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BrestToulouse 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. Toulouse have participated in European competition six times, including in 2007 when they qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time.
The current president of Toulouse FC is Olivier Cloarec, who was appointed following previous president Damien Comolli's departure in July 2025. Comolli 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.
Origin (1937-1982)
Toulouse FC was preceded by the identically named Toulouse FC, founded in 1937. This previous iteration of the club dissolved in 1967, selling its players and place in the French top flight to Paris outfit Red Star. Three years later, in 1970, 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 its current name, Toulouse FC.