List of Celtic F.C. records and statistics

Celtic Football Club are a Scottish professional association football club based in Glasgow. They have played at their home ground, Celtic Park, since 1892. Celtic were founding members of the Scottish Football League in 1890, and the Scottish Premier League in 1998 as well as the Scottish Professional Football League in 2013.

This article is about all-time records. For a season-by-season statistical breakdown, see List of Celtic F.C. seasons.

A trophy case in the Celtic Park trophy room

The list encompasses the major honours won by Celtic, records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Celtic players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records at Celtic Park, and also at Hampden Park which has on occasion been used for home games, are also included.

Celtic have won 51 top-flight titles, and hold the record for most Scottish Cup wins with 39. The club's record appearance maker is Billy McNeill, who made 822 appearances between 1957 and 1975. Jimmy McGrory is the club's record goalscorer, scoring 522 goals during his Celtic career.

All figures are correct as of 18 May 2020.

Honours

Celtic's first ever silverware was won in 1889 when they defeated Cowlairs 6–1 in the final of the North-Eastern Cup.[1] A year later they won the Glasgow Cup, before winning their first major national honour in 1892 by defeating Queen's Park 5–1 in the final of the Scottish Cup.[1] Celtic won their first league title in 1892–93.[1] In 1906–07 Celtic became the first club to win the league and cup double in Scotland,[1] a feat they have now accomplished on 12 occasions. They won their first domestic treble in 1966–67, the same season they became the first British club to win the European Cup with their 2–1 victory over Inter Milan in the final.[1] Celtic's most recent success was their win in the 2019–20 Scottish Premiership, sealing a ninth consecutive league title.[2]

In all, Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship 51 times, the Scottish Cup a record 39 times, the Scottish League Cup 19 times and the European Cup once.

Domestic

League[3][4]

• Scottish League Championship:
  • Winners (51): 1893, 1894, 1896, 1898, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1926, 1936, 1938, 1954, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
  • Runners-up (31): 1892, 1895, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1912, 1913, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1939, 1955, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011[5][6][7]

Cups[3][4]

• Scottish Cup:
  • Winners (39): 1892, 1899, 1900, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1951, 1954, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Runners-up (18): 1889, 1893, 1894, 1901, 1902, 1926, 1928, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1973, 1984, 1990, 1999, 2002[8]
• Scottish League Cup:
  • Winners (19): 1956–57, 1957–58, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1974–75, 1982–83, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
  • Runners-up (15): 1965, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2011, 2012[9]

International

• European Cup:[3]
  • Winners: 1967
  • Runners-up: 1970
• UEFA Cup
  • Runners-up: 2003
• Intercontinental Cup
  • Runners-up: 1967

Others

• Glasgow Cup: 29 (contested by youth teams from 1990, see below)[10]

1891, 1892, 1895, 1896, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1921, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1939, 1941, 1949, 1956, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1975 (shared)*, 1982
* 1975 trophy shared with Rangers after a 2–2 draw.

• Glasgow Charity Cup: 28[11]

1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1899, 1903, 1905, 1908, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1924, 1926, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1943, 1950, 1953, 1959, 1961 (shared)*
* 1961 trophy shared with Clyde after a 1–1 draw.

Cross Border British League Cup: 1 1902[12][13] Ferencvaros Vase: 1 1914[14] Empire Exhibition Trophy: 1 1938[3] Coronation Cup: 1 1953[3] National Saint Mungo Cup: 1 1951[12] Drybrough Cup: 1 1974[3] Regional Glasgow North Eastern Cup: 2[15] 1888–89, 1889–90 Glasgow Football League: 1[16] 1898–99 Inter City Football League: 1[17] 1899–1900 Benefit Tournament: 1 1902[13][18] War Fund Shield: 1 1918[19] Victory in Europe Cup: 1 1945[20] Indoor football Daily Express National Fives: 1 1981[21] Tennents' Sixes: 1 1992[22]

Friendly Tournoi Franco-Britannique de Paris 1921[23] D. Kennedy Cup 1951[24] Alfredo di Stefano Trophy: 1 1967[25] CNE Cup of Champions: 1 1968[26][27] World of Soccer Cup: 1 1977[28] Feyenoord Tournament: 1 1981[29] The Celtic Centenary Cup 1988[30] Dubai Champions Cup: 1 1989[31] Bord Gais Trophy 1992[32] Hamilton Cup: 1 1994[33] Brandy Cup: 1 1999[34] Jock Stein Friendship Cup: 9 2006,[35] 2007,[36] 2008,[37] 2009,[38] 2010,[39] 2016,[40] 2017, 2018, 2019 Translink Cup: 1 2009[41] Wembley Cup: 1 2009[42] Fenway Football Challenge: 1 2010[43] Dublin Decider: 1[44] 2013 Dafabet Cup: 1 2017[45]

