Dempo S.C. then in 2009–2010 and again in 2011–12, making them the most successful club on national front with 5 league titles more than any other club in India. Dempo Sports Club started out as Dempo Souza Football Club in 1961 and was taken over when they made the company their own Dempo Corporation around that time. The club was started by Michael deSouza and the logo and colours that the club wears currently was what he had chosen for the team. The club won their first Goan Senior League title in 1972. The club then won their first ever national pan-India
History of Dempo S.C. the 1996 Indian Federation Cup but lost. In 1996 Dempo became one of the original 12 clubs in the National Football League and finished top of Group B but finished fourth in the Final Round. Then during the 1999-2000 season the club got relegated after finishing in last place. In 2001 Dempo won promotion back into the NFL. In 2004 Dempo won the Federation Cup and the National Football League for the first time. They then won the NFL again during the 2006-07 season which turned out to be the last season of the NFL before the I-League started. Dempo