TOULOUSE FC

'Toulouse Football Club' is a French football team playing in the city of Toulouse, Haute-Garonne. 'TFC' is also known as 'le Téfécé' (IPA [tefe'se]) or 'le Tef'.

Contents

History

Stadium

Colours

Players

Current squad

U-21 Squad

Players out on loan

'Transfers 2007-2008'

Historic players

Managerial history

Honours

References

See also

External links

History

The predecessor side to the club was founded in 1937 as Toulouse Football Club, but sold its players and its place in French Division 1 professional football to Red Star Paris 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 1970-71 season, playing in red and white. In 1977 the club 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 1986-87 season with a third place finish and another turn in the UEFA Cup competition, including a well-remembered win on penalty kicks over Maradona's mighty Napoli.

A decline followed that saw the club relegated to play in D2 by 1994. Throughout the 90s they yo-yoed between D1 and D2 with the club 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 Nantes, they were awarded a win after the Breton crowd invaded the pitch in despair at ''les Canaris' 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's 93rd-minute equalizer against Rennes, 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.

Stadium

Toulouse play their home matches at the Stadium Municipal in Toulouse. Built in 1937, the stadium presently has a capacity of 35,472.^[1] The stadium was used in the 1998 World Cup.

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 away 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

Current squad

''Numbers for the Ligue 1,
as of August 10, 2007.''^[2] Players in 'bold' have international caps.

U-21 Squad

Players out on loan

at CS Sedan
at Tours FC
at Rodez FC
at SC Bastia
at FC Brussels
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'Transfers 2007-2008'

'In:'
'Out:'

Historic players

For a complete list of Toulouse FC players, see

★ Fabien Barthez

★ Vincent Candela

★ William Prunier

★ Philippe Bergeroo

★ Jean-François Domergue

★ Yannick Stopyra

★ Michel Pavon

★ Dominique Rocheteau

★ Jean-Luc Sassus

★ Christian Lopez

★ Rob Rensenbrink

★ Alberto Márcico

★ Leonardo Rodríguez

★ Alberto Tarantini

Managerial history

★ José Farias 1970-1972 ★ Richard Boucher 1972 ★ Pierre Dorsini 1972-1973 ★ Richard Boucher 1973-1974 ★ Paul Orsatti 1974-September 1974 ★ Richard Boucher September 1974-July 1975 ★ Jacques Sucré July 1975-September 1975 ★ Emile Daniel September 1975-1976 ★ Richard Boucher 1976-1977 ★ Angel Marcos 1977-1978 ★ Just Fontaine 1978-1979 ★ Pierre Cahuzac 1979-1983 ★ Daniel Jeandupeux 1983-1985

★ Jacques Santini 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 Since 2006-

^[3]

Honours

★ 'Ligue 2'

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★ 'Winners (2):' 1953, 1982, 2003

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★ 'Runners-up (1):' 1997

★ 'Coupe de France'

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★ 'Winners (1) :' 1957

References

1. Générateur d’émotions depuis 1949 (in french)
2. According to Toulouse FC Squad 2006/2007 (in french)
3. Toulouse FC coaches on RSSSF

See also

★ Toulouse FC (1937)

External links

★ Official website

★ AllezTFC.Com

★ Toulouse formations at football-lineups.com