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| Full name | Toulouse Football Club | ||
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| Nicknames | Le Téfécé Les Violets Le Tef Les Pitchouns[1] | ||
| Short name | TFC | ||
| Founded | 1970; 55 years ago (1970) | ||
| Ground | Stadium de Toulouse | ||
| Capacity | 33,150 | ||
| Coordinates | 43°34′59″N1°26′3″E / 43.58306°N 1.43417°E /43.58306; 1.43417 | ||
| Owner | RedBird Capital Partners (85%) | ||
| Manager | Carles Martínez Novell | ||
| League | Ligue 1 | ||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1, 10th of 18 | ||
| Website | toulousefc.com | ||
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Toulouse Football Club (Occitan:Tolosa Fotbòl Club) is a French professionalfootball club based inToulouse. The club was founded in 1970 and currently plays inLigue 1, the first division ofFrench football. Toulouse plays its home matches at theStadium de Toulouse located within the city.
Les Violets won theCoupe de France in2023, and have won the second tierLigue 2 on three occasions.[2] Toulouse have participated inEuropean competition six times, including in 2007 when they qualified for theUEFA Champions League for the first time.[3]
The current president of Toulouse FC is Olivier Cloarec, who was appointed following previous presidentDamien Comolli's departure in July 2025.[4][5] Comolli succeeded the French businessmanOlivier Sadran, who took over the club following its bankruptcy in 2001 which resulted in it being relegated to theChampionnat National. The club has served as a springboard for several players, most notably the World Cup-winning goalkeeperFabien Barthez, international strikersAndré-Pierre Gignac,Martin Braithwaite andWissam Ben Yedder.
The city was left without a big side in 1967 whenToulouse FC sold its players and place in the French top flight to Paris outfitRed Star, but three years later a new club, Union Sportive Toulouse, rose from the ashes. Adopting red and yellow jerseys, the club started out in Ligue 2 and in 1979 reclaimed the name Toulouse FC. Now wearing purple and white,Les Pitchouns gained top-flight promotion in 1982. A side containingJacques Santini and Swiss forwardDaniel Jeandupeux earned a penalty shoot-out victory againstDiego Maradona'sNapoli in the1986–87 UEFA Cup, Toulouse's maiden European campaign.
After goalkeeperFabien Barthez made his breakthrough and moved on, Toulouse were relegated in 1994. They subsequently bounced back and forth between Ligues 1 and 2 before slipping to the third flight in 2001 after financial problems. Toulouse were back in the top flight two seasons later, and in 2007 they finished third to earn a place in the2007–08 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. There,Liverpool overpowered them 5–0 on aggregate.[3]
In 2008–09, Toulouse finished fourth in the Ligue 1 table with 64 points, and secured a spot in the new Europa League, whileAndré-Pierre Gignac led all scorers in Ligue 1 with 24 goals and was awarded a call-up to the France national team.[6]
In the 2015–16Ligue 1 season, Toulouse avoided relegation toLigue 2 in the last game of the season. With 12 minutes to go, Toulouse were behind to Angers 2–1 and needed a win to survive, and scored two late goals and won the match 3–2.[7] Two years later, they finished 18th and won the promotion/relegation playoff 4–0 on aggregate against Ligue 2'sAC Ajaccio.[8]
On 6 January 2020, Toulouse dismissed managerAntoine Kombouaré following the club's 1–0 loss toChampionnat National 2 sideSaint-Pryvé Saint-Hilaire in theCoupe de France. Under Kombouaré the club had lost ten matches in a row, leading him to be dismissed and replaced byDenis Zanko.[9] On 30 April that year, Toulouse were relegated to Ligue 2 after the LFP elected to end the season early due to thecoronavirus pandemic.[10]
On 21 July 2020,RedBird Capital Partners acquired an 85% stake in Toulouse FC.[11] The club achieved promotion back to Ligue 1 by winning the second tier,Ligue 2, in 2022.[12] On 29 April 2023, Toulouse won its first-everCoupe de France title, defeating Kombouaré'sNantes in thefinal by a score of 5–1.[13] It was the city's second title as the former Toulouse FC had won it back in1957.[14][15]
Toulouse play their home matches at the Stadium de Toulouse. Built in 1937, the stadium presently has a capacity of 33,150. The stadium was used as a venue for the1998 FIFA World Cup,2007 Rugby Union World Cup andUEFA Euro 2016.
