2017–18 Deportivo Alavés season

Deportivo Alavés
2017–18 season
President	Alfonso Fernández
Head coach	Abelardo
Stadium	Mendizorrotza
La Liga	14th
Copa del Rey	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Munir (10); All: Munir (14)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Deportivo Alavés season sees the club participating in La Liga and the Copa del Rey.

Current squad

As of 6 February 2018^[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	ESP	Fernando Pacheco
2	DF	ESP	Carlos Vigaray
3	DF	ESP	Rubén Duarte
4	DF	ESP	Alexis
5	DF	ESP	Víctor Laguardia (2nd captain)
6	DF	CHI	Guillermo Maripán
7	FW	ESP	Rubén Sobrino
9	FW	VEN	Christian Santos
10	FW	SWE	John Guidetti (on loan from Celta Vigo)
11	MF	ESP	Ibai
12	DF	BRA	Rodrigo Ely
13	GK	ESP	Antonio Sivera
14	FW	ESP	Burgui
15	FW	ESP	Bojan (on loan from Stoke City)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	COL	Daniel Torres
17	MF	ESP	Alfonso Pedraza (on loan from Villarreal)
18	MF	ESP	Tomás Pina (on loan from Club Brugge)
19	MF	ESP	Manu García (Captain)
20	DF	ESP	Héctor (on loan from Real Sociedad)
21	MF	PAR	Hernán Pérez (on loan from Espanyol)
22	MF	GHA	Mubarak Wakaso
23	MF	ESP	Álvaro Medrán (on loan from Valencia)
24	FW	ESP	Munir (on loan from Barcelona)
26	DF	ESP	Adrián Diéguez
28	MF	ESP	Víctor López
29	FW	BIH	Ermedin Demirović
32	DF	ESP	Martín Aguirregabiria

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ESP	Antonio Cristian (on loan to Rudeš until 30 June 2018)
—	DF	ESP	Einar Galilea (on loan to Rudeš until 30 June 2018)
—	MF	ESP	Juanan Entrena (on loan to Rudeš until 30 June 2018)
—	MF	ESP	Sergio Llamas (on loan to Real Unión until 30 June 2018)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ESP	Nando (on loan to Lorca until 30 June 2018)
—	MF	SRB	Aleksandar Katai (on loan to Chicago Fire until 30 June 2018)
—	FW	ANG	Anderson Emanuel (on loan to Rudeš until 30 June 2018)

Pre-season and friendlies

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Alavés	0–0	Toulouse
Logroñés	0–1	Alavés
Alavés	3–0	Mirandés
Numancia	1–1	Alavés
Trabzonspor	2–0	Alavés
Levante	1–1	Alavés
Leganés	1–1	Alavés
Alavés	2–2	Athletic Bilbao

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Final position
La Liga	14th
Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Real Sociedad	38	14	7	17	66	59	+7	49^[a]
13	Celta Vigo	38	13	10	15	59	60	−1	49^[a]
14	Alavés	38	15	2	21	40	50	−10	47
15	Levante	38	11	13	14	44	58	−14	46
16	Athletic Bilbao	38	10	13	15	41	49	−8	43^[b]

Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Espanyol 8, Real Sociedad 4, Celta Vigo 4 (Espanyol 2–1 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 1–1 Espanyol, Espanyol 2–1 Celta Vigo, Celta Vigo 2–2 Espanyol, Real Sociedad 1–2 Celta Vigo, Celta Vigo 2–3 Real Sociedad).
^ Athletic Bilbao finished ahead of Leganés on head-to-head goal difference: Athletic Bilbao 2–0 Leganés, Leganés 1–0 Athletic Bilbao.

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

18 August 2017 1	Leganés	1–0	Alavés	Leganés
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gabriel 24'	Report	Wakaso 23'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 9,231 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

26 August 2017 2	Alavés	0–2	Barcelona	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Wakaso 36' Ely 38'	Report	Umtiti 32' Roberto 41' Piqué 45' Messi 55', 66'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 19,356 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

10 September 2017 3	Celta Vigo	1–0	Alavés	Vigo
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gómez 34', 90+3' Jonny 44' Aspas 52' Jozabed 68'	Report	Vigaray 66' Torres 80' Alexis 86' Ibai 89'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 6,133 Referee: Mario Melero López

17 September 2017 4	Alavés	0–3	Villarreal	Vitoria-Gasteiz
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sobrino 80' Pedraza 90+3'	Report	Bakambu 32', 62' Rodri 45' Bacca 52' Ruiz 67'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 18,124 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

