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
2012–13 Dempo S.C. season game. In the semi-finals Dempo took on Salgaocar F.C. in Siliguri on 28 December 2012 and won the match 2–0 with goals from Joaquim Abranches in the 70th and Koko Sakibo in the 84th minute as Dempo booked their place in the Final. Then in the final Dempo lost to East Bengal F.C. 3–2 after Climax Lawrence gave Dempo the 51st-minute lead before East Bengal scored three through Arnab Mondal, Manandeep Singh, and Chidi Edeh in the 60th, 100th, and 109th minute respectively and Mahesh Gawli scored the consolation for Dempo in the 111th minute. Dempo then began their 2012–13