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Hungary
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Magical Magyars (In the 1950's)
AssociationMagyar Labdarúgó Szövetség
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachNetherlands Erwin Koeman
CaptainZoltán Gera
Most capsJózsef Bozsik (101)
Top scorerFerenc Puskás (84)
Home stadiumStadium Puskás Ferenc
FIFA codeHUN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current62
Highest36 (December 1992)
Lowest87 (July 1996)
First international
Austria Austria 5–0 Hungary Hungary
(Vienna, Austria 12 October 1902)
Biggest win
Russian Empire Russia 0–12 Hungary Hungary
(Moscow, Russia; 14 July 1912)
Hungary Hungary 13–1 France France
(Budapest, Hungary; 12 June 1927)
Hungary Hungary 12–0 Albania Albania
(Budapest, Hungary; 24 September 1950)
Biggest defeat
Hungary Hungary 0–7 England England
(Budapest, Hungary; 10 June 1908)
England England Amateurs 7–0 Hungary Hungary
(Solna, Sweden; 30 June 1912)
Germany Germany 7–0 Hungary Hungary
(Cologne, Germany; 6 April 1941)
World Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1934)
Best resultRunners-up, 1938 and 1954
European Championship
Appearances2 (first in 1964)
Best resultThird place, 1964
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Gold medal – first place 1952 Helsinki Team
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Rome Team
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City Team
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich Team

The Hungary national football team represents Hungary in international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. It has a rich and proud pedigree in the game and a rightful place in football annals as one of the first original footballing nations in continental Europe and an innovator in the sport in the 1950s. In recent times the team's strength has diminished greatly, failing to qualify for any major tournament since 1986. However they hold the record for going the most number of consecutive games unbeaten-32, a record which still stands today.

The Golden Team (aka The Magical Magyars)

Hungarian football is best known for one of the most formidable and influential sides in football history, which revolutionized the play of the game. Centered around the dynamic and potent quartet of strikers Ferenc Puskás, Sándor Kocsis, attacking half-back József Bozsik and withdrawn striker Nándor Hidegkuti, the "Aranycsapat" (Hung. lit Golden Team) of the "Magnificent Magyars", captivated the football world with an exciting brand of play drawn from new tactical nuances and amassed, barring the 1954 World Cup Final, a remarkable record of 43 victories, 7 ties, and no defeats from the 15th of June 1952 to the end of its historic unbeaten run on February 18th 1956. Hungary has the unique distinction of posting the highest ever Elo football rating of 2173 points in June (1954) along with the second highest with 2153 (1956); surpassing that of Brazil, England, Argentina and Germany in all-time competition.

The Hungarians were runners-up twice in the World Cup, losing to Italy 4–2 in 1938 and 3–2 to West Germany in 1954, despite beating them 8–3 earlier in the competition. The team, built around the legendary Ferenc Puskás, led early 2–0 in that match, but ended up 3–2 losers in a game the Germans subsequently christened "The Miracle of Bern". Two highly controversial calls surround this final game: firstly when Puskas apparently equalized the match in the 89th minute only to have the goal disallowed for offside, the second being a blatant foul on Kocsis in the penalty area which would have given Hungary a penalty in the final minute.

Hungary has won gold at the Olympic three times, in 1952, 1964, and 1968. The under-23 team, which was the age limit for Olympic teams, won the UEFA U-23 Championship in 1974. Since the 1976 reshuffle by UEFA, the under-23s are now classified with the under-21s.

Records

The match between Austria and Hungary in Vienna in 1902 was the first international match played between two non-British European countries.

Hungary was the first team from outside the United Kingdom and Ireland to beat England at home, famously winning 6–3 at Wembley on November 25, 1953. This victory had worldwide significance as it effectively ended England's 90 year old mythical reign since the creation of association football in 1863 against all sides outside the United Kingdom and Ireland. They beat England 7–1, this time in Budapest a year later, in 1954. This still ranks as England's record defeat.