20 September 2017 5	Deportivo La Coruña	1–0	Alavés	A Coruña
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Luisinho 45'	Report	Vigaray 50' Maripán 62'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 18,611 Referee: David Medié Jiménez

23 September 2017 6	Alavés	1–2	Real Madrid	Vitoria-Gasteiz
16:15	Vigaray 14' García 40', 67' Ely 45' Medrán 61' Torres 87'	Report	Ceballos 10', 43' Carvajal 32' Nacho 88'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 19,559 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

30 September 2017 7	Levante	0–2	Alavés	Valencia
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bardhi 61' Boateng 78'	Report	Maripán 2' Munir 33' Vigaray 67' García 71' Medrán 81'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 18,528 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

15 October 2017 8	Alavés	0–2	Real Sociedad	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Duarte 90+1'	Report	Oyarzabal 77' Elustondo 81' Llorente 44'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 19,840 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

21 October 2017 9	Real Betis	2–0	Alavés	Seville
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sanabria 13' García 30' Amat 74' Alexis 75' (o.g.)	Report	Munir 39' Wakaso 77'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 49,304 Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez

28 October 2017 10	Alavés	1–2	Valencia	Vitoria-Gasteiz
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vigaray 23' Santos 35' Alexis 49' Ely 65' Diéguez 76' García 86'	Report	Gabriel 17' Zaza 34' Rodrigo 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 16,638 Referee: José González González

4 November 2017 11	Alavés	1–0	Espanyol	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Santos 1', 79' Diéguez 15' Pedraza 26' Pina 51' Ely 58' Medrán 74' García 77'	Report	Hermoso 21' 39'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 14,785 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

18 November 2017 12	Getafe	4–1	Alavés	Getafe
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bergara 6' Molina 9' (pen.) Djené 18' Antunes 32' Ángel 53', 64' Jiménez 90+1'	Report	Diéguez 9' Alexis 41' Wakaso 63' Santos 81'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 9,893 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

25 November 2017 13	Alavés	1–2	Eibar	Vitoria-Gasteiz
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Santos 24' 45' Ely 37' Munir 45' Vigaray 71' M. García 75' Pacheco 81' Burgui 90+1'	Report	Jordán 33' D. García 42' Capa 45' Juncà 67' Charles 69', 83'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 19,272 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

4 December 2017 14	Girona	2–3	Alavés	Girona
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Stuani 59' Juanpe 62' Bounou 87'	Report	Martín 27' Duarte 57' Ibai 71', 87' (pen.), 90+3'	Stadium: Montilivi Attendance: 7,316 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

8 December 2017 15	Alavés	2–0	Las Palmas	Vitoria-Gasteiz
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ibai 23' Munir 55', 69' Pina 57'	Report		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 18,567 Referee: David Medié Jiménez

17 December 2017 16	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Alavés	Madrid
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Thomas 18' Savić 34' Godín 67' Torres 74'	Report	Maripán 35' Pina 55' Duarte 61' Alexis 86'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 49,937 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

21 December 2017 17	Alavés	1–0	Málaga	Vitoria-Gasteiz
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	García 20' Duarte 28' Burgui 57' Munir 60'	Report	Ontiveros 28' Hernández 28' Miquel 56' Recio 70'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 18,733 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

7 January 2018 18	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Alavés	Bilbao
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Etxeita 8', 79' Susaeta 53' Aduriz 64' (pen.)	Report	Pedraza 12' Martín 24' Alexis 62' Munir 64'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 41,070 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

14 January 2018 19	Alavés	1–0	Sevilla	Vitoria-Gasteiz
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Duarte 24' 83' M. García 52', 90+2' Pina 55' Ely 90+3'	Report	Lenglet 65' Kjær 72'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 14,920 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

21 January 2018 20	Alavés	2–2	Leganés	Vitoria-Gasteiz
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Munir 46' Pedraza 52' Ely 56' 87' Pina 89'	Report	Eraso 22' Mantovani 61' Gabriel 75' (pen.) Zaldúa 90' Amrabat 90+3'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 15,002 Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez

28 January 2018 21	Barcelona	2–1	Alavés	Barcelona
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	L. Suárez 72' Messi 84'	Report	Wakaso 22' Guidetti 23' Duarte 27'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 62,369 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

3 February 2018 22	Alavés	2–1	Celta Vigo	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pedraza 4' Munir 18' Sobrino 48' Alexis 77' Aguirregabiria 89'	Report	Radoja 21' Jozabed 87' Aspas 90+1'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 19,437 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

