2008–09 UEFA Cup first round

The first round of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup began on 16 September 2008, which narrowed clubs down to 40 teams in preparation for the group stage.

Contents

Seeding

Seeded teams Group Unseeded teams
Rank Team Coefficient rating Rank Team Coefficient rating
1 Milan 119.934 1 48 Zürich 16.993
16 Beşiktaş 40.469 59 Timişoara 13.398
17 Spartak Moscow 40.437 62 Baník Ostrava 11.496
32 Hertha BSC 27.078 65 Metalist Kharkiv 10.932
33 Partizan 25.527 80 St Patrick's Athletic 2.420
2 Sevilla 102.837 2 45 Vitória Guimarães 18.176
15 Rapid Bucureşti 41.398 49 Wolfsburg 16.078
18 Paris Saint-Germain 37.380 63 Kayserispor 11.469
31 Sampdoria 28.934 66 Red Bull Salzburg 10.840
36 Portsmouth 24.996 79 Kaunas 2.640
3 Valencia 83.837 3 46 Dinamo Zagreb 17.836
14 Club Brugge 41.810 52 Marítimo 15.176
19 Sparta Prague 36.496 64 Motherwell 11.013
29 Manchester City 30.996 67 Young Boys 7.993
34 Nancy 25.380 77 Omonia 3.327
4 Benfica 77.176 4 42 Napoli 19.934
13 Everton 43.996 53 Standard Liège 14.810
20 Dinamo Bucureşti 36.398 60 NEC 12.610
30 Galatasaray 30.469 68 Bellinzona 7.993
37 Racing Santander 24.837 78 Honka 3.176
5 Schalke 04 67.078 5 44 Litex Lovech 18.644
12 Deportivo La Coruña 46.837 51 Vitória Setúbal 15.176
21 Heerenveen 35.610 61 Brann 12.400
27 Austria Wien 31.840 70 Lech Poznań 6.973
35 Aston Villa 24.996 76 APOEL 3.327
6 CSKA Moscow 59.437 6 43 Brøndby 18.748
9 Stuttgart 52.078 54 Twente 14.610
22 Rosenborg 35.400 58 Vaslui 13.398
28 Slavia Prague 31.496 69 Cherno More 7.644
38 Rennes 24.380 75 Slaven Belupo 3.836
7 Tottenham Hotspur 55.996 7 41 Borussia Dortmund 21.078
10 Ajax 51.610 50 Wisła Kraków 15.973
23 Udinese 34.934 55 FC Moscow 14.437
26 Levski Sofia 32.644 72 Borac Čačak 5.527
39 Copenhagen 23.748 74 MŠK Žilina 4.070
8 Hamburg 52.078 8 47 Saint-Étienne 17.380
11 Olympiacos 51.525 56 Artmedia Petržalka 14.070
24 Feyenoord 33.610 57 Unirea Urziceni 13.398
25 Braga 33.176 71 Nordsjælland 6.748
40 Hapoel Tel Aviv 21.197 73 Kalmar 4.518

