Primera Fuerza
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Liga Mexicana de Fútbol Amateur Association or known as the Primera Fuerza was founded in 1902 with 5 clubs "Orizaba Athletic Club
Albinegros de Orizaba
The club Albinegros de Orizaba, is a football team of the city of Orizaba, Orizaba Athletic Club was founded in 1898, a sporting club who also practice Cricket among other sports in the city of Orizaba, Veracruz...

", "Pachuca Athletic Club", "Reforma Athletic Club", "Mexico Cricket Club
Mexico Cricket Club
The Mexico Cricket Club was a former Mexican football team that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division. This club was founded in the small town San Pedro de los Pinos, which now lies in the outskirts...

" and "British Club
British Club (football)
The British Football Club was a former Mexican football team that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division.-History:...

", having Orizaba Athletic Club
Albinegros de Orizaba
The club Albinegros de Orizaba, is a football team of the city of Orizaba, Orizaba Athletic Club was founded in 1898, a sporting club who also practice Cricket among other sports in the city of Orizaba, Veracruz...

 as its first champion that same year. A total of 37 teams took part in this league from 1902 to 1943 when Football in Mexico became professional.

History

Prior to the Liga Mayor
Primera División de México
The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...

, there was no national football league in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

, and football competitions were held within relatively small geographical regions. The winners of the Primera Fuerza, a local league consisting of teams near and around Mexican Federal District, was considered the national competition. There were other regional leagues such as the Liga Veracruzana, Liga Occidental and Liga del Bajío that also had notable clubs. Many club owners were not keen on the idea of establishing a professional league, despite paying players under the table. With the increasing demand of football, there was a sense of urgency to unite all the local amateur leagues in Mexico to progress as a football nation. The professional national league was finally established in 1943.

All Clubs that participated in the league

Club Years of Activity Titles
América
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

 (*1)
1917/18-1942/43 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928
Amicale Française
Amicale Française
Amicale Française was a former Mexican football team that played in the Primera Fuerza prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division.The club was establish in 1915 .-History:...

 (*9)
1914/15, 1921/22
Asturias
Asturias F.C.
Asturias F.C. was a former Mexican association football club that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division. Asturias F.C. would overcome Real Club España, club along which were known as the foreign...

1919/20-1942/43 1923, 1939
Atlante 1927/28-1942/43 1932, 1941
Atlas
CF Atlas
Club Social y Deportivo Atlas de Guadalajara is a Mexican football club. Atlas is one of three teams that play in Guadalajara, Mexico, along with Club Deportivo Guadalajara and Estudiantes Tecos in the Primera División de México...

1921/22
Aurrerá
Club de Fútbol Aurrerá
Club de Fútbol Aurrerá was a football club from Mexico City team that played in the old amateur Mexican league.-History:Aurrerá was founded in 1919, by a group of Spanish and Asturian immigrants....

1923/24-1928/29
British Club
British Club (football)
The British Football Club was a former Mexican football team that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division.-History:...

 (*2)
1902/03-1912/13 1908
Deportivo Español (*3) 1914/15-1916/17
1918/19-1919/20
Dep. Internacional 1920/21
España
Real Club España
Real España Club was a football club from Mexico City team that played in Mexican first division. España was one of the most popular teams at the time Romántica of Mexican football. During the Amateur era they won 14 League titles and 4 Mexican Cups...

1912/13-1929/30
1932/33-1942/43
1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919
1920, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1930
1934, 1936, 1940, 1942
España “B”
Real Club España
Real España Club was a football club from Mexico City team that played in Mexican first division. España was one of the most popular teams at the time Romántica of Mexican football. During the Amateur era they won 14 League titles and 4 Mexican Cups...

1915/16-1917/18
España Veracruz
CD Veracruz
Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz, known as Veracruz, is a Mexican professional football club. Veracruz plays in the Liga de Ascenso de México. Their nickname "Tiburones Rojos" means red sharks. The club was founded in 1943 after two clubs from the city state of Veracruz, Iberia de Córdoba and Veracruz...

1918/19-1919/20
Euzkadi
Basque Country national football team
The Basque Country football team is considered the national team of the Basque Country greater region as selected players from the Basque Country Autonomous Community, the nearby Navarre and the Northern Basque Country in France play for it...

