Stade Toulousain () ( oc, Estadi Tolosenc), also referred to as Toulouse, is a professional

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club based in

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. They compete in the

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, France's top division of rugby, and the European Rugby Champions Cup. Toulouse is the most successful club in Europe, having won the Heineken Cup/European Rugby Champions Cup a record five times – in 1996, 2003, 2005, 2010 and

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. They were also runners-up in 2004 and

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against

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and Munster, respectively. Stade Toulousain have also won a record 21 Boucliers de Brennus, the French domestic league trophy. It is traditionally one of the main providers for the French national team and its youth academy is one of the best in the world. Their home ground is the Stade Ernest-Wallon. However, big Top 14 matches along with European games are often played at the Stadium Municipal de Toulouse. The club colours are

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and

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History

Roots and foundation

Before 1907, rugby union in

was only played in schools or universities. In 1893, students of secondary school "Lycée de Toulouse" got together in a new team "Les Sans Soucis". Once attending university, the same students founded "l'Olympique Toulousain", which became "Stade Olympien des Etudiants de Toulouse" (SOET) a few years later in 1896. In the same period, 'non-students' grouped in "le Sport Athlétique Toulousain" (SAT) while students of the

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created "l'Union Sportive de l'Ecole Vétérinaire" (USEV). Both entities merged in 1905 and called themselves "Véto-Sport". Finally in 1907, Stade Toulousain was founded resulting from a union between the SOET and Véto-Sport. Since its creation in 1907, Stade Toulousain drew on the past of the city. The design of Stade Toulousain's crest refers to the initials of

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( in French ; S and T, same as the club's name) whose bones have been lying in the

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, in Toulouse. The interlaced letters came from a famous tiled floor of the Basilica of Saint-Sernin, where the relics were temporarily moved for almost two centuries after the

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. The historical colours, red and black, are rooted in the ceremonial costume of the capitouls of Toulouse. A municipal body created in 1147, the capitouls were until the French Revolution the consuls of the city. Their traditional costume was red and black (with white bands), as shown in the oldest portraits dating from the 14th century.

Early years

1927 (mai), le Stade toulousain Champion de France pour la cinquième fois en six ans

Stade Toulousain played its first final of the national title

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in 1909 and lost it to Stade Bordelais Université Club (17–0) in

. In 1912 Stade Toulousain won its first national title. It had to wait until 1922 before it won its second. However the 1920s were a golden era for the club. Their first final action in the 1920s was in 1921, when they were defeated by

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. Despite losing in 1921, the side went on to win the 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926 and 1927 championships.

1930s to 1950s

The following decades were relatively quiet after such a dominant era during the 1920s. Stade Toulousain would not make it to any grand finals during the 1930s, and it would not be until the late 1940s when they would return. However they did contest the

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with RC Toulon in 1934, though it ended in a nil-all tie and both teams were winners. The club made it to the final of the 1947 championship, and claimed the premiership, beating

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, 10 to 3. However, no such championships followed, the club was again relatively quiet on the championship. It was 22 years in the waiting; Toulouse made it to the final, but were defeated by the CA Bègles club.

1970s to 1980s

In 1971 Toulouse contested the

against

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, losing 18 to 8. Eleven years after the CA Bègles defeat, the club was again disappointed in the final, being defeated by

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in the championship game of 1980. The latter end of the decade was however, reminiscent of the 1920s sides. Toulouse were again contesting the Challenge Yves du Manoir for the 1984 season, though they lost to

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17 to 3. They did however claim their first championship since 1947, defeating

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in the 1985 final. The following season saw them successfully defend their championship, defeating

in the final. After a number of defeats in the Challenge Yves du Manoir finals, Toulouse defeated US Dax to win the 1988 competition. Both Toulon and Agen won the following premierships (1987 and 1988) but Toulouse won another championship in

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1990s to present

The dominance continued in the 1990s, starting with a grand final loss in 1991, and a

championship in 1993, defeating Castres 13 to 8 in the final. The mid-1990s saw Stade Toulousain become a major force yet again, as the club claimed four premierships in a row, winning the championship in

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, 1996 and

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, as well as the Challenge Yves du Manoir in 1995. The club emulated its success in the

