Toulouse

Toulouse Football Club is a French professional football club based in Toulouse, Occitanie. Founded in 1970, the club plays at the Stadium de Toulouse, a 33,150-seat venue that hosted matches during the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Toulouse won the Coupe de France in the 2022-23 season with a dominant 5-1 victory over Nantes in the final, marking the club's first major trophy in its history. The club has been owned by RedBird Capital Partners since 2020, the same American investment firm that owns AC Milan, bringing a data-driven approach to recruitment and squad building. Toulouse has developed a reputation for intelligent scouting and player development, regularly identifying undervalued talent in the transfer market. The club has spent the majority of its history in the top two divisions of French football, with a few spells in Ligue 2. Known for their youthful squads and progressive playing style, Toulouse has established itself as a well-run mid-table Ligue 1 club with aspirations of consistently competing for European qualification places in the coming seasons.