Toulouse FC

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Toulouse FC

Full name

Toulouse Football Club

Nickname(s)

TFC

Founded

1937

Ground

Stadium Municipal
Toulouse, Haute-Garonne
France

Capacity

35,472

Chairman

Olivier Sadran

Manager

Elie Baup

League

Ligue 1

2005-2006

Ligue 1, 16th





Home colours





Away colours

Toulouse Football Club is a French football team playing in the city of Toulouse, Haute-Garonne.

1 History
2 Stadium
3 Players
- 3.1 Current squad
- 3.2 Historic players
4 Managerial history
5 Honours
6 References
7 External links

[edit] 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. 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.

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 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

Numbers for the Ligue 1, as of February 11, 2007^[2]

[edit] First Team Squad

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Mohamed Fofana
3	DF	Daniel Congré
4	DF	Dominique Arribagé
5	MF	Jérémy Mathieu
6	MF	Fabinho
7	DF	Fodé Mansaré
8	MF	Laurent Batlles
9	FW	Johan Elmander
10	FW	Bryan Bergougnoux
12	DF	Lucien Aubey
13	DF	Albin Ebondo
14	MF	Pantxi Sirieix
15	DF	Paulo César

No.	Position	Player
16	GK	Nicolas Douchez
17	MF	Alexandre Bonnet
18	MF	Anthony Robic
20	MF	Achille Emana
21	DF	Alsény Camara
22	FW	Xavier Pentecôte
23	MF	Kevin Constant
24	DF	Issoumaila Dao
25	MF	Nicolas Dieuze
26	FW	Pavel Fořt
30	GK	Benoît Benvegnu
48	DF	Walid Cherfa