Veszprém KC

Hungarian handball club

ONE Veszprém

Full name| Veszprémi Építők Sport Egyesület
Nickname(s)| Építők
Short name| Veszprém
Founded| 1977; 48 years ago (1977)
Arena| Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
Capacity| 5,096
President| Csaba Bartha
Head coach| Xavier Pascual
League| Nemzeti Bajnokság I
2023–24| Nemzeti Bajnokság I, 1st of 14 (champions)
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Veszprém KC is a Hungarian professional handball club from Veszprém, that for sponsorship reasons is called ONE Veszprém. Veszprém plays in the Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I and are the most successful team in the country, having won the Hungarian Championship a record 28 times and the Hungarian Cup title a record 31 times. Veszprém has also won the regional SEHA League 5 times.

Veszprém are one of the three Hungarian clubs that have won a major European trophy, most recently in 2008, when they overcame Rhein-Neckar Löwen and were crowned as the EHF Cup Winner's Cup champions.[1] They are yet to win the EHF Champions League, having been defeated in the final on four occasions.

The main sponsors of the club were the MKB Bank and the MVM Group. In the summer of 2015, the MKB Bank decided to quit sponsoring after a 10-year interval. Their main focus is now on the younger teams. Currently the main sponsor is Magyar Telekom.

Veszprém

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Location of Telekom Veszprém

## History

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In Veszprém there was a long tradition of handball, and in 1970 the Bakony Chemist TC women's team won the first championship among the rural ensembles. The sports club was founded in 1977 under the wing of the Veszprém County State Construction Company (VÁÉV) under the name Of Veszprém Builders, after a political decision was taken in the city, which urged the men's division of BVTC, which had been relegated from NB II, to be taken over by the VÁÉV.

In 1981, under the executive direction of Csaba Hajnal, the new team was promoted to the first division, where it finished each season with a medal; In the first season, he won a silver medal. Over the next three years, they won one silver and two bronze medals in the championship, two silver medals and one gold medal. In 1985 and 1986, the team won the championship.

Over the next four years, the team won only four silver medals (three times at the Rába ETO, 1990–1992 Bramac, Fotex until 2005, MKB until 2015, MVM until 2016, Telekom-backed team since 2016: since 1992, 23 seasons, 20 championship gold and 3 silver medals have been awarded to Veszprém. (Meanwhile, between May 2008 and October 2011, they did not lose a single league game.)

After the success in 1984, 3 Győr victories came, and from 1988 onwards, 19 cup victories in 24 years were added to the list of glory, the brightest result being four KEK finals (2 wins and 2 silver medals) and four EHF Champions League 2nd place.

Since July 2008, Veszprém Aréna has been the home ground for Telekom Veszprém, previously playing their matches in the 15th street hall.

In April 2020, fans voted for the All Star team in club history, which includes Árpád Sterbik, Gergő Iváncsik, Carlos Pérez, József Éles, László Nagy, Mirza Džomba and Andreas Nilsson.

In 2024 they had four captains: Ludovic Fabregas (EHF Champions League) Patrik Ligetvári (K&H liga) Gasper Marguc (Hungarian Cup) Nedim Remili (Club World Cup)

## Crest, colours, supporters

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### Naming history

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Name  | Period

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Veszprémi Építők SK | −1980
Veszprémi ÁÉV SC | 1981
Veszprémi Építők SK | 1982–1986
VÁÉV Bramac | 1987–1990
Bramac SE | 1990–1992
Fotex Veszprém SE | 1992–1996
Fotex KC Veszprém | 1996–2005
MKB Veszprém KC | 2005–2013
MKB-MVM Veszprém | 2013–2015
MVM Veszprém | 2015–2016
Telekom Veszprém | 2016–2024
One Veszprém | 2024–present

### Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsor

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The following table shows in detail Veszprém KC kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

