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2018–19 Eredivisie

This article is about the men's competition. For the women's competition, see2018–19 Eredivisie (women).

The2018–19 Eredivisiewas the 63rd season of theEredivisiesince its establishment in 1955. The season began on 10 August 2018 and concluded on 15 May 2019; the Europa League and relegation play-offs will take place later that month.PSVwere the defending champions.Emmen,De GraafschapandFortuna Sittardjoined as the promoted clubs from the2017–18 Eerste Divisie.They replacedSparta Rotterdam,TwenteandRoda JCwho were relegated to the2018–19 Eerste Divisie.

Eredivisie
Season2018–19
Dates10 August 2018 – 15 May 2019
ChampionsAjax(34th title)
RelegatedNAC Breda
De Graafschap
Excelsior
Champions LeagueAjax
PSV Eindhoven
Europa LeagueFeyenoord
AZ
FC Utrecht
Matches played306
Goals scored1,061 (3.47 per match)
Top goalscorerLuuk de Jong
Dušan Tadić
(28 goals each)
Biggest home winAjax8–0De Graafschap
(16 December 2018)
Biggest away winADO Den Haag0–7PSV Eindhoven
(15 September 2018)
Highest scoringHeracles Almelo4–5Excelsior
(12 May 2019)
Longest winning run13 matches
PSV Eindhoven
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
PSV Eindhoven
Longest winless run10 matches
Excelsior
NAC Breda
Longest losing run7 matches
Excelsior
Highest attendance53,720
Lowest attendance3,811
Total attendance5,509,186
Average attendance18,004

Teams

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A total of 18 teams took part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the2017–18 season,two promotion/relegation playoff winners (FC EmmenandDe Graafschap) and the2017–18 Eerste Divisierunners-up (Fortuna Sittard).FC Emmenwill play in theEredivisiefor the first time in their history.

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Locations of the2018–19 Eredivisieteams
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Rotterdam Eredivisie football clubs

Stadiums and locations

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Club Location Venue Capacity
ADO Den Haag The Hague Cars Jeans Stadion 15,000
Ajax Amsterdam Johan Cruyff Arena 54,990
AZ Alkmaar AFAS Stadion 17,023
De Graafschap Doetinchem De Vijverberg 12,600
Emmen Emmen De Oude Meerdijk 8,600
Excelsior Rotterdam Van Donge & De Roo Stadion 4,500
Feyenoord Rotterdam De Kuip 51,177
Fortuna Sittard Sittard Fortuna Sittard Stadion 10,300
Groningen Groningen Noordlease Stadion 22,550
Heerenveen Heerenveen Abe Lenstra Stadion 27,224
Heracles Almelo Almelo Polman Stadion 12,080
NAC Breda Breda Rat Verlegh Stadion 19,000
PEC Zwolle Zwolle MAC³PARK Stadion 14,000
PSV Eindhoven Philips Stadion 36,500
Utrecht Utrecht Stadion Galgenwaard 23,750
Vitesse Arnhem GelreDome 21,248
VVV-Venlo Venlo Seacon Stadion – De Koel 8,000
Willem II Tilburg Koning Willem II Stadion 14,500

Personnel and kits

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Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFAeligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
ADO Den Haag Alfons Groenendijk Aaron Meijers Erreà Cars Jeans
Ajax Erik ten Hag Matthijs de Ligt Adidas Ziggo
AZ John van den Brom Guus Til Under Armour AFAS Software
De Graafschap Henk de Jong Sven Nieuwpoort Nike Flexfactory
Emmen Dick Lukkien Anco Jansen Beltona Noordlease
Excelsior André Hoekstra Ryan Koolwijk Quick DSW Zorgverzekeraar
Feyenoord Giovanni van Bronckhorst Robin van Persie Adidas Qurrent
Fortuna Sittard René Eijer[nl] Wessel Dammers Masita Sparr Finance
Groningen Danny Buijs Mike te Wierik Puma Payt
Heerenveen Johnny Jansen Stijn Schaars Jako GroenLeven
Heracles Frank Wormuth Robin Pröpper Acerbis Asito
NAC Breda Ruud Brood Menno Koch Legea CM Payments
PEC Zwolle Jaap Stam Bram van Polen Craft Molecaten
PSV Mark van Bommel Luuk de Jong Umbro Energiedirect.nl
Utrecht Dick Advocaat Willem Janssen Hummel Zorg van de zaak
Vitesse Leonid Slutsky Maikel van der Werff Macron Droomparken
VVV-Venlo Maurice Steijn Danny Post Masita Seacon Logistics
Willem II Adrie Koster Jordens Peters Robey Destil

