History of Dempo S.C. Vasantrao Dempo, the chairman of the House of Dempo, extended his benefaction to football team in an extensive manner. Dempo then came at par with the other business houses, like Salgaocar, Agencia Commercial Maritima, Shantilal and Sesa Goa who had their own teams. Dempo Sports Club originally started as Bicholim Football Club but was then brought by Dempo Corporation founder Vasantrao S. Dempo in 1967 and then he renamed the club Dempo Sports Club. After being brought by Dempo Sports Club the club went on a spending spree and signed Olavo Pereira, Felix Barreto, Socorro Coutinho, Ramesh Redkar, Socrates Carvalho,
2015 Indian Federation Cup Final was the first time Bengaluru FC had won the tournament. Dempo qualified for the final by defeating Salgaocar in the semi-final 2–0 while Bengaluru FC qualified by defeating Sporting Goa in the semi-finals 3–0. The final was televised live on TEN Action. The Federation Cup is an annual Indian football competition open to all I-League teams. Ten of the eleven I-League clubs participated in the tournament the season with Bharat FC being the excluded club. The 2014–15 edition was the 36th of the competition. Prior to reaching the 2014 final, Dempo had reached the final of the Federation Cup five