2015–16 Toulouse FC season

Toulouse

2015–16 season

Chairman

Olivier Sadran

Manager

Dominique Arribagé (Until 27 February)
Pascal Dupraz (From 2 March)

Stadium

17th

Round of 32

Semi final

Top goalscorer

League:
Wissam Ben Yedder (17)
All:
Wissam Ben Yedder (23)

Highest home attendance

30,178 vs Paris Saint-Germain (16 January 2016)

Lowest home attendance

6,298 vs Auxerre (28 October 2015)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Toulouse FC season is the 46th professional season of the club since its creation in 1970.

Players

French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.

First team squad

As of 2 February 2016^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Mauro Goicoechea
2	DF	Maxime Spano
3	DF	Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik
4	MF	Tongo Doumbia
5	DF	Issa Diop
6	DF	William Matheus
7	MF	Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro (captain)
8	MF	Étienne Didot
9	FW	Martin Braithwaite
10	FW	Wissam Ben Yedder
11	FW	Aleksandar Pešić
12	FW	Youssef Benali
13	MF	Zinédine Machach
14	MF	Pantxi Sirieix

No.	Position	Player
15	DF	Uroš Spajić
16	GK	Marc Vidal
17	MF	Adrien Regattin
18	MF	Óscar Trejo
19	MF	Somália
20	DF	Steeve Yago
23	MF	Yann Bodiger
24	DF	Pavle Ninkov
25	FW	Sana Zaniou
26	DF	Marcel Tisserand (on loan from Monaco)
27	MF	Alexis Blin
28	MF	Mihai Roman
29	DF	François Moubandje
40	GK	Alban Lafont

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
—		DF	Issiaga Sylla (on loan to Gazélec Ajaccio)
—		DF	Dušan Veškovac (on loan to Troyes)

No.		Position	Player
—		MF	Dominik Furman (on loan to Hellas Verona)
—		MF	Abel Aguilar (on loan to Belenenses)

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved from	Fee	Notes
000000002015-07-01-00001 July 2015	c GK	Goicoechea, MauroMauro Goicoechea	27	Arouca	Undisclosed
000000002015-08-07-00007 August 2015	c MF	Somália	26	Ferencváros	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned from	Return date	Notes
000000002015-07-21-000021 July 2015	c DF	Tisserand, MarcelMarcel Tisserand	22	Monaco	30 June 2016	^[2]

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved to	Fee	Notes
000000002015-07-01-00001 July 2015	c DF	Aurier, SergeSerge Aurier	22	Paris Saint-Germain	£7 million
000000002015-07-01-00001 July 2015	c GK	Boucher, ZacharieZacharie Boucher	23	Auxerre	Undisclosed
000000002015-07-01-00001 July 2015	c GK	Mpasi, LionelLionel Mpasi	20	Unattached	Released
000000002015-07-01-00001 July 2015	c FW	Soukouna, AmadouAmadou Soukouna	23	Unattached	Released
000000002016-01-21-000021 January 2016	c DF	Grigore, DragoșDragoș Grigore	29	Al-Sailiya SC	Undisclosed	^[3]
000000002016-01-26-000026 January 2016	c GK	Ahamada, AliAli Ahamada	24	Kayserispor	Undisclosed	^[4]
000000002016-02-02-00002 February 2016	c MF	Aguilar, AbelAbel Aguilar	31	Belenenses	Undisclosed	^[5]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned to	Return date	Notes
000000002015-07-01-00001 July 2015	c DF	Grigore, DragoșDragoș Grigore	28	Al-Sailiya SC	30 June 2016
000000002015-07-04-00004 July 2015	c DF	Sylla, IssiagaIssiaga Sylla	21	Gazélec Ajaccio	30 June 2016
000000002015-08-31-000031 August 2015	c DF	Veškovac, DušanDušan Veškovac	29	Troyes	30 June 2016
000000002016-02-01-00001 February 2016	c MF	Furman, DominikDominik Furman	23	Hellas Verona	30 June 2016	^[6]

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2015–16 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Lorient	38	11	13	14	47	58	−11	46
16	Guingamp	38	11	11	16	47	56	−9	44
17	Toulouse	38	9	13	16	45	55	−10	40
18	Reims (R)	38	10	9	19	44	57	−13	39	Relegation to Ligue 2^{[lower-alpha 1]}
19	Gazélec Ajaccio (R)	38	8	13	17	37	58	−21	37	Relegation to Ligue 2^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fairplay ranking.^[9]
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ Starting this season, Ligue 1 decided to reduce the number of relegation spots from three to two.^[7] However, the decision was appealed and overturned so three teams were relegated.^[8]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	9	13	16	45	55	−10	40	6	7	6	29	21	+8	3	6	10	16	34	−18

