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The Orion F.C. football club was founded on June 26, 1926. Playing in First Division 36 tournaments, the club secured two Costa Rican national championships and six runners-up, ranking sixth in Costa Rican football history. In 1931 Orión was national runner-up after losing in the finals against Herediano. In 1938 Orión, led by national hero Ricardo Saprissa, won its first championship title in a final match against Sociedad Gimnástica, and its second against Herediano in 1944, ending the season undefeated. They received more runner-up finishes in 1940 (Cartaginés), 1945 (Alajuelense), 1949 (Alajuelense again), 1951 (Herediano) and the last consolation trophy in 1964 before the Saprissa.

Years in the darkness

Orion F.C. dropped to Costa Rica's Second Division in 1968. In 1998, following twenty years of fruitless efforts and a disappointing match against Siquirres La France (3–3) the team descended to the Third Division and its president Manolo Gómez Mora decided to lower the flag of the historic football and retire Orion F.C. as a football club. The club resurfaced in 2006–2007 through efforts initiated by its current president, Juan Luis Hernández. It was given the opportunity to compete in the Liga Ascenso (Second Division) after acquiring the franchise of Asociación Deportiva Puntarenense-Parrita (ASODEPU). Over their 80-year history the club has allied with Orion HS, Orion, Peripherals, Orion-Tibas, Orion-Carthaginian among others. The team began the 2009–2010…

Primera División de Costa Rica Champion (2): 1938, 1944