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Excelsior Mitchell van der Gaag End of contract 1 July 2018[1] Pre-season Adrie Poldervaart 1 July 2018[2]
Fortuna Sittard Cláudio Braga End of interim spell 1 July 2018 René Eijer[nl] 1 July 2018
Groningen Ernest Faber End of contract 1 July 2018 Danny Buijs 1 July 2018
Heerenveen Jurgen Streppel End of contract 1 July 2018 Jan Olde Riekerink 1 July 2018
Heracles Almelo John Stegeman End of contract 1 July 2018 Frank Wormuth 1 July 2018
NAC Breda Stijn Vreven End of contract 1 July 2018 Mitchell van der Gaag 1 July 2018
PSV Phillip Cocu Signed byFenerbahçe 1 July 2018 Mark van Bommel 1 July 2018
Vitesse Edward Sturing End of interim spell 1 July 2018 Leonid Slutsky 1 July 2018
Willem II Reinier Robbemond End of interim spell 1 July 2018 Adrie Koster 1 July 2018
FC Utrecht Jean-Paul de Jong Sacked 4 September 2018 11th Dick Advocaat 12 September 2018
PEC Zwolle John van 't Schip Sacked 19 December 2018 15th Jaap Stam 28 December 2018
NAC Breda Mitchell van der Gaag Resigned 18 March 2019 18th Ruud Brood 25 March 2019
Excelsior Adrie Poldervaart Resigned 4 April 2019[3] 15th André Hoekstra 4 April 2019
Heerenveen Jan Olde Riekerink Sacked 10 April 2019[4] 10th Johnny Jansen(caretaker) 10 April 2019

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ajax(C) 34 28 2 4 119 32 +87 86 Qualification for theChampions League third qualifying round
2 PSV Eindhoven 34 26 5 3 98 26 +72 83 Qualification for theChampions League second qualifying round
3 Feyenoord 34 20 5 9 75 41 +34 65 Qualification for theEuropa League third qualifying round[a]
4 AZ 34 17 7 10 64 43 +21 58 Qualification for theEuropa League second qualifying round[a]
5 Vitesse 34 14 11 9 70 51 +19 53 Qualification for theEuropean competition play-offs[b]
6 Utrecht(O) 34 15 8 11 60 51 +9 53
7 Heracles Almelo 34 15 3 16 61 68 −7 48
8 Groningen 34 13 6 15 39 41 −2 45
9 ADO Den Haag 34 12 9 13 58 63 −5 45
10 Willem II 34 13 5 16 58 72 −14 44
11 Heerenveen 34 10 11 13 64 73 −9 41
12 VVV-Venlo 34 11 8 15 47 63 −16 41
13 PEC Zwolle 34 11 6 17 44 57 −13 39
14 Emmen 34 10 8 16 41 72 −31 38
15 Fortuna Sittard 34 9 7 18 50 80 −30 34
16 Excelsior(R) 34 9 6 19 46 79 −33 33 Qualification for theRelegation play-offs[c]
17 De Graafschap(R) 34 8 5 21 38 75 −37 29
18 NAC Breda(R) 34 5 8 21 29 74 −45 23 Relegation toEerste Divisie
Source:eredivisie.nl
Rules for classification:Season in progress:1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order;End of season:1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)[5]
(C)Champions;(O)Play-off winners;(R)Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^abSince the winners of the2018–19 KNVB Cup,Ajax,qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the KNVB Cup winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the third-placed team and the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.
  2. ^Four teams play for a spot in the2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.
  3. ^Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from theEerste Divisie,play for two spots in the2019–20 Eredivisie.The remaining eight teams play in the2019–20 Eerste Divisie.