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by match

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	W
Position	5	10	11	14	16	17	15	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	17	17

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Ligue1
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Win Draw Loss

9 August 2015 1	Toulouse	2–1	Saint-Étienne	Toulouse
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Braithwaite 26' Ben Yedder 53' Pešić 87'	Report	Perrin 17' Théophile-Catherine 66'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 15,158 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

15 August 2015 2	Caen	1–0	Toulouse	Caen
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Adeoti 45+1' Da Silva 69'	Report	Didot 69' Ben Yedder 78' Doumbia 89' Spajić 90'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,791 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

22 August 2015 3	Toulouse	1–1	Monaco	Toulouse
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Doumbia 22'	Report	Wallace 50' Touré 57' Lemar 65' Traoré 80' Silva 87'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 12,748 Referee: Stephane Lannoy

29 August 2015 4	Rennes	3–1	Toulouse	Rennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Yago 17' (o.g.) Fernandes 55' Armand 68' Henrique 75' Sio 90'	Report	Braithwaite 5' Akpa-Akpro 55' Tisserand 65' Goicoechea 67'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 18,560 Referee: Benoît Millot

12 September 2015 5	Toulouse	2–2	Reims	Toulouse
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Trejo 20' Kana-Biyik 28' Braithwaite 30' Akpa-Akpro 71'	Report	Siebatcheu 56' Oniangue 68' Bulot 80' Devaux 90+4'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 11,766 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

20 September 2015 6	Bordeaux	1–1	Toulouse	Bordeaux
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pallois 18' Biyogo Poko 56' Crivelli 89'	Report	Regattin 23', 57' Bodiger 45+1' Trejo 77'	Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 20,650 Referee: Mikaël Lesage

23 September 2015 7	Toulouse	1–1	Marseille	Toulouse
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Moubandje 35', 84' Braithwaite 67' Doumbia 85' Akpa-Akpro 87' Yago 87'	Report	Mendy 78' Batshuayi 90'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 18,350 Referee: Antony Gautier

26 September 2015 8	Bastia	3–0	Toulouse	Furiani
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cahuzac 2' Palmieri 8' Squillaci 31', 43' Mostefa 38' Marange 86'	Report	Regattin 2' Spajić 49' Blin 59'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 10,658 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

3 October 2015 9	Gazélec Ajaccio	2–2	Toulouse	Ajaccio, Corsica
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Filippi 16' Mayi 25' Pujol 41', 44' Ducourtioux 66'	Report	Braithwaite 21' Bodiger 47' Sylla 49' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,465 Referee: Frank Schneider

17 October 2015 10	Toulouse	1–2	Angers	Toulouse
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Trejo 24' Tisserand 84'	Report	Ndoye 27' Camara 34' Sissoko 83'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 13,887 Referee: Amaury Delerue

23 October 2015 11	Lyon	3–0	Toulouse	Lyon
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Darder 18' Morel 51' Valbuena 69' Cornet 90+4'	Report	Moubandje 29' Bodiger 31' Akpa-Akpro 44' Trejo 50'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 32,327 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

31 October 2015 12	Toulouse	1–1	Montpellier	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Akpa-Akpro 25' Machach 35', 39' Regattin 85' Bodiger 89'	Report	Roussillon 34' Casimir Ninga 58' Bensebaini 90+3'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 8,883 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

7 November 2015 13	Paris Saint-Germain	5–0	Toulouse	Paris
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di María 6' Ibrahimović 18', 45' Lucas 66' Lavezzi 79' David Luiz 88' Stambouli 90'	Report	Tisserand 34'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,381 Referee: Johan Hamel

21 November 2015 14	Guingamp	2–0	Toulouse	Guingamp
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Diallo 27' Privat 32', 59' Salibur 70' Lévêque 73'	Report	Machach 24' Matheus 38' Bodiger 41' Kana-Biyik 83'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 12,737 Referee: Wilfried Bien

28 November 2015 15	Toulouse	2–0	Nice	Toulouse
20:00 CE1T (UTC+01:00)	Somália 15' Braithwaite 31' (pen.) Ben Yedder 58' Machach 60'	Report	Hassen 39' Pied 60' Le Marchand 90+2'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 9,956 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

