playoffs, finishing 5th.
[4][5] In fact, the side would only lose four matches all season: home and away to both Hekari and second-placed Eastern Stars, who both dominated the division.
However, six draws and just two wins, against Madang Fox and Gigira Laitepo, meant the side missed out on the playoff places by a single point.
With teams playing each other three times instead of twice, the side scored just 19 goals in 18 games, conceded 50, and lost 12 matches, including a 5–1 defeat to fellow strugglers Bulolo,[8] eventually finishing bottom of the table.