Results

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Home \ Away ADO AJA AZ EMM EXC FEY FOR GRA GRO HEE HER NAC PEC PSV UTR VIT VVV WIL
ADO Den Haag 1–5 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–7 5–0 3–3 2–4 6–2
Ajax 5–1 5–0 5–0 6–2 3–0 4–0 8–0 3–0 4–4 1–1 5–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 4–2 6–0 2–0
AZ 2–3 1–0 5–0 2–1 1–1 4–2 1–0 1–0 2–3 2–1 5–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 0–2
Emmen 3–2 2–5 1–4 1–2 1–4 3–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–3 1–1 0–2
Excelsior 2–4 1–7 4–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–4 3–3 0–3 1–2 0–2 0–2 3–3 2–0 1–0 1–1
Feyenoord 0–2 6–2 2–1 4–0 3–0 0–2 4–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 4–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–3
Fortuna Sittard 0–0 0–2 0–3 3–1 4–1 1–4 3–1 0–0 2–4 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 4–4
De Graafschap 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 5–1 0–1 0–5 1–2 3–0 0–2 1–4 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–1
Groningen 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 5–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–2 0–1
Heerenveen 1–1 0–4 0–2 1–1 1–0 3–5 3–1 0–3 1–1 3–5 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–3 1–1 2–2 4–2
Heracles Almelo 4–2 1–0 3–2 2–1 4–5 0–2 6–0 4–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–4 1–5 3–2 4–1 3–4
NAC Breda 1–1 0–3 0–3 1–1 0–2 0–4 2–3 3–0 0–0 4–2 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–4 2–1 1–1 2–2
PEC Zwolle 2–3 1–4 0–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 5–0 0–3 3–2 2–3 1–1 0–0 1–2 4–3 0–2 2–4 2–3
PSV Eindhoven 3–1 3–0 3–1 6–0 6–0 1–1 5–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 4–0 4–0 1–0 4–0 6–1
Utrecht 3–0 1–3 2–1 1–2 0–0 3–2 2–1 5–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–1
Vitesse 1–1 0–4 2–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 6–1 5–1 2–2 4–0 4–1 4–1 3–3 2–1 2–1 3–2
VVV-Venlo 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–3 1–0 0–3 3–2 4–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 0–1 2–6 1–3 2–1
Willem II 0–3 1–4 2–1 2–3 2–2 1–1 3–2 3–2 1–2 1–5 5–0 2–0 2–0 0–3 0–1 1–3 0–1
Source:eredivisie.nl
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Games Goals Penalties Average
1 Luuk de Jong PSV Eindhoven 34 28 0 0.82
Dušan Tadić Ajax 34 11 0.82
3 Adrián Dalmau Heracles Almelo 31 19 0 0.61
4 Hirving Lozano PSV Eindhoven 30 17 4 0.57
Abdenasser El Khayati ADO Den Haag 33 6 0.52
6 Robin van Persie Feyenoord 25 16 0 0.64
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Ajax 28 1 0.57
Hakim Ziyech Ajax 29 0 0.55
Sam Lammers Heerenveen 31 5 0.52
Michel Vlap Heerenveen 34 0 0.47

Source: nos.nl[6]

