Stade Toulousain
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Full name | Stade Toulousain | ||
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Nickname(s) | Le Stade Les rouge et noir (The reds and black) | ||
Founded | 1907 | ||
Location | Toulouse, France | ||
Ground(s) | Stade Ernest-Wallon (Capacity: 19,500) | ||
President | Didier Lacroix | ||
Coach(es) | Ugo Mola and Régis Sonnes | ||
Captain(s) | Julien Marchand | ||
League(s) | Top 14 | ||
2019–20 | 7th | ||
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Official website | |||
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Stade Toulousain (French pronunciation: [stad tuluzɛ̃]) (Occitan: Estadi Tolosenc), also referred to as Toulouse, is a French rugby union club from Toulouse in Occitania and the reigning Top 14 champion. Toulouse is one of the most successful clubs in Europe, having won the Heineken Cup a joint record four times – in 1996, 2003, 2005 and 2010. They were also runners-up in 2004 and 2008 against London Wasps and Munster, respectively. Stade Toulousain have also won a record 20 French Championship titles. It is traditionally one of the main providers for the French national team. Their home ground is the Stade Ernest-Wallon. However, big Top 14 matches along with Heineken Cup games are often played at the Stadium Municipal de Toulouse. The club colours are red, black and white.
History
Foundation
Before 1907 rugby in Toulouse was only played in schools or universities. In 1893, students of secondary school "Lycée de Toulouse" got together in "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 Atléthique Toulousain" (SAT) while students of the veterinary school 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.
Early years
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Stade Toulousain played its first final of the national title French Championship in 1909 and lost it to Stade Bordelais Université Club (17–0) in Toulouse. 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 USA Perpignan. 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 Challenge Yves du Manoir 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 SU Agen, 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 Challenge Yves du Manoir against US Dax, losing 18 to 8. Eleven years after the CA Bègles defeat, the club was again disappointed in the final, being defeated by AS Béziers 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 RC Narbonne 17 to 3. They did however claim their first championship since 1947, defeating RC Toulon in the 1985 final. The following season saw them successfully defend their championship, defeating SU Agen 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 1989.
1990s to present
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The dominance continued in the 1990s, starting with a grand final loss in 1991, and a Challenge Yves du Manoir 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 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997, as well as the Challenge Yves du Manoir in 1995. The club emulated its success in the European Rugby Cup, becoming the first ever champions in the 1995–96 season.
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, and the 1999 championship as well as the 2001 championship and 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 championship and the 2004–05 championship. 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 Leinster to reach the final 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,[1][2] making them the only club to ever 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 Toulon (18–12). Stade Toulousain reached the semi-finals of the French championship 20 consecutive years (from 1994 to 2013).
Stadium
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Toulouse play their home games at the Stade Ernest-Wallon, which was built in the late 1980s and was recently renovated. Stade Toulousain is one of the three teams (all sports included) that own its stadium. It has a capacity of 19,500. 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 double capacity, 38,000. The stadium was used for numerous matches at the 2007 Rugby World Cup
Honours
Rugby Union
- World Club Championship:
- Champions: 1986, 1990
- Heineken Cup:
- French Champions:
- Challenge Yves du Manoir:
- Champions: 1934, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1998
- Runners-up: 1971 1984
- French Cup:
- Champions: 1946, 1947, 1984
- Runners-up: 1949, 1985
Football
- Champions of Midi:
- Champions: 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914
European record
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 had the best competition record in the Heineken Cup, having won the competition four times.
Season | Competition | Games | Points | Notes | |||||
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played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | |||
2015–16 | European Rugby Champions Cup | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
2014–15 | European Rugby Champions Cup | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 126 | 124 | +2 | Failed to exit group stages from Pool 4. |
2013–14 | Heineken Cup | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 166 | 110 | 56 | Quarter-finalists (lost to Munster) |
2012–13 | Heineken Cup | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 132 | 84 | 48 | Second place in Pool 2; parachuted into European Challenge Cup |
European Challenge Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 30 | −11 | Quarter-finalists (lost to Perpignan) | |
