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Dempo Sports Club, or simply known as Dempo, is an Indian professional football club based in Panjim, Goa that competes in the Goa Professional League.[1][2] 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,[3] and gained immense popularity in the last four decades of its existence.[4][5] Dempo SC became the first Indian football club, that reached the Semi-final of the AFC Cup tournament in 2008.[6]

The team has won several accolades and honors. In the 2004–05 season, the club won its maiden National Football League title.[7] 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,[8] and then in 2009–2010 and again in 2011–12,[9] 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.[10] as the only teams to have the honour on 5 occasions.[11][12]

The club has also won 14 Goa League Champions Cups, 4 Rovers Cups, 2 Indian Super Cups, Federation Cup in 2004,[13] and Durand Cup in 2006.[14][15] Dempo was the first Goan club to win Rovers cup. It also won the inaugural edition of AWES Cup in 2017 and won multiple times in Goa Police Cup.[16]

History

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Dempo Sports Club began as Bicholim Football Club,[17] 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.[18]

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.[4]

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.[19] 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.[19] The club defended their title one year later in 1979. Their first double.

Dempo then entered their "Golden-Age" during the 1980s.[19] 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.[19]

File:Priyaranjan Dasmunsi with the players of the Dempo S C and Salgaonkar during the inauguration of the ONGC I-League Tournament, the first professional football tournament in India at the Nehru Stadium at Margao, Goa.jpg
Players of Dempo SC (in blue) during their debut match at the 2007–08 I-League, against Salgaocar FC.
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Dempo SC players (in blue) in action against JCT Mills, during the 2008–09 I-League at Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana.

The club then won their first international tournament named POMIS Cup in Malé, defeating 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.[20] 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.[19] Dempo also won the last NFL Season.[21] Dempo then won the maiden I-League season in 2007–08.[22][23] As a result of this title win, Dempo played in AFC competition in 2008 during the 2008 AFC Cup, Dempo ended as semi-finalist.[24] They again won the league in 2009–10 and 2011–12.

In 2011, Dempo signed Trinidadian and Tobago international Densill Theobald as marquee player, who represented his nation at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[25] 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.[26] They appointed Arthur Papas, who had previously been the head coach of the Indian U23 Men's National Team.[27] Dempo finished their 2013–14 campaign with a 4th-place finish.[28][29]

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Joy Ferrao of Dempo SC in action against Mumbai FC during the 2014–15 I-League.

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. The club was hit by numerous injuries, which had ruined their season.[30]

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.[31][32]

After their withdrawal from I-League, Dempo participated later editions of the I-League 2nd Division, the second tier of Indian football league system.[33][34]

Crest

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.[35]

Colours

The official colours of Dempo Sports Club are blue and white.[36][37] 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.

Ahead of the club's 2020–21 football season, the Golden Eagles introduced the new home and away jerseys to show solidarity towards the health workers in Goa. The team announced that they will proudly bear the words “Thank You Goa’s Covid Warriors” on their Home and Away jerseys.[38]

Rivalries

Dempo has a major rivalry with their fellow Goan side Churchill Brothers, popularly known as the Goan Derby.[39][40][41]

They have also rivalries with other two Goan sides Sporting Clube de Goa,[42] and Salgaocar,[43] whom they faced in I-League and face in Goa Professional League.

Stadiums

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Home grounds

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Fatorda Stadium, home of Dempo.

Dempo SC has used Fatorda Stadium in Margao, Goa for its home matches in the domestic and regional leagues, which has a capacity of nearly 19,000 spectators.[44]

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Exterior of the stadium

Fatorda Stadium opened in 1989 and Dempo SC has been using it since for all its I-League matches.[45] 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.

Goa Football Association owned Duler Stadium in Mapusa, became the home ground of Dempo during the 2012–13 I-League alongside Tilak Maidan Stadium (from the end of January).[46] In Goa, Duler became the second stadium to get AstroTurf since 2006.[47][48] The stadium getting the grant for the Astroturf from FIFA meant that the stadium was part of FIFA's Win in India with India program.

Training grounds

Sircaim was used as a destination for training of Dempo, the other being at Sanquelim. The Sesa Football Academy Ground is located at Sircaim and they used it for pre-season training from 2014 to 2015.[49]

Ownership and finances

At the moment Dempo Sports Club's main sponsor and owner is Dempo Mining Corporation Limited.[50] 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[51]
2014–2015 Adidas
2015—2016 7070 Sports
2016—present Shiv Naresh[52]

Players

First-team squad

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Retired numbers

Current technical staff

As of 8 November 2016
Position Name
Technical director Template:Flagicon Anju Turambekar[55]
Head coach Template:Flagicon Samir Naik
Assistant coach Template:Flagicon Anthony Pereira
Goalkeeping coach Template:Flagicon Camilo Gonsalves
Team manager Template:Flagicon Shailesh Karkera
Physio Template:Flagicon Eusebio Jason Fernandes

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Kit manager Template:Flagicon Rajesh Malgi

Managers

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Armando Colaco (center) with Zico (left) at the East Bengal club tent, who guided Dempo to win five national league titles.

The club hired their first professional manager in 2000, Armando Colaco; he remained with the club until the end of season 2012–13.[56][57] 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.

!Name Nationality From To P W D L GF GA Win% Honours
Armando Colaco Template:Flagu June 2000[58] 2013

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I-League (2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12), Indian Super Cup (2008, 2010), Federation Cup (2004), Durand Cup (2006)[59]
Arthur Papas Template:Flagu June 2013[60] March 2015

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Trevor Morgan Template:Flagu March 2015[61] November 2015

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Mauricio Afonso Template:Flagu November 2015[62] July 2017

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Samir Subash Naik Template:Flagu July 2017[63] Present

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Notable former players

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Costa Rican World Cupper Carlos Hernández has appeared with Dempo in 2015.
  • The players below had senior international cap(s) for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed, represented their countries before or after playing for Dempo SC.[64]Template:Cref2

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Affiliated club(s)

The following clubs were affiliated with Dempo SC:

Performance in AFC competitions

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2009: Play-off round
2011: Qualifying play-off
2005: Group Stage
2006: Group Stage[78]
2008: Semi-final[79]
2009: Round of 16
2011: Round of 16

Honours

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Widely considered 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[80]

International

Domestic

League

Cup

Other honours

  • Stafford Challenge Cup
    • Champions (2): 1975, 1979
  • Bandodkar Gold Trophy
    • Champions (9): 1976, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1995[101]
    • Runners-up (3): 1971, 1973, 1975
  • Sher-I-Kashmir Cup
    • Champions (1): 1985
  • Jalil Cup (Varanasi)
    • Champions (1): 1985
  • Plaza Soccer Trophy
    • Champions (1): 1975
  • Taca Goa
    • Champions (3): 1977, 1979, 1990
  • Four Square Trophy
    • Champions (1): 1982
  • Arlem Soccer
    • Champions (1): 1985
  • Goa Governor's Cup
    • Runners-up (3): 2002, 2005, 2007[102]

See also

Notes

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