2018–19 Olympiacos F.C. season

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Olympiacos
2018–19 season
ChairmanGiannis Moralis
ManagerPedro Martins
StadiumKaraiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Super League Greece2nd
Greek CupQuarter-finals
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kostas Fortounis (12)

All:
Kostas Fortounis (17)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 31,250
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 12,012
Average home league attendanceLeague: 21,073

The 2018–19 season was Olympiacos's 60th consecutive season in the Super League Greece and their 93nd year in existence. They also participated in the Greek Football Cup, where they reached the quarter-finals, and in the UEFA Europa League, where they reached the round of 32. For the second consecutive season, Olympiacos did not win any competition. This was their first consecutive trophyless seasons since 1994–95 to 1995–96.

Players[edit]

First team[edit]

As of 1 February 2019[1]
Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Place of birth Date of birth (Age) Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1 Lefteris Choutesiotis Greece GK Makrychori, Greece 20 July 1994 (23) Greece Olympiacos U-20
32 Yuri Lodygin RussiaGreece GK Vladimir, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union 26 May 1990 (28) Russia Zenit
93 José Sá Portugal GK Braga, Portugal 17 January 1993 (25) Portugal Porto
Defenders
14 Omar Elabdellaoui Norway RB Surnadal, Norway 5 December 1991 (26) England Hull City
20 Yassine Meriah Tunisia CB Aryanah, Tunisia 2 July 1993 (25) Tunisia Sfaxien
21 Kostas Tsimikas Greece LB/LM Thessaloniki, Greece 12 May 1996 (22) Greece Olympiacos U-20
23 Leonardo Koutris GreeceBrazil LB/LM Rhodes, Greece 23 July 1995 (22) Greece PAS Giannina
25 Roderick Miranda Portugal CB Odivelas, Portugal 30 March 1991 (28) England Wolverhampton Wanderers
26 Jagoš Vuković Serbia CB/LB Bačko Dobro Polje, Titov Vrbas, SFR Yugoslavia 10 June 1988 (29) Turkey Konyaspor
34 Avraam Papadopoulos GreeceAustralia CB Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3 December 1984 (34) Australia Brisbane Roar
35 Vasilis Torosidis Greece CB/MF Xanthi, Greece 10 June 1985 (33) Italy Bologna
66 Pape Abou Cissé Senegal CB Pikine, Senegal 14 September 1995 (22) France Ajaccio
Midfielders
4 Mohamed Camara Guinea CM Matam, Guinea 28 February 1997 (22) France Ajaccio
5 Andreas Bouchalakis Greece MF Heraklion, Greece 5 April 1993 (26) Greece Ergotelis
6 Bibras Natkho Israel MF Kfar Kama, Israel 18 February 1988 (31) Russia CSKA Moscow
7 Kostas Fortounis Greece AM Trikala, Greece 16 October 1992 (25) Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern
8 Thanasis Androutsos Greece AM Marousi, Greece 6 May 1997 (20) Greece Olympiacos U-20
11 Lazaros Christodoulopoulos Greece RW/AM/CM Thessaloniki, Greece 19 December 1986 (32) Greece AEK Athens
12 Guilherme Brazil DM Santo André, Brazil 5 April 1991 (28) Spain Deportivo La Coruña
16 Georgios Masouras Greece LW/RW Amfilochia, Greece 1 January 1994 (25) Greece Panionios
31 Gil Dias Portugal LW Gafanha da Nazaré, Portugal 28 September 1996 (22) France Monaco
56 Daniel Podence Portugal RW/LW Oeiras, Portugal 21 October 1995 (23) Portugal Sporting CP
Forwards
9 Miguel Ángel Guerrero Spain FW Toledo, Spain 12 July 1990 (28) Spain Leganés
18 Ahmed Hassan Egypt ST Cairo, Egypt 5 March 1993 (26) Portugal Braga
29 Franco Soldano Argentina FW Córdoba, Argentina 14 September 1994 (24) Argentina Unión Santa Fe

