South Melbourne FC

This article is about the soccer club. For the Australian rules football club, see Sydney Swans.
South Melbourne
Full name South Melbourne Football Club
Nickname(s) South, Blues
Founded 1959
Ground Lakeside Stadium
Ground Capacity 12,000[1]
Captain Michael Eagar
President Leo Athanasakis
Coach Chris Taylor
League NPL Victoria
2015 1st (League), Runner-up (Finals)
Website Club home page

South Melbourne Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in suburb of Albert Park, in Melbourne, Victoria. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria, with matches played at Lakeside Stadium.

Founded in 1959, South Melbourne are considered the most successful soccer club in Australia.[2] The club has won four national championships, a string of Victorian State League titles, and represented Oceania in the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship. Along with the Marconi Stallions, they were one of two clubs to compete in every season of the National Soccer League.

History

Formation

South Melbourne was formed in 1959 with the amalgamation of three struggling Melbourne soccer clubs – South Melbourne United, the oldest of the three clubs with a history dating back to the early 1900s – the Greek-backed Yarra Park Aias (Ajax), and Hellenic.[3][4] Theo Marmaras, initiator of the merger proposal and president of Hellenic, became the first president of the new club.[3] In recognition of the large Greek Australian support base of Hellenic and Yarra Park, which were also the best-supported of the three clubs, the new club was named South Melbourne Hellas, the name by which it was to be known for the majority of its 50 years. The first emblem reflected the colour scheme of the Flag of Greece. The first uniform consisted of jersey of white with a red 'V' around the collar, the was also that of South Melbourne United, as well as blue shorts and blue and white hooped socks. Later on they would adopt predominantly blue and white strips, with various designs throughout the seasons, with the most common being a predominantly royal blue strip.

1960–1969

A rare photograph of one of the early South Melbourne Hellas squads, circa 1960.

South Melbourne won the Victorian First Division (North) championship of 1960,[5] the club's inaugural year of competition. The club was promoted to the Victorian State League First Division the following year, where it finished fifth in its first year.[6] With a number of astute signings – Tommy Anderson (George Cross), Ernie Ackerley (Manchester United), Leo Damianakos (Kalamata), and Jim Pyrgolios (Panathinaikos),[4] the club won the division championship in 1962, 1964, and 1965.[7] In 1965, South Melbourne secured the services of 35-year-old former AEK Athens FC star Kostas Nestoridis as player-coach. The result was a significant increase in crowd attendances (more than double) and a fourth league title in 1966.[7] Eager to repeat its success, the club recruited a number of Greek and local footballers, but they failed to make any impact. By 1969, the import experiment was considered a failure and most of the Greek players returned to their homeland.[4]

1970–77

In 1970, the club focused its attention on recruiting local soccer players. It soon signed two players that would become South Melbourne's greatest players, Steve Walker and striker Jim Armstrong. South Melbourne missed out on the title by a point in the 1971 season, edged out by Footscray JUST,[8] but with Armstrong scoring goals aplenty, South Melbourne went on to win the championship in 1972.[7] The season also saw coach Bill Curran consolidate the first team's strength by signing midfielder Peter Bourne (Burnley) and promoting highly skilled youngsters Giovanni Batticiotto, Fethon Ileris[4] and Bill Hasapis.[9] The club continued its successful run with the 1974 title,[7] second place in 1975,[10] and with star recruits Jimmy Mackay, Peter Ollerton and Duncan Cummings, capped off its final year in the Victorian State League by winning the 1976 championship.[4]

National Soccer League

South Melbourne joined Mooroolbark, Heidelberg United, and Footscray JUST as Melbourne's participants in the newly formed National Soccer League (NSL) in 1977.[11] A mass exodus of its best players (Armstrong, Bourne, Mackay, Walker), saw the team slump to 11th place in its inaugural year, but a recruiting drive by coach Dave Maclaren gave the club a respectable third in 1978. It wasn't to last. South Melbourne finished at the bottom of the league table in 1979.[4]

1978–89

The first club emblem.

