# 2008–09 Toulouse FC season

The 2008–09 season was the 72nd season in the existence of Toulouse FC and the club's 6th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. They participated in the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue.

## Players
### First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Sébastien Hamel |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Mohamed Fofana |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Daniel Congré |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Mauro Cetto (captain) |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Mathieu |
| 7 | FW | GUI | Fodé Mansaré |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Étienne Didot |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Søren Larsen |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Bryan Bergougnoux |
| 11 | FW | FRA | André-Pierre Gignac |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Cheikh M'Bengue |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Pantxi Sirieix |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Paulo César |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Cédric Carrasso |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Alexandre Bonnet |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Xavier Pentecôte |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Mathieu Berson |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Moussa Sissoko |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Albin Ebondo |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Daniel Braaten |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Franck Tabanou |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Ahmed Soukouna |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Étienne Capoue |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Olivier Blondel |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | BRA | Eduardo Ratinho (at Fluminense) |
| — | DF | COD | Hérita Ilunga (at West Ham United) |
| 21 | FW | CZE | Pavel Fořt (at Slavia Prague) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 1 | 10 August 2008 | 30 May 2009 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 042.11 |
| Coupe de France | 3 January 2009 | 22 April 2009 | Round of 64 | Semi-finals | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 040.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 23 September 2008 | 23 September 2008 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 040.91 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Marseille | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 67 | 35 | +32 | 77 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Lyon | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 71 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Toulouse | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 64 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | Lille | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 64 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 64 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ligue 1

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | D | D | D | W | D |
| Position | 20 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

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