Out on loan[edit]

Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (Age) To Club Notes

Transfers and loans[edit]

Backroom staff[edit]

Coaching staff [2]
Head coach Portugal Pedro Martins (footballer)
Assistant coach Greece Christos Kontis
Greece Michalis Kavalieris
Goalkeeping coach Greece Panagiotis Agriogiannis
Analyst
Greece Giorgos Martakos
Greece Giannis Vogiatzakis
Greece Iosif Loukas
Fitness coach
Greece Giannis Ntourountos
Rehabilitation coach
Greece Dimitris Bogatsiotis
Greece Zacharias Pasxalidis
Medical team [3]
Head doctor Greece Christos Theos
Head physio Greece Dimitris Skordis
Physio Greece Nikos Lykouresis
Greece Panagiotis Sivilias
Greece Tasos Pliagos
Nutritionist – Physiologist Greece Maria Lykomitrou
Physiotherapist Greece Aristeidis Chelioudakis

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Super League Greece 30 24 3 3 71 17 +54 080.00
Greek Cup 7 4 2 1 11 6 +5 057.14
UEFA Europa League 12 6 3 3 24 12 +12 050.00
Total 49 34 8 7 106 35 +71 069.39

Updated to match played 5 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Super League Greece[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PAOK[a] (C) 30 26 4 0 66 14 +52 80 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Olympiacos 30 24 3 3 71 17 +54 75 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 AEK Athens[b] 30 18 6 6 50 19 +31 57 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Atromitos 30 15 7 8 41 28 +13 52 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5 Aris 30 15 4 11 46 33 +13 49
Source: Super League Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[6]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ PAOK were deducted 2 points by court decision.[4]
  2. ^ AEK Athens were deducted 3 points by court decision.[5]

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 24 3 3 71 17  +54 75 13 1 1 42 8  +34 11 2 2 29 9  +20

Last updated: 5 May 2019.
Source: http://superleaguegreece.net

Results by Matchday[edit]

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GroundHHHHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAHAHHAHAHAHAA
ResultWWWWLDLWWDWWDWWWWWWLWWWWWWWWWW
Position511153443332322222222222222222
Source: http://superleaguegreece.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