2 December 2015 16	Troyes	0–3	Toulouse	Troyes
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Darbion 79'	Report	Diop 2' Tisserand 31', 66' Akpa-Akpro 49', 82' Pešić 86'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 10,183 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

5 December 2015 17	Toulouse	2–3	Lorient	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bodiger 20' Kana-Biyik 41' Ben Yedder 59'	Report	Jeannot 27', 47', 48' Bellugou 46' Mesloub 76'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 14,354 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

12 December 2015 18	Nantes	1–1	Toulouse	Nantes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Deaux 35' Audel 53' Sala 85', 86' Henry 90+1'	Report	Doumbia 26' Pešić 53' Ben Yedder 57' Matheus 83' Bodiger 87' Diop 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 18,851 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

19 December 2015 19	Toulouse	1–1	Lille	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ben Yedder 12' Machach 43' Akpa-Akpro 60' Doumbia 68'	Report	Obbadi 45+2' Boufal 87'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 14,843 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

9 January 2016 20	Reims	1–3	Toulouse	Reims
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Devaux 12', 79' Mandi 27' Traoré 46'	Report	Akpa-Akpro 29' Blin 40' Tisserand 44' Ben Yedder 51', 66', 89' Trejo 59'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 13,192 Referee: Mikaël Lesage

16 January 2016 21	Toulouse	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Toulouse
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Akpa-Akpro 72'	Report	Ibrahimović 73'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 30,178 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

24 January 2016 22	Monaco	4–0	Toulouse	Fontvieille
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bakayoko 24' Silva 28', 40' Coentrão 36' Carvalho 39' Carrillo 70' Costa 90+2'	Report	Somália 35'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 5,628 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

30 January 2016 23	Toulouse	1–2	Guingamp	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Akpa-Akpro 37' Ben Yedder 64' (pen.) Diop 47', 90+2'	Report	Younousse Sankharé 12' 88' Giresse 29' Briand 72' Kerbrat 79' Mathis 90'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Attendance: 20,097 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

3 February 2016 24	Nice	1–0	Toulouse	Nice
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pied 70' Ben Arfa 82'	Report	Blin 71'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 12,828 Referee: François Letexier

6 February 2016 25	Toulouse	0–0	Nantes	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Trejo 36' Moubandje 90'	Report	Sabaly 16' Thomasson 37' Sala 86' Bammou 90'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 11,570 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

13 February 2016 26	Montpellier	2–0	Toulouse	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Yatabaré 24' Camara 88'	Report	Regattin 21' Moubandje 82'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 14,616 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

20 February 2016 27	Toulouse	1–1	Gazélec Ajaccio	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Blin 82' Braithwaite 90+1'	Report	Filippi 39' Sylla 36', 79' Ducourtioux 49' Mayi 59' Touré 87'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Attendance: 19,173 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

27 February 2016 28	Toulose	1–2	Rennes	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bodiger 57' Akpa-Akpro 74' Ben Yedder 78'	Report	Dembélé 80' Grosicki 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Attendance: 11,627 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

6 March 2016 29	Marseille	1–1	Toulouse	Marseille
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rekik 28' Rolando 59' Somália 74' (o.g.)	Report	Blin 36' Ben Yedder 55'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 41,080 Referee: Benoît Millot

12 March 2016 30	Toulouse	4–0	Bordeaux	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ben Yedder 5', 50' (pen.) Braithwaite 51', 86' (pen.) Diop 81' Tisserand 90' Trejo 90'	Report	Chantôme 25' Sané 49' Biyogo Poko 51' Ounas 62'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 12,292 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

19 March 2016 31	Lille	1–0	Toulouse	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Amalfitano 17' Éder 40' Civelli 43' Boufal 90+3'	Report	Diop 54' Doumbia 57' Yago 68'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 29,736 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

2 April 2016 32	Toulouse	2–0	Caen	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+2)	Rodelin 30' (o.g.) Diop 47' Braithwaite 84'	Report	Seube 74'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 14,002 Referee: François Letexier

9 April 2016 33	Toulouse	4–0	Bastia	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+2)	Ben Yedder 57', 80' Braithwaite 62' Doumbia 67' Trejo 70'	Report	Cahuzac 67'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 17,407 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

16 April 2016 34	Lorient	1–1	Toulouse	Lorient
20:00 CET (UTC+2)	Abdullah 78' Toure 90+1'	Report	Ben Yedder 49' Trejo 74' Moubandje 77'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 13,212 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