Period  | Kit manufacturer  | Shirt sponsor

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2006–2007  |  | MKB Bank / T-Mobile
2007–2010  |
2010–2012  |
2012–2013  | MKB Bank / T-Mobile / Veszprém
2013–2015  | MKB Bank / MVM / Veszprém
2015–2016  | Balaton / Veszprém
2016–2017  | Magyar Telekom / Veszprém
2017–2020  |  | Magyar Telekom / Veszprém
2020–2024  |  2Rule | Magyar Telekom / Veszprém
2024–  | 4iG / Veszprém / Tippmix / MBH Bank

### Kits

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HOME

1987–88

2005-07

2009–10

2010–11

2011–12

2012–13

2013–16

2017–19

2019–20

AWAY

1988–89

2005-07

2009–10

2010–11

2011–12

2012–13

2013–16

THIRD

2009–10

2010–11

2011–12

2012–13

2013–16

2020–21

## Arena information

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Home hall: Veszprém Aréna

* Name: – Veszprém Aréna
* City: – Veszprém
* Capacity: – 5096
* Address: – 8200 Veszprém, Külső-kádártai út 5.

## Team

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### Current squad

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Squad for the 2024–25 season

Goalkeepers

* 12  Rodrigo Corrales
* 20  Mike Jensen

Left Wingers

* 09  Hugo Descat
* 21  Bjarki Már Elísson

Right Wingers

* 24  Gašper Marguč
* 55  Mikita Vailupau
* 34  Bálint Végh

Line players

* 02  Nikola Grahovac
* 46  Dragan Pechmalbec
* 89  Ludovic Fabregas

Left Backs

* 23  Patrik Ligetvári
* 44  Aron Pálmarsson
* 99  Sergei Kosorotov

Central Backs

* 25  Luka Cindrić
* 39  Yehia El-Deraa
* 88  Agustín Casado

Right Backs

* 17  Lukas Sandell
* 29  Nedim Remili
* 98  Barna János Dániel

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### Transfers

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Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

* Kristóf Palasics (GK) (back from loan at  S.L. Benfica)
* Robin Molnár (LW) (from  NEKA)
* Ahmed Hesham (LB) (from  Montpellier Handball)
* Yanis Lenne (RW) (from  Montpellier Handball)

Leaving

* Kristóf Palasics (GK) (to  MT Melsungen)
* Agustín Casado (CB) (to  Montpellier Handball)

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Transfers for the 2026–27 season

### Staff members

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* Sports Director: László Nagy
* Head Coach: Xavier Pascual Fuertes
* Assistant Coach: Toni Garcia
* Video & Analysis: Ivan Pascual Garcia
* Goalkeeper Coach: Árpád Sterbik
* Fitness Coach: Péter Kőrösi
* Club Doctor: Tibor Sydó, MD
* Club Doctor: Zsolt Mahunka, MD
* Club Doctor: Péter Szenkovits, MD
* Masseur: József Végh
* Physiotherapist: Nemanja Vučić
* Physiotherapist: Dimitar Manevski

## Top scorers

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Season  | Player  | Apps/Goals

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2004–2005 |  Kiril Lazarov | 26/183
2005–2006 |  Kiril Lazarov | 30/200
2006–2007 |  Kiril Lazarov | 23/144
2007–2008 |  Marko Vujin | 28/173
2008–2009 |  Marko Vujin | 31/165
2009–2010 |  Renato Sulić | 27/115
2010–2011 |  Marko Vujin | 27/153
2011–2012 |  Marko Vujin | 26/176
2012–2013 |  Tamás Iváncsik | 20/88
2013–2014 |  Momir Ilić | 25/115
2014–2015 |  Momir Ilić | 10/51
2015–2016 |  Renato Sulić | 10/29
2016–2017 |  Dragan Gajić | 15/77
2017–2018 |  Dragan Gajić | 17/104
2018–2019 |  Manuel Štrlek | 20/100
2019–2020 | Cancelled
2020–2021 |  Dejan Manaskov | 19/106

## Retired numbers

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Telekom Veszprém retired numbers