 (*4)
1938/39
Germania
Germania FV
Germania Fußball-Verein was a football club based in Mexico City that played in the Mexican first division from 1915 to 1933.-Beginnings:The club was founded in 1915 in a German immigrant community in Mexico City. The founders were Edvard Giffenig, Germán Stuht, Richard Obert, Walter Mues, and...

 (*9)
1915/16-1916/17
1918/19-1932/33
1921
Guadalajara 1921/22
Guerra y Marina
Club Deportivo Marte
- History :The club‘s beginning was in Cuernavaca, Morelos. All of its amateur and part of the professional era were played in this city. The early club was mainly formed by the Mexican military.- Amateur era :...

 (*5)
1922/23
Iberia de Córdoba
Iberia de Córdoba
This article needs a revise! As formerly mentioned on the discussion page of Veracruz Sporting Club, there have been two different clubs named IBERIA which have played in the old Liga Amateur de Veracruz; the one was from the Port of Veracruz and merged with Sporting Club in 1943, as described in...

1921/22
Junior Club
Junior Club
Junior Club was a former Mexican football team that played in the Primera Fuerza prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division.The club was establish in 1906 by father Crivell the club would later go on to change its name to Tigres before folding...

 (*6)
1917/18
Leonés 1931/32-1932/33
Luz y Fuerza
Necaxa
Necaxa is a Mexican football club and is based in the city of Aguascalientes. it plays in the Estadio Victoria. Necaxa is ranked seventh overall and 1st in ranking in Mexican football within the IFFHS Central and North America's Clubs of the Century in the CONCACAF behind CD Saprissa San Juan de...

 (*7)
1921/22-1922/23
Marte
Club Deportivo Marte
- History :The club‘s beginning was in Cuernavaca, Morelos. All of its amateur and part of the professional era were played in this city. The early club was mainly formed by the Mexican military.- Amateur era :...

1928/29-1932/33
1937/38-1942/43
1929, 1943
Mexico Cricket Club
Mexico Cricket Club
The Mexico Cricket Club was a former Mexican football team that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division. This club was founded in the small town San Pedro de los Pinos, which now lies in the outskirts...

1902/03-1907/08 1904
Club Mexico
México FC
Club de Fútbol México was a football club that played in the old Mexican amateur league.It was based in Ciudad de México.It accomplished many achievements in the romantic era of the Mexican football league in the 1920s and 1930s.In that era most of the clubs were conform by English and Spaniards...

1912/13-1917/18
1919/20-1929/30
1932/33-1933/34
1913
Moctezuma
Moctezuma de Orizaba
Moctezuma de Orizaba was a former Mexican football team that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division. The club was based in the city of Orizaba and folded in 1950.-History:The club was founded in 1932...

1940/41-1942/43
Morelos 1920/21-1921/22
Necaxa
Necaxa
Necaxa is a Mexican football club and is based in the city of Aguascalientes. it plays in the Estadio Victoria. Necaxa is ranked seventh overall and 1st in ranking in Mexican football within the IFFHS Central and North America's Clubs of the Century in the CONCACAF behind CD Saprissa San Juan de...

1923/24-1942/43 1933, 1935, 1937, 1938
Orizaba
Albinegros de Orizaba
The club Albinegros de Orizaba, is a football team of the city of Orizaba, Orizaba Athletic Club was founded in 1898, a sporting club who also practice Cricket among other sports in the city of Orizaba, Veracruz...

1902/03-1903/04
1921/22
1903
Pachuca AC 1902/03-1919/20
1921/22
1905, 1918, 1920
Popo Park FC 1909/10
Puebla AC
Puebla A.C.
Puebla Athletic Club was a former Mexican football team that played in the Primera Fuerza prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division. The club was establish in 1895 playing mostly tennis.-History:...

 (*8)
1904/05-1906/07
Reforma AC (*2) 1902/03-1914/15
1921/22, 1923/24
1906, 1907, 1909, 1910
1911, 1912
Rovers FC
Rovers FC Mexico
The Rovers Football Club was a former Mexican football team that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division.-History:...

