Toulouse Football Club commonly referred to as Toulouse or TFC is a French association football club based in the city of Toulouse. The club was founded in 1970 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top level of French football. Toulouse plays its home matches at the Stadium Municipal located within the city. The first team is managed by former club player Alain Casanova and captained by the defender Daniel Congré. Toulouse is also locally known as le Téfécé (pronounced [lə tefeˈse]) and le Tef (pronounced [lə ˈtɛf]).

Toulous was founded under the name Union Sportive de Toulouse as a replacement of the former club of the same name, which folded in 1967 after merging with Red Star Paris. In its 40 years of existence, the club has achieved minimal honours only winning Ligue 2 twice in 1982 and 2003. Toulouse have participated in European competition four times. In 2008, the club, among celebratory fanfare, qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in its history and, in the following season, played in the inaugural edition of the UEFA Europa League.

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