Hungary holds the longest consecutive run of matches unbeaten with 33 international games between 14 May 1950 and 4 July 1954, when they lost the World Cup final to Germany. Argentina and Spain jointly hold the second longest string of 31 unbeaten matches (Argentina from 1991 to 1993 and Spain from 1994 to 1998).

After the Golden Team

Hungary remained a force in European football for two to three decades after the era of the "Magnificent Magyars". Reaching the quarter-finals of both 1962 and 1966 World Cups, Hungary was blessed with a dazzling array of talent including Lajos Tichy, Ferenc Bene, Flórián Albert, János Farkas, Gyula Rákosi, Zoltán Varga, János Göröcs, Károly Sándor and Máté Fenyvesi. They also reached the semi-finals of the European Championship in 1964 and 1972.

Returning to the World Cup in 1978 and 1982, Hungary did not reach the same heights but nonetheless performed respectably—indeed, the talents of László Fazekas, Tibor Nyilasi and László Kiss inspired Hungary to a 10–1 win over El Salvador in 1982, which remains a World Cup record. The 1986 World Cup is seen by many fans as the final confirmation of Hungary's decline. Expectations were very high, but poor performances in defeats to the Soviet Union and France were a bitter blow, despite the presence of talent like Lajos Détári. Since then, Hungary has continued to produce fine individual talent- notably Béla Illés and Krisztián Lisztes – but further success as a team has eluded them.

Most recently, in Euro 2004 qualifiers, Hungary found themselves within sight of qualification with two games remaining, but was scuppered by defeats to Latvia and Poland.

Modern times

Today, Hungary are a lesser force and haven't qualified for a World Cup since 1986, or for the European Championship finals since 1972.

Euro Cup '80 Qualifying

They finished 2nd in their group behind Greece.

1–2 Finland (in Finland)
2–0 U.S.S.R. (in Hungary)
1–4 Greece (in Greece)
0–0 Greece (in Hungary)
2–2 U.S.S.R. (in U.S.S.R.)
3–1 Finland (in Hungary)

They finished 4th out of 5 positions.

6–2 Luxembourg (in Luxembourg)
6–2 Luxembourg (in Hungary)
0–2 England (in Hungary)
2–3 Greece (in Hungary)
1–3 Denmark (in Denmark)
0–3 England (in England)
1–0 Denmark (in Hungary)
2–2 Greece (in Greece)

They came in 3rd out of 5 positions (behind Holland & Greece).

0–1 Holland (in Hungary)
1–2 Greece (in Greece)
1–0 Cyprus (in Hungary)
0–2 Holland (in Holland)
5–3 Poland (in Hungary)
2–3 Poland (in Poland)
3–0 Greece (in Hungary)
1–0 Cyprus (in Cyprus)

They came 4th out of 5 positions, only being over Cyprus.

0–0 Norway (in Norway)
1–1 Italy (in Hungary)
4–2 Cyprus (in Hungary)
2–0 Cyprus (in Cyprus)
0–1 Russia (in Hungary)
1–3 Italy (in Italy)
2–2 Russia (in Russia)
0–0 Norway (in Hungary)

They came in 4th out of 5, only getting over Iceland.

2–2 Turkey (in Hungary)
0–2 Sweden (in Sweden)
2–2 Switzerland (in Hungary)
1–0 Sweden (in Hungary)
1–2 Iceland (in Iceland)
0–2 Turkey (in Turkey)
0–3 Switzerland (in Switzerland)
1–0 Iceland (in Hungary)

This campaign ended with Hungry in fourth place, the team finishing ahead of only minnows Azerbaijan & Liechtenstein.