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, becoming the first ever champions in the 1995–96 season. Rugby ST

The late 1990s and the 2000s saw the club again reach great heights. The club won the Challenge Yves du Manoir in 1998, defeating Stade Français Paris, the 1999 championship as well as the 2001 championship. They also were runners-up in the 2003 season, losing to Stade Français in the final. As the club had done in the mid-1990s, Stade Toulousain replicated this success in the European Rugby Cup, winning the 2002–03 and the 2004–05 cups. The club made it to the final of the 2005-06 Top 14, and despite only trailing Biarritz 9–6 at half time, Toulouse could not prevent a second-half whitewash, eventually going down 40–13. They ended their seven-year title drought with a 26–20 win over ASM Clermont Auvergne on 28 June 2008. In 2008 they narrowly lost a Heineken Cup Final to Munster by 3 points. In 2010 Toulouse defeated

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to reach the

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where they faced Biarritz Olympique at Stade de France in Paris on Saturday 22 May 2010. Toulouse won the game by 21–19 to claim their fourth Heineken Cup title, making them the first club to win the title four times. Stade Toulousain is also the only French club to have taken part in all the editions of Heineken Cup since its creation (17, with the 2011–12 season). They won the French championship in 2011 against Montpellier (15–10) and 2012 against

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(18–12). Stade Toulousain reached the semi-finals of the French championship 20 consecutive years (from 1994 to 2013). In

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, Toulouse came back to victory, earning a 20th French Rugby Union Championship title before making an historic double, winning the 2021 Champions Cup and the 2021 Top 14.

Stadium

Toulouse play their home games at the Stade Ernest-Wallon, which was built in the late 1980s and was recently renovated. It has a capacity of 19,500. Stade Toulousain is one of the rare teams, in France and especially in rugby union, that own its stadium. Since February 2020, it has also been home to

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team

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, which currently competes in the Super League, following negotiations and an agreement between both executive boards. The stadium however cannot always accommodate all the fans of the Toulouse club. For the larger fixtures, such as championship or Heineken Cup games or play-offs, the fixture may be moved to Stadium Municipal, which has more capacity, 33,150. The stadium was used for numerous matches at the 2007 Rugby World Cup and will host the

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Honours

* Heineken Cup/ European Rugby Champions Cup ** Champions (5): 1996, 2003, 2005, 2010,

** Runners-up: 2004,

* French Champions: ** Champions (21): 1912, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1947, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1994,

, 1996,

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, 2001,

, 2011,

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** Runners-up: 1903, 1909, 1921, 1969, 1980, 1991, 2003, 2006 *

: ** Champions (4): 1934, 1988, 1993, 1995 ** Runners-up: 1971 1984 *

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: ** Champions (4): 1946, 1947, 1984, 1998 ** Runners-up: 1949, 1985 * Toulouse Masters: ** Champions (2): 1986, 1990

European record

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*Toulouse qualified for the Heineken Cup in every season of that competition's existence (1995–96 to 2013–14), and played in the inaugural season of the replacement competition, the European Rugby Champions Cup. *The club have the best competition record in the Heineken Cup/European Rugby Champions Cup, having won the competition five times and having played seven finals, and was the first team to win over 100 games in the history of the competition. Along with Munster, Toulouse is the most victorious team in the history of the competition, with a total of 124 wins. It's the second best club in European rugby in terms of total games played in the highest European competition possible with 179 games alongside

and behind Munster. *Stade toulousain completed "the Double" (Heineken Cup/European Rugby Champions Cup-National Championship) 2 times (1995-1996 and 2020-2021), a record shared with Leicester Tigers (2000-2001 and 2001-2002) and Saracens (2015-2016 and 2018-2019). * Vincent Clerc is the second all-time top try scorer in Heineken Cup/European Rugby Champions Cup history, having scored 36 units.

Current standings

Selected presidents

* Ernest Wallon: 1907–12 * Charles Audry: 1912–30 * Louis Puech: 1944–51 * Jean Fabre: 1980–90 * René Bouscatel: 1992–2017 * Didier Lacroix: 2017- Bouscatel is the most successful president in the history of the club.