The recruitment of Alan Davidson, George Campbell (Aberdeen F.C.), Steve Blair, Branko Buljevic, Alun Evans (Liverpool), and Charlie Egan, helped South Melbourne climb the NSL ladder in the early part of the decade, with South becoming runners up in the NSL in 1981, which was their best ever NSL placing at the time. They also won the Ampol Cup in 1982.[12] Some solid player signings such as (Oscar Crino, Doug Brown, Bobby Russell and John Yzendoorn) gave the club some respectability, but a combination of committee problems and a string of coaches, never allowed the team to settle and gain consistency.[12] South Melbourne finished first on the league ladder in 1984,[13] but in a newly restructured NSL competition, it also had to win the finals series to win the title. The club powered past local rivals Heidelberg United in the Southern Division play-offs, and edged out Sydney Olympic in the Grand Final to win the 1984 national championship.[4]

After the departure of George Campbell to rivals Preston Makedonia in 1983/84, Branko Buljevic to Footscray Just in 1985 and others, South Melbourne could not repeat the success of the previous year. Despite finishing in first place,[14] it was knocked out of the finals series by local rivals Brunswick Juventus and Preston.[15] A major overhaul by coach Brian Garvey saw a number of new signings being made, including youngsters Paul Trimboli, David Healy, Kimon Taliadoros and Harry Micheil.[4] The young team put in some memorable performances as the decade came to a close, finishing in the top half of the league table, but failed to win another championship. The club appointed Ferenc Puskás as coach for the 1989/90 season, helping South win the NSL Cup tournament for that season, as well backing up their 1988 Dockerty Cup win with victory in the 1989 tournament.[16]

On 28 November 1981, South Melbourne Hellas and Melbourne Hakoah announced that they had merged to form a second team for South Melbourne which would compete in the Victorian State League and act as a feeder club to the South Melbourne national team.

The price paid for 54 years of Hakoah history was $35,000. The merger had been an ongoing discussion between the two co-tenants of Middle Park from the middle of the 1981 season.

The two clubs had shared Middle Park from 1961 until 1981. Melbourne Hakoah cited financial strains and lack of crowd support as the two prime reasons why the club was forced to accept the offer from South Melbourne.

1990–95

The club's change of fortune continued next season, with the club winning its second national championship, beating Melbourne Croatia on penalties after a tense 1–1 score line in normal time.[17] The team boasted some of the finest Australian football talent in Ange Postecoglou, Michael Petersen, Paul Wade, Mehmet Durakovic, Paul Trimboli, and Con Boutsianis. The feat could not be repeated the next year as the club was eliminated by eventual premiers Adelaide City in a Preliminary Final.[18]

Former player Jim Pyrgolios replaced Puskás for the 1992/93 season which saw the club finish first on the points table during the regular season.[19] South Melbourne was again eliminated during the finals series by Adelaide City and Marconi-Fairfield, the latter inflicting a 7–0 thrashing.[20][21] In 1993/94, the club finished second,[22] but failed yet again to progress to the Grand Final, courtesy of Melbourne Croatia and their nemesis, Adelaide City.[23] For the 1994/95 season, the club hired former Socceroos coach Frank Arok to replace Pyrgolios. The round one game from that season was the club's last at its Middle Park home before moving temporarily to Olympic Park while they awaited the completion of their new home, the 14,000-capacity Lakeside Stadium, on the site of the former Lake Oval. The club finished sixth on the ladder,[24] but was eliminated again in the Preliminary Final by the Melbourne Knights.[25] Arok left the club after a disappointing 1995/96 season, which saw South miss the finals for the first time since 1989.[26]

Forced name and emblem change

The club emblem during South Melbourne's brief appearance as the Lakers.