1–3 Portugal (in Hungary)
4–0 Azerbaijan (in Azerbaijan)
1–1 Romania (in Hungary)
5–0 Liechtenstein (in Hungary)
0–0 Slovakia (in Slovakia)
0–2 Romania (in Romania)
0–1 Slovakia (in Hungary)
0–0 Liechtenstein (in Liechtenstein)
3–0 Azerbaijan (in Hungary)
0–3 Portugal (in Portugal)

The same thing happened in the World Cup 2002 qualifiers, when they trailed after Italy, Romania and Georgia, and in the Euro 2004 qualifiers, where they were surpassed by Sweden, Latvia and Poland. In the World Cup 2006 qualifiers they finished fourth after Croatia, Sweden and Bulgaria. The Euro 2008 qualifiers did not provide much cheer, as they ended sixth in their group, even dropping a match to unfancied Malta. On August 22, 2007, they surprisingly upset world champions Italy in a friendly game, beating them 3–1 at Puskás Ferenc Stadium in Budapest. This resulted in Hungary becoming the Unofficial Football World Champions.

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Uruguay 1930 Did Not Enter
Italy 1934 Quarter-Finals 6 2 1 0 1 5 4
France 1938 Final 2 4 3 0 1 15 5
Brazil 1950 Did Not Enter
Switzerland 1954 Final 2 5 4 0 1 27 10
Sweden 1958 Round 1 10 4 1 1 2 7 5
Chile 1962 Quarter-Finals 5 4 2 1 1 8 3
England 1966 Quarter-Finals 6 4 2 0 2 8 7
Mexico 1970 Did Not Qualify
Germany 1974 Did Not Qualify
Argentina 1978 Round 1 15 3 0 0 3 3 8
Spain 1982 Round 1 14 3 1 1 1 12 6
Mexico 1986 Round 1 18 3 1 0 2 2 9
Italy 1990 Did Not Qualify
United States 1994 Did Not Qualify
France 1998 Did Not Qualify
South KoreaJapan 2002 Did Not Qualify
Germany 2006 Did Not Qualify
Total 9/18 2 Finals 32 15 3 14 87 57

**Silver background color indicates second place finish in the tournament.

European Championship record

Year Round GP W D L GS GA
France 1960 Did not enter - - - - - -
Spain 1964 Third place 2 1 0 1 4 3
Italy 1968 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Belgium 1972 Fourth place 2 0 0 2 1 3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Italy 1980 Did not qualify - - - - - -
France 1984 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Germany 1988 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Sweden 1992 Did not qualify - - - - - -
England 1996 Did not qualify - - - - - -
BelgiumNetherlands 2000 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Portugal 2004 Did not qualify - - - - - -
AustriaSwitzerland 2008 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Total 2/13 4 1 0 2 5 6
**Bronze background color indicates third place finish in the tournament.


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Matches 2008

Date Venue Opponents Score Comp Hungary scorers Attendance
2008-02-06 Cyprus Limasol Slovakia Slovakia 1–1 Friendly Gera 100
2008-03-26 Hungary ZTE Arena Slovenia Slovenia 0–1 Friendly 6 000
2008-05-24 Hungary Stadium Puskás Ferenc Greece Greece 3–2 Friendly Dzsudzsák, Juhász, Vadócz 7 000
2008-05-31 Hungary Ferenc Szusza Stadium Croatia Croatia 1–1 Friendly Niko Kovac(og) 10 000
2008-08-20 Hungary Stadium Puskás Ferenc Montenegro Montenegro 3–3 Friendly Priskin, Hajnal(2) 1 500
2008-09-06 Hungary Stadium Puskás Ferenc Denmark Denmark 0–0 FIFA World Cup qual. 19 000
2008-09-10 Sweden Råsunda Sweden Sweden 1–2 FIFA World Cup qual. Rudolf 28 000
2008-10-11 Hungary Stadium Puskás Ferenc Albania Albania 2–0 FIFA World Cup qual. Torghelle, Juhász 25 000
2008-10-15 Malta Ta' Qali Stadium Malta Malta 1–0 FIFA World Cup qual. Torghelle 7 000
2008-11-19 Northern Ireland Windsor Park Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Friendly

Matches 2009

Date Venue Opponents Score Comp Hungary scorers Attendance
2009-02-011 Template:Country data Izrael Template:Country data Izrael Izrael Friendly
2009-03-28 Albania Albania Albania FIFA World Cup qual.
2009-04-1 Hungary Stadium Puskás Ferenc Malta Malta FIFA World Cup qual.
2009-09-5 Hungary Stadium Puskás Ferenc Sweden Sweden FIFA World Cup qual.
2009-09-9 Hungary Stadium Puskás Ferenc Portugal Portugal FIFA World Cup qual.
2009-10-10 Portugal Portugal Portugal FIFA World Cup qual.
2009-10-14 Denmark Denmark Denmark FIFA World Cup qual.