26 August 2018 1 Olympiacos 1–0 Levadiakos Piraeus
21:30
Summary
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 15,123
Referee: Stefanos Koubarakis
2 September 2018 2 Olympiacos 5–0 PAS Giannina Piraeus
21:30
Summary
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 19,678
Referee: Fotios Fotiadis
16 September 2018 3 Olympiacos 2–1 Asteras Tripolis Piraeus
20:30
Summary
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 22,800
Referee: Thanasis Tzilos
24 September 2018 4 Panionios 0–1 Olympiacos Athens
19:30
Summary
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 4,414
Referee: Manolis Skoulas
30 September 2018 5 Olympiacos 0–1 PAOK Piraeus
20:30
Summary
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30,532
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San
7 October 2018 6 AEK 1–1 Olympiacos Athens
20:30
Summary
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 27,419
Referee: Denmark Mads Kristoffersen
21 October 2018 7 OFI 1–0 Olympiacos Heraklion
20:30
Summary
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 5,463
Referee: Athanasios Sezos
29 October 2018 8 Olympiacos 1–0 Apollon Smyrnis Piraeus
19:30
Summary
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 13,100
Referee: Praxiteles Zachariadis
4 November 2018 9 Aris 0–1 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
19:00
Summary Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 8,243
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos
11 November 2018 10 Olympiacos 1–1 Panathinaikos Piraeus
19:30
Summary
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 31,250
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet
25 November 2018 11 Atromitos 1–2 Olympiacos Athens
19:00
Summary
Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Attendance: 1,673
Referee: Angelos Evangelou
3 December 2018 12 Olympiacos 2–1 Panetolikos Piraeus
19:30
Summary
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 15,531
Referee: Stefanos Koubarakis
9 December 2018 13 Xanthi 1–1 Olympiacos Xanthi
15:30
Summary
Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena
Attendance: 1,342
Referee: Thanasis Tzilos
16 December 2018 14 Olympiacos 3–0 Lamia Piraeus
19:30 Summary
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 19,250
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos
23 December 2018 15 Olympiacos Postponed AEL Piraeus
17:15 Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
13 January 2019 16 Levadiakos 0–2 Olympiacos Livadeia
17:15
Summary Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,825
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos
19 January 2019 17 PAS Giannina 1–2 Olympiacos Ioannina
17:15
Summary Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
Attendance: 3,630
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos
27 January 2019 18 Asteras Tripolis 0–2 Olympiacos Tripoli
19:30
Summary Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
Attendance: 5,011
Referee: Stefanos Koubarakis
30 January 2019 15 Olympiacos 4–0 AEL Piraeus
19:30
Summary
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 17,122
Referee: Georgios Kominis
2 February 2019 19 Olympiacos 4–0 Panionios Piraeus
19:30
Summary
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 19,231
Referee: Kostantinos Kotsanis
10 February 2019 20 PAOK 3–1 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
19:30
Summary
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 25,097
Referee: Spain Jesús Gil Manzano
17 February 2019 21 Olympiacos 4–1 AEK Piraeus
19:30
Summary
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 29,010
Referee: Germany Tobias Stieler
25 February 2019 22 Olympiacos 5–1 OFI Piraeus
17:15
Summary
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 12,012
Referee: Vasilis Fotias
4 March 2019 23 Apollon Smyrnis 0–2 Olympiacos Athens
19:00 Summary
Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium
Attendance: 1,046
Referee: Athanasios Sezos
10 March 2019 24 Olympiacos 4–1 Aris Piraeus
19:30
Summary
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 19,172
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos
17 March 2019 25 Panathinaikos 0–3 Olympiacos Athens
19:00 Summary Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Referee: Germany Marco Fritz
Note: The match was suspended and later awarded 0–3 by FA decision.
31 March 2019 26 Olympiacos 2–1 Atromitos Piraeus
19:30 Summary
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 24,670
Referee: Finland Mattias Gestranius
7 April 2019 27 Panetolikos 0–5 Olympiacos Agrinio
19:00
Summary Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
Attendance: 3,429
Referee: Georgios Tzovaras
14 April 2019 28 Olympiacos 4–0 Xanthi Piraeus
19:00 Summary
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 27,614
Referee: Stefanos Koubarakis
21 April 2019 29 Lamia 1–3 Olympiacos Lamia
19:00
Summary
Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,315
Referee: Georgios Kominis
5 May 2019 30 AEL 0–3 Olympiacos Larissa
19:00
Summary
Stadium: AEL FC Arena
Attendance: 3,101
Referee: Evangelos Manouhos

Greek Football Cup[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Group E[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OLY PCH LEV AAV
1 Olympiacos 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9 Round of 16 1–0
2 Panachaiki 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6 0–2 2–1
3 Levadiakos 3 1 0 2 5 3 +2 3 4–0
4 Aris Avato 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0 1–2 0–1
Source: epo.gr
Rules for classification: 1. Points 2. Head-to-head points 3. Head-to-head goal difference 4. Goals scored 5. Goals against 6. Play-offs (neutral ground).
27 September 2018 1 Olympiacos 1–0 Levadiakos Piraeus
21:30
Summary Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium
Referee: Angelos Evangelou
1 November 2018 2 Panachaiki 0–2 Olympiacos Patras
17:15
Summary Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos
19 December 2018 3 Aris Avato 1–2 Olympiacos Avato
15:00 Summary
Stadium: Vistonida Stadium
Referee: Evangelos Gratsanis

Round of 16[edit]

8 January 2019 First leg Xanthi 0–0 Olympiacos Xanthi
17:15
Summary
Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena
Referee: Praxiteles Zachariadis
23 January 2019 Second leg Olympiacos 3–1
(3–1 agg.)
Xanthi Piraeus
19:30
Summary
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Referee: Georgios Tzovaras

