After a rare foray in the European Rugby Challenge Cup in 2017/18, Toulouse return to the Heineken Champions Cup next season, so here we look back at a competition in which they made history with four wins from their six finals. 1996 Cardiff 18 Toulouse 21 (aet) Toulouse won the inaugural European Cup in dramatic fashion as they pipped Cardiff at Cardiff Arms Park with a last-gasp, extra-time penalty from Christophe Deylaud. The French side scored the only tries of the final through Thomas Castaignède, who also dropped a goal, and Jérôme Cazalbou. Both came in the first 10 minutes, with Deylaud converting one. However, Adrian Davies kept Cardiff in touch with six penalties, his fifth in injury time levelling the scores at 15-15 and forcing the additional period, only for Deylaud to seal the trophy with his second penalty. 2003: Toulouse 22 Perpignan 17 Toulouse made it two wins from two European Cup finals with another hard-fought victory as they held off a fierce Perpignan fightback in Dublin in the first final between two French clubs. Toulouse capitalised on having a strong wind behind them to establish a 19-0 interval lead, with Yann Delaigue kicking four penalties and converting their only try – from wing Vincent Clerc. The boot was on the other foot in the second half, though, with Manny Edmonds landing four penalties to reduce the arrears to 19-12. However, Delaigue's injury-time penalty clinched victory and rendered Pascal Bomati's late try redundant. 2004: Wasps 27 Toulouse 20 Wasps dashed Toulouse's hopes of back-to-back European Cups with a try in the final seconds from Rob Howley at London's Twickenham Stadium. After two early Yann Delaigue penalties, the English club – then known as London Wasps – took control with a try from Stuart Abbott converted by Mark van Gisbergen, who also kicked two penalties, only for Delaigue to reduce the arrears to 13-11 at half-time with a try. Wasps again pulled clear with a try and conversion from Van Gisbergen, but Jean-Baptiste Elissalde levelled matters at 20-20 with three penalties, before Howley struck. 2005: Stade Français Paris 12 Toulouse 18 (aet) Toulouse became the first three-time winners of the European Cup with their second extra-time success in four finals, at Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium. Frédéric Michalak was their hero, as he first forced extra time with a 78th minute penalty and then wrapped up victory with a penalty and drop-goal. Earlier, David Skrela had landed four penalties from five attempts to give Stade a 12-6 interval lead, with Jean-Baptiste Elissalde replying with three penalties, before Michalak took over the goal-kicking duties. 2008: Munster Rugby 16 Toulouse 13 Munster Rugby denied Toulouse a fourth European Cup success as Ronan O'Gara's formidable right boot proved the difference at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. After Jean-Baptiste Elissalde had dropped an early goal to give Toulouse the lead, the Irish province took control, with O'Gara kicking a penalty and converting a Denis Leamy try to nudge them 10-3 ahead, before Elissalde pulled three points back with a penalty on the stroke of half-time. A second O'Gara penalty followed by Elissalde's conversion of Yves Donguy's 54th minute try left the teams deadlocked at 13-13, but O'Gara's third penalty 11 minutes later ensured Munster's second European Cup. 2010: Biarritz 19 Toulouse 21 Toulouse increased their record tally of European Cup triumphs to four by emerging victors in their third all-French final, this time at the Stade de France in Paris. Biarritz made the early running, with three penalties from Dimitri Yachvili to one from Florian Fritz giving them a 9-3 advantage, but Toulouse hit back to lead 12-9 at the break thanks to a Fritz drop-goal and two David Skrela penalties. Yachvili levelled matters with his fourth penalty from four attempts, but Toulouse made fresh history with two drop-goals and a further penalty from Skrela, despite a late Karmichael Hunt try converted by Valentin Courrent.