shortly after without any major club in troyes, a new one was created in 1967, under the name troyes omnisports, still at regional level. it renamed itself troyes aube football (taf) in 1970 as it took back professional status, and was admitted to play in the third division. they were promoted to the second division after just one year. for their first season in second division, under the lead of pierre flamion, they finished second, but failed to win promotion, as there were three second division groups that season. they finished first next year, in 1973, and lost in the champions final between the champions of the two new groups against rc lens.