Last match

Hungary 2 : 0 Albania
Torghelle 49'
Juhász 81'
Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest


Attendance: 25.000
Referee:

Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland)

Next match

Malta 0 : 1 Hungary
24' Torghelle
Attendance: 7 000

Hungary squad

Current squad

(for FIFA World Cup qualification Albania and Malta in October)

Caps and goals as of game against Malta on 15 October 2008, .

Goalkeepers
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut
Gábor Babos October 24, 1974 (age 34) Netherlands NEC Nijmegen 20 (0) v Croatia, 19 March 1997
Márton Fülöp May 3, 1983 (age 25) England Sunderland 17 (0) v France, 31 May 2005
Ádám Bogdán September 27, 1987 (age 21) England Bolton 0 v N/A
László Köteles September 1, 1984 (age 24) Hungary Diósgyőr 0 v N/A
Defenders
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut
Roland Juhász July 1, 1983 (age 25) Belgium Anderlecht 41 (4) v Japan, 25 April 2004
László Bodnár February 25, 1979 (age 29) Austria Red Bull Salzburg 37 (0) v Lithuania, 11 October 2000
Vilmos Vanczák June 20, 1983 (age 25) Switzerland Sion 36 (0) v Slovakia, 30 November 2004
Zoltán Szélesi November 22, 1981 (age 26) France Strasbourg 19 (0) v China, 1 June 2004
Boldizsár Bodor April 27, 1982 (age 26) Netherlands Roda 16 (0) v Estonia, 19 November 2003
Tamás Vaskó February 20, 1984 (age 24) Italy Avellino 11 (0) v Latvia, 7 February 2007
Midfielders
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut
Zoltán Gera (captain) April 22, 1979 (age 29) England Fulham 56 (16) v Switzerland, 13 February 2002
Pál Dárdai March 16, 1976 (age 32) Germany Hertha BSC 55 (5) v Slovenia, 19 August 1998
Szabolcs Huszti April 18, 1983 (age 25) Germany Hannover 37 (6) v Japan, 25 April 2004
Tamás Hajnal (vice-captain) March 15, 1981 (age 27) Germany Borussia Dortmund 27 (3) v Sweden, 9 October 2004
Balázs Tóth September 24, 1981 (age 27) Belgium Genk 25 (0) v Latvia, 19 February 2004
Péter Halmosi September 25, 1979 (age 29) England Hull City 21 (0) v Czech Republic, 12 February 2002
Krisztián Vadócz May 30, 1985 (age 23) Spain CA Osasuna 16 (2) v Slovakia, 30 November 2004
Balázs Dzsudzsák December 23, 1986 (age 21) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 15 (1) v Greece, 2 June 2007
Ákos Buzsáky May 7, 1982 (age 26) England Queens Park Rangers 13 (1) v Malta, 3 September 2005
Strikers
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut
Sándor Torghelle May 5, 1982 (age 26) Germany FC Augsburg 29 (9) v Armenia, 18 February 2004
Gergely Rudolf March 9, 1985 (age 23) Hungary Debreceni VSC 4 (1) v Montenegro, 20 August 2008

Recent call-up

Caps and goals as of 20 August 2008, included against Montenegro.

