Toulouse FC
Toulouse FC is a football (soccer) club from France.
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Toulouse Football Club is a France football (soccer) List of football clubs in France playing in the city of Toulouse, Haute-Garonne. TFC is also known as le Téfécé (pronounced ) or le Tef .
History
The predecessor side to Toulouse FC was founded in 1937 as Toulouse Football Club, but sold its players and its place in French Division 1 professional football to Red Star Saint-Ouen in 1967. (Main article: Toulouse FC (1937))
The association was re-founded as Union Sportive Toulouse on May 25, 1970 and took on the juniors of Gascogne and ACE Mermoz-Bonnefoy in order to establish a solid player base. They began competition in Division 2 in the 1970-1971 season, playing in red and white. In 1977 Toulouse FC re-claimed the historical name of its predecessor and adopted new colours of purple and white. The team quickly improved and earned promotion to Division 1 in 1982, followed by qualification for participation in the UEFA Cup in 1984. Their best result to date came in the 1986-1987 season with a third place finish and another turn in the UEFA Cup competition, including a well-remembered win on penalty kicks over Diego Maradona's mighty S.S.C. Napoli.
A decline followed that saw Toulouse FC relegated to play in D2 by 1994. Throughout the 90s they yo-yoed between D1 and D2 with Toulouse FC in frequent financial difficulty. Their financial problems led to their being sent down in 2001 by the French federation and nearly losing their professional status. Exceeding all hopes Toulouse FC quickly returned to Ligue 1 play in the course of just two seasons. After some disappointing results in their first seasons back in Ligue 1, they managed to scrape a place in the preliminary round of the UEFA Champions League, finishing with a 3rd place.
Toulouse's route to the Champions League seemed to be fraught with obstacles, and at one point they were mathematically out of contention. However, in the stalemate with FC Nantes Atlantique, they were awarded a win after the Breton people crowd invaded the pitch in despair at
FC Nantes Atlantique poor display, which resulted in their renewed belief in the possibility of European football. In a good final day Téfécé beat Girondins de Bordeaux 3-1 (a hat-trick from Johan Elmander), which, when coupled with the losses of the other contenders and Lille OSC's 93rd-minute equalizer against Stade Rennais FC, saw Toulouse scrape through.
For the second match of the 2007-2008 season, Toulouse beat the Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 at the Stadium Municipal with a goal from Johan Elmander.
After the victory against Olympique Lyonnais Toulouse struggled all season to avoid relegation. Their Ligue 1 was finally secured on the last day of the season with a 2-1 home win against Valenciennes FC.
The 2008-2009 season marked unexpected success for Toulouse. Toulouse FC finished fourth in the Ligue 1 table with 64 points, and secured a spot in the new Europa League. After a difficult season the previous year in which Toulouse FC struggled to avoid relegation, not much was expected of Toulouse. The 2008-2009 season also marked the emergence of striker André-Pierre Gignac, who led all scorers in Ligue 1 with 24 goals & was awarded a call-up to the French national team.
Stadium
Toulouse play their home matches at the Stadium Municipal in Toulouse. Built in 1937, the stadium presently has a capacity of 35,472. The stadium was used in the FIFA World Cup 1998.
Colours
The violet is a reference to one of two Toulouse nicknames: la Cité des violettes (the City of Violets), the second one being la Ville rose (the Pink City), which explains the colour of the third jersey. The team's logo displays the gold and blood-red Occitan cross, the symbol of Occitania, which Toulouse is a historical capital of.
Players
As of June 26, 2009.
U-21 squad
Historic players
For a complete list of Toulouse FC players, see :Category:Toulouse FC players
Managerial history
1970-1972
- Richard Boucher (footballer) 1972
- Pierre Dorsini 1972-1973
- Richard Boucher (footballer) 1973-1974
- Paul Orsatti 1974-September 1974
- Richard Boucher (footballer) September 1974-July 1975
- Jacques Sucré July 1975-September 1975
- Emile Daniel September 1975-1976
- Richard Boucher (footballer) 1976-1977
- Angel Marcos 1977-1978
- Just Fontaine 1978-1979
- Pierre Cahuzac 1979-1983
- Daniel Jeandupeux 1983-1985
1985-1989
- Pierre Mosca 1989-1991
- Victor Zvunka 1991-September 1992
- Serge Delmas September 1992-1993
- Jean-Luc Ruty 1993-1994
- Rolland Courbis 1994-1995
- Alain Giresse 1995-1998
- Guy Lacombe 1998-1999
- Alain Giresse 1999-2000
- Robert Nouzaret 2000-2001
- Erick Mombaerts 2001-2006
- Elie Baup 2006-2008
- Alain Casanova 2008-
- - Winners (3): 1953, 1982, 2003
- French Cup
- - Winners (1) : 1957
Related pages
AJ Auxerre, Bordeaux, Caen, FC Nantes, FC Sochaux, Grenoble, Le Havre, Le Mans, Lille OSC, Lorient, Lyon, Marseille, Monaco, Nancy, Nice, Paris Saint-Germain, Rennes, Saint-Etienne, Toulouse FC, Valenciennes