In 1996, the club was required by Soccer Australia, along with clubs all over the country, to change its emblem and name in an attempt to move soccer into the Australian mainstream and away from direct club-level association with its migrant roots. As a consequence, South Melbourne Hellas reappeared as South Melbourne Lakers. Its new name and emblem was not well received by many of its Greek supporters. The name change also drew attention from American NBA club L.A. Lakers, who threatened legal action.[27]

Under new coach and former captain Ange Postecoglou, the club bounced back in season 1996/97, finishing third on the table[28] and eventually being eliminated by Sydney United in the Preliminary Final.[29] The club capped off the end of the decade with impressive performances, becoming Australian champions in 1998 and 1999, thanks to performances by Paul Trimboli, Vaughan Coveny, Con Blatsis and former PAOK FC star John Anastasiadis. In the 1998 Grand Final South defeated league newcomer Carlton 2–1 with a controversial late goal by Boutsianis.[30] That win was followed up in 1999 by a come-from-behind 3–2 win against Sydney United in the Grand Final.[31] By now, South Melbourne had dropped the Lakers moniker and become South Melbourne Soccer Club, and sported a new emblem – the current blue and white shield with stars (each star representing a national championship). They followed up their fourth domestic title with the 1999 Oceania Club Championship, a win that qualified them for the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship in Brazil.[4]

2000–04

Grouped with Vasco Da Gama, Necaxa, and Manchester United in the 2000 FIFA Club World Championships, South Melbourne lost all three games. Despite the losses, the club gained some respectability amongst its peers with its performance, as well as some much needed exposure on the world stage, something that had been severely lacking for Australian soccer clubs at the time.

On its return from Brazil, South Melbourne failed to make the finals in the 1999/2000 season, finishing well outside the top six finals spots.[32] Before the new season started Postecoglou left South Melbourne in order to take up the position of Australian youth coach, and was replaced by former South player and team mate Mike Petersen.[4] At the end of the 2000/01 home and away season, South had finished a comfortable 8 points clear of Wollongong,[33] but lost both legs of its major semi final against the Wolves 2–1,[9] meaning South would have to win the prelimanary final in order to earn a rematch. South duly did so with a 2–0 victory over Sydney Olympic, but in the grand final put in a lacklustre performance, once more losing 2–1.[9]

Prior to the start of the 2001/2002 season, South suffered a major blow as Petersen, along with several players including Boutsianis and Andy Vlahos left to join the Football Kingz. A young squad under the management of Eddie Krnčević struggled, occupying the bottom rungs of the table half way through the season, before the return in controversial circumstances of Boutsianis sparked a major revival, which saw the club finish fifth in the standings,[34] eventually being eliminated by eventual champions Olympic Sharks in the finals.[35]

Krnčević was replaced by former player Danny Wright for the 2002/03 season, but the club failed to reach the finals by a point.[36] Stuart Munro took over as coach for the 2003/04 season, with the club finishing fifth,[37] eventually being eliminated by a penalty deep into extra time against Adelaide United[38] in what turned out to be South's final game in the NSL.

With the combined factors of the demise of the NSL, and poor financial management, South Melbourne fell into voluntary administration and lost most of its squad. With Melbourne being allocated just one licence for an Hyundai A-League team, which was widely expected to go to a new franchise, and with South in extreme financial difficulty, South chose not to lodge an application to join the new competition.

Return to Victorian competition

South Melbourne celebrate their 2006 VPL title

Entering the Victorian Premier League in 2005 as South Melbourne Football Club, and with a new team under former player and new coach John Anastasiadis, the club reached the Preliminary Final of the VPL, going down to their old rivals Heidelberg United.[39] The season was highlighted by fluctuating crowd attendances at home games, national media attention paid to crowd trouble with fans of Preston Lions, but also by good performances by a young and talented side, which before the season had been a relegation favourite.

In 2006, South finished third on the table courtesy of a strong home record,[40] including a record 7–0 thrashing of old foe Melbourne Knights.[41] South eventually progressed to the final by defeating Green Gully and Altona Magic in successive weeks.[40] In the final itself, once more against Altona Magic, a second half goal by Gianni De Nittis was enough to see South win the game 1–0,[40] and win their eighth Victorian championship, their first in 30 years and first since returning to the competition in 2005.

In 2007 South Melbourne had a poor year finishing in 7th spot missing the finals and after a poor start in 2008, Anastasiadis resigned. With another former player Michael Michalakopoulos taking charge, the team moved away from the relegation zone, but still missed the finals.

The club celebrated its 50th anniversary year during the 2009 season, with several heritage strips and a logo reminiscent of the pre-1990's logo used to mark the occasion. The club secured the services of Vaughan Coveny, recently retired from A-League football, who went on to score his 100th goal for the club, with Ramazan Tavsancioglu and Fernando de Moraes also marking personal milestones by playing their 100th games. Michalakopoulos departed after the club bowed out early in the finals series, to be replaced as coach by Vaughan Coveny.