First round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Group 1
Milan 4–1 FC Zürich 3–1 1–0
Timişoara 1–3 Partizan 1–2 0–1
Hertha BSC 2–0 St Patrick's Athletic 2–0 0–0
Baník Ostrava 1–2 Spartak Moscow 0–1 1–1
Beşiktaş 2–4 Metalist Kharkiv 1–0 1–4
Group 2
Portsmouth 4–2 Vitória Guimarães 2–0 2–2 (aet)
Kayserispor 1–2 Paris Saint-Germain 1–2 0–0
Sevilla 4–0 Red Bull Salzburg 2–0 2–0
Wolfsburg 2–1 Rapid Bucureşti 1–0 1–1
Sampdoria 7–1 Kaunas 5–0 2–1
Group 3
Marítimo 1–3 Valencia 0–1 1–2
Dinamo Zagreb (a) 3–3 Sparta Prague 0–0 3–3
Omonia 2–4 Manchester City 1–2 1–2
Young Boys 2–4 Club Brugge 2–2 0–2
Nancy 3–0 Motherwell 1–0 2–0
Group 4
Everton 3–4 Standard Liège 2–2 1–2
Napoli 3–4 Benfica 3–2 0–2
Bellinzona 4–6 Galatasaray 3–4 1–2
NEC 1–0 Dinamo Bucureşti 1–0 0–0
Racing Santander 2–0 Honka 1–0 1–0
Group 5
APOEL 2–5 Schalke 04 1–4 1–1
Litex Lovech 2–4 Aston Villa 1–3 1–1
Austria Wien 4–5 Lech Poznań 2–1 2–4 (aet)
Vitória Setúbal 3–6 Heerenveen 1–1 2–5
Brann 2–2 (2–3 p) Deportivo 2–0 0–2 (aet)
Group 6
Slavia Prague (a) 1–1 Vaslui 0–0 1–1
Slaven Belupo 1–3 CSKA Moscow 1–2 0–1
Brøndby 3–5 Rosenborg 1–2 2–3
Cherno More 3–4 Stuttgart 1–2 2–2
Rennes 2–2 (a) Twente 2–1 0–1
Group 7
Borac Čačak 1–6 Ajax 1–4 0–2
Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 Wisła Kraków 2–1 1–1
FC Moscow 2–3 Copenhagen 1–2 1–1
Žilina 2–1 Levski Sofia 1–1 1–0
Borussia Dortmund 2–2 (3–4 p) Udinese 0–2 2–0 (aet)
Group 8
Braga 6–0 Artmedia Petržalka 4–0 2–0
Feyenoord (a) 2–2 Kalmar FF 0–1 2–1
Hamburg 2–0 Unirea Urziceni 0–0 2–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–4 Saint-Étienne 1–2 1–2
Nordsjælland 0–7 Olympiacos 0–2 0–5

First leg

16 September 2008
18:00 CET
Hertha BSC 2 – 0 St Patrick's Athletic Olympic Stadium, Berlin
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski
Nicu  50'
Cícero  77'

16 September 2008
18:00 CET
APOEL 1 – 4 Schalke GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Referee: Robert Malek
Mirosavljević  72' Westermann  25'
Rakitić  36'
Sánchez  41'
Altıntop  88'

16 September 2008
18:00 CET
Nordsjælland 0 – 2 Olympiacos Farum Park, Farum
Referee: Stefan Messner
Mitroglou  74'
Leto  90+1'

18 September 2008
18:30 CET
Slaven Belupo 1 – 2 CSKA Moscow Gradski stadion u Koprivnici, Koprivnica
Referee: David Malcolm
Jurić  43' Vágner Love  81'89' (pen.)

18 September 2008
20:45 CET
Brøndby 1 – 2 Rosenborg Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby
Referee: Michael Weiner
Krohn-Dehli  63' Sapara  29'
Skjelbred  55'

18 September 2008
17:00 CET
Cherno More 1 – 2 Stuttgart Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Referee: Julian Rodriguez Santiago
Dyakov  42' Gómez  66'81'

18 September 2008
20:50 CET
Rennes 2 – 1 Twente Stade de la Route de Lorient, Rennes
Referee: William Collum
Mbia  36'
Bocanegra  49'
Denneboom  12'

18 September 2008
21:00 CET
Borac Čačak 1 – 4 Ajax Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina
Milovanović  50' Sulejmani  11'
Suárez  35'
Huntelaar  71'86'

18 September 2008
21:10 CET
Tottenham Hotspur 2 – 1 Wisła Kraków White Hart Lane, London
Referee: Lucilio Cardoso Cortez Batista
Bentley  33'
Bent  73'
Jirsák  34'

18 September 2008
16:00 CET
FC Moscow 1 – 2 København Eduard Streltsov Stadium, Moscow
Referee: Carlo Bertolini
Samedov  90+1' Nordstrand  45' (pen.)
Sionko  90+3'

18 September 2008
19:30 CET
MŠK Žilina 1 – 1 Levski Sofia Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina
Referee: Paulo Costa
Vladavić  49' (pen.) Joãozinho  64'

18 September 2008
20:45 CET
Borussia Dortmund 0 – 2 Udinese Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
Floro Flores  8'
Inler  34'

