Shivajians Sports club is a legacy of the Club’s Founder President- Late Shri. Ashok Vanjari, a diehard football fan who started a football team comprising of players from the Shivajinagar area of Pune in the late 1970’s.
The team named as “Shivaji Centre Sports Club” won trophies regularly and attracted the most talented footballers from all over Pune city.
In the early 1980’s The All India Shivaji Memorial society graciously offered the Football ground of S.S.P.M.S -Shri Shivaji Preparatory Military School- located next to RTO office near Sangam bridge – for the Club team to practice.
As a token of appreciation Shivaji Centre took up the task of training and coaching the school’s football teams.
Since all the school students addressed each other as “Shivajians”, the name rubbed off on the Club’s players and management and was soon incorporated in the team’s new identity. Shivaji Centre was now renamed as “Shivajians Sports Club” in 1987.
Over the years Shivajians Sports Club has won over 100 major tournaments all over the country and has dominated the history books of Pune football due to which it is regarded as the most successful football team in Pune till date.
Shivajians also promoted football by organizing Grand National, State and City level football tournaments like never before. Notable amongst them was the 1st ever “B.B. Walvekar All India Floodlight Football Tournament” in Jan 1987 at The Nehru Stadium, Pune. It was the 1st Floodlit football tournament ever conducted in Maharashtra else than Bombay
The Shivajians name soon spread its wings to the city of Ahmednagar in the 1989 when Mr.Manoj Walvekar – one of the founder members of the club who has business operations in Ahmednagar established “Shivajians Sports Club, Ahmednagar”, and a new era dawned upon the sport of football in the interiors of Maharashtra.
Today Shivajians Sports Club A’nagar with Mr Manoj Walvekar leading as President – is Nagar’s top Football club for the past 25 years- and has won several titles such as Runner up in the Cantonment trophy and 3rd at the PCMC Mayor’s All India Level Football Trophy.
The team has nurtured and groomed some of the finest footballers to have originated from the soil of Ahmednagar. Notable amongst them are Xavier Swamy- who played junior/Senior Nationals and for Pune University and is today the chief mentor of Shivajians Ahmednagar. He hones the new talent from the region and is a role model for many budding footballers in Ahmednagar.
In 2009 Shivajians Sports Club Pune was merged into the multifaceted business house-the DSK group and the team was renamed as – DSK Shivajians Football Club.
The Club’s dynamic young President, Mr.Shirish kulkarni- a passionate football player who has played for Shivajians, is now spearheading the Shivajians movement into the future.
DSK Shivajians FC has played in the Nation’s top football league-The HERO I LEAGUE. Some of the nation’s finest footballers and several overseas professionals from Africa and Europe have played for the club team.
The DSK group has tied up with Liverpool Football club of England and created – The Liverpool-DSK Shivajians International Football Academy in Pune.
DSK Shivajians campus at Loni near Pune has the complete infrastructure and facilities that a world class professional Club & academy should have.
Today the association of Shivajians Ahmednagar with DSK Shivajians FC serves as bridge between the talented footballers of Ahmednagar and the world of global football, and offers them a platform to choose football as a passion so as to remain healthy and fit… or choose football as a career and live their dream.