23 April 2016 35	Toulouse	2–3	Lyon	Toulouse
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Regattin 34' Tisserand 50' Ben Yedder 82' Sirieix 83'	Report	Valbuena 13' Grenier 73' Lacazette 80' Lopes 83' Toliso 85', 90+4'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 24,316 Referee: Clément Turpin

30 April 2016 36	Saint-Étienne	0–0	Toulouse	Saint-Étienne
17:00 CET (UTC+02:00)	Sall 23' Clément 29' Perrin 77'	Report	Diop 43' Yago 45+1'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 30,578 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

7 May 2016 37	Toulouse	1–0	Troyes	Toulouse
21:00 CET (UTC+2)	Trejo 53' 86' Akpa-Akpro 86'	Report	Azamoum 18' Saunier 50' Ben Saada 88'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 29,444 Referee: Anthony Gautier

14 May 2016 38	Angers	2–3	Toulouse	Angers
21:00 CET (UTC+02:00)	Bouka Moutou 2' Ketkeophomphone 12' Benrahma 63' Bourillon 69' Yattara 75' Saïss 79'	Report	Ben Yedder 59' Yago 74' Braithwaite 78' Bodiger 80'	Stadium: Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 15,131 Referee: Stéphane Moulin

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue

28 October 2015 Round of 32	Toulouse	3–3 (a.e.t.) (2–1 p)	Auxerre	Toulouse
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ben Yedder 73', 88' Ninkov 81' Matheus 89' Bodiger 114'	Report	Kılıç 32' Konaté 70', 83' Sefil 82', 89' Courtet 103'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 6,298 Referee: Aurélien Petit
		Penalties
	Ben Yedder Regattin Braithwaite Spajić		Bouby Diaw Courtet Hountondji Sefil

15 December 2015 Round of 16	Rennes	1–3	Toulouse	Rennes
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sylla 16' Fernandes 21' Diagné 57' (pen.)	Report	Ben Yedder 13', 32' Regattin 84' Machach 90'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 14,672 Referee: Benoît Bastien

13 January 2016 Quarter-final	Toulouse	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Marseille	Toulouse
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ben Yedder 25' Diop 94' Braithwaite 99'	Report	N'Koudou 27' Rolando 78' Sparagna 87'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 18,163 Referee: Benoît Millot

27 January 2016 Semi-finals	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Toulouse	Paris
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lavezzi 65' Aurier 69' Di María 72' Kimpembe 89'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 46,897 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Coupe de France

Main article: 2015–16 Coupe de France

2 January 2016 Round of 64	L'Entente SSG	0–5	Toulouse	Sannois
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kouang 16'	Report	Ben Yedder 18' Moubandje 22' Trejo 32' Braithwaite 37', 56' Somália 54'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Michel Hidalgo Attendance: 3,353 Referee: François Letexier

19 January 2016 Round of 32	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Toulouse	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	David Luiz 54' 73' Di María 59' Ibrahimović 89' (pen.)	Report	Moubandje 11' Ninkov 64' Regattin 89'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Tony Chapron

References

↑ "Effectif pro". tfc.info. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
↑ Officiel: Marcel Tisserand toulousain pour une saison
↑ TFC: Le Roumain Dragos Grigore transféré définitivement au Qatar
↑ Kayserispor : Ali Ahamada jusqu'en juin 2018
↑ Abel Aguilar (Toulouse) à Belenenses
↑ Calciomercato Verona, Furman è ufficiale
↑ "Ligue 1 reduces relegation spots from three to two from next season". espnfc.us. ESPN FC. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
↑ http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/football/ligue-1-ligue-2-il-y-aura-bien-trois-relegations-promotions-03-02-2016-5511303.php
↑ "Ligue 1 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

2015–16 in French football

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Domestic leagues	Ligue 1 Ligue 2 National CFA (Group A, B, C, D) CFA 2 (Group A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H)

Women's domestic leagues	D1 Féminine

Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final) Coupe de la Ligue (Final) Trophée des Champions

Women's domestic cups	Coupe de France Féminine (Final)

European	Champions League Men Women UEFA Europa League

Ligue 1	Angers Bastia Bordeaux Caen Gazélec Ajaccio Guingamp Lille Lorient Lyon Marseille Monaco Montpellier Nantes Nice Paris Saint-Germain Reims Rennes Saint-Étienne Toulouse Troyes

Ligue 2	Ajaccio Auxerre Bourg-Péronnas Brest Clermont Créteil Dijon Evian Istres Laval Le Havre Lens Metz Nancy Niort Nîmes Paris Red Star Sochaux Tours Valenciennes

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