Reserve honours

• Reserve League Championship: 14 (Known as Scottish Reserve League between 1895 and 1975 and then Reserve Scottish Premier League from 1975 onwards)[46][47][48]

1896, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1980, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1995

• Scottish Premier Reserve League: 5[48]

2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

• Scottish Reserve Cup: 8[49]

1891, 1935, 1936, 1958, 1966, 1971, 1974, 1985

• Reserve League Cup: 13[49]

1960, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996

• Scottish Alliance: 4[50]

1922, 1934, 1937, 1938

• Combined Reserve League: 6[51]

1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966

Youth honours

• Scottish Youth Cup: 15[52]

1984, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017

• SPFL Development League: 12 (Previously SFL Youth/SPL U18/U19 league)[53]

1995, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016

• Under 21 Scottish Premier League: 3[48]

2002, 2003, 2004

• Glasgow Cup: 11 (contested by senior team until 1989, see above)[54][55]

1990, 1991, 1997, 1998, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019

Other awards

BBC Sports Team of the Year: 1 1967[56] France Football European Team of the Year: 1 1970[57] FIFA Fair Play Award: 1 2003 (awarded to fans of Celtic FC)[58] UEFA Fair Play Award: 1 2003 (awarded to fans of Celtic FC)[59] FIFA Fan Award: 1 2017 (awarded to fans of Celtic FC)[60] Sunday Mail and sportScotland Team of the Year: 1 2017[61][62] IFFHS World Club Team of the Month: 3 November 2002,[63] August 2003,[63] August 2012[64]

Polar Bear Trophy: 1 1975[65][66] Real Madrid Silver Cabin: 1 1979[65] Best Support Technology for Fans: 1 2014 (UK Sports Technology Awards)[67] SFP Facilities Award: 1 2016[68] Best Fan Experience: 1 2017 (UK Stadium Business Awards)[69] CAFE Collaboration Award: 1 2018 (awarded to club and its Disabled Supporters' Association)[70]

Player records

Further information: List of Celtic F.C. players

Appearances

Billy McNeill made 822 appearances in all competitions for Celtic.

• Most appearances in all competitions: Billy McNeill, 822[71]
• Most League appearances: Alec McNair, 583[72]
• Most Scottish Cup appearances: Billy McNeill, 94[73]
• Most League Cup appearances: Billy McNeill, 138[74]
• Most European appearances: Scott Brown, 118[75][76][77]
• Youngest first-team player: Jack Aitchison, 16 years, 71 days (against Motherwell, 15 May 2016)[78][79]
• Youngest first-team player in European competition: Karamoko Dembélé, 16 years, 294 days (against CFR Cluj, 12 December 2019)[80]
• Oldest first-team player: Alec McNair, 41 years, 113 days (against Queens Park, 18 April 1925)[78]
• Oldest debutant: Dion Dublin, 36 years, 296 days (against Rangers, 12 February 2006)[78]
• Most appearances in a season: Tommy Gemmell and John Clark, 62 (during the 1966–67 season)[81]
• Longest-serving player: Alec McNair, 21 years (1904–1925)[82]

Most appearances

Competitive, professional matches only (as of match played 7 March 2020).

#	Name	Years	League	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Continental^1	Other^2	Total	Ref
1	Billy McNeill	1957–1975	486	94	138	72	32	822	[83]
2	Alec McNair	1904–1925	583	57	0	0	44	684	[84]
3	Paul McStay	1981–1997	515	66	54	43	5	683	[85]
4	Roy Aitken	1976–1990	484	55	82	48	13	682	[86]
5	Danny McGrain	1970–1987	439	60	106	54	22	681	[87]
6	Patrick Bonner	1978–1995	483	55	64	40	4	646	[88]
7	Bobby Lennox	1961–1978 1979–1980	340	51	118	68	22	599	[89]
8	Bobby Evans	1944–1960	384	64	87	0	45	580	[90]
9	Scott Brown	2007–	376	49	32	118	0	575	[77]
10	Jimmy McMenemy	1902–1920	456	59	0	0	43	558	[91]

Goalscorers

Jimmy McGrory, Celtic's all-time top goalscorer and the record scorer in British football history