 (*2)
1912/13-1913/14
Selección Jalisco 1940/41-1942/43
Son-Sin
Club Deportivo Marte
- History :The club‘s beginning was in Cuernavaca, Morelos. All of its amateur and part of the professional era were played in this city. The early club was mainly formed by the Mexican military.- Amateur era :...

 (*5)
1923/24
Veracruz Sporting Club
Veracruz Sporting Club
- History :The club was founded in 1908 by the native Spaniards living in Veracruz in the early 1900s.The first owners were the brothers Ángel and Mariano Rivera.The club played in the old Liga amateur de Veracruz from 1908 when in 1931 they were invited to pay in the Liga amateur del Distrito...

1921/22
1931/32-1932/33
Tigres
Junior Club
Junior Club was a former Mexican football team that played in the Primera Fuerza prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division.The club was establish in 1906 by father Crivell the club would later go on to change its name to Tigres before folding...

 (*6)
1918/19-1919/20
Tranvias
Necaxa
Necaxa is a Mexican football club and is based in the city of Aguascalientes. it plays in the Estadio Victoria. Necaxa is ranked seventh overall and 1st in ranking in Mexican football within the IFFHS Central and North America's Clubs of the Century in the CONCACAF behind CD Saprissa San Juan de...

 (*7)
1922/23

List of all Primera Fuerza Champions

Year Champion Score Runner-up
1902/03 Orizaba AC
Albinegros de Orizaba
The club Albinegros de Orizaba, is a football team of the city of Orizaba, Orizaba Athletic Club was founded in 1898, a sporting club who also practice Cricket among other sports in the city of Orizaba, Veracruz...

Reforma AC
1903/04 México Cricket
Mexico Cricket Club
The Mexico Cricket Club was a former Mexican football team that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division. This club was founded in the small town San Pedro de los Pinos, which now lies in the outskirts...

Reforma AC
1904/05 Pachuca AC
British Club
British Club (football)
The British Football Club was a former Mexican football team that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division.-History:...

1905/06 Reforma AC
San Pedro Golf Club
Mexico Cricket Club
The Mexico Cricket Club was a former Mexican football team that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division. This club was founded in the small town San Pedro de los Pinos, which now lies in the outskirts...

1906/07 Reforma AC
British Club
British Club (football)
The British Football Club was a former Mexican football team that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division.-History:...

1907/08 British Club
British Club (football)
The British Football Club was a former Mexican football team that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division.-History:...

México Country Club
Mexico Cricket Club
The Mexico Cricket Club was a former Mexican football team that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division. This club was founded in the small town San Pedro de los Pinos, which now lies in the outskirts...

1908/09 Reforma AC
Pachuca AC
1909/10 Reforma AC
Popo Park FC
1910/11 Reforma AC
Pachuca AC
1911/12 Reforma AC
British Club
British Club (football)
The British Football Club was a former Mexican football team that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division.-History:...

1912/13 México FC
México FC
Club de Fútbol México was a football club that played in the old Mexican amateur league.It was based in Ciudad de México.It accomplished many achievements in the romantic era of the Mexican football league in the 1920s and 1930s.In that era most of the clubs were conform by English and Spaniards...

Reforma AC
1913/14 España
Real Club España
Real España Club was a football club from Mexico City team that played in Mexican first division. España was one of the most popular teams at the time Romántica of Mexican football. During the Amateur era they won 14 League titles and 4 Mexican Cups...

Rovers FC
Rovers FC Mexico
The Rovers Football Club was a former Mexican football team that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division.-History:...

1914/15 España
Real Club España
Real España Club was a football club from Mexico City team that played in Mexican first division. España was one of the most popular teams at the time Romántica of Mexican football. During the Amateur era they won 14 League titles and 4 Mexican Cups...

Pachuca AC
1915/16 España
Real Club España
Real España Club was a football club from Mexico City team that played in Mexican first division. España was one of the most popular teams at the time Romántica of Mexican football. During the Amateur era they won 14 League titles and 4 Mexican Cups...