Goalkeepers
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut Most recent callup
Péter Gulácsi May 6, 1990 (age 18) England Liverpool 0 v N/A v Croatia,
31 May 2008
Defenders
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut Most recent callup
Zsolt Löw April 29, 1979 (age 29) Germany Hoffenheim 25 (1) v Croatia,
8 May 2002
v Sweden,
10 September 2008
Csaba Csizmadia May 30, 1985 (age 23) Austria Mattersburg 12 (0) v Cyprus,
6 February 2007
v Croatia,
31 May 2008
Béla Balogh December 30, 1984 (age 23) Spain Real Murcia 9 (0) v Canada,
15 November 2006
v Moldova,
17 November 2007
Krisztián Timár October 4, 1979 (age 29) England Plymouth Argyle 2 (0) v Slovenia,
26 March 2008
v Montenegro,
20 August 2008
Tamás Kádár March 14, 1990 (age 18) England Newcastle United 0 v N/A v Greece,
24 May 2008
Midfielders
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut Most recent callup
Dániel Tőzsér May 12, 1985 (age 23) Belgium Genk 15 (1) v Mexico,
14 December 2005
v Slovenia,
26 March 2008
Ádám Vass September 9, 1988 (age 20) Italy Brescia 11 (0) v Canada,
15 November 2006
v Montenegro,
20 August 2008
Leandro de Almeida March 19, 1982 (age 26) Hungary Debrecen 10 (0) v China,
June 1, 2004
v Greece,
21 November 2007
Attila Filkor July 12, 1988 (age 20) Italy Sassuolo 6 (0) v Latvia,
7 February 2007
v Croatia,
31 May 2008
Tibor Tisza November 10, 1984 (age 23) Hungary Újpest 5 (0) v Cyprus,
6 February 2007
v Slovenia,
26 March 2008
László Zsidai July 16, 1986 (age 22) Hungary MTK Budapest 2 (0) v Latvia,
7 February 2007
v Slovenia,
26 March 2008
Tamás Koltai April 30, 1987 (age 21) Hungary Győri ETO FC 1 (0) v Greece,
24 May 2008
v Croatia,
31 May 2008
Strikers
Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Debut Most recent callup
Tamás Priskin September 27, 1986 (age 22) England Watford 18 (7) v Argentina, 17 August 2005
v Montenegro,
20 August 2008
Péter Rajczi April 3, 1981 (age 27) Hungary Újpest 11 (3) v Slovakia,
30 November 2004
v Montenegro,
24 March 2007
István Ferenczi September 14, 1977 (age 31) Hungary Ferencváros 9 (2) v Jordan,
7 March 2001
v Croatia,
31 May 2008
Róbert Feczesin February 22, 1986 (age 22) Italy Brescia 8 (3) v Mexico,
14 December 2005
v Croatia,
31 May 2008
Péter Orosz August 19, 1981 (age 27) Greece OFI Crete 3 (0) v Slovenia,
26 March 2008
v Croatia,
31 May 2008
Krisztián Németh January 5, 1989 (age 19) England Liverpool 0 v N/A v Croatia,
31 May 2008
Balázs Farkas April 24, 1988 (age 20) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 3 (0) v Canada,
15 November 2006
v Montenegro,
24 March 2007
Hungary current line-up for versus Greece May 24 2008

Coaching staff

Head Coach Netherlands Erwin Koeman
Assistant Coaches Hungary Zoltán Aczél
Hungary Csaba Máté
Goalkeeping Coach Hungary Zsolt Petry
Technical Manager Hungary Tamas Szekeres
Team Doctors Hungary Dr. Miklós Kator
Hungary Dr. Gergeley Pánics
Scientific associate Hungary Dr. Máté Petrekanics
Psychologist Hungary Sándor Nagy
Masseurs Hungary László Eisemann
Kit Manager Hungary Imre Ambrus

Famous players

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Notable past players

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Top appearances

Pos Player Caps Goals Tenure
1 József Bozsik 101 11 1947–1962
2 László Fazekas 92 24 1968–1983
3 Gyula Grosics 86 0 1947–1962
4 Ferenc Puskás 85 84 1945–1956
5 Imre Garaba 82 3 1980–1991
6 Sándor Mátrai 81 0 1956–1967
7 Ferenc Sipos 77 1 1957–1966
8 László Bálint 76 3 1972–1982
Ferenc Bene 76 36 1962–1979
Máté Fenyvesi 76 8 1954–1966