11 February 2018 23	Villarreal	1–2	Alavés	Villarreal
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bacca 18', 77' Castillejo 63' Costa 70' Raba 90+3'	Report	Laguardia 29' Ely 39' Duarte 54' Guidetti 64' Ibai 71' Pacheco 84'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 14,984 Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez

18 February 2018 24	Alavés	1–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Vitoria-Gasteiz
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)	Munir 61'	Report		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 15,820 Referee: Mario Melero López

24 February 2018 25	Real Madrid	4–0	Alavés	Madrid
16:15	Ronaldo 44', 61' Bale 46' Llorente 82' Benzema 89' (pen.)	Report	Pérez 5' Sobrino 20'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 65,228 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

28 February 2018 26	Alavés	1–0	Levante	Vitoria-Gasteiz
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Munir 30' 72' Manu García Laguardia 90'	Report	Chema 30'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 16,812 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

4 March 2018 27	Real Sociedad	2–1	Alavés	San Sebastián
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Moreno 5' Illarra 10'	Report	Alfonso Pedraza 38'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 21,334 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

12 March 2018 28	Alavés	1–3	Real Betis	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sobrino 67'	[Report]	Loren 23', 78' García 44'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 17,239 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

17 March 2018 29	Valencia	3–1	Alavés	Valencia
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rodrigo 19' Zaza 33' Laguardia 54' (o.g.)	[Report]	Sobrino 49'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 35,413 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

1 April 2018 30	Espanyol	0–0	Alavés	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report]		Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 15,1000 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

7 April 2018 31	Alavés	2–0	Getafe	Vitoria-Gasteiz
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Laguardia 48' Munir 75'	[Report]		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 13,255 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

15 April 2018 32	Eibar	0–1	Alavés	Eibar
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Guidetti 5'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 5,754 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

19 April 2018 33	Alavés	1–2	Girona	Vitoria-Gasteiz
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pina 90'	[Report]	García 59' Stuani 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 14,109 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

22 April 2018 34	Las Palmas	0–4	Alavés	Las Palmas
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report]	Munir 51' (73) Medrán 79' Sobrino 90+1'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 7,083 Referee: Mario Melero López

29 April 2018 35	Alavés	0–1	Atlético Madrid	Vitoria-Gasteiz
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report]	Gameiro 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 18,944 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

6 May 2018 36	Málaga	0–3	Alavés	Málaga
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report]	García 3' Demirović 68' Ibai 70'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 14,024 Referee: José González González

12 May 2018 37	Alavés	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maripán 32' Munir 35' 60' Guidetti 43' Ibai 77'	Report	Beñat 27' Saborit 34' Yeray 58' San José 73' Muniain 79' Martínez 90+3'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 19,458 Referee: Javier Estrada (Catalonia)

19 May 2018 38	Sevilla	1–0	Alavés	Seville
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ben Yedder 28'	[Report]		Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 22,513 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

24 October 2017 First leg	Getafe	0–1	Alavés	Getafe
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mora 62' Arambarri 85' Fajr 90+2'	Report	Pina 22' Diéguez 24' Sobrino 37' Duarte 61' Santos 87' Katai 90+1' Sivera 90+2'	Stadium: Coliseum Attendance: 7,731 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

30 November 2017 Second leg	Alavés	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	Getafe	Vitoria-Gasteiz
19:00	Munir 3', 69' Torres 13' Bojan 31', 80' Ely 47'	Report	Gorosito 42' Portillo 44'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 9,128 Referee: José González González

Round of 16

3 January 2018	Formentera	1–3	Alavés	Sant Francesc Xavier
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rosa 57'	Report	Demirović 36', 65' Munir 81'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

10 January 2018	Alavés	2–0 (5–1 agg.)	Formentera	Vitoria-Gasteiz
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Demirović 55' Pedraza 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 8,467 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

Quarter-finals

17 January 2018	Valencia	2–1	Alavés	Valencia
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Guedes 53', 73' Rodrigo 82' Mina 86' Kondogbia 90+2'	Report	Pina 41' Sobrino 66' Diéguez 67' 77'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 31,338 Referee: José González González

24 January 2018	Alavés	2–1 (3–3 agg.) (2–3 p)	Valencia	Vitoria-Gasteiz
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Torres 48' Pedraza 66' Munir 73', 80' Sobrino 86' Pina 90+6' Duarte 90+7'	Report	Maksimović 50' Vezo 61' Mina 77', 90+13' Kondogbia 79' Parejo 85' Guedes 90+3'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 19,127 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo
	Penalties
	Pina Pedraza Pérez Munir Sobrino		Rodrigo Mina Kondogbia Gayà

