Toulouse

There was no major team until 1967, after Toulouse FC sold its players and its place within the French top flight to Paris outfit Red Star, but three years later, a New club, Union Sportive Toulouse, emerged from the ruin. In adopting yellow and red jerseys, the club began off in Ligue 2 and in 1979 it regained their title of Toulouse FC. The club is now wearing white and purple, Les Pitchouns gained top-flight promotion in 1982. A team that included Jacques Santini and Swiss forward Daniel Jeandupeux earned a penalty shoot-out win against Diego Maradona's Napoli in the 1986-87 UEFA Cup, Toulouse's maiden European campaign.

Following the time goalkeeper Fabien Barthez scored his breakthrough and was promoted, Toulouse were relegated in 1994. The club then went back and back and forth in Ligues 1 , 2 and 3, before falling into the third league in 2001 following financial difficulties. Toulouse was back in first flight just two years later, and in 2007, they came third in the league to secure an invitation to the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. Then, Liverpool overpowered them 5-0 in aggregate.

For 2008-09 Toulouse placed fourth place in the Ligue 1 table with 64 points. The team also earned an invitation to the Europa League, while Andre-Pierre Gignac was the top scorer on the field in Ligue 1 with 24 goals and was selected for the French national team.

The 2015-16 Ligue 1 campaign, Toulouse avoided relegation to Ligue 2 during the final fixture of the campaign. In the final 12 minutes, Toulouse were behind to Angers by 2-1. They needed to win in order to keep their place and scored two last-minute goals to win the game 3-1. The following year they were 18th in the league and were victorious in the promotion/relegation playoff with a 4-0 aggregate win against the second Ligue team AC Ajaccio.

In January 6, 2020 Toulouse fired manager Antoine Kombouare after the team's defeat by 1-0 in the final match of Championnat National 2 side Saint-Pryve Saint-Hilaire in the Coupe de France. In the time of Kombouare the club lost 10 consecutive games and he was removed and replaced by Denis Zanko. On the 30th of April in the following season, Toulouse was relegated Ligue 2 after the LFP decided to finish the season in the early hours due to the outbreak of coronavirus.

On the 21st of July, 2020 RedBird Capital Partners acquired an 85 percent share in Toulouse FC. The club was promoted back into Ligue 1 in 2022.

• Union Sportive Toulouse (1970–79)
• Toulouse Football Club (1979–current)

Toulouse are home to Toulouse. They play their games at Stadium de Toulouse. The stadium was built in 1937. stadium has a current capacity of 33150. It was the location in 1998 for FIFA World Cup, 2007 Rugby Union World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016.

The word violet refers to one of the two Toulouse nicknames the Cite des Violettes (the City of Violets) and the other being la Ville rose (the Pink City) that explains the color of the former alternate jerseys. The team's logo features the blood-red and gold Occitan cross, which is the symbol of Occitania and of which Toulouse is a capital city from the past.

Derby de la Garonne

Derby de la Garonne is a Derby de la Garonne is an annual derby in which Girondins de Bordeaux and Toulouse. The name derives in the reality that Bordeaux as well as Toulouse are two of the major cities in the south-western region of France Both of which are located on the Garonne River. The competitiveness and consistency of the competition grew after the return of Toulouse back to Ligue 1 after being administratively removed from the Championnat National in 2001.

As of 1 July 2022.

As of 7 May 2022.

• Ligue 2
  • Winners (3): 1981–82, 2002–03, 2021–22

•  José Farías (1970–72)
•  Richard Boucher (1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77)
•  Ángel Marcos (1977–78)
•  Just Fontaine (1978–79)
•  Pierre Cahuzac (1979–83)
•  Daniel Jeandupeux (1 July 1983 – 30 June 1985)
•  Jacques Santini (1 July 1985 – 30 June 1989)
•  Pierre Mosca (1 July 1989 – 30 June 1991)
•  Victor Zvunka (1 July 1991 – 1 September 1992)
•  Serge Delmas (1 July 1992 – 14 January 1994)
•  Jean-Luc Ruty (14 January 1994 – 30 June 1994)
•  Rolland Courbis (1 July 1994 – 1 November 1995)
•  Alain Giresse (1 November 1995 – 30 June 1998)
•  Guy Lacombe (1 July 1998 – 25 January 1999)
•  Alain Giresse (26 January 1999 – 9 October 2000)
•  Robert Nouzaret (1 October 2000 – 30 June 2001)
•  Erick Mombaerts (1 July 2001 – 30 June 2006)
•  Elie Baup (1 July 2006 – 30 May 2008)
•  Alain Casanova (30 May 2008 – 16 March 2015)
•  Dominique Arribagé (16 March 2015 – 2 March 2016)
•  Pascal Dupraz (2 March 2016 – 22 January 2018)
•  Mickaël Debève (23 January 2018 – 14 June 2018)
•  Alain Casanova (22 June 2018 – 10 October 2019)
•  Antoine Kombouaré (14 October 2019 – 6 January 2020)
•  Denis Zanko (5 January 2020 – 22 June 2020)
•  Patrice Garande (22 June 2020 – 2 June 2021)
•  Philippe Montanier (23 June 2021 – present)