Quarter-finals[edit]

6 February 2019 First leg Lamia 3–3 Olympiacos Lamia
17:00
Summary
Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium
Referee: Manolis Skoulas
28 February 2019 Second leg Olympiacos 0–1
(3–4 agg.)
Lamia Piraeus
19:30 Summary Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Referee: Georgios Kominis

UEFA Europa League[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Third qualifying round[edit]

9 August 2018 First leg Olympiacos Greece 4–0 Switzerland Luzern Piraeus, Greece
21:00
Summary
Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 19,208
Referee: François Letexier (France)
16 August 2018 Second leg Luzern Switzerland 1–3
(1–7 agg.)
Greece Olympiacos Lucerne, Switzerland
19:30
Summary Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 6,258
Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

Play-off round[edit]

23 August 2018 First leg Olympiacos Greece 3–1 England Burnley Piraeus, Greece
20:00
Summary
Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 25,010
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
30 August 2018 Second leg Burnley England 1–1
(2–4 agg.)
Greece Olympiacos Burnley, England
19:45
Summary
Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 15,234
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Group stage[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BET OLY MIL DUD
1 Spain Real Betis 6 3 3 0 7 2 +5 12 Advance to knockout phase 1–0 1–1 3–0
2 Greece Olympiacos 6 3 1 2 11 6 +5 10[a] 0–0 3–1 5–1
3 Italy Milan 6 3 1 2 12 9 +3 10[a] 1–2 3–1 5–2
4 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 6 0 1 5 3 16 −13 1 0–0 0–2 0–1
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Goal difference in all group matches: Olympiacos +5, Milan +3.
20 September 2018 1 Olympiacos Greece 0–0 Spain Real Betis Piraeus, Greece
22:00
Summary
Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 28,650
Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)
4 October 2018 2 Milan Italy 3–1 Greece Olympiacos Milan, Italy
18:55
Summary Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 22,294
Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)
25 October 2018 3 F91 Dudelange Luxembourg 0–2 Greece Olympiacos Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
18:55
Summary Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)
8 November 2018 4 Olympiacos Greece 5–1 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange Piraeus, Greece
22:00
Summary
Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 24,032
Referee: Petr Ardeleanu (Czech Republic)
29 November 2018 5 Real Betis Spain 1–0 Greece Olympiacos Seville, Spain
18:55
Summary
Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 37,722
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
13 December 2018 6 Olympiacos Greece 3–1 Italy Milan Piraeus, Greece
22:00
Summary
Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 31,010
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Knockout phase[edit]

Round of 32[edit]
14 February 2019 First leg Olympiacos Greece 2–2 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Piraeus, Grrece
18:55
Summary
Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 31,020
Referee: Craig Pawson (England)
21 February 2019 Second leg Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 1–0
(3–2 agg.)
Greece Olympiacos Kyiv, Ukraine
21:00
Summary
Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Squad statistics[edit]

Appearances[edit]