México FC
México FC
Club de Fútbol México was a football club that played in the old Mexican amateur league.It was based in Ciudad de México.It accomplished many achievements in the romantic era of the Mexican football league in the 1920s and 1930s.In that era most of the clubs were conform by English and Spaniards...

1916/17 España
Real Club España
Real España Club was a football club from Mexico City team that played in Mexican first division. España was one of the most popular teams at the time Romántica of Mexican football. During the Amateur era they won 14 League titles and 4 Mexican Cups...

Pachuca AC
1917/18 Pachuca AC
Club España
Real Club España
Real España Club was a football club from Mexico City team that played in Mexican first division. España was one of the most popular teams at the time Romántica of Mexican football. During the Amateur era they won 14 League titles and 4 Mexican Cups...

1918/19 España
Real Club España
Real España Club was a football club from Mexico City team that played in Mexican first division. España was one of the most popular teams at the time Romántica of Mexican football. During the Amateur era they won 14 League titles and 4 Mexican Cups...

Centro Unión
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

1919/20 Pachuca AC
Tigres
Junior Club
Junior Club was a former Mexican football team that played in the Primera Fuerza prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division.The club was establish in 1906 by father Crivell the club would later go on to change its name to Tigres before folding...

1920/21 Germania FV
Germania FV
Germania Fußball-Verein was a football club based in Mexico City that played in the Mexican first division from 1915 to 1933.-Beginnings:The club was founded in 1915 in a German immigrant community in Mexico City. The founders were Edvard Giffenig, Germán Stuht, Richard Obert, Walter Mues, and...

1921/22 España
Real Club España
Real España Club was a football club from Mexico City team that played in Mexican first division. España was one of the most popular teams at the time Romántica of Mexican football. During the Amateur era they won 14 League titles and 4 Mexican Cups...

Asturias
Asturias F.C.
Asturias F.C. was a former Mexican association football club that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division. Asturias F.C. would overcome Real Club España, club along which were known as the foreign...

1922/23 Asturias
Asturias F.C.
Asturias F.C. was a former Mexican association football club that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division. Asturias F.C. would overcome Real Club España, club along which were known as the foreign...

Germania FV
Germania FV
Germania Fußball-Verein was a football club based in Mexico City that played in the Mexican first division from 1915 to 1933.-Beginnings:The club was founded in 1915 in a German immigrant community in Mexico City. The founders were Edvard Giffenig, Germán Stuht, Richard Obert, Walter Mues, and...

1923/24 España
Real Club España
Real España Club was a football club from Mexico City team that played in Mexican first division. España was one of the most popular teams at the time Romántica of Mexican football. During the Amateur era they won 14 League titles and 4 Mexican Cups...

América
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

1924/25 América
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

Necaxa
1925/26 América
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

Asturias
Asturias F.C.
Asturias F.C. was a former Mexican association football club that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division. Asturias F.C. would overcome Real Club España, club along which were known as the foreign...

1926/27 América
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

España
Real Club España
Real España Club was a football club from Mexico City team that played in Mexican first division. España was one of the most popular teams at the time Romántica of Mexican football. During the Amateur era they won 14 League titles and 4 Mexican Cups...

1927/28 América
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

Asturias
Asturias F.C.
Asturias F.C. was a former Mexican association football club that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division. Asturias F.C. would overcome Real Club España, club along which were known as the foreign...

1928/29 Marte
Club Deportivo Marte
- History :The club‘s beginning was in Cuernavaca, Morelos. All of its amateur and part of the professional era were played in this city. The early club was mainly formed by the Mexican military.- Amateur era :...

España
Real Club España
Real España Club was a football club from Mexico City team that played in Mexican first division. España was one of the most popular teams at the time Romántica of Mexican football. During the Amateur era they won 14 League titles and 4 Mexican Cups...

1929/30 España
Real Club España
Real España Club was a football club from Mexico City team that played in Mexican first division. España was one of the most popular teams at the time Romántica of Mexican football. During the Amateur era they won 14 League titles and 4 Mexican Cups...

América
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

1930/31 not held
1931/32 Atlante
Necaxa
1932/33 Necaxa
Atlante
1933/34 España
Real Club España
Real España Club was a football club from Mexico City team that played in Mexican first division. España was one of the most popular teams at the time Romántica of Mexican football. During the Amateur era they won 14 League titles and 4 Mexican Cups...