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 19 May 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Fernando Pacheco	38	0	37+1	0	0	0
13	GK	ESP	Antonio Sivera	7	0	1	0	6	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Carlos Vigaray	13	0	9+3	0	1	0
3	DF	ESP	Rubén Duarte	26	0	24	0	2	0
4	DF	ESP	Alexis	30	1	25+3	1	2	0
5	DF	ESP	Víctor Laguardia	19	2	17	2	2	0
6	DF	CHI	Guillermo Maripán	22	0	17+2	0	3	0
12	DF	BRA	Rodrigo Ely	36	1	30+1	1	5	0
20	DF	ESP	Héctor	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
26	DF	ESP	Adrián Diéguez	11	0	6	0	5	0
32	DF	ESP	Martín Aguirregabiria	25	0	20+1	0	3+1	0
Midfielders
11	MF	ESP	Ibai	38	7	26+8	7	3+1	0
16	MF	COL	Daniel Torres	23	0	14+4	0	5	0
17	MF	ESP	Alfonso Pedraza	37	4	27+6	3	2+2	1
18	MF	ESP	Tomás Pina	33	1	28+2	1	3	0
19	MF	ESP	Manu García	32	3	27+3	3	0+2	0
22	MF	GHA	Mubarak Wakaso	24	0	12+9	0	3	0
23	MF	ESP	Álvaro Medrán	21	2	9+8	2	4	0
28	MF	ESP	Víctor López	3	0	1	0	2	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	Rubén Sobrino	33	5	15+13	3	5	2
9	FW	VEN	Christian Santos	12	3	5+5	2	0+2	1
14	FW	ESP	Burgui	25	1	12+11	1	1+1	0
10	FW	SWE	John Guidetti	19	3	15+2	3	2	0
15	FW	ESP	Bojan	15	1	4+9	0	2	1
21	FW	PAR	Hernán Pérez	12	0	4+6	0	1+1	0
24	FW	ESP	Munir	37	14	28+5	10	1+3	4
29	FW	BIH	Ermedin Demirović	6	4	2+1	1	2+1	3
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
27	DF	ESP	Einar Galilea	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	SRB	Aleksandar Katai	4	0	0+3	0	0+1	0
10	MF	PAR	Óscar Romero	5	0	2+3	0	0	0
12	MF	ESP	Sergio Llamas	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	SRB	Nenad Krstičić	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	FRA	Enzo Fernández	4	0	1+1	0	1+1	0

Cards

Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 26 December 2017.

No.	Pos.	Name
1	GK	Fernando Pacheco	1	0
2	DF	Carlos Vigaray	6	0
3	DF	Rubén Duarte	5	0
4	DF	Alexis	4	0
6	DF	Guillermo Maripán	3	0
7	FW	Rubén Sobrino	2	0
8	MF	Aleksandar Katai	1	0
9	FW	Christian Santos	2	0
11	MF	Ibai	1	0
12	DF	Rodrigo Ely	6	0
13	GK	Antonio Sivera	1	0
14	FW	Burgui	1	0
15	FW	Bojan	1	0
16	MF	Daniel Torres	3	0
17	MF	Alfonso Pedraza	2	0
18	MF	Tomás Pina	4	0
19	MF	Manu García	6	0
22	MF	Mubarak Wakaso	4	0
23	MF	Álvaro Medrán	1	0
24	FW	Munir	3	0
26	DF	Adrián Diéguez	4	0
32	DF	Martin Aguirregabiria	1	0

Clean sheets

Last updated on 26 December 2017.

Number	Name	Matches Played	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Total
1	Fernando Pacheco	16	3	0	3
13	Antonio Sivera	2	0	2	2
TOTALS			3	2	5

References

^ "Plantilla Deportivo Alavés SAD | Alavés - Web Oficial". Archived from the original on 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
^ "Reglamento General - Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

[table_hth_ESP0.99021092848396-2] Head-to-head points: Espanyol 8, Real Sociedad 4, Celta Vigo 4 (Espanyol 2–1 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 1–1 Espanyol, Espanyol 2–1 Celta Vigo, Celta Vigo 2–2 Espanyol, Real Sociedad 1–2 Celta Vigo, Celta Vigo 2–3 Real Sociedad).

[table_hth_ATH0.99021092848396-3] Athletic Bilbao finished ahead of Leganés on head-to-head goal difference: Athletic Bilbao 2–0 Leganés, Leganés 1–0 Athletic Bilbao.

[1] "Plantilla Deportivo Alavés SAD | Alavés - Web Oficial". Archived from the original on 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2017-08-04.

[4] "Reglamento General - Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

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