Dempo S.C.

Dempo Sports Club or simply Dempo is an Indian professional football club based in Panjim, Goa that competes in the Goa Professional League. The club is owned and sponsored by the Dempo Mining Corporation Limited. Popularly known as The Whites, the club has been a constant participant in all the National football championships and gained immense popularity in the last four decades of its existence.[1] Dempo SC became the first Indian football club, who reached the Semi-final of the AFC Cup tournament in 2008.

Dempo Sports Club
Full nameDempo Sports Club
Nickname(s)Golden Eagles
Founded1968
GroundDSC Academy - Ella
Capacity10,000
OwnerDempo Group
ChairmanSrinivas Dempo
ManagerSamir Naik
LeagueGoa Professional League
WebsiteClub website

The team has won several accolades and honors. In the 2004–05 season, the club won its maiden National Football League title. They won the league again in the 2006–2007 season and followed it with the three I-League triumphs in 2007–08 in its inaugural version and then in 2009–2010 and again in 2011–12, making them one of the most successful clubs on the national front with 5 National league titles; joint with Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan A.C.[2] as the only teams to have the honour on 5 occasions.[3]

The club has also won 14 Goa League Champions Cups, 4 Rovers Cups, 2 Indian Super Cups, Federation Cup in 2004 and Durand Cup in 2006. Dempo was the first Goan club to win Rovers cup.

History
Main article: History of Dempo S.C.

Dempo Sports Club began as Bicholim Football Club, which was a top First Division league side in the 1960s. Football lovers in the country remember the Bicholim Football Club as one of the most talented football club in the country. Players including Subhash Sinari, Bernard Olivera, Tolentino Serrao, Bhaskar, Kalidas Gaad, Manohar Pednekar, Bhai Pednekar, Ganpat Gaonkar and Pandurang Gaonkar are still remembered to the Bicholim Football Club on a completely different standard compared to the other sports club existing at that moment.

Bicholim Sports Club was later adopted by Dempo Souza in 1967 and was renamed Dempo Souza Sports Club. Even then the team remained one of the strongest team in the country with players like Eustaquio, Dass, Balaguru, Olavo, Colaco, Inacio, Felix Barreto, Thapa, Ramesh Redkar, Socrates Carvalho, Sadanand Asnodkar and Tulsidas Alornekar. In 1969, the team stood as the first runner up in the Vasco Sports Club in the Senior Division League.

The Dempo Souza Sports Club finally became Dempo Sports Club, after Dempo bought Mr Michael D’’Souza's stake in the Dempo Souza enterprise. However, Dempo Sports Club prospered when 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.[1]

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.[4] 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 tournament in 1975 by winning the Rovers Cup. The club then won the Rovers Cup again in 1978.[4] The club defended their title one year later in 1979. Their first double.

Dempo then entered their "Golden-Age" during the 1980s.[4] Dempo won a host of small cups and they also won the Rovers Cup again in 1986 by beating historic club Mohun Bagan. The club also won the Goan League in 1986 and 1987.[4]

The club then won their first international cup in Malé against New Radiant SC. The club then won the Rovers Cup again by beating Mohun Bagan again and were then one of the original 12 teams in the first National Football League in 1996.[5] The club then got relegated in 1999–2000 but got promoted the very next season and then the club won their first NFL championship in 2004.[4] Dempo also won the last NFL Season. Dempo then won the first I-League season in 2007–08. As a result of this title win, Dempo played in AFC competition in 2008 during the 2008 AFC Cup, Dempo ended as semi-finalist. They again won the league in 2009–10 and 2011–12. After the 2012–13 season, where Dempo finished in 5th place, they parted ways with their most successful coach Armando Colaco, with whom they had won 5 League titles. They appointed Arthur Papas, who had previously been the head coach of the Indian U23 Men's National Team.[6] Dempo finished their 2013–14 campaign with a 4th-place finish.[7]

In March 2015, after losing their final match to fellow Goan and relegation threatened club Salgaocar 2–0, they got relegated for the first time from I-league.

Before the start of the 2016-17 season, Dempo, along with fellow Goan football clubs, Salgaocar FC and Sporting Clube, announced their withdrawal from the I-League.[8]

Crest
Dempo's crest from 1968–2010

The Dempo Sports Club crest is the official logo for Dempo Corporations sports clubs that it owns. The logo includes the words Goa (name of the state Dempo is based in) and Dempo Sports Club (team name). The logo also includes a picture of a golden bird in the middle of the crest.

Colours

The official colours of Dempo Sports Club are Blue and White. Ever since their creation Dempo's home colours have always involved blue, mainly with the shirts while the shorts were always either blue or black. The away colours were always all white but then in 2011 when Dempo unveiled their away kit the shirt had black stripes on it. The shorts however remain the same.

Stadium
Main article: Fatorda Stadium
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
The Fatorda

As of 2011 Dempo SC has been playing its football at the Fatorda Stadium in Margao, Goa. Fatorda Stadium opened in 1989 and Dempo SC has been using it since for all its I-League matches. There have been rumors however that state that Dempo SC could soon very well create its own stadium in Panjim, Goa although not much has been released on the subject.

