2023–24 1. FC Köln season

1. FC Köln
2023–24 season
PresidentWerner Wolf
Head coachSteffen Baumgart
(until 31 December)
Timo Schultz
(from 4 January)
StadiumRheinEnergieStadion
Bundesliga17th (relegated)
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Davie Selke (6)

All:
Davie Selke (6)

The 2023–24 season was 1. FC Köln's 76th season in existence and fifth consecutive season in the Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal.

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 31 January 2024[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Marvin Schwäbe
2 DF Germany GER Benno Schmitz
3 DF Germany GER Dominique Heintz
4 DF Germany GER Timo Hübers
6 MF Germany GER Eric Martel
7 MF Austria AUT Dejan Ljubičić
8 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Denis Huseinbašić
9 FW Germany GER Luca Waldschmidt (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
11 MF Austria AUT Florian Kainz
12 GK Germany GER Jonas Nickisch
13 FW Germany GER Mark Uth
15 DF Germany GER Luca Kilian
17 DF Kosovo KOS Leart Paqarada
18 DF Denmark DEN Rasmus Carstensen (on loan from Genk)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 GK Germany GER Philipp Pentke
21 FW Germany GER Steffen Tigges
22 MF Denmark DEN Jacob Steen Christensen
23 FW Armenia ARM Sargis Adamyan
24 DF Germany GER Jeff Chabot
27 FW Germany GER Davie Selke
29 FW Germany GER Jan Thielmann
33 FW Germany GER Florian Dietz
35 DF Germany GER Max Finkgräfe
37 MF Germany GER Linton Maina
38 DF Germany GER Elias Bakatukanda
40 MF Germany GER Faride Alidou (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)
44 GK Germany GER Matthias Köbbing

Players out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Germany GER Tim Lemperle (at Germany Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2024)
FW Germany GER Marvin Obuz (at Germany Rot-Weiss Essen until 30 June 2024)
MF Luxembourg LUX Mathias Olesen (at Yverdon until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Croatia CRO Nikola Soldo (at Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern until 30 June 2024)
GK Germany GER Jonas Urbig (at Germany Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

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In

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Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
DF Germany Jeff Chabot Italy Sampdoria €2,500,000 1 July 2023 [2]
MF Denmark Jacob Christensen Denmark Nordsjælland Free [3]
GK Germany Jonas Nickish Germany RB Leipzig Free [4]
DF Kosovo Leart Paqarada Germany FC St. Pauli Free [5]
FW Germany Luca Waldschmidt Germany VfL Wolfsburg Loan [6]
GK Germany Philipp Pentke Germany 1899 Hoffenheim Free 1 August 2023 [7]
DF Denmark Rasmus Carstensen Belgium Genk Loan 3 August 2023 [8]
FW Germany Faride Alidou Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Loan 21 August 2023 [9]
DF Germany Dominique Heintz Germany Union Berlin Undisclosed 31 August 2023 [10]

Out

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Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
FW Sweden Sebastian Andersson Free 1 July 2023
MF Slovakia Ondrej Duda Italy Hellas Verona €2,700,000 [11]
DF Germany Jonas Hector Retired [12]
GK Germany Timo Horn Free [13]
FW Germany Tim Lemperle Germany Greuther Fürth Loan [14]
MF Ghana Kingsley Schindler Turkey Samsunspor Free
MF Tunisia Ellyes Skhiri Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Free
GK Germany Jonas Urbig Germany Greuther Fürth Loan 5 July 2023 [15]
FW Germany Marvin Obuz Germany Rot-Weiss Essen Loan 7 July 2023 [16]
DF Croatia Nikola Soldo Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern Loan 16 August 2023 [17]
DF Denmark Kristian Pedersen Wales Swansea City Free 1 September 2023 [18]
MF Greece Dimitrios Limnios Greece Panathinaikos Undisclosed 1 January 2024 [19]
MF Luxembourg Mathias Olesen Switzerland Yverdon Loan 23 January 2024 [20]
DF Germany Noah Katterbach Germany Hamburger SV Free 31 January 2024 [21]

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

16 July 2023 Friendly 1. FC Köln Germany 0–1 Germany Hannover 96 St. Johann, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
  • Teuchert 35'
Note: The match was played as a forty-five minute game.
16 July 2023 Friendly 1. FC Köln Germany 3–1 Poland Górnik Zabrze St. Johann, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Note: The match was played as a forty-five minute game.
21 July 2023 Friendly 1. FC Köln Germany 1–1 Spain Mallorca Salzburg, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Max-Aicher-Stadion
28 July 2023 Friendly Fortuna Köln Germany 2–2 Germany 1. FC Köln Cologne
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Südstadion
Attendance: 9,503
29 July 2023 Friendly 1. FC Köln Germany 2–0 Germany Erzgebirge Aue Euskirchen
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Erftstadion Euskirchen
Attendance: 3,200
5 August 2023 Friendly 1. FC Köln Germany 2–0 France Nantes Cologne
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 32,400
6 September 2023 Friendly SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 Germany 0–6 Germany 1. FC Köln Bergisch Gladbach
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: BELKAW-Arena
11 October 2023 Friendly SC Germania Reusrath Germany 0–15 Germany 1. FC Köln Langenfeld
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Jahnstadion
15 November 2023 Friendly SpVg Porz Germany 0–8 Germany 1. FC Köln Porz
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Sportanlage Humboldtstraße
6 January 2024 Friendly Rot-Weiss Essen Germany 4–4 Germany 1. FC Köln Essen
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Felix May
Note: Match was played in two periods of 60 minutes.
22 March 2024 Friendly 1. FC Köln Germany 2–2 Iceland Breiðablik Algorfa, Spain
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Attendance: 0