Last updated on 14 April 2019.
No. Pos Nat Player Total Super League Greece Greek Cup Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Greece GRE Lefteris Choutesiotis 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
32 GK Russia RUS Yuri Lodygin 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
93 GK Portugal POR José Sá 30 0 21 0 2 0 7 0
Defenders
14 DF Norway NOR Omar Elabdellaoui 30 4 22 4 0 0 7+1 0
20 DF Tunisia TUN Yassine Meriah 24 1 15+1 1 4 0 3+1 0
21 DF Greece GRE Kostas Tsimikas 26 0 11+2 0 4 0 9 0
23 DF Greece GRE Leonardo Koutris 24 0 17 0 3+1 0 3 0
25 DF Portugal POR Roderick Miranda 20 0 7+1 0 6 0 6 0
26 DF Serbia SRB Jagoš Vuković 28 3 18 3 1 0 9 0
34 DF Greece GRE Avraam Papadopoulos 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF Greece GRE Vasilis Torosidis 24 3 7+5 0 3 1 4+5 2
64 DF Greece GRE Apostolos-Ilias Martinis 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
66 DF Senegal SEN Pape Abou Cissé 27 2 17 1 2 0 7+1 1
Midfielders
4 MF Guinea GUI Mohamed Camara 34 4 16+6 4 2 0 10 0
5 MF Greece GRE Andreas Bouchalakis 30 2 15+3 1 2+1 0 8+1 1
6 MF Israel ISR Bibras Natkho 30 1 6+13 1 2+1 0 2+6 0
7 MF Greece GRE Kostas Fortounis 41 16 25+1 11 2+1 0 11+1 5
8 MF Greece GRE Thanasis Androutsos 7 1 0+3 0 4 1 0 0
11 MF Greece GRE Lazaros Christodoulopoulos 26 9 12+5 4 0+1 0 5+3 5
12 MF Brazil BRA Guilherme 32 4 21+1 4 5 0 5 0
16 MF Greece GRE Georgios Masouras 15 4 7+2 4 3+1 0 0+2 0
31 MF Portugal POR Gil Dias 9 2 2+4 0 1 1 0+2 1
56 MF Portugal POR Daniel Podence 40 8 25+1 5 1+1 2 11+1 1
57 MF Greece GRE Georgios Xenitidis 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
58 MF Greece GRE Nikolaos Peios 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
67 MF Greece GRE Giorgos Neofytidis 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Spain ESP Miguel Ángel Guerrero 34 11 15+7 7 2+1 0 7+2 4
18 FW Egypt EGY Ahmed Hassan 30 13 11+9 9 2+3 2 3+2 2
29 FW Argentina ARG Franco Soldano 7 1 1+3 0 2+1 1 0 0
51 FW Greece GRE Alexandros Voilis 3 0 0 0 1+2 0 0 0
63 FW Greece GRE Georgios Marinos 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have been loaned out or transferred
10 MF Greece GRE Giannis Fetfatzidis 18 1 3+6 1 1+1 0 3+4 0
17 MF Spain ESP Nahuel 11 1 4 0 3 1 4 0
17 FW Iran IRN Karim Ansarifard 2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
19 MF Greece GRE Marios Vrousai 6 1 0+1 0 3 1 0+2 0
22 GK Greece GRE Andreas Gianniotis 13 0 7 0 1 0 5 0
27 MF Greece GRE Georgios Masouras 3 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0
33 FW Greece GRE Dimitrios Manos 9 2 1+5 1 3 1 0 0
42 MF Ivory Coast CIV Yaya Touré 5 0 1+1 0 1 0 1+1 0
43 DF Greece GRE Dimitris Nikolaou 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
90 FW Colombia COL Felipe Pardo 3 0 1 0 1+1 0 0 0

Individual Awards[edit]

Name Pos. Award
Greece Kostas Fortounis Attacking Midfielder
  • Super League Greece Player of the Season
  • Super League Greece Greek Footballer of the Season
  • Super League Greece Team of the Season
Greece Georgios Masouras Winger
  • Super League Greece Team of the Season
Brazil Guilherme Defensive Midfielder
  • Super League Greece Team of the Season
Portugal Daniel Podence Winger
  • Super League Greece Team of the Season
Norway Omar Elabdellaoui Right-back
  • Super League Greece Team of the Season

References[edit]

  1. ^ "TEAM". Olympiacos.org – Official Website of Olympiacos Piraeus.
  2. ^ "Olympiacos Assistants to coach". Olympiacos. Archived from the original on 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  3. ^ "Olympiacos Medical staff". Olympiacos. Archived from the original on 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  4. ^ "Αφαίρεση δύο βαθμών στο πρωτάθλημα της επόμενης σεζόν". www.protothema.gr. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  5. ^ sdna.gr Aφαίρεση τριών βαθμών στην ΑΕΚ!
  6. ^ "Superleague Greece 2018/2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

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