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
2012 Indian Federation Cup Final second match of the group stage against Shillong Lajong with Clifford Miranda again being the goalscorer for Dempo as they won 1–0. Dempo then confirmed their place into the semi-finals of the Federation Cup with a demolition performance over Mumbai in their last group match in which they won 4–0 with Miranda scoring one goal for the club and Nigerian Koko Sakibo scoring a hat-trick. In the semi-finals Dempo took on reigning Federation Cup champions from 2011 Salgaocar on 27 September 2012 in a match that was eventually won by Dempo 2–0 with goals coming from Joaquim Abranches in the