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Goals(Caps) Tenure Avg/game
1 Ferenc Puskás 84(85) 1945–1956 0.99
2 Sándor Kocsis 75(68) 1948–1956 1.10
3 Imre Schlosser 59(68) 1906–1927 0.87
4 Lajos Tichy 51(72) 1955–1964 0.61
5 György Sárosi 42(62) 1931–1943 0.68
6 Nándor Hidegkuti 39(69) 1945–1958 0.56
7 Ferenc Bene 36(76) 1962–1979 0.47
8 Gyula Zsengellér 32(39) 1936–1947 0.82
Tibor Nyilasi 32(70) 1975–1985 0.46
Florián Albert 32(75) 1959–1974 0.41

Former head coaches

name date M W D L
Ferenc Gillemot 1902–04 5 3 0 2
Ferenc Stobbe 1904–06 3 0 2 1
Alfréd Hajós 1906 2 1 1 0
Ferenc Stobbe 1907–08 7 3 0 4
Frigyes Minder 1908–11 13 6 3 4
Ede Herczog 1911–14 22 14 5 3
Frigyes Minder 1914–17 14 8 2 4
Ákos Fehéry 1918–19 5 5 0 0
Frigyes Minder 1919 2 1 0 1
József Harsády 1920 1 0 1 0
Lajos Tibor 1920 2 0 0 2
Gyula Kiss 1921–24 23 11 7 5
Ödön Holits 1924 1 1 0 0
Lajos Máriássy 1924–26 14 6 2 6
Gyula Kiss 1926–28 17 9 1 7
János Földessy 1928–29 6 3 2 1
Mihály Pataki 1930 3 0 2 1
Frigyes Minder 1930 4 3 0 1
Lajos Máriássy 1930–32 17 6 6 5
Ödön Nádas 1932–34 16 7 3 6
Károly Dietz 1934–39 41 19 9 13
Dénes Ginzery 1939–41 13 5 7 1
József Fábián 1941 1 0 0 1
Dénes Ginzery 1941 1 1 0 0
József Fábián 1942 2 0 1 1
Kálmán Vághy 1942–43 6 5 0 1
Tibor Gallowich 1945–48 22 16 1 5
Gusztáv Sebes 1949–56 66 49 11 6
Márton Bukovi 1956–57 8 6 1 1
Lajos Baróti - Károly Lakat - Károly Sós 1957 4 3 0 1
Lajos Baróti 1957–66 80 43 18 19
Rudolf Illovszky 1966–67 10 8 1 1
Károly Sós 1968–69 10 5 4 1
József Hoffer 1970–71 10 4 3 3
Rudolf Illovszky 1971–74 29 12 9 8
József Bozsik 1974 1 0 0 1
Ede Moór 1974–75 6 2 2 2
János Szőcs 1975 1 0 0 1
Lajos Baróti 1975–78 57 19 9 9
Ferenc Kovács 1978–79 8 2 4 2
Károly Lakat 1979–80 6 3 0 3
Kálmán Mészöly 1980–83 31 13 6 12
György Mezey 1983–86 30 18 5 7
Imre Komora 1986 3 0 1 2
József Verebes 1987 4 2 1 1
József Garami 1987 5 2 1 2
László Bálint 1988 6 2 2 2
György Mezey 1988 5 2 2 1
Bertalan Bicskei 1989 9 2 4 3
Kálmán Mészöly 1990–91 18 8 3 7
Róbert Glázer 1991 4 0 2 2
Imre Jenei 1992–93 14 6 4 4
Ferenc Puskás 1993 4 1 0 3
József Verebes 1993–94 10 1 2 7
Kálmán Mészöly 1994–95 11 2 3 6
János Csank 1996–97 16 6 2 8
Bertalan Bicskei 1998–01 36 13 15 8
Imre Gellei 2001–03 23 8 3 12
Lothar Matthäus 2004–05 28 11 3 14
Péter Bozsik 2006 7 3 0 4
Péter Várhidi 2006–08 16 7 1 8
Erwin Koeman 2008– 7 3 3 1

See also

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