2011–12 | Heineken Cup | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 164 | 124 | 40 | Quarter-finalists (lost to Edinburgh) |
2010–11 | Heineken Cup | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 205 | 137 | 68 | Semi-finalists (lost to Leinster) |
2009–10 | Heineken Cup | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 232 | 143 | 89 | Champions (defeated Biarritz Olympique) |
2008–09 | Heineken Cup | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 127 | 97 | 30 | Quarter-finalists (lost to Cardiff Blues) |
2007–08 | Heineken Cup | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 210 | 119 | 91 | Runners-up (lost to Munster) |
2006–07 | Heineken Cup | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 147 | 145 | 2 | Failed to exit group stages from Pool 5. |
2005–06 | Heineken Cup | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 223 | 165 | 58 | Quarter-finalists (lost to Leinster) |
2004–05 | Heineken Cup | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 263 | 144 | 119 | Champions (defeated Stade Français) |
2003–04 | Heineken Cup | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 232 | 113 | 119 | Runners-up (lost to Wasps) |
2002–03 | Heineken Cup | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 308 | 163 | 145 | Champions (defeated Perpignan) |
2001–02 | Heineken Cup | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 151 | 146 | 5 | Failed to exit group stages from Pool 6. |
2000–01 | Heineken Cup | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 171 | 182 | −11 | Failed to exit group stages from Pool 3. |
1999–00 | Heineken Cup | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 256 | 122 | 134 | Semi-finalists (lost to Munster) |
1998–99 | Heineken Cup | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 247 | 118 | 129 | Quarter-finalists (lost to Ulster) |
1997–98 | Heineken Cup | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 273 | 153 | 120 | Semi-finalists (lost to Brive) |
1996–97 | Heineken Cup | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 194 | 197 | −3 | Semi-finalists (lost to Leicester Tigers) |
1995–96 | Heineken Cup | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 40 | 83 | Champions (defeated Cardiff) |
Current standings
Current squad
The Toulouse squad for the 2019–20 season is:[3]
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
Selected former coaches
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Tom Richards
François Borde
Robert Barran
Paul Blanc
Claude Labatut
Robert Bru
Pierre Villepreux & Jean-Claude Skrela
Guy Novès
Ugo Mola
Notable former players
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Patricio Albacete
Omar Hasan
Nicolás Vergallo
Alberto Vernet Basualdo
Luke Burgess
Tala Gray
Tom Richards
Rob Andrew
Toby Flood
Rupeni Caucaunibuca
Vilimoni Delasau
Semi Kunatani
Maleli Kunavore
Timoci Matanavou
Akapusi Qera
David Aucagne
Benoît Baby
Jean Bayard
Lionel Beauxis
Franck Belot
Nicolas Bézy
Sébastien Bézy
Alexandre Bioussa
Jean-Marie Bonal
Eric Bonneval
Jean Bouilhou
François Borde
Guillaume Boussès
Yannick Bru
Jean-Marie Cadieu
Christian Califano
Yacouba Camara
Philippe Carbonneau
Thomas Castaignède
Richard Castel
Jérôme Cazalbou
Denis Charvet
André Chilo
Albert Cigagna
Vincent Clerc
Didier Codorniou
Patrice Collazo
Cédric Desbrosse
Yann Delaigue
Yann David
Christophe Deylaud
Yves Donguy
Jean-Marc Doussain
Sylvain Dupuy
Thierry Dusautoir
Jean-Baptiste Élissalde
Jean Fabre
Gaël Fickou
Jerome Fillol
Florian Fritz
Henri Galau
Xavier Garbajosa
David Gérard
Imanol Harinordoquy
Dominique Harize
Cédric Heymans
Adolphe Jauréguy
Yannick Jauzion
Nicolas Jeanjean
Christian Labit
Virgile Lacombe
Serge Lairle
Gregory Lamboley
Benoît Lecouls
Julien Le Devedec
Matthieu Lièvremont
Marcel-Frédéric Lubin-Lebrère
Yoann Maestri
Gérald Martinez
Alfred Mayssonnié
Maxime Mermoz
Frédéric Michalak
Romain Millo-Chluski
Hugues Miorin
Ugo Mola
Sylvain Nicolas
Guy Novès
Émile Ntamack
Yannick Nyanga
Alexis Palisson
Fabien Pelous
Alain Penaud
Louis Picamoles
Lucas Pointud
Clément Poitrenaud
Jean-Baptiste Poux
Jean-Pierre Rives
Philippe Rougé-Thomas
Daniel Santamans
William Servat
David Skrela
Jean-Claude Skrela
Cédric Soulette
Nicolas Spanghero
Walter Spanghero
Philippe Struxiano
Christopher Tolofua
Franck Tournaire
Pierre Villepreux
Jaba Bregvadze
Vasil Kakovin
Andrea Lo Cicero
Salvatore Perugini
Trevor Brennan
Corey Flynn
Hosea Gear
Byron Kelleher
Isitolo Maka
Luke McAlister
Lee Stensness
Neemia Tialata
Gaffie du Toit
Gary Botha
Daan Human
Shaun Sowerby
Jano Vermaak
Gurthrö Steenkamp
Piula Faʻasalele
Census Johnston
Richie Gray
Edwin Maka
Finau Maka
Dragoș Dima
Gareth Thomas
Presidents
- Henri Cazaux : 1954–57
- André Brouat : 1964–66
- Henri Fourès : 1966–73
- Henri Cazaux : 1974–80
- Jean Fabre : 1980–89
- Jean-René Bouscatel : 1992–2017
- Didier Lacroix : 2017-
Fans
- Le Huit (fan club of Stade toulousain)
- Le Huit Section Aveyron
- Le Rouge et le Noir (formerly Les ultras), the oldest fan club.
- Le 16e homme
- Le 16e homme Toulousains 2 Paris (Stade Toulousain's supporters Club at Paris)
- L'amicale des Supporters
- Le Virage Toulousain
- Tolosa XV
- Les Rouge et Noir de Picardie
See also
References
- ^ Cleary, Mick (22 May 2010). "Toulouse lead French revolution with Heineken Cup final win against Biarritz". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ^ "Biarritz 19–21 Toulouse: As it happened". RTÉ Sport. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 22 May 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ^ "Staff équipe Pro". Stade Toulousain (in French). Retrieved 6 September 2019.
External links
- (in French) Stade Toulousain Official website
- Data, Results etc on ITS Rugby