Orion Football Club was a Scottish football team that played in the city of Aberdeen between 1885 and 1903.

History

The club's first known match was a 2–0 defeat to Bon Accord F.C., in which the Orion club was said to have been "very good for a new club". Orion won two Northern League championships, in 1897 and 1899. The club also won the Rhodesia Cup in 1898–99 (contested among the three senior Aberdeen clubs: Aberdeen, Orion and Victoria United). Orion was one of the three clubs that merged on 14 April 1903 to form the current Aberdeen F.C.; the other two being Aberdeen and Victoria United.

Playing colours

The club's colours were:

Grounds

The club's first match was at the Recreation Grounds in Aberdeen, moving to Cattofield by 1893.

Scottish Cup Record

1886–87

1887–88

1889–90

1890–91

1893–94

1894–95

1896–97

1897–98

1898–99

1899–1900

1900–01

1902–03

Honours