The early years: 1987–1989 The club was formed on 6 August 1987, under the name
Shivajians Sports Club, by the Late. Ashok Vanjari, Manoj Walvekar, Emanuel Jeevan, Moreshwar (Appa) Dhumal, Viju Deshmukh and Frank Norman. A community club, it served as a platform for competition, entertainment and engagement for locals from the Shivajinagar area in
Pune. The club was affiliated with
Pune District Football Association. In 1987 itself, the club organized the first ever All India Floodlight Football Tournament, which was held in Pune in the memory of Shri B. B. Walvekar. Teams such as
Central Railway zone – Bombay, Madras Tukes, Bank Of India – Bombay,
Sesa Goa,
State Bank of India – Hyderabad, Salsete Goa, Kampti Colonies – Nagpur, Bangalore Eleven, Kerala Police and Cochin Customs which were forces to be reckoned with in the country at the time, all participated in the tournament. The DSK Group has invested heavily in developing infrastructure for the Club at the DSK Dream City Football Fields in
Pune, where they created a state-of-the-art fully residential training facility which also houses the DSK Shivajians FC Academy, which is run in association with
Liverpool FC. In 2013, the Club played the
I-League 2nd Division under Coach
Pradhyum Reddy, but missed out on the
Final Round by a point. They have also participated in the
2016 Durand Cup and reached the semifinals after finishing on top of the Group A with 10 points. Their campaign came to an end after losing to
NEROCA FC by 3–0 in the first semifinals. In 2015, the club got corporate entry into the
I-League. Under the coaching of
Derrick Pereira, they played in the
2015–16 I-League Season. In November 2016, Bosnian international
Saša Kolunija was roped in as the first foreign signing. They finished 9th on the league table with 15 points. In the
2016–17 I-League, DSK Shivajians participated for the last time before they pulled out their team and ended on 18 points, finishing on seventh position. ==Dysfunction==