Asturias
Asturias F.C.
Asturias F.C. was a former Mexican association football club that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division. Asturias F.C. would overcome Real Club España, club along which were known as the foreign...

1934/35 Necaxa
América
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

1935/36 España
Real Club España
Real España Club was a football club from Mexico City team that played in Mexican first division. España was one of the most popular teams at the time Romántica of Mexican football. During the Amateur era they won 14 League titles and 4 Mexican Cups...

América
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

1936/37 Necaxa
Atlante
1937/38 Necaxa
Asturias
Asturias F.C.
Asturias F.C. was a former Mexican association football club that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division. Asturias F.C. would overcome Real Club España, club along which were known as the foreign...

1938/39 Asturias
Asturias F.C.
Asturias F.C. was a former Mexican association football club that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division. Asturias F.C. would overcome Real Club España, club along which were known as the foreign...

Euzkadi
Basque Country national football team
The Basque Country football team is considered the national team of the Basque Country greater region as selected players from the Basque Country Autonomous Community, the nearby Navarre and the Northern Basque Country in France play for it...

1939/40 España
Real Club España
Real España Club was a football club from Mexico City team that played in Mexican first division. España was one of the most popular teams at the time Romántica of Mexican football. During the Amateur era they won 14 League titles and 4 Mexican Cups...

Necaxa
1940/41 Atlante
España
Real Club España
Real España Club was a football club from Mexico City team that played in Mexican first division. España was one of the most popular teams at the time Romántica of Mexican football. During the Amateur era they won 14 League titles and 4 Mexican Cups...

1941/42 España
Real Club España
Real España Club was a football club from Mexico City team that played in Mexican first division. España was one of the most popular teams at the time Romántica of Mexican football. During the Amateur era they won 14 League titles and 4 Mexican Cups...

Atlante
1942/43 Marte
Club Deportivo Marte
- History :The club‘s beginning was in Cuernavaca, Morelos. All of its amateur and part of the professional era were played in this city. The early club was mainly formed by the Mexican military.- Amateur era :...

Atlante

Primera Fuerza Champions
Team Championships
Real Club España
Real Club España
Real España Club was a football club from Mexico City team that played in Mexican first division. España was one of the most popular teams at the time Romántica of Mexican football. During the Amateur era they won 14 League titles and 4 Mexican Cups...

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Reforma Athletic Club 6
Club América
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

, Necaxa
Necaxa
Necaxa is a Mexican football club and is based in the city of Aguascalientes. it plays in the Estadio Victoria. Necaxa is ranked seventh overall and 1st in ranking in Mexican football within the IFFHS Central and North America's Clubs of the Century in the CONCACAF behind CD Saprissa San Juan de...

4
Pachuca Athletic Club 3
Asturias
Asturias F.C.
Asturias F.C. was a former Mexican association football club that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division. Asturias F.C. would overcome Real Club España, club along which were known as the foreign...

, Atlante FC, CD Marte
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British FC
British Club (football)
The British Football Club was a former Mexican football team that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division.-History:...

, Germania FV
Germania FV
Germania Fußball-Verein was a football club based in Mexico City that played in the Mexican first division from 1915 to 1933.-Beginnings:The club was founded in 1915 in a German immigrant community in Mexico City. The founders were Edvard Giffenig, Germán Stuht, Richard Obert, Walter Mues, and...

, Mexico Cricket Club
Mexico Cricket Club
The Mexico Cricket Club was a former Mexican football team that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division. This club was founded in the small town San Pedro de los Pinos, which now lies in the outskirts...

, México FC
México FC
Club de Fútbol México was a football club that played in the old Mexican amateur league.It was based in Ciudad de México.It accomplished many achievements in the romantic era of the Mexican football league in the 1920s and 1930s.In that era most of the clubs were conform by English and Spaniards...

,
Orizaba Athletic Club
Albinegros de Orizaba
The club Albinegros de Orizaba, is a football team of the city of Orizaba, Orizaba Athletic Club was founded in 1898, a sporting club who also practice Cricket among other sports in the city of Orizaba, Veracruz...

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