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==History==
Olimpia was founded as a baseball club on June 12, 1912,<ref>{{cite news|title=Con ansias de título |url=http://www.laprensa.hn/especiales/2007/torneo_apertura_2006_2007/con_ansias_de_titulo |publisher=Diario La Prensa |date=2007-08-10 |access-date=2007-08-11 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928075826/http://www.laprensa.hn/especiales/2007/torneo_apertura_2006_2007/con_ansias_de_titulo |archive-date=2007-09-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref> by Héctor Pineda Ugarte, Carlos Bram, Arturo Bram, Enrique BuikBuk, Santiago BuikBuk, Miguel Sanchez, Samuel Inestrosa Gómez, and Ramón Field.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historia del Club Olimpia |url=http://clubolimpia.com/historia/ |website=ClubOlimpia.com |language=es}}</ref> In 1917, it also became a [[Football (soccer)|football]] team.
 
C.D. 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. It has also represented the Honduran football association in international club competitions more than any other team by far. They are the only Honduran club that has won the [[CONCACAF Champions Cup]] twice, first in [[1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1972]] and again in [[1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1988]]. Olimpia is also the first team to win the Domestic Cup, known as "Copa Presidente," in 2015.