[4][5][6] The club was owned by the DSK Group, and competed in the I-League,[7][8] then top tier of Indian football league system.

[11] The club was founded as in 1987 in Shivajinagar, Pune, by Ashok Vanjari, Manoj Walvekar, Emanuel Jeevan, Moreshwar Dhumal, Viju Deshmukh and Frank Norman as a platform for entertainment and community engagement for the residents of the locality.

Ashok Vanjari, Manoj Walvekar, Emanuel Jeevan, Moreshwar (Appa) Dhumal, Viju Deshmukh and Frank Norman.

[17] A community club, it served as a platform for competition, entertainment and engagement for locals from the Shivajinagar area in Pune.

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.

Staying true to their goal of engaging the community, the Club organised many training programmes and provided scholarships to players from the economically weaker sections of society.

[3] On 30 April 2010, Shirish Kulkarni, executive director of the DSK Group and former Shivajians SC player,[20] was appointed as the president of the club.

[40][41][42][43][44] In the 2016–17 I-League, DSK Shivajians participated for the last time before they pulled out their team and ended on 18 points,[45] finishing on seventh position.

Then the DSK financial tsunami hit the club and Shivajians could no longer afford to be in the domestic top tier.

[50] The club used Balewadi Sports Complex Stadium as their home ground for the matches of I-League,[51][52] and Pune Football League.