• Most goals in all competitions: Jimmy McGrory, 522.[92]
• Most League goals: Jimmy McGrory, 396.[72]
• Most Scottish Cup goals: Jimmy McGrory, 74.[73]
• Most League Cup goals: Bobby Lennox, 63.[74]
• Most European goals: Henrik Larsson, 35.[93]
• Most goals in one season: Jimmy McGrory, 62 (during the 1927–28 season).[94]
• Most League goals in one season: Jimmy McGrory, 50 (during the 1935–36 season).[95]
• Most hat-tricks: Jimmy McGrory, 56 (55 games including one double hat-trick)[96]
• Most penalties scored: Mike Haughney, 23.[97]
• Most goals scored by player in a match:
  • League match: Jimmy McGrory, 8 goals, won 9–0 (against Dunfermline Athletic, 14 January 1928).[98]
  • Scottish Cup match: John Campbell, 7 goals (against 5th KRV, 17 December 1892).
  • Scottish League Cup match:
    • Bobby Lennox, 5 goals (against Hamilton Academical, 11 September 1968).
    • Bobby Lennox, 5 goals (against Partick Thistle, 31 August 1968).
    • Stevie Chalmers, 5 goals (against Hamilton Academical, 11 September 1968).
    • Stevie Chalmers, 5 goals (against East Fife, 16 September 1964).
  • European match: Dariusz Dziekanowski, 4 goals (against Partizan Belgrade, 27 September 1989).[99][100]
• Fastest goal: Kris Commons 12.2 seconds (against Aberdeen, 16 March 2013)[101]
• Youngest goalscorer: Jack Aitchison, 16 years, 71 days (against Motherwell in Scottish Premiership, 15 May 2016).[79][102]
• Oldest goalscorer: Jimmy McMenemy, 39 years, 56 days (against Motherwell in league, 6 December 1919).[102]

Top goalscorers

Competitive, professional matches only. Matches played appear in brackets.

#	Name	Years	League	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Continental^1	Other^2	Total	Ref
1	Jimmy McGrory	1922–1937	396 (378)	74 (67)	0 (0)	0 (0)	32 (32)	502^3(477)^3	[103]
2	Bobby Lennox	1961–1978 1979–1980	171 (340)	31 (51)	63 (118)	13 (68)	23 (22)	301 (599)	[89]
3	Henrik Larsson	1997–2004	174 (221)	23 (25)	10 (11)	35 (58)	0 (0)	242 (315)	[104]
4	Jimmy Quinn	1900–1917	188 (272)	30 (58)	0 (0)	0 (0)	21 (39)	239 (369)	[105]
5	Stevie Chalmers	1958–1971	155 (263)	29 (47)	31 (60)	13 (39)	8 (22)	236 (431)	[104]
6	Sandy McMahon	1891–1903	131 (177)	48 (45)	0 (0)	0 (0)	21 (39)	200 (261)	[106]
7	Patsy Gallacher	1911–1926	186 (432)	9 (32)	0 (0)	0 (0)	5 (27)	200 (491)	[107]
8	John Hughes	1960–1971	114 (255)	25 (51)	38 (69)	10 (41)	10 (19)	197 (435)	[108]
9	Jimmy McMenemy	1902–1920	142 (456)	24 (59)	0 (0)	0 (0)	10 (43)	178 (558)	[91]
10	Kenny Dalglish	1968–1977	111 (204)	11 (30)	35 (60)	9 (28)	7 (16)	173 (338)	[109]

¹ Comprises appearances in the European Cup / Champions League, European Cup Winners Cup, UEFA Cup / Europa League, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the Intercontinental Cup.

² Includes cup competitions: the Glasgow Cup, Drybrough Cup and the Anglo-Scottish Cup. Appearance and goal statistics are not readily available for the Glasgow Charity Cup.

³ In addition to these statistics, it is known that McGrory made a further 21 appearances in the Glasgow Charity Cup, scoring 20 goals. This makes McGrory's overall total of goals for Celtic in senior competitions 522 goals.[92]

International

• First capped player: Willie Groves and Thomas McKeown (for Scotland, against Ireland, 9 March 1889).[110]
• Most international caps while a Celtic player: Pat Bonner, 80 for Republic of Ireland.[111]
• Most international caps for Scotland while a Celtic player: Paul McStay, 76.[111]
• Most capped player to play for Celtic: Robbie Keane, 143 for Republic of Ireland (3 caps whilst at Celtic).
• Most international goals while a Celtic player: Henrik Larsson, 21 for Sweden.

World Cup

• First Celtic player to appear at a World Cup: Willie Fernie and Neil Mochan (for Scotland against Austria 8 June 1954).
• First Celtic player to score at a World Cup: Bobby Collins (for Scotland, against Paraguay, 11 June 1958).
• Most World Cup appearances while a Celtic player: Pat Bonner, 9.
• Most World Cup goals while a Celtic player: Henrik Larsson, 5.
• First World Cup winner to play for Celtic: Juninho.