Selected former coaches

* Tom "Rusty" Richards: 1913 (as player/manager) * François Borde: 1928-30, 1934-38 * Roger Piteu: 1945-49 * Claude Labatut: 1971-76, 1976-80 * Robert Bru: 1980-83 * Pierre Villepreux: 1982-89 (coached along with Skrela between 1983 and 1989) *

Jean-Claude Skrela Jean-Claude Skrela (born 1 October 1949 in Colomiers, Haute-Garonne) is a former coach of the French national rugby union team. His son, David Skrela, is a French rugby union player and his daughter, Gaëlle Skrela, is a professional basketbal ...

: 1983-92 (coached along with Villepreux between 1983 and 1989) *

Guy Novès Guy Novès (born 5 February 1954) is a former French rugby union player and most recently coach of the French national team. Born in Toulouse, Novès, who played on the wing, was capped seven times for his country, and played with Stade Toulousa ...

: 1988-90 (as assistant coach), 1993-2015 *

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: 2015-

Current squad

The Toulouse squad for the 2022–23 season is:

Out on loan

Notable former players

Bath Rugby v Stade toulousain Yannick Jauzion Heineken Cup

The following are players who have represented their country, players who have won a title with the club, players who have played a sufficient number of games to go down in the club history or players who came from the academy and have made a significant career in another team: * Patricio Albacete *

Omar Hasan Omar Hasan Jalil (born April 21, 1971 in Tucumán) is a retired Argentine rugby union footballer. He last played for Stade Toulousain in the domestic French club competition, the Top 14. He has also played for Argentina, usually as a prop. He ha ...

* Nicolás Vergallo *

Alberto Vernet Basualdo Alberto Vernet Basualdo (born June 8, 1982) is an Argentine rugby union player. His position is hooker. He started playing in Buenos Aires for Asociación Alumni and for Stade Toulousain, Toulouse in France four years; he also played for the Argent ...

* Rory Arnold * Luke Burgess * Tala Gray * Tom Richards * Rob Andrew *

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* Vilimoni Delasau * Semi Kunatani * Maleli Kunavore * Timoci Matanavou * Akapusi Qera *

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* Benoît Baby *

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* Lionel Beauxis * Franck Belot * Nicolas Bézy * Sébastien Bézy * Alexandre Bioussa * Jean-Marie Bonal * Eric Bonneval * Jean Bouilhou * François Borde * Guillaume Boussès *

Yannick Bru Yannick Bru (born 22 May 1973) is a French rugby union coach, currently serving as the breakdown coach on South African team Sharks. He will become the head coach at Union Bordeaux Bègles in the Top 14 at the start of the 2023/24 season. Bru was ...

Jean-Marie Cadieu Jean-Marie Cadieu (born 16 October 1963 in Tulle) is a former French rugby union player. He played as a lock. Cadieu played for Stade Toulousain from 1982/83 to 1992/93, where he won 3 titles of the French Championship, in 1984/85, 1985/86 and 198 ...

* Christian Califano *

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* Philippe Carbonneau *

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Richard Castel Richard Castel (born 31 December 1972, in Vendres) is a former French rugby union player. He played as a Flanker. Castel played for Stade Toulousain from 1982/83 to 1992/93, where he won 2 titles of the French Championship, in 1994/95 and 1995/9 ...

* Jérôme Cazalbou * Denis Charvet * André Chilo * Albert Cigagna * Vincent Clerc * Didier Codorniou *

Patrice Collazo Patrice Collazo (born 27 April 1974) is a French rugby union footballer and is currently the Head coach of Top 14 side CA Brive. He played as a prop. Collazo has Galician ancestry. Whilst at Gloucester he started in the 2002 Zurich Championshi ...

* Cédric Desbrosse *

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Yann David Yann David (born 15 April 1988 in Lyon, France) is a French professional rugby union rugby union/centre, centre and rugby union/wing, winger currently playing for Castres Olympique in the Top 14. He played two seasons for CS Bourgoin-Jallieu, Bour ...

Christophe Deylaud Christophe Deylaud (born 2 October 1964 in Toulouse) is a French former rugby union footballer and a current coach. He played as a fly-half and as a centre. Deylaud first played at Portet-sur-Garonne, and from there moved to Blagnac SCR, where ...