Hat-tricks

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Round Player Club Goals Date Home Score Away
3 Fran Sol Willem II 34', 52' (p), 70' 26 August 2018 Willem II 5–0 Heracles Almelo
4 Abdenasser El Khayati ADO Den Haag 21' (p), 45+1', 65', 69' 1 September 2018 Excelsior 2–4 ADO Den Haag
16 Daley Blind Ajax 65', 74', 90' 16 December 2018 Ajax 8–0 De Graafschap
16 Hakim Ziyech Ajax 32', 62', 69' 16 December 2018 Ajax 8–0 De Graafschap
18 Fabian Serrarens De Graafschap 27', 30', 66' 20 January 2019 De Graafschap 5–1 Fortuna Sittard
20 Luuk de Jong PSV Eindhoven 54', 76', 87' 3 February 2019 PSV Eindhoven 5–0 Fortuna Sittard
22 Adrián Dalmau Heracles Almelo 1', 51', 60', 78' 16 February 2019 Heracles Almelo 6–0 Fortuna Sittard
24 Robin van Persie Feyenoord 38', 52', 62' 3 March 2019 Feyenoord 4–0 Emmen
27 Alexander Isak Willem II 44' (p), 58' (p), 61' (p) 30 March 2019 Willem II 3–2 Fortuna Sittard
27 Thomas Buitink Vitesse 21', 27', 43' 30 March 2019 ADO Den Haag 3–3 Vitesse
30 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Ajax 10', 40', 65' 13 April 2019 Ajax 6–2 Excelsior
31 Bryan Linssen Vitesse 9', 47', 77' 20 April 2019 Vitesse 4–1 PEC Zwolle
33 Adrián Dalmau Heracles Almelo 23', 51', 59' 12 May 2019 Heracles Almelo 4–5 Excelsior
33 Elías Már Ómarsson Excelsior 4', 45', 90+1' 12 May 2019 Heracles Almelo 4–5 Excelsior
33 Peniel Mlapa VVV-Venlo 54', 57', 75' 12 May 2019 PEC Zwolle 2–4 VVV-Venlo

Assists

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Rank Player Club Games Assists Average
1 Hakim Ziyech Ajax 29 13 0.45
Dušan Tadić Ajax 34 0.38
3 Steven Berghuis Feyenoord 33 12 0.36
Steven Bergwijn PSV Eindhoven 33 0.36
Abdenasser El Khayati ADO Den Haag 33 0.36
6 Martin Ødegaard Vitesse 31 10 0.32
Brandley Kuwas Heracles Almelo 33 0.3
Donny van de Beek Ajax 34 0.29
9 Arbër Zeneli Heerenveen 17 9 0.53
Angeliño PSV Eindhoven 34 0.26

Source: nos.nl[7]

Discipline

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Player with the most yellow cards:11[8]

Players with the most red cards:2

Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2019.

Awards

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Monthly awards

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Month Player of the Month Talent of the Month Ref.
Player Club Player Club
August Robin van Persie Feyenoord Steven Bergwijn PSV [9]
September Kristoffer Peterson Heracles Angeliño PSV [10]
October Hakim Ziyech Ajax Michel Vlap Heerenveen [11]
November Nicolás Tagliafico Ajax Noussair Mazraoui Ajax [12]
December Frenkie de Jong Ajax Steven Bergwijn PSV [13]
January Patrick Joosten VVV-Venlo Sam Lammers Heerenveen [14]
February Frenkie de Jong Ajax Lazaros Lamprou Fortuna Sittard [15]
March Dušan Tadić Ajax Alexander Isak Willem II [16]
April Martin Ødegaard Vitesse Tyrell Malacia Feyenoord [17]
May Elías Már Ómarsson Excelsior Martin Ødegaard Vitesse [18]

Annual awards

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Award Player Club Ref.
Player of the Season Frenkie de Jong Ajax [19]
Talent of the Season Angeliño PSV
Team of the Season[19]
Goalkeeper André Onana(Ajax)
Defence Denzel Dumfries(PSV) Matthijs de Ligt(Ajax) Daley Blind(Ajax) Angeliño(PSV)
Midfield Martin Ødegaard(Vitesse) Lasse Schöne(Ajax) Frenkie de Jong(Ajax)
Attack Hakim Ziyech(Ajax) Luuk de Jong(PSV) Dušan Tadić(Ajax)
Bench Marco Bizot(AZ)
Nicolás Tagliafico(Ajax)
Nick Viergever(PSV)
Abdenasser El Khayati(ADO Den Haag)
Thulani Serero(Vitesse)
Younes Namli(PEC Zwolle)
Adrián Dalmau(Heracles)
Steven Berghuis(Feyenoord)
Steven Bergwijn(PSV)

Play-offs

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European competition

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Four teams played for a spot in the2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

Semi-finalsFinal
Heracles Almelo000
FC Utrecht23 5
FC Utrecht*123
Vitesse10 1
FC Groningen213
Vitesse13 4

Key:*= Play-off winners,(a)= Wins because ofaway goals rule,(e)= Wins afterextra timein second leg,(p)= Wins afterpenalty shoot-out.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

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Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, played for two spots in the2019–20 Eredivisie,the remaining eight teams playing in the2019–20 Eerste Divisie.

