Amateur Era
In 1957, CD Olimpia represented the Department of Francisco Morazán and was the first national football championship team endorsed by the Sports Federation School of Honduras, after beating the teams: Vida (Departmental champion Atlantis), Hibueras (Departmental Champion Cortes) and CD Honduras (Yoro Departmental Champion). The following year the team repeated, beating teams: Independiente de San Pedro Sula, Tela Railroad, CD Honduras and El Progreso (Fortuna Columbus Department representative).
In 1959, Olimpia won the tri-national championship. In the subsequent two years, Olimpia continued its dominance both at departmental and national levels. Players like "Fury" Solis, Rolin Castillo, Ricardo "Chendo" Rodriguez and others became fixtures.
For the 1963-64 School Sports Federation tournament changed and became a Regional tournament in which teams would be eliminated by zone. On December 14, 1963, Olimpia defeated Chorotega of Choluteca 10-0 and Amapala Liberia 3-2.
The national championships sponsored by the Sports Federation-School ended with the 1964 season - 65. Under the guidance of Brazilian Marinho Rodriguez, CD Olimpia played the final with the newly founded CD Platense of Puerto Cortes. The first match of this final series ended with a 1-0 victory. Then in the second game, both teams tied at zero goals apiece. But at the final meeting, Olimpia took their seventh and final title in this kind of competition to beat 'Escualo' 2-0.
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