N°  | Nationality  | Player  | Position  | Tenure
3 |  | Péter Gulyás | Right Winger | 2000–2017
4 |  | Gergő Iváncsik | Left Winger | 2000–2017
6 |  | József Éles | Left Back, Central Back | 1990–2003
7 |  | István Gulyás | Central Back | 1985–1999
8 |  | Marian Cozma posthumous honor | Line Player | 2006–2009
10 |  | Carlos Pérez | Left Back | 1997–2012
11 |  | István Csoknyai | Left Back | 1990–2005
14 |  | György Zsigmond | Line Player | 1989–1999, 2001–2005

## Honours

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Honours |  No. |  Years

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League
Nemzeti Bajnokság I Winners | 28 | 1985, 1986, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2022–23, 2023–24
Nemzeti Bajnokság I Runners-up | 12 | 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2007, 2018, 2021, 2022
Nemzeti Bajnokság I Third Place | 2 | 1982, 1984
Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B Winners | 1 | 1980
Domestic Cups
Magyar Kupa Winners | 31 | 1984, 1988, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24,
Magyar Kupa Runners-up | 10 | 1982, 1983 dec., 1986, 1987, 1992–93, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2018–19
Magyar Kupa Third Place | 2 | 1981, 1983 jan.
Best European Results
EHF Champions League Finalist | 4 | 2001–02, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19
EHF Cup Winners' Cup Winners | 2 | 1991–92, 2007–08
EHF Cup Winners' Cup Finalist | 2 | 1992–93, 1996–97
EHF Champions Trophy Finalist | 2 | 2002, 2008
SEHA League Winners | 5 | 2014–15, 2015–16, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
SEHA League Finalist | 1 | 2016–17
Best World Results
IHF Super Globe | 1 | 2024
IHF Super Globe Finalist | 1 | 2015

### Individual awards

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* Double

Winners (20): 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2022–23, 2023–24

#### Domestic

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Nemzeti Bajnokság I Top Scorer[2]

Season  | Name  | Goals

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1997–98 |  József Éles |
2011–12 |  Marko Vujin |

## Recent seasons

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As of 30/08/2024

* Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I:[3] 44
* Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B:[4] 1
* Seasons in Nemzeti Bajnokság II:[5] 1

| Season  | Division  | Pos.  | Magyar kupa

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1978  | County I | 1st |
1979 | NB II  | 1st |
1980 | NB I/B  | 1st |
1981 | NB I  |  |  Third place
1982 | NB I  |  |  Finalist
1983 | NB I  |  |  Third place*
1984 | NB I  |  |  Winner
1985 | NB I  |  |
1986 | NB I  |  |  Finalist
1987 | NB I  |  |  Finalist
1988–89 | NB I  |  |  Winner
1989–90 | NB I  |  |  Winner
1990–91 | NB I  |  |  Winner
1991–92 | NB I  |  |  Winner
1992–93 | NB I  |  |  Finalist
| Season  | Division  | Pos.  | Magyar kupa

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1993–94 | NB I  |  |  Winner
1994–95 | NB I  |  |  Winner
1995–96 | NB I  |  |  Winner
1996–97 | NB I  |  |  Finalist
1997–98 | NB I  |  |  Winner
1998–99 | NB I  |  |  Winner
1999–00 | NB I  |  |  Winner
2000–01 | NB I  |  |  Finalist
2001–02 | NB I  |  |  Winner
2002–03 | NB I  |  |  Winner
2003–04 | NB I  |  |  Winner
2004–05 | NB I  |  |  Winner
2005–06 | NB I  |  |  Finalist
2006–07 | NB I  |  |  Winner
2007–08 | NB I  |  |  Finalist
| Season  | Division  | Pos.  | Magyar kupa

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2008–09 | NB I  |  |  Winner
2009–10 | NB I  |  |  Winner
2010–11 | NB I  |  |  Winner
2011–12 | NB I  |  |  Winner
2012–13 | NB I  |  |  Winner
2013–14 | NB I  |  |  Winner
2014–15 | NB I  |  |  Winner
2015–16 | NB I  |  |  Winner
2016–17 | NB I  |  |  Winner
2017–18 | NB I  |  |  Winner
2018–19 | NB I  |  |  Finalist
2019–20 | NB I  | Cancelled
2020–21 | NB I  |  |  Winner
2021–22 | NB I  |  |  Winner
2022–23 | NB I  |  |  Winner
2023–24 | NB I  |  |  Winner
2024–25 | NB I  |  |

