It is the westernmost football club on the African mainland along with Almadies of Ngor, Cape Verde's Tarrafal FC de Monte Trigo (from 1956 to 2004, Sporting Clube do Porto Novo, from 2009 to 2014, Santo André were the one) is the westernmost football (soccer) club in the whole of Africa since 2014, though it is a lesser and least prominent club.

The club was founded in 1955 in Dakar in the final years of French colonial rule, later it would be based in Ngor.

Ngor participated again in Ligue 1 in many years in 2013 and finished second with 50 points behind Diambars, the club also scored 30 goals, tied with Dakar UC, behind ASC Linguère.

The club suffered two losses to Ghana's Hearts of Oak and was out of the competition.

6 goals Olympique de Ngor were scored at the CAF Confederation Cup.