European Championship

• First Celtic player to appear at a European Championship: Pat Bonner, Mick McCarthy and Chris Morris (for Republic of Ireland, against England, 12 June 1988).
• First Celtic player to score at a European Championship: Paul McStay for Scotland, against CIS, 18 June 1992).
• Most European Championship appearances while a Celtic player: Henrik Larsson, 7.
• Most European Championship goals while a Celtic player: Henrik Larsson, 4.

Transfers

Record transfer fees paid

#	Player	From	Fee	Date	Ref
1	Odsonne Édouard	Paris Saint-Germain	£9,000,000	15 June 2018	[112]
2	Christopher Jullien	Toulouse	£7,000,000	28 June 2019	[113]
3	Chris Sutton	Chelsea	£6,000,000	11 July 2000	[114]
	John Hartson	Coventry City		2 August 2001	[115]
5	Eyal Berkovic	West Ham United	£5,750,000	8 July 1999	[116]
	Neil Lennon	Leicester City		8 December 2000	[117]
7	Rafael Scheidt	Grêmio	£4,800,000	1 January 2000	[118]
8	Olivier Ntcham	Manchester City	£4,500,000	12 July 2017	[119]
9	Scott Brown	Hibernian	£4,400,000	1 June 2007	[120]
10	Joos Valgaeren	Roda JC	£3,800,000	28 July 2000	[121]
	Marc-Antoine Fortune	Nancy		9 July 2009	[122]

Record transfer fees received

#	,Player	To	Fee	Date	Ref
1	Kieran Tierney	Arsenal	£25,000,000	8 August 2019	[123]
2	Moussa Dembélé	Lyon	£19,700,000	31 August 2018	[124]
3	Victor Wanyama	Southampton	£12,500,000	11 July 2013	[125]
4	Virgil van Dijk	Southampton	£11,500,000	1 September 2015	[126]
5	Fraser Forster	Southampton	£10,000,000	8 August 2014	[127]
6	Aiden McGeady	Spartak Moscow	£9,500,000	12 August 2010	[128]
7	Stuart Armstrong	Southampton	£7,000,000	26 June 2018	[129]
8	Stilian Petrov	Aston Villa	£6,500,000	30 August 2006	[130]
9	Mark Viduka	Leeds United	£6,000,000	3 July 2000	[131]
	Ki Sung-Yueng	Swansea City		24 August 2012	[132]

Managerial records

Further information: List of Celtic F.C. managers

• First manager: Willie Maley, from 1897 to 1940.[133][134]
• Longest-serving manager by time: Willie Maley, 42 years and 9 months (April 1897 to 1 January 1940).[133][134]
• Shortest-serving manager by time: Lou Macari, 7 months and 19 days, 34 matches (27 October 1993 to 15 June 1994).[135][136]
• Shortest-serving manager by matches: John Barnes, 29 matches, 8 months (10 June 1999 to 10 February 2000).[137][138]

Club records

Matches

Firsts

• First match: vs. Rangers, Friendly, Won 5–2, Celtic Park, (Glasgow), (H), 28 May 1888[1]
• First Scottish Cup match: vs. Shettleston, Won 5–1, Celtic Park, (Glasgow), (H), 1 September 1888[139]
• First League match: vs. Heart of Midlothian, Won 5–0, Tynecastle Stadium, (Edinburgh), (A), 23 August 1890[140][141]
• First League Cup match: vs. Hibernian, Lost 2–4, Easter Road, (Edinburgh), (H), 21 September 1946[142][143]
• First European match: vs. Valencia, Lost 2–4, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Mestalla, (Spain), (A), 26 September 1962[144]

Wins

• Record win: 11–0 (against Dundee, 26 October 1895)[145]
• Record League win: 11–0 (against Dundee, 26 October 1895)[145]
• Record Scottish Cup win: 8–0 (against Cowlairs, 22 September 1888)[145]
• Record League Cup win: 10–0 (against Hamilton Academical, 11 September 1968)[145]
• Record European win: 9–0 (against KPV Kokkola, 16 September 1970)[146][147]

Defeats

• Record defeat: 0–8 (against Motherwell, 30 April 1937)[145]
• Record League defeat: 0–8 (against Motherwell, 30 April 1937)[145]
• Record Scottish Cup defeat:[148][149][150]
  • 0–4 (against Rangers, 14 April 1928)
  • 0–4 (against St. Mirren, 4 April 1959)
• Record League Cup defeat:
  • 2–6 (against Clyde, 23 March 1946)[151]
  • 0–4 (against Rangers, 31 August 1955)[151]
• Record European defeat: 0–7 (against Barcelona, 13 September 2016)[152]

