Dempo SC

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Dempo

Full name

Dempo Sports Club

Nickname(s)

The Whites

Founded

1968

Ground

Nehru Stadium
(Capacity 35,000)

Chairman

Srinivas Dempo

Manager

Armando Colaco

League

I-League

2007-08

1st





Home colours





Away colours

Dempo Sports Club is a sports club based in Panjim, Goa. Its football side is one of India's most prominent football teams. The club is owned and sponsored by the Dempo group of companies. 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 I-League triumph in the recently concluded inaugral-I-league 2007-08. The head coach of the club is Armando Colaco.

Players of prominence on the team include Indian nationals Climax Lawrence,Clifford Miranda and Mahesh Gawli and Ranty Martins Soleye of Nigeria

[edit] Achievements

Indian League: 3

2005, 2007, 2008

India Super Cup: 1

2008

Durand Cup: 1

2006

Federation Cup (India): 1

2004

[edit] Performance in AFC competitions

AFC Cup: 3 appearances

2005: Group Stage

2006: Group Stage

[edit] Current Roster

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Abijit Mondal
3	DF	John Charles Dias
4	DF	Cressan Antao
5	DF	Marcus Peixoto
6	DF	Peter Carvalho
7	MF	Nacimento Silveira
8	MF	Climax Lawrence
9	FW	Ranty Martins Soleye
11	FW	Roberto Mendes Silva
12	MF	Jerry Zirsanga
14	MF	Anthony Pereira
15	MF	Clifford Miranda
16	DF	Sameer Naik
17	FW	Joaquim Abranches

No.	Position	Player
18	DF	Valeriano Rebello
19	MF	Johnny D'Cruz
20	MF	Riston Rodrigues
21	GK	V.P. Satish Kumar
22	MF	Nicolau Borges
23	DF	Dominic Noronha
24	DF	Melwyn Rodrigues
25	DF	Pio Rodrigues
26	MF	Lester Mark Fernandez
27	DF	Avedesh Pal
28	DF	Mahesh Gawli
29	FW	Clifton Gonsalves
30	FW	Chidi Edeh
31	GK	Tyson Caiado
32	DF	Sarvanand Korgaonkar