History Toulouse FC
toulouse fans celebrate qualifying 2007–08 uefa champions league
the city left without big side in 1967 when toulouse fc sold players , place in french top flight paris outfit red star, 3 years later new club, union sportive toulouse, rose ashes. adopting red , yellow jerseys, club started out in ligue 2 , in 1977 reclaimed name toulouse fc. wearing purple , white, les pitchouns gained top-flight promotion in 1982. side containing jacques santini , swiss forward daniel jeandupeux earned famous penalty shoot-out victory against diego maradona s napoli in 1986–87 uefa cup, toulouse s maiden european campaign, failed herald bright new era. instead, goalkeeper fabien barthez having made breakthrough , moved on, toulouse relegated in 1994. subsequently bounced , forth between ligues 1 , 2 before slipping third flight in 2001 after financial problems. toulouse in top flight 2 seasons later, steadily finding feet before memorable 2007 campaign when finished third earn place in 2007–08 uefa champions league third qualifying round. draw unfavourable, however, , liverpool overpowered them 5–0 on aggregate.
in second match of 2007–08 season, toulouse beat olympique lyonnais 1–0 @ stadium municipal goal johan elmander. after victory against olympique lyonnais toulouse struggled season avoid relegation. ligue 1 place secured on last day of season 2–1 home win against valenciennes. 2008–09 season marked unexpected success toulouse. club finished fourth in ligue 1 table 64 points, , secured spot in new europa league. after difficult season previous year in club struggled avoid relegation, not expected of toulouse. 2008–09 season marked emergence of striker andré-pierre gignac, led scorers in ligue 1 24 goals , awarded call-up french national team.
in 2015-2016 ligue 1 season, toulouse avoided relegation ligue 2 in last game of season. 12 minutes go, toulouse behind angers 2-1 , needed win survive. toulouse went on score 2 late goals , win match 3-2.
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