* 1983 Magyar kupa (December):
Finalist
* 1988 Magyar kupa:  Winner

### In European competition

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Main article: Veszprém KC in European handball

* Participations in Champions League (Champions Cup): 27×
* Participations in Cup Winners' Cup (IHF Cup Winners' Cup): 10×

Season  | Competition  | Round  | Club  | Home  | Away  | Aggregate

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2024–25 | EHF Champions League | Group matches
(Group A)  |  Paris Saint-Germain | 41–28  |  | 1st place
Sporting CP | 33–32  | 39–30
Füchse Berlin |  | 31–32
Orlen Wisła Płock | 30–26  | 24–27
Dinamo București | 36–24  | 26–33
Eurofarm Pelister | 33–26  | 23–30
Fredericia HK | 34–32  | 31–40
Quarter-finals |  Pick Szeged |  |  |
Semi-final | TBD  |  |  |
Final | TBD  |
2021–22 | EHF Champions League | Group matches
(Group B)  |  Łomza Vive Kielce | 35–33  | 29–32  | 4th place
Barcelona | 29–28  | 30–35
Paris Saint-Germain | 34–31  | 40–39
SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 28–23  | 27–30
FC Porto | 28–28  | 30–23
Dinamo București | 47–32  | 29–31
Motor | 36–29  | 27–29
Play-offs |  RK Vardar | 30–22  | 31–31  | 61–53
Quarter-finals |  Aalborg Håndbold | 36–29  | 35–37  | 71–66
Semi-final |  Łomza Vive Kielce | 35–37
Bronze match |  THW Kiel | 34–34 (1–3 p)

## EHF ranking

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As of 20/06/2022[6]
Rank | Team | Points

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1 |  FC Barcelona | 591
2 |  THW Kiel | 510
3 |  Telekom Veszprém | 499
4 |  Paris Saint-Germain | 463
5 |  Łomża Vive Kielce | 446
6 |  SC Magdeburg | 417
7 |  Montpellier HB | 391

