Renedy Singh's goals gave the three-time champions a 1-0 victory in the National Football League.
Dempo Sports Club exploited the shaky rival defence scoring a 3-1 win over Lebanon's Al Ansar in the opening group match of the AFC Cup at the Nehru Stadium in Margao on Tuesday.
Dempo SC produced an aesthetic brand of football to win the first I-League title.
Sunil Chettri scored a splendid brace as Dempo Sports Club registered a 3-1 victory over Mohun Bagan in a round 13 I-League match at the Nehru stadium in Fatorda, Goa, on Tuesday.
The former champions went into overdrive to rout the defending champs 3-1 in a delayed (due to the Mumbai terror attacks) 11th round I-League match at the Cooperage in Mumbai on Monday evening. Mahindra, who led 1-0 at half-time, got their goals through Mohammed Rafi (39th minute), sriker Chidi Edeh (78th) and midfielder Pierre Douhou (83rd minute).
Joaquim Abranches's late strike helped Dempo Sports Club score a solitary goal win over a spirited Air India in the I-League tie played at the Nehru Stadium in Margoa on Saturday.
The defending champions started their campaign in the second leg of the NFL with a resounding 3-0 win over JCT Mills
Dempo Sports Club beat Tollygunge Agragami 2-1 to take second spot in the National Football League.
Trailing 0-2 till the 74th minute the soldiers fought back for a 2-2 draw in the Durand Cup football quarter-final league.
After weeks of speculation, Dempo Sports Club formally signed Arthur Papas as its coach for the next three years.
A 2-1 victory took the Goa side two points adrift of leaders East Bengal in the National Football League.
Mahindra United beat Goan club Dempo SC 3-1 in the 12th round of the I-League.
Dempo Sports Club, Goa, thrashed Viva Kerala 4-1 to lift the inaugural ONGC I-League title.
Dempo Sports Club turned in a crisp display to trounce Mumbai FC 3-0 in a 15th round match of the ONGC I-League at the Nehru stadium in Margao, Goa, on Friday. The victory swelled Dempo's tally to 22 points from 15 matches while Mumbai FC remain in fourth place with 23 points.
With his team winning the I-League title for the fourth time, Dempo Sports Club coach Armando Colaco said what makes his team unique was the 'warmth and affection' shared by the players.
A second half strike by substitute Hassan Maatouk gave the Lebanese club a 1-0 victory over the Goa side in the AFC Cup match.
The two supposedly best teams in the country dished out the most drab goalless draw in the I-League football championship at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday.
Unbeaten Dempo and JCT share the top spot in the I-League football championship with ten points from four outings.
The draw helped Dempo occupy the top place in the National Football League with 28 points from 14 matches.
Dempo Sports Club have accused the All India Football Federation (AIFF) of neglecting their players during camps, forcing injured players to play and flouting standard medical procedures.
Shillong's Lajong FC defeated Dempo Sports Club of Goa 2-1 while VIVA Kerala and JCT played a goalless draw in the 31st Federation Cup football tournament in Guwahati on Thursday.
Dempo Sports Club have been pitted against Singapore League runners-up Home United in the AFC Cup quarterfinals.
The 11th edition of the NFL kicks-off in Delhi on January 5, when JCT, Phagwara, take on Mohammedan Sporting, Kolkata.
Brazilian striker Cristiano Junior collapsed during the finals of the Federation Cup Football Championship after being fouled by Mohun Bagan goalkeeper.
The defending champions won their opening match in the National Football League 2-1.
Air India scored a stunning 2-0 victory over Dempo Sports Club to hand the favourites and former champions their third successive defeat in a tenth round I-League clash at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, in Goa.
They beat Tollygunge Agragami 3-2 in their concluding match of the NFL.\n\n
The opening match will be followed by Kolkata giants East Bengal taking on Mumbai's Air India in the 27th Federation Cup.
Dempo beat HASC, Bangalore 1-0 to move into the quarterfinals of Fed Cup football tournament.
Defending champions Army XI and JCT, Phagwara, also drew goalless in another Durand Cup match.
Two late goals saw their NFL champions lose 1-3 at Oman in their away AFC Cup match.
The defending champions maintained their standings at the top of the league table with 31 points from 15 matches with second placed Dempo on 28.
Visitors Dempo Sports Club came from behind to defeat hosts Air India 3-1 and regain their position on top of the points table in the ninth round I-league match at the Cooperage ground in Mumbai on Saturday.
In another match of the Durand Cup football tournament, Nigerian Odafe Onyeka Okolie hammered in five goals as Churchill Brothers trounced Central Railway 6-1.
Top Afghanistan footballer Zohib Islam Amiri has joined Dempo Sports Club till the end of the 2013-14 season.
National Football League champions Dempo Sports Club of Goa beat Indian Air Force XI 5-0 to storm into the quarter-finals of Osian's Durand Cup football tournament.
Former champions Dempo Sports Club started their I-League campaign in impressive style with a thumping 3-1 victory over a new-look Mumbai FC at Cooperage football ground in Mumbai on Saturday.
Mohun Bagan managed to hold defending champions Dempo to a goalless draw in Mumbai on Friday
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) tweeted, "Real Kashmir FC have withdrawn from AIFF Super Cup 2025-26, as VISAS for their foreign players could not be secured. They will be replaced by Dempo SC."
A ten-man Air India battled grimly to hold fancied Dempo Sports Club to a goalless draw in a 16th round I-League match at the Cooperage in Mumbai on Friday. The visitors won the first leg encounter 3-1. The defending champions, who move up to 23 points now, displace Mumbai FC, who have the same tally, from the fourth spot due to superior goal difference.
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