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| Full name | Toulouse Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Le Téfécé Les Violets Le Tef Les Pitchouns[1] | ||
| Short name | TFC | ||
| Founded | 1970 | ||
| Ground | Stadium de Toulouse | ||
| Capacity | 33,150 | ||
| Coordinates | 43°34′59″N 1°26′3″E / 43.58306°N 1.43417°E | ||
| Owner | RedBird Capital Partners (85%) | ||
| President | Damien Comolli | ||
| Manager | Carles Martínez Novell | ||
| League | Ligue 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1, 11th of 18 | ||
| Website | toulousefc.com | ||
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Toulouse Football Club (Occitan: Tolosa Fotbòl Club) is a French professional football club based in Toulouse. The club was founded in 1970 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division of French football. Toulouse plays its home matches at the Stadium de Toulouse located within the city.
Les Violets won the Coupe de France in 2023, and have won the second tier Ligue 2 on three occasions.[2] Toulouse have participated in European competition six times, including in 2007 when they qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time.[3]
The president of Toulouse FC is Damien Comolli, who succeeded the French businessman Olivier Sadran who took over the club following its bankruptcy in 2001 which resulted in it being relegated to the Championnat National. The club has served as a springboard for several players, most notably the World Cup-winning goalkeeper Fabien Barthez, international strikers André-Pierre Gignac, Martin Braithwaite and Wissam Ben Yedder.
- ^ "#434 – Toulouse FC : les Pitchouns" (in French). Footnickname. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "Toulouse football club". LFP. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ^ "Toulouse FC". UEFA. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2013.