Goals

• Most League goals scored in a season: 116 goals in the 1915–16 season[145]
• Most goals scored in all competitions in a season: 196 goals in the 1966–67 season[145]

Points

• Most points in a season (3 points per win): 106 (during the 2016–17 season).[153][154]
• Most points in a season (2 points per win): 72 (during the 1987–88 season).[155]
• Fewest points in a season (2 points per win):
  • 21 (during the 1896–97 season over 18 games).[155]
  • 25 (during the 1947–48 season over 30 games).[155]

Attendances

• Record attendance: 147,365 (against Aberdeen, won 2–1, Hampden Park (N), 24 April 1937). (A record for a Football match in Europe)[1]
• Record Scottish League home attendance: 83,500 (against Rangers, won 3–0, Celtic Park (H), 1 January 1938).[nb 1][156][157][158]
• Record European match attendance: 133,961 (against Leeds United, won 2–1, Hampden Park (H), 15 April 1970). (A record for a match in UEFA European competition)[159]

Other records and statistics

• World record for total number of goals scored in a season (competitive games only): 196 (1966–67 season)[160]
• UK record for an unbeaten run in professional football: 69 games (60 won; 9 drawn) 16 May 2016 to 17 December 2017.[161]
• SPL record for an unbeaten run of home matches (League, Europe, Scottish Cup, League Cup) (77), from 2001 to 2004[162][163]
• 14 consecutive League Cup final appearances, from 1964–65 season to 1977–78 inclusive,[164] a world record for successive appearances in the final of a major football competition[165]
• Most successive Scottish Cup tie wins: 18 (22 January 2017 – present, none going to extra time nor penalties)
• Most successive League Cup tie wins: 19 (19 August 1967 – 12 August 1969)
• Most goals scored in one Scottish top-flight league match by one player: 8 goals by Jimmy McGrory against Dunfermline in 9–0 win on 14 January 1928[166]
• Highest score in a domestic British cup final: Celtic 7–1 Rangers, Scottish League Cup Final 1957[167]
• Fastest hat-trick in European Club Football – Mark Burchill vs Jeunesse Esch in 2000; 3 minutes (between 12th minute and 15th minute), a record at the time[168][169]
• Earliest SPL Championship won: won with 8 games remaining in 2017 (equalling all-time Scottish top-flight record set by Rangers in 1929)[170][171]
• Biggest margin of victory in the SPL. 9–0 against Aberdeen, 6 November 2010[172]
• Celtic and Hibernian hold the record for the biggest transfer fee between two Scottish clubs. Celtic bought Scott Brown from Hibernian on 16 May 2007 for £4.4m[173]
• Most expensive export from Scottish football, Kieran Tierney to Arsenal, August 2019, for about £25 million.[174]
• First weekly club publication in the UK, The Celtic View[175]
• First European club to field a player from the Indian sub-continent, Mohammed Salim[176]
• First British club to reach the final of the European Cup, and the only Scottish, and first British team to win the European Cup[177]

European statistics

Main article: Celtic F.C. in European football

• Most appearances: Scott Brown, 118[75][76][77]
• Most goals: Henrik Larsson, 35[178]
• Biggest win: Celtic 9–0 KPV Kokkola, in the European Cup, 16 September 1970[179][180]
• Biggest defeat: Barcelona 7–0 Celtic in the UEFA Champions League, 13 September 2016[152]
• Highest home attendance (Hampden Park): 136,505, against Leeds United in the 1969–70 European Cup[181][182][nb 2]

(Celtic Park): 77,240, against Fiorentina in the 1969–70 European Cup[183]

See also

• Celtic F.C.
• Celtic F.C. in Europe
• Celtic Park
• List of Celtic F.C. players
• Lennoxtown Training Centre
• Celtic F.C. Reserve and Youth squads
• Celtic F.C. and World War I
• Sport in Scotland
• Football in Scotland

Footnotes

1. Newspaper reports at the time indicate that the officially returned attendance was given as 83,500, with an estimated further 10,000 supporters locked out of the ground for safety reasons. However, the ground's capacity was gauged at the time as being around 88,000 and several subsequent sources (including the club's official website) have since revised the attendance up to 92,000.
2. The home leg of Celtic's 1970 European Cup semi-final tie against Leeds United was switched from Celtic Park (which had a capacity at the time of around 80,000) to Hampden Park due to the expected high demand for tickets.

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