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 19 August 2023 18 May 2024 Matchday 1 17th 34 5 12 17 28 60 −32 014.71
DFB-Pokal 14 August 2023 31 October 2023 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 050.00
Total 36 6 12 18 33 64 −31 016.67

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 7 13 14 56 67 −11 34
15 Union Berlin 34 9 6 19 33 58 −25 33
16 VfL Bochum (O) 34 7 12 15 42 74 −32 33 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17 1. FC Köln (R) 34 5 12 17 28 60 −32 27 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 Darmstadt 98 (R) 34 3 8 23 30 86 −56 17
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[22]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 5 12 17 28 60  −32 27 4 4 9 15 28  −13 1 8 8 13 32  −19

Source: DFB

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
ResultLLDLLLLWLDDLWDLLDLDWDLDLDLDWLLDDWL
Position13151416161718161718171815161617171716161616161616171717171717171717
Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.[23]

19 August 2023 1 Borussia Dortmund 1–0 1. FC Köln Dortmund
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 81,365
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
26 August 2023 2 1. FC Köln 1–2 VfL Wolfsburg Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,500
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
3 September 2023 3 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 1. FC Köln Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Florian Badstübner
16 September 2023 4 1. FC Köln 1–3 1899 Hoffenheim Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,300
Referee: Daniel Siebert
23 September 2023 5 Werder Bremen 2–1 1. FC Köln Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Bastian Dankert
30 September 2023 6 1. FC Köln 0–2 VfB Stuttgart Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler
8 October 2023 7 Bayer Leverkusen 3–0 1. FC Köln Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Felix Zwayer
22 October 2023 8 1. FC Köln 3–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
28 October 2023 9 RB Leipzig 6–0 1. FC Köln Leipzig
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 46,480
Referee: Benjamin Brand
4 November 2023 10 1. FC Köln 1–1 FC Augsburg Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,300
Referee: Christian Dingert
11 November 2023 11 VfL Bochum 1–1 1. FC Köln Bochum
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
24 November 2023 12 1. FC Köln 0–1 Bayern Munich Cologne
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Marco Fritz
1 December 2023 13 Darmstadt 98 0–1 1. FC Köln Darmstadt
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 17,810
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
10 December 2023 14 1. FC Köln 0–0 Mainz 05 Cologne
17:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Frank Willenborg
17 December 2023 15 SC Freiburg 2–0 1. FC Köln Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
Attendance: 34,700
Referee: Harm Osmers
20 December 2023 16 Union Berlin 2–0 1. FC Köln Berlin
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 22,012
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
13 January 2024 17 1. FC Köln 1–1 1. FC Heidenheim Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Felix Zwayer
20 January 2024 18 1. FC Köln 0–4 Borussia Dortmund Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Daniel Schlager
27 January 2024 19 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 1. FC Köln Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,525
Referee: Sören Storks
3 February 2024 20 1. FC Köln 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Cologne
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Timo Gerach
11 February 2024 21 1899 Hoffenheim 1–1 1. FC Köln Sinsheim
17:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 23,020
Referee: Christian Dingert
16 February 2024 22 1. FC Köln 0–1 Werder Bremen Cologne
13:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Daniel Siebert
24 February 2024 23 VfB Stuttgart 1–1 1. FC Köln Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: MHPArena
Attendance: 54,500
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
3 March 2024 24 1. FC Köln 0–2 Bayer Leverkusen Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler
9 March 2024 25 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–3 1. FC Köln Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,042
Referee: Felix Zwayer
15 March 2024 26 1. FC Köln 1–5 RB Leipzig Cologne
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Florian Badstübner
31 March 2024 27 FC Augsburg 1–1 1. FC Köln Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Sören Storks
6 April 2024 28 1. FC Köln 2–1 VfL Bochum Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Tobias Welz
13 April 2024 29 Bayern Munich 2–0 1. FC Köln Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Frank Willenborg
20 April 2024 30 1. FC Köln 0–2 Darmstadt 98 Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
28 April 2024 31 Mainz 05 1–1 1. FC Köln Mainz
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Mewa Arena
Attendance: 33,305
Referee: Benjamin Brand
4 May 2024 32 1. FC Köln 0–0 SC Freiburg Cologne
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Sören Storks
11 May 2024 33 1. FC Köln 3–2 Union Berlin Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
18 May 2024 34 1. FC Heidenheim 4–1 1. FC Köln Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Voith-Arena
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Tobias Welz