First roundSecond roundThird round
NEC202
RKC Waalwijk03 3
RKC Waalwijk213
Excelsior11 2
RKC Waalwijk*055
Go Ahead Eagles04 4
Go Ahead Eagles213
FC Den Bosch20 2
TOP Oss000
Sparta Rotterdam23 5
Sparta Rotterdam*123
De Graafschap20 2
SC Cambuur224
Almere City21 3
SC Cambuur101
De Graafschap12 3

Key:*= Play-off winners,(a)= Wins because ofaway goals rule,(e)= Wins afterextra timein second leg,(p)= Wins afterpenalty shoot-out.

Attendances

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# Football club Home games Average attendance[20]
1 AFC Ajax 17 52,961
2 Feyenoord 17 41,771
3 PSV 17 34,071
4 FC Utrecht 17 18,841
5 sc Heerenveen 17 18,743
6 NAC Breda 17 18,262
7 FC Groningen 17 17,744
8 AZ 17 15,133
9 Vitesse 17 15,065
10 PEC Zwolle 17 13,478
11 Willem II 17 12,998
12 ADO Den Haag 17 12,561
13 De Graafschap 17 12,321
14 Heracles Almelo 17 10,992
15 Fortuna Sittard 17 9,100
16 FC Emmen 17 8,262
17 VVV-Venlo 17 6,828
18 Excelsior 17 4,214

References

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  1. ^"Van der Gaag vertrekt na dit seizoen bij Excelsior".AD.nl(in Dutch). 4 March 2018.Retrieved4 March2018.
  2. ^"Adrie Poldervaart stapt over van de massagetafel naar het coachvak".Volkskrant(in Dutch). 30 May 2018.Retrieved30 May2018.
  3. ^"Trainer Poldervaart stapt op bij Excelsior na nederlaag tegen NAC".NOS.nl(in Dutch). 4 April 2019.
  4. ^"Heerenveen zet trainer Olde Riekerink op non-actief".NOS.nl(in Dutch). 10 April 2019.
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  10. ^"Peterson wint prijs voor Speler van de Maand | Eredivisie".eredivisie.nl.October 5, 2018. Archived fromthe originalon April 6, 2019.RetrievedOctober 27,2018.
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  12. ^"Nicolás Tagliafico uitgeroepen tot Speler van de Maand november | Eredivisie".eredivisie.nl.December 6, 2018. Archived fromthe originalon May 28, 2019.RetrievedDecember 17,2018.
  13. ^"Frenkie de Jong en Steven Bergwijn Speler en Talent van de Maand december".foxsports.nl.Archived fromthe originalon 2019-01-17.Retrieved2019-01-16.
  14. ^"Patrick Joosten uitgeroepen tot Speler van de Maand januari | Eredivisie".eredivisie.nl.January 30, 2019. Archived fromthe originalon May 28, 2019.RetrievedJanuary 30,2019.
  15. ^"Frenkie de Jong opnieuw uitgeroepen tot Speler van de Maand | Eredivisie".eredivisie.nl.February 28, 2019. Archived fromthe originalon July 22, 2020.RetrievedFebruary 28,2019.
  16. ^"Dusan Tadic announced as Played of the Month | Eredivisie".eredivisie.nl.April 5, 2019. Archived fromthe originalon April 6, 2019.RetrievedApril 5,2019.
  17. ^"Martin Ødegaard named as player of the month for April | Eredivisie".eredivisie.nl.May 5, 2019. Archived fromthe originalon May 2, 2019.RetrievedMay 4,2019.
  18. ^"Omarsson Eredivisie player of the month May, Ødegaard talent of the month; Eredivisie".eredivisie.nl.May 20, 2019. Archived fromthe originalon December 22, 2020.RetrievedJanuary 10,2022.
  19. ^ab"Frenkie de Jong Eredivisie Player of the Season 2018/2019".Eredivisie. 16 May 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 31 August 2021.Retrieved31 August2021.
  20. ^https:// worldfootball.net/attendance/ned-eredivisie-2018-2019/1/
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