Olimpia is the most successful football team in Honduras, having won 34 domestic league titles since it was founded in 1912, the latest being the 2021 Apertura tournament.
Olimpia topped the table in the regular season, then beat Platense and Victoria to reach the championship finals.
On July 17, Denilson Costa scored the only goal of a two-legged tie with Real Espana, bringing the title home to Olimpia once again.
Edwin Pavón was the manager, and the team was keyed by Danilo Tosello, Wilmer Velásquez and Alex Pineda Chacón.
In the return leg, Rony Morales scored to even the tie for Platense, but Danilo Tosello's extra time penalty brought home another championship for Los Leones.
Milton Palacios won the championship for Olimpia by rising above the crowd to head home the winning goal.
Los Leones won it again in Apertura 2005, overcoming a 2–1 loss at Marathón to win the championship in extra time.
In Tosello's first season as manager, he led them to a convincing 3–0 aggregate victory over Real Espana in the championship round.
Olimpia's quest for an unprecedented fifth straight crown ended in Apertura 2013, but they did beat Marathón 4–2 on penalties in Clausura 2014 to hoist a fifth title in six years.
In 1973, Olimpia won their first CONCACAF Champions' Cup by defeating SV Robinhood of Suriname in San Pedro Sula by a score of 1–0 after tying the first leg at zero in Tegucigalpa.
The club won their second CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1988 when they defeated Defence Force in the final match of the tournament.
Before that, Olimpia managed to defeat and eliminate Mexican champions Cruz Azul by a score of 2–1 in a historic match that took place in the Estadio Azteca.
To this day, Olimpia remains the only Central American club to have defeated a Mexican team in that stadium.
In the semi-finals, Olimpia defeated LD Alajuelense in the Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto after they tied the home game in Tegucigalpa.
The lineup for that match was: Donaldo González, Gerson Vásquez, Robert Lima, Samuel Caballero, Nerlin Membreño, Christian Santamaría, Arnold Cruz, Danilo Tosello, José Luis Pineda, Alex Pineda, Denilson Costa, Carlos Paez, and Elmer Marín.
The Honduran power, however, captured the inaugural SCL title Thursday, overcoming host Santos de Guapiles 4–1 on penalty kicks at Nacional stadium of Costa Rica, after their two-legged final ended 1–1 on aggregate.
[citation needed] Alajuelense, Deportivo Saprissa and Olimpia became the first sports clubs from Central America with 1 million followers on social media.
At that time Olimpia (representing the central zone of the country) won a final series of three matches against Marathón, champion of the northern league.
Like all the other reserves teams in Liga de Ascenso, Olimpia Reservas can't be promoted to the higher level even if they win the championship.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.