The Nigerian striker scored twice as Dempo moved to the top of the league.
Odafe Okolie's late goal gave the Goa team a 3-2 victory and took them to fourth place on the league table.
Behind closed doors and with a raft of health safety measures in place, Indian Super League (ISL) will kick off in Bambolin on Friday and become the country's first major tournament to be organised since the enforcement of a COVID-19 lockdown eight months ago.
In a battle of cellar teams, the former champions from Goa lost to Mohammedan Sporting 1-4.
Title aspirant Dempo pumped in three second half goals on their way to a thrilling 5-3 win over East Bengal in the National Football League.
Sporting Clube de Goa beat Salgaocar 1-0 to move to the second spot in the NFL.
Mohun Bagan held Durand Cup champions Churchill Brothers to 2-2 draw.
India held Lebanon to a 2-2 draw in the return match of the World Cup football qualifier in Goa but failed to advance to the next round. Lebanon, who won 4-1 at home, ended up with a 6-3 goal aggregate.
FC Goa clinched their first win of the ongoing Indian Super League season as they beat Kerala Blasters 3-1 at the Fatorda Stadium, in Margao, on Sunday.
A blitz of two goals by Nigerian Dudu Omagbhemi enabled Super Cup winners Sporting Club de Goa to beat Air-India in the National Football League championship.
Francis Andrade's double strike from penalties guided Salgaocar to a hard fought 3-1 victory over spirited Vasco in the quarter-finals of the 27th Federation Cup football tournament.
The Indian National Football League champions beat Bangladesh's Brothers Union to keep alive their chances of making it to the quarter-finals.
Dempo scored a convincing 6-1 win over Merw of Turkministan to record their maiden victory in the AFC Cup
A 6-1 victory enabled the Goa team round off their AFC Cup campaign on a winning note.
S Venkatesh's goal gave the Mumbai side a 1-0 win over Sporting Clube de Goa, their ninth win in 13 matches in the National Football League.
The Mumbai champions did well to snatch a point against the Syrian side in the in the AFC Cup football championship match.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the upcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup a "big opportunity for our younger generation" and said the event will increase the interest in football in the country.
Mahindra United made a spirited rally to edge past a fighting ten-man JCT Mills, 2-1 to move to the top of the table.
Six Goa teams will be in action in the 16-team, 12-day inter-club tournament, from October 19.
The Goa Football Association is ready for the inaugural NFL game between Vasco and Fransa F C on Thursday.
Vasco have 8 points from seven matches while Dempo who are unbeaten in the tournament so far are on top with 17 points.
Group leaders Al Hussein of Jordan need a draw to stay on top at the end of the first leg matches in AFC Cup.
Jerose Oliveira's 75th minute strike ensured Haywards Sporting Club full points against Tollygunge Agragami in the National Football League.
Myanmar coach Gerd Zaise praised Indian National Team skipper Sunil Chhetri highly
IFA Shield runners-up Churchill survived a second-half onslaught to pick a point from the NFL match.
An early goal by Rui Wanderley Weis gave Vasco a 1-0 victory in the all-Goa National Football League match.
His second-half strike gave the Goa side a 1-0 win over Tollygunge Agragami in the National Football League.
Striker Akeem Abolanle scored late in the match to enable the Kolkata side hold the Goans 1-1 in a National Football League match.
Iran beat defending champions DPR Korea via sudden death (6-5) after both the teams were locked 1-1 in the regulation time to set up a title clash with Iraq in the AFC U-16 Championship, in Margao on Thursday.
Newly formed Goa Forward party has opposed the release of a book on Mahatma Gandhi's killer Nathuram Godse scheduled for Saturday.
A fine brace by Brazilian striker Marcos Pereira gave the Goa side full points in the National Football League match.\n\n
Both sides created chances in the first half but it was SCEB who converted them and deservedly headed into the break with a two-goal cushion.
ATK cancelled two scored in the first half by Bengaluru FC while Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan defeated Churchill Brothers.
Jaydev Mody, chairman of Delta Corp, has bought the 65 per cent stake jointly held by Dattaraj Salgaocar and Shrinivas Dempo in the FC Goa football team, which is part of the Indian Super League.
NorthEast United inched closer to a playoffs berth with a 2-1 win over 10-man SC East Bengal in the ISL
Bengaluru FC lifted their maiden Federation Cup football tournament title when they edged past 10-man Dempo FC 2-1 in the summit clash.