## Former club members

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### Selected former players

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* Csaba Bartók (2002–2004)
* Dániel Buday (2003–2007)
* Gábor Császár (2010–2013)
* István Csoknyai (1990–2005)
* József Éles (1990–2003)
* Nándor Fazekas (1994–1997, 1998–2004, 2009–2014)
* Gyula Gál (2001–2009)
* István Gulyás (1985–1999)
* Péter Gulyás (2000–2017)
* János Gyurka (1979–1991, 1993–1997)
* Ferenc Ilyés (2007–2009, 2011–2012)
* Gergő Iváncsik (2000–2017)
* Tamás Iváncsik (2007–2014)
* Lajos Keller (1980–1986)
* Balázs Laluska (2010–2014)
* Máté Lékai (2014–2022)
* Richárd Mezei (1997–2001)
* Roland Mikler (2014–2019)
* Tamás Mocsai (2013–2014)
* László Nagy (2012–2019)
* Károly Pardi (1980–1989)
* István Pásztor (1993–2008)
* Jenő Putics (1987–1990)
* Timuzsin Schuch (2011–2018)
* János Szathmári (1995–2001)
* József Végh (1982–1990)
* György Zsigmond (1989–1999, 2001–2005)
* Nikola Eklemović (2004–2011)
* Ivo Díaz (1999–2005)
* Carlos Pérez (1997–2013)
* Árpád Sterbik (2001–2004, 2018–2020)
* Iman Jamali (2012–2015; 2017–2019)
* Mirsad Terzić (2009–2020)
* Zlatko Saračević (2000–2002)
* Marco Oneto (2012–2013)
* Kentin Mahé (2018–2024)
* William Accambray (2017–2019)
* Vladimir Cupara (2019–2023)
* Dalibor Čutura (1998–1999)
* Momir Ilić (2013–2019)
* Ivan Lapčević (2005–2010)
* Petar Nenadić (2018–2023)
* Žarko Šešum (2007–2010)
* Dejan Perić (2006–2011)
* Marko Vujin (2006–2012)
* Mirza Džomba (2001–2004)
* Slavko Goluža (2003–2004)
* Božidar Jović (2000–2003)
* Vlado Šola (2004–2006)
* Marko Kopljar (2016–2017)
* Mirko Alilović (2011–2018)
* Ivan Slišković (2015–2017)
* Renato Sulić (2004–2005, 2009–2018)
* Manuel Štrlek (2018–2023)
* Isaías Guardiola (2016)
* Chema Rodríguez (2012–2017)
* Carlos Ruesga (2013–2015)
* Cristian Ugalde (2012–2018)
* Jorge Maqueda (2020–2022)
* Blaž Blagotinšek (2016–2022)
* Dragan Gajić (2016–2020)
* Borut Mačkovšek (2018–2020)
* Tomáš Urban (2012)
* Kiril Lazarov (2002–2007)
* Dejan Manaskov (2017–2022)
* Bjarte Myrhol (2005–2006)
* Kent Robin Tønnesen (2017–2021)
* Rasmus Lauge (2019–2023)
* René Toft Hansen (2018–2019)
* Nikolaj Markussen (2019–2021)
* Aron Pálmarsson (2015–2017)
* Marian Cozma (2006–2009)
* Evgeny Lushnikov (2004–2011)
* Daniil Shishkaryov (2019–2021)
* Inal Aflitulin (2016–2017)
* Christian Zeitz (2014–2016)
* Ľubomír Švajlen (1992–1998)
* Žarko Marković (2007–2009)
* Vuko Borozan (2019–2021)
* Andreas Nilsson (2014–2024)
* Yahia Omar (2019–2024)
* Rogério Moraes Ferreira (2019–2021)
* Paweł Paczkowski (2019–2020)

### Notable coaches

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* Attila Joósz (1991–1995)
* Szilárd Kiss (1995)
* Pál Kocsis (1995–1996)
* Sándor Vass (1996–1997)
* dr. László Hoffmann
* Sándor Kaló
* László Kovács (1999–2000)
* Zdravko Zovko (2000–2007)
* Lajos Mocsai (2007–2012)
* Antonio Carlos Ortega (2012–2015)
* Xavi Sabaté (2015–2017)
* Ljubomir Vranjes (2017–2018)
* David Davis (2018–2021)[8]
* Momir Ilic (2021–2024)[9]
* Xavier Pascual Fuertes (2024–)

## References

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1. ^ "2007/08 Men's Cup Winners' Cup Final". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
2. ^ "Kézitörténelem.hu".
3. ^ "Magyar bajnokság NB1 – férfi" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.
4. ^ "Magyar bajnokság NB1B – férfi" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.
5. ^ "Magyar bajnokság NB2 – férfi (1957–1980)" (in Hungarian). kezitortenelem.hu.
6. ^ "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".
7. ^ "kézitörténelem.hu". www.kezitortenelem.hu. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
8. ^ Szabolcs, Vincze (7 June 2021). "Férfi kézi: Nem sikerült elérni a célomat, számítottam a döntésre – Davis". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
9. ^ "Már nem Momir Ilic a Telekom Veszprém vezetőedzője". M4 Sport (in Hungarian). 14 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.

## External links

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* Official website (in Hungarian and English)
* Telekom Veszprém at EHF (in English)

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* History
* Seasons
* Players
* Head coaches
* European statistics

Home facilities|

* Március 15. úti Sports Hall
* Veszprém Aréna (2008–)

Rivalries|

* Szeged rivalry (Eternal derby)
* Balatonfüred rivalry (Derby of Veszprém County)

Related articles|

* Veszprém Kézilabda Fan Club

Seasons|

* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23

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