DFB-Pokal

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14 August 2023 First round VfL Osnabrück 1–3 (a.e.t.) 1. FC Köln Osnabrück
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke
Attendance: 15,741
Referee: Florian Badstübner
31 October 2023 Second round 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–2 1. FC Köln Kaiserslautern
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 49,327
Referee: Sven Jablonski

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Germany GER Marvin Schwäbe 24 0 22 0 2 0
12 GK Germany GER Jonas Nickisch 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 GK Germany GER Philipp Pentke 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 GK Germany GER Matthias Köbbing 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Germany GER Benno Schmitz 16 1 10+4 0 2 1
3 DF Germany GER Dominique Heintz 8 0 5+3 0 0 0
4 DF Germany GER Timo Hübers 23 0 21 0 2 0
15 DF Germany GER Luca Kilian 12 0 4+7 0 0+1 0
17 DF Kosovo KOS Leart Paqarada 14 0 9+3 0 2 0
18 DF Denmark DEN Rasmus Carstensen 19 0 14+4 0 0+1 0
24 DF Germany GER Jeff Chabot 22 1 20 0 2 1
35 DF Germany GER Max Finkgräfe 13 1 8+5 1 0 0
38 DF Germany GER Elias Bakatukanda 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF Germany GER Eric Martel 21 0 19 0 2 0
7 MF Austria AUT Dejan Ljubicic 21 0 18+2 0 1 0
8 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Denis Huseinbasic 18 0 11+5 0 1+1 0
11 MF Austria AUT Florian Kainz 22 3 18+2 3 2 0
22 MF Denmark DEN Jacob Steen Christensen 5 0 0+4 0 0+1 0
37 MF Germany GER Linton Maina 20 1 14+5 1 1 0
Forwards
9 FW Germany GER Luca Waldschmidt 17 2 10+5 2 2 0
13 FW Germany GER Mark Uth 9 1 3+4 0 0+2 1
21 FW Germany GER Steffen Tigges 15 0 4+10 0 0+1 0
23 FW Armenia ARM Sargis Adamyan 10 1 0+9 0 0+1 1
29 FW Germany GER Jan Thielmann 14 2 11+2 1 0+1 1
27 FW Germany GER Davie Selke 17 5 14+1 5 2 0
33 FW Germany GER Florian Dietz 4 0 0+4 0 0 0
40 FW Germany GER Faride Alidou 14 2 4+10 2 0 0
42 FW Germany GER Damion Downs 3 0 0+3 0 0 0
45 FW Germany GER Justin Diehl 4 0 0+4 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
3 DF Denmark DEN Kristian Pedersen 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF Greece GRE Dimitris Limnios 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF Germany GER Noah Katterbach 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 MF Luxembourg LUX Mathias Olesen 7 0 0+6 0 1 0

Last updated: 16 February 2024
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

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As of 24 February 2023
Rank Pos. No. Nat. Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
1 FW 27 Germany Davie Selke 5 0 5
2 MF 11 Austria Florian Kainz 3 0 3
3 FW 9 Germany Luca Waldschmidt 2 0 2
FW 40 Germany Faride Alidou 2 0 2
FW 29 Germany Jan Thielmann 1 1 2
6 MF 37 Germany Linton Maina 1 0 1
DF 35 Germany Max Finkgräfe 1 0 1
DF 2 Germany Benno Schmitz 0 1 1
FW 23 Armenia Sargis Adamyan 0 1 1
DF 24 Germany Jeff Chabot 0 1 1
FW 13 Germany Mark Uth 0 1 1
MF 6 Germany Eric Martel 1 0 1
Own goals 0 0 0
Totals 16 5 21

Notes

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References

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  2. ^ "Jeff Chabot bleibt beim FC". 1. FC Köln (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  3. ^ ""Trauen ihm den Sprung zu": Köln verpflichtet Christensen". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  4. ^ "JONAS NICKISCH SCHLIESST SICH DEM 1. FC KÖLN AN". rbleipzig.com. RB Leipzig. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Leart Paqarada joins FC in the summer". 1. FC Köln. 23 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Köln macht Waldschmidt-Leihe perfekt: "Hier haben alle Bock"". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-17.
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  12. ^ "Gute Noten für den FC: Hector zum Abschluss bester Kölner". 28 May 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  13. ^ ""Fällt mir unheimlich schwer": Horn verlässt nach 21 Jahren den 1. FC Köln". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  14. ^ "Lemperle wechselt auf Leihbasis von Köln nach Fürth". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  15. ^ "Urbig verlängert in Köln und wechselt auf Leihbasis nach Fürth". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  16. ^ "Marvin Obuz per Leige zu Rot-Weiss Essen". 1. FC Köln (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  17. ^ "NIKOLA SOLDO LOANED OUT". 1. FC Köln. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  18. ^ "Swansea City seal transfer of Kristian Pedersen". Swansea City AFC. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  19. ^ "DIMITRIS LIMNIOS JOINS PANATHINAIKOS". 1. FC Köln. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
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