The 2010 season saw drastic changes to the club with the redevelopment of Bob Jane Stadium commencing several rounds in the season. This forced the club to relocate the remainder of its 2010 home fixtures, and all of its 2011 home matches, to John Cain Memorial Reserve in a sharing arrangement with Northcote City SC. The arrival of high-profile players including Carl Recchia, Peter Zois and Joseph Keenan among others brought a renewed hope of on-field success to the supporters. Despite some good on-field performances and individual brilliance, with Fernando de Moraes winning the VPL Player of the Year and Peter Zois taking out the Goalkeeper of the Year award, the promised success did not eventuate with the club narrowly missing out on a finals berth.

Meanwhile, the club gained much international recognition with the award of being the Oceania Club of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics at a lavish gala ceremony at the Hurlingham Club in Fulham, London in May 2010 and entry into the 2010 Singapore Cup. South Melbourne FC miraculously won its first-round match against Gombak United FC 2–1 and returned to Singapore in October for a two-legged playoff against Bangkok Glass FC at the Jalan Besar Stadium but was knocked out by the eventual champions 6–4 on aggregate. Coveny was replaced as coach after the end of the VPL season for the Singapore Cup tie by Eddie Krncevic who returned to the club after a stint as coach in the 2001/2002 NSL season. The club travelled to Singapore again for the 2011 Singapore Cup but were bundled out in the first round by Albirex Niigata Singapore FC.

Under Krncevic, the club rallied late in the 2011 VPL season to finish fourth but had their season ended in a penalty shootout in the semi final by Oakleigh Cannons. Krncevic was replaced in 2012 by former player Peter Tsolakis, who moved across from Northcote City with several players. 2012 saw the return of South Melbourne FC to their home ground, now known as Lakeside Stadium with vastly improved amenities, a second grandstand and an international-standard athletics track which was opened in December 2011 with a friendly against old foes Sydney Olympic. However, the club could not capitalise on its own turf, with terrible home form condemning the club to finish outside the top 5 and miss out on finals once again.

In July 2013, Tsolakis resigned from his post after the board sacked five senior squad members without his consultation[42] and the club appointed former Sunshine George Cross FC, Melbourne Knights and Dandenong Thunder manager Chris Taylor on a two-year deal.

In 2014, the club entered the National Premier Leagues Victoria competition, which replaced the old Victorian Premier League. South had a fantastic season, taking out their first league title since their 2000–01 NSL title. In the NPL National Finals Series, South Melbourne beat South Hobart FC 1–0 at South Hobart Ground,[43] but lost to North Eastern MetroStars SC in the semi-final 2–1.[44]

In 2015, the club retained the NPL Victoria premiership, but lost to rivals Bentleigh Greens SC in the Grand Final. South also won the Dockerty Cup, but lost to Palm Beach SC in the 2015 FFA Cup Round of 32.

South Melbourne then recruited the likes of Matthew Foschini, Matt Millar and Marcus Schroen for the following season.[45][46] South got season 2016 off on a bad note, losing the FFV Community Shield 3-0 to Bentleigh, but opened the NPL Victoria season on an emphatic note, beating traditional rivals Heidelberg United 6-0 in front of over 3,000 fans at Lakeside.[47] On 30 March 2016, South Melbourne announced that it had secured a 40 year lease of Lakeside Stadium, with the club now "able to commence building its new administrational offices, museum, futsal court and bisto / social room in its exclusive areas."[48]

A-League aspirations

Since dropping out of the national competition at the demise of the NSL, the club has held aspirations to return to the top competition for football clubs in Australia. On 14 February 2007, South Melbourne announced their interest in becoming the second Victorian club in the A-League.[49] In June 2008 South Melbourne FC sent a letter of interest to join the league[50] and lodged an application for the second Melbourne licence as part of the Southern Cross FC consortium, but on 26 September 2008 the Football Federation Australia announced[51] it was commencing exclusive negotiations with the rival 'Melbourne Heart FC' bid which went on to join the competition for the 2010-11 A-League season.

