Stade Toulousain
French rugby union club, based in Toulouse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stade Toulousain (French pronunciation: [stad tuluzɛ̃]) (Occitan: Estadi Tolosenc), also referred to as Toulouse, is a professional rugby union club based in Toulouse, France. They compete in the Top 14, France's top division of rugby, and the European Rugby Champions Cup.
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Full name | Stade Toulousain | ||
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Nickname(s) | Le Stade Les Rouge et Noir (The Red and Blacks) | ||
Founded | 1907; 117 years ago (1907) | ||
Location | Toulouse, France | ||
Ground(s) | Stade Ernest-Wallon (Capacity: 19,500) | ||
President | Didier Lacroix | ||
Coach(es) | Ugo Mola | ||
Captain(s) | Julien Marchand | ||
Most appearances | Jean Bouilhou (392) | ||
Top scorer | Jean-Baptiste Élissalde (1,776) | ||
Most tries | Vincent Clerc (134) | ||
League(s) | Top 14 | ||
2022–23 | 1st | ||
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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 2021. They were also runners-up in 2004 and 2008 against London Wasps and Munster, respectively. Stade Toulousain have also won a record 22 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. Stade Toulousain also have the biggest fan base in Europe, and the biggest social media and brand presence of any non-national rugby team across both league and union.
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 red, black and white.