The violet is a reference to one of two Toulouse nicknames:la Cité des violettes (the City of Violets), the second one beingla Ville rose (the Pink City), which explains the colour of former alternate jerseys.[3] The team's logo displays the gold and blood-redOccitan cross, the symbol ofOccitania, of which Toulouse is a historical capital.[6]
The Derby de la Garonne is a derby match betweenGirondins de Bordeaux and Toulouse. The derby derives from the fact thatBordeaux and Toulouse are the two major cities in south-western France, both of which are situated on theGaronne River. The consistency and competitiveness of the rivalry developed following Toulouse's return toLigue 1 after being administratively relegated to theChampionnat National in 2001.[16]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate | |
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| 1986–87 | UEFA Cup | First round |  Napoli | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | 0–1 | 1–1(4–3p) |  |
| Second round |  Spartak Moscow | 3–1 | 1–5 | 4–6 |  | ||
| 1987–88 | UEFA Cup | First round |  Panionios | 5–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | |
| Second round |  Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | ||
| 2007–08 | UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round |  Liverpool | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–5 | |
| 2007–08 | UEFA Cup | Play-off round |  CSKA Sofia | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 (a) | |
| Group E | Bayer Leverkusen | — | 0–1 | 5th place | | ||
 Spartak Moscow | 2–1 | — | |||||
 Zürich | — | 0–2 | |||||
 Sparta Prague | 2–3 | — | |||||
| 2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | Play-off round |  Trabzonspor | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | |
| Group J |  Shakhtar Donetsk | 0–2 | 0–4 | 3rd place | | ||
 Club Brugge | 2–2 | 0–1 | |||||
 Partizan | 1–0 | 3–2 | |||||
| 2023–24 | UEFA Europa League | Group E | Union Saint-Gilloise | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2nd place | |
 LASK | 1–0 | 2–1 | |||||
| Liverpool | 3–2 | 1–5 | |||||
| Knockout round play-offs |  Benfica | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
| President | Damien Comolli |
| Association President | José Da Silva |
| Manager | Carles Martínez Novell |
| Assistant Manager | Jordan Galtier Stéphane Lièvre |
| First-Team Coach | Pol García |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Éric Allibert |
| Conditioning Coach | Denis Valour |
| Conditioning Coach | Guillaume Ravé |
| Conditioning Coach | Clément Hazard |
| Youth Coach | Jean-Baptiste Winckler |
| Chief Analyst | Julien Demeaux |
| Club Doctor | Patrick Flamant |
| Physiotherapist | Sébastien Cirilo |
| Physiotherapist | Boris Cohen |
| Masseur | Florent Parquin |
| Kit Manager | Jacqui Teulieres |
| Academy Director | Rémy Loret |
Source: LFP.fr
José Farías (1970–72)
Richard Boucher (1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77)Ángel Marcos (1977–78)Just Fontaine (1978–79)Pierre Cahuzac (1979–83)Daniel Jeandupeux (1 July 1983 – 30 June 1985)Jacques Santini (1 July 1985 – 30 June 1989)Pierre Mosca (1 July 1989 – 30 June 1991)Victor Zvunka (1 July 1991 – 1 September 1992) Serge Delmas (1 July 1992 – 14 January 1994)Jean-Luc Ruty (14 January 1994 – 30 June 1994)Rolland Courbis (1 July 1994 – 1 November 1995)Alain Giresse (1 November 1995 – 30 June 1998)Guy Lacombe (1 July 1998 – 25 January 1999)Alain Giresse (26 January 1999 – 9 October 2000)Robert Nouzaret (1 October 2000 – 30 June 2001)Erick Mombaerts (1 July 2001 – 30 June 2006)Elie Baup (1 July 2006 – 30 May 2008)Alain Casanova (30 May 2008 – 16 March 2015)Dominique Arribagé (16 March 2015 – 2 March 2016)Pascal Dupraz (2 March 2016 – 22 January 2018)Mickaël Debève (23 January 2018 – 14 June 2018)Alain Casanova (22 June 2018 – 10 October 2019)
Antoine Kombouaré (14 October 2019 – 6 January 2020)Denis Zanko (5 January 2020 – 22 June 2020)Patrice Garande (22 June 2020 – 2 June 2021)Philippe Montanier (23 June 2021 – 14 June 2023)
Carles Martínez Novell (15 June 2023 – present)
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