Ownership and finances

At the moment Dempo Sports Club's main sponsor and owner is Dempo Mining Corporation Limited. The club has been owned by Dempo since their creation. As part of the sponsorship from Dempo the club also named itself Dempo Sports Club and is classed as an institutional club in that case.

The finances given to the club are very limited which meant that the club was forced to spend less on infrastructure and proven players and spend more on local youth development.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2006–2011 none Dempo
2011–2014 Nike
2014–2015 Adidas
2015—2016 7070 Sports
2016— Shiv Naresh

Players

First-team squad
As of 26 January 2021[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  IND Melroy Fernandes
2 DF  IND Saiesh Bagkar
3 DF  IND Gaurav Vaigankar
4 DF  IND Shubham Malvankar
5 MF  IND Pruthvesh Pednekar
6 MF  IND Ariston Costa
7 FW  IND Beevan D’Mello
8 MF  IND Desmon Pereira
9 FW  IND Latesh Mandrekar
11 MF  IND Suraj Hadkonkar
12 DF  IND Kanaiya Kamti
13 MF  IND Niraj Parekh
14 MF  IND Pedro Gonsalves
15 MF  IND Danstan Fernandes
16 MF  IND Nigel Fernandes
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  IND Kirtikesh Gadekar
18 DF  IND Edwin Viegas
19 FW  IND Aman Govekar
20 MF  IND Velanco Rodrigues
21 DF  IND Darrell Mascarenhas
22 MF  IND Myron Fernandes
23 MF  IND Rajat Harijan
25 MF  IND Richard Cardoz
26 FW  IND Alber Gonsalves
27 MF  IND Necio Fernandes
30 GK  IND Wellyster Mendes
32 MF  IND Vinay Harji
33 GK  IND Ryan Souza
37 DF  IND Shallum Pires

Retired numbers

Current technical staff
As of 8 November 2016
Position Name
Technical director Anju Turambekar[11]
Head coach Samir Naik
Assistant coach Anthony Pereira
GK coach Camilo Gonsalves
Team manager Shailesh Karkera
Youth technical director Marcelino
Physiotherapist Eusebio Jason Fernandes,

Avinash jaiswal

Kit manager Rajesh Malgi

Managers

The club hired their first professional manager in 2000, Armando Colaco; he remained with the club until the end of season 2012–13. In June 2013, the club signed Greek-Australian manager Arthur Papas who was already working in India as the Indian U23 National Team coach.

Statistics

Only competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shoot-outs are not counted.

!NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%Honours
Armando Colaco  India June 2000 2013 217 119 55 43 429 230 054.84 I-League (2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12), Indian Super Cup (2008,2010), Federation Cup(2004), Durand Cup (2006)
Arthur Papas  Australia June 2013 March 2015 41 18 13 10 60 33 043.90
Trevor Morgan  England March 2015 November 2015 14 2 6 6 11 23 014.29
Mauricio Afonso  India November 2015 July 2017 17 10 3 4 2 4 058.82
Samir Subash Naik  India July 2017 Present 0 0 0 0 2 0 !—

Honours
Main article: List of Dempo S.C. seasons

Widely considered as one of the most successful clubs in the Indian Football circuit due to their domestic exploits, the club also holds the distinct honour of becoming the first Indian club to reach the Semi- Finals of the AFC Cup in 2008.

Roll of Honour [12]

  • National Football League/ I-League: 2004-05, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2011-12
  • I-League 2nd Division: 2015-16
  • Federation Cup: 2004
  • AIFF Super Cup: 2007-08, 2010-11
  • Durand Cup: 2006
  • Rovers Cup: 1975, 1979, 1980, 1986
  • Stafford Challenge Cup: 1975, 1979
  • Nizam Gold Cup: 1978
  • Bordoloi Trophy: 1982
  • Scissors Cup: 1992, 1994, 1996
  • POMIS International Cup: 1991
  • Bandodkar Gold Trophy: 1976, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1995
  • Sher-I-Kashmir Cup: 1985
  • Jalil Cup (Varanasi): 1985
  • Goa Professional League: 1971, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011
  • AFC Cup: Semi-finals in 2008
  • AFC Champions League qualifiers: 2008- 09 and 2010-11
  • Plaza Soccer Trophy: 1975
  • Taca Goa: 1977, 1979, 1990
  • Four Square Trophy: 1982
  • Arlem Soccer: 1985

References
  1. Dempo Sports Club
  2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohun_Bagan_A.C. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "Top Football Club Of India". www.sportskeeda.com. 11 September 2010.
  4. "HISTORY". Dempo Sports Club. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  5. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india97.html#nfl1 1996–97 season
  6. "Colaco leaves Dempo". www.telegraphindia.com.
  7. "I-League Points Table (2013-14) - Times of India". The Times of India.
  8. "Dempo SC pull out of 2017 I-League, becomes third Goan club to do so". Firstpost. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  9. "Official Squad Numbers For The 2020/21- SELVEL Goa Professional League". Dempo Sports Club.
  10. ""The Last Goal – Remembering Cristiano Junior" at Feverpitch, 5 December 2012". Archived from the original on 10 August 2014.
  11. "Anju Turambekar Signs as Technical Director".
  12. Technologies, Sancoale. "Trophies". Dempo Sports Club. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
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