In March 2013 it was revealed that the club was in negotiations to take a stake in the cash-strapped Central Coast Mariners, but talks cooled off when the Mariners ownership structure was consolidated under Mike Charlesworth.[52] In April 2013, the club was revealed to have made several offers to take a 100% stake in Melbourne Heart FC, however these offers were rejected.[53] Melbourne Heart management subsequently accepted an offer from Manchester City FC.

Rivalries

Current Senior squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Australia GK Nikola Roganovic
2 Australia DF Tim Mala
3 Australia DF Kristian Konstantinidis
4 New Zealand DF Michael Eagar (Captain)
5 New Zealand DF Luke Adams
6 Republic of the Congo MF Philtzgerald Mbaka
7 Australia MF Nick Epifano
8 Australia MF Matthew Theodore
9 Australia FW Milos Lujic
11 Australia DF Bradley Norton (Vice Captain)
12 Australia MF Amadu Koroma
13 Australia DF Luke Eyles
No. Position Player
14 Australia MF Chris Irwin
15 Australia MF Cody Martindale
17 Australia MF Marcus Schroen
18 Australia DF Matthew Millar
19 Australia DF Massimo Pesce
21 Australia GK Zaim Zeneli
22 Australia MF Andy Kecojevic
23 Australia DF Matthew Foschini
27 Australia FW Leigh Minopoulos
33 Australia GK Rory Brian
77 Australia MF Steven Hatzikostas
99 Afghanistan MF Iqbal Jawadi

Current Under 20's squad

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

No. Position Player
28 Australia GK Rory Brian
29 Australia Archie Sweeney
30 Australia Giuseppe Marafioti
31 Australia Adrian Kovacevic
32 Australia Charlie Leyton
33 Australia Sam Kagioglu
34 Australia DF Massimo Pesce (Captain)
35 Australia Spiro Stamoulis
36 Australia Jordan Moncrieff
37 Australia Gabriel Riven
No. Position Player
38 Australia Dean Nicopoulos
39 Australia Chris Skondreas
40 Afghanistan FW Nashir Hussainy
41 Australia Matthew Zilavec
42 Australia Joshua Hodes
43 Australia Ryan Crisp
44 Australia Gerry Kavadas
45 Australia Simon Sesay
47 Australia GK Luka Demian
Australia DF Adrian Acevski


Current Under 18's squad

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

No. Position Player
48 Australia GK Luka Demain
49 Australia Christopher Nisiotis
50 Australia Adrian Acevski
51 Greece DF Pano Avramidis
51 Australia Chris Skondreas
52 Australia Gabriel Riven
53 Australia Kirk Kyriakopolous
54 Australia Dean Nicolaides
55 Australia Campbell Dovaston
56 Australia Charly Layton
57 Australia George Stamoulis
58 Australia DF Luca Varlamos
59 Australia FW James Pundij
No. Position Player
60 Australia Simon Sesay
61 Australia Lachlan Beever
62 Australia GK Will Hugh-Jones
63 Australia DF Costa Mesourouni
64 Australia George Stamoulis
65 Australia Gabriel Riven
66 Australia FW James Pundij
67 Australia Matthew Zilavec
67 Australia Joshua Hodes
69 Australia DF Tim Tslepis
70 Greece DF Kostas Partaniskis

2016 transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Competition timeline

