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
Shallum Pires Shallum Pires Shallum Pires (born 24 August 1992) is an Indian footballer who currently plays for Churchill Brothers in the I-League. Pires made his debut for Dempo in the I-League on 16 April 2011 against Pailan Arrows at the Fatorda Stadium and scored the first goal of the match in the 5th minute to give Dempo the lead in a match they would go on to win 5–2. He then did not make his second appearance for the club for over a year till 15 December 2012 against Pune F.C. in which Dempo lost 5–1 and Pires came on as