* Yves Donguy * Jean-Marc Doussain * Sylvain Dupuy *

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Jean-Baptiste Élissalde Jean-Baptiste Élissalde (born 23 November 1977) is a former French rugby union player, playing either as a scrum-half or as a fly-half, and current defense coach for Montpellier in the Top 14. Biography Early life Born on 23 November 1977 i ...

* Jean Fabre *

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* Jérôme Fillol * Florian Fritz * Gillian Galan * Henri Galau * Xavier Garbajosa * David Gérard *

Imanol Harinordoquy Imanol Harinordoquy, . (born 20 February 1980) is a French former rugby union player. He typically played as a number 8 for Stade Toulousain at club level in the Top 14 and for France internationally. Before signing with Biarritz ahead of the 2 ...

* Dominique Harize *

Cédric Heymans Cédric Heymans (born 20 July 1978) is a French former rugby union footballer who played mainly as a wing or a full-back for French Top 14 club Toulouse and the French national team. Known for his pace and his footwork, he started his club car ...

Yoann Huget Yoann Huget (; born 2 June 1987) is a former French rugby union player. He played as a wing or fullback. Career Club He started his rugby career playing for Stade Toulousain in the 2005–06 Top 14 season. He scored his first try in November ...

* Adolphe Jauréguy *

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Nicolas Jeanjean Nicolas Jeanjean (born 13 March 1981 in Montpellier, France) was a French rugby union footballer, who played for CA Brive in the Top 14. His usual position was at a Fullback (rugby union), Fullback. Prior to joining CA Brive he played for Stade T ...

* Christian Labit *

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* Serge Lairle * Gregory Lamboley * Benoît Lecouls * Julien Le Devedec *

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* Marcel-Frédéric Lubin-Lebrère * Yoann Maestri * Gérald Martinez * Alfred Mayssonnié * Maxime Médard *

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* Frédéric Michalak * Romain Millo-Chluski * Hugues Miorin *

* Sylvain Nicolas *

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* Alexis Palisson *

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* Alain Penaud *

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* Lucas Pointud * Clément Poitrenaud * Jean-Baptiste Poux *

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* Philippe Rougé-Thomas *

Daniel Santamans Daniel Santamans (4 September 1959 in Lombez – 26 July 2008 in Cugnaux) was a French former rugby union player, as a hooker, and coach. He played for Blagnac SCR and for Stade Toulousain, from 1977 to 1989, where he won 3 titles of French Ch ...

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* David Skrela *

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* Nicolas Spanghero * Walter Spanghero * Christopher Tolofua *

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* Pierre Villepreux *

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* Vasil Kakovin * Andrea Lo Cicero *

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* Trevor Brennan *

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Fans

Bath Rugby v Stade toulousain Supporters of Stade toulousain Heineken Cup

Being one of the most popular teams in France, Toulouse has many fan clubs all over the country: Ovalion Stade Toulousain

* ''Le Huit'' (fan club of Stade toulousain based in

) * ''Le Huit Section Aveyron'' (branch based in

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) * ''Le Rouge et le Noir'' (formerly ''Les Ultras'', the oldest fan club based in

). * ''Le 16e homme'' (fan club of Stade toulousain based in

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) * ''Le 16e homme Toulousains 2 Paris'' (branch based in

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) * ''L'amicale des Supporters'' (fan club of Stade toulousain based in

) * ''Tolosa XV'' (fan club of Stade toulousain based in

) * ''Les Salopettes Rouges'' (fan club based in Tarn) Toulouse supporters are known for being very active on social media. Stade Toulousain is the most followed rugby club on social media in the world, ahead

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and Stormers. Stade Ernest-Wallon atmosphere is well known in France and Europe to be one of the best of club rugby. Toulouse can rely on a passionate city, having one of the best attendances in the league. The club's mascot, Ovalion, is a lion, animal which is the symbol of

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, main sponsor of the club.

References

External links

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Stade Toulousain
Official website

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Rugby clubs established in 1907 Multi-sport clubs in France

1907 establishments in France Sport in Toulouse