Season League Cup Confederation/NPL Playoffs Other Top scorer
Division Pld W D L GF GA +/- Pts Position Finals Player(s) Goals
1977 NSL11th
1978 NSL3rd
1979 NSL14th
1980 NSL3rd
1981 NSL2nd
1982 NSL6th
1983 NSL4th
1984 NSL1st
1985 NSL1st
1986 NSL7th
1987 NSL6thRunner-up
1988 NSL3rdElimination-Final
1989 NSL8th
1989–90 NSL2ndPreliminary-finalChampion
1990–91 NSL2ndChampion
1991–92 NSL3rdPreliminary-final
1992–93 NSL1stPreliminary-finalSemi-final
1993–94 NSL2ndPreliminary-finalSemi-final
1994–95 NSL24951042366446thPreliminary final
1995–96 NSL33144155056−6468thChampion
1996–97 NSL261448392514463rdPreliminary-finalSemi-final
1997–98 NSL261394564115481stChampionJohn Anastasiadis10
1998–99 NSL281765502624572ndChampionVaughan Coveny14
1999–00 NSL3414713555144910thChampionGroup-stage
2000–01 NSL302163702446691stRunner-up
2001–02 NSL24106830228365thSemi-final
2002–03 NSL2410593637−1357thPreliminary-final
2003–04 NSL241149392118375thSemi-final
2005 VPL3rd
2006 VPL3rdChampion
2007 VPL7th
2008 VPL9th
2009 VPL5thElimination-final
2010 VPL6th
2011 VPL4thSemi-finalRound 5
2012 VPL6thRound 5
2013 VPL4thSemi-finalSemi-final
2014 NPL V262132592237661stSemi-finalMilos Lujic22
2015 NPL V261844582236581stRunner-upChampionSemi-finalRound of 32Milos Lujic31

Honours

Club

Domestic

  • FFV Community Shield
Champions (1): 2015
Victorian Champions (1): 2014
Champions (8): 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1976, 2006
Runners-up (5): 1971, 1975, 2005, 2006, 2009
Champions (1): 1960
Winners (8): 1974, 1975, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2015
  • Victorian Ampol Night Soccer Cup
Winners (4): 1969, 1970, 1976, 1982
  • Buffalo Cup
Winners (1) 1988
Winners (1) 1984, 2007, 2009, 2011
Premiers (3): 1992/93, 1997/98, 2000/01
Champions (4): 1984, 1990/91, 1997/98, 1998/99
Finalists (7): 1989/90, 1991/92, 1993/94, 1994/95, 1996/97, 2001/02, 2003/04
Conference Winners (2): 1984, 1985
  • National Soccer League Cup
Winners (2): 1989/90, 1995/96
  • Australian Club of the Decade (1): 1990's

Continental

Winners (1): 1999
  • Oceania Confederation Club of the Century

Worldwide

Finalists (1): 2000

Youth

Champions (3): 1984, 1991, 1994

Individual

Johnny Warren Medal/Player of the Year

Joe Marston Medal

Leading Goalscorer

Sam Papasavas Award (Under 21 NSL player of the year)

NSL Goalkeeper of the Year

NSL Coach of the Year

Bill Fleming Award

  • 1971 – Jim Pyrgolios
  • 1974 – Jimmy Armstrong

Victorian Premier League Top Goalscorer Award

  • 1966 – Kostas Nestoridis
  • 1970 – Fethon Ileris
  • 1972 – Jimmy Armstrong
  • 1974 – Jimmy Armstrong

Victorian Premier League Goalkeeper of the Year

Jimmy Rooney Medal

Victorian Premier League player of the year

[60]

Records

Top goal scorers
  • 1985 – Charlie Egan 21
  • 1984 – Doug Brown 22
  • 1983 – Doug Brown 16
  • 1982 – Charlie Egan 20
  • 1981 – Alun Evans 14
  • 1980 – Branko Buljevic 10
  • 1979 – Alun Evans 5
  • 1978 – Duncan Cummings 10
  • 1977 – Peter Ollerton 6
  • 1976 – Unknown
  • 1975 – Unknown
  • 1974 – Jim Armstrong 22
  • 1973 – Jim Armstrong 13
  • 1972 – Jim Armstrong 20
  • 1971 – Jim Armstrong 13
  • 1970 – Fethon Ileris 19
  • 1969 – Bill Hasapis 15
  • 1968 – Jim Pyrgolios & Frank Micic 8
  • 1967 – Kostas Nestoridis 12
  • 1966 – Kostas Nestoridis 21
  • 1965 – Ernie Ackerley 16
  • 1964 – Mike Mandalis 16
  • 1963 – John Margaritis 7
  • 1962 – Adonni Hatzileftheriou 16
  • 1961 – Terry Karayannis 15
  • 1960 – Unknown

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  62. ↑ 1960 Victorian Metropolitan League Division One North – Season Results
  63. ↑ 1964 Victorian State League – Season Results

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