18 September 2008
21:30 CET
Braga 4 – 0 Artmedia Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen
Evaldo  3'
Meyong  18'31' (pen.)76'

18 September 2008
19:00 CET
Feyenoord 0 – 1 Kalmar De Kuip, Rotterdam
Referee: Darko Ceferin
V.Elm  71'

18 September 2008
19:00 CET
Hamburg 0 – 0 Unirea Urziceni HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
Referee: Firat Aydinus

18 September 2008
18:30 CET
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1 – 2 Saint-Étienne Bloomfield Stadium, Jaffa
Referee: Peter Rasmussen
Lala  88' Payet  7'
Feindouno  60'

18 September 2008
20:45 CET
Milan 3 – 1 Zürich San Siro Stadium, Milan
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González
Stahel  45+1' (o.g.)
Pato  57'
Borriello  74'
Djurić  78'

18 September 2008
19:45 CET
Timişoara 1 – 2 Partizan Stadionul Dan Păltinişanu, Timişoara
Referee: Zsolt Szabo
Bucur  25' Tošić  35'
Bogunović  69'

18 September 2008
19:45 CET
Litex Lovech 1 – 3 Aston Villa Lovech Stadium, Lovech
Referee: Christoforos Zografos
Popov  10' Reo-Coker  45+1'
Barry  72' (pen.)
Petrov  90+2'

18 September 2008
19:30 CET
Austria Wien 2 – 1 Lech Poznań Franz Horr Stadium, Vienna
Referee: Cüneyt Çakir
Schiemer  64'76' Rengifo  65'

18 September 2008
22:00 CET
Vitória 1 – 1 Heerenveen Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Referee: Fredy Fautrel
Leandro Carrijo  67' Elyounoussi  90'

18 September 2008
19:00 CET
Brann 2 – 0 Deportivo La Coruña Brann Stadion, Bergen
Referee: Johan Verbist
Bjarnason  25' (pen.)
Solli  39'

18 September 2008
19:15 CET
Slavia Prague 0 – 0 Vaslui Synot Tip Arena, Prague
Referee: Levan Paniashvili

18 September 2008
18:45 CET
Baník Ostrava 0 – 1 Spartak Moscow Bazaly, Ostrava
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev
Fathi  56'

18 September 2008
19:30 CET
Beşiktaş 1 – 0 Metalist Kharkiv BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 28,500
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson
Hološko  51' Report

18 September 2008
19:00 CET
Portsmouth 2 – 0 Vitória Guimarães Fratton Park, Portsmouth
Referee: Knut Kircher
Diarra  39'
Defoe  60'

18 September 2008
20:00 CET
Kayserispor 1 – 2 Paris Saint-Germain Kayseri Atatürk Stadium, Kayseri
Referee: Bernie Blom
Toledo  87' Kežman  5'
Luyindula  89'

18 September 2008
20:45 CET
Sevilla 2 – 0 Salzburg Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville
Referee: Rob Styles
Capel  6'
Adriano  90+2'

18 September 2008
19:00 CET
Wolfsburg 1 – 0 Rapid Bucureşti Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
Grafite  47' (pen.)

18 September 2008
20:45 CET
Sampdoria 5 – 0 Kaunas Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
Referee: Steve Tanner
Bonazzoli  14'22'
Cassano  36'57'
Fornaroli  90'

18 September 2008
22:00 CET
Marítimo 0 – 1 Valencia Estádio dos Barreiros, Funchal
Referee: Claudio Circhetta
Morientes  12'

18 September 2008
20:45 CET
Zagreb 0 – 0 Sparta Prague Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

18 September 2008
19:00 CET
Omonia 1 – 2 Manchester City GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Referee: Paolo Dondarini
Duro  49'  59'72'

18 September 2008
20:00 CET
Young Boys 2 – 2 Club Brugge Stade de Suisse, Bern
Referee: Oleg Oriekhov
Schneuwly  16'
Doumbia  87'
Sonck  36'
Clement  73'

18 September 2008
19:00 CET
Nancy 1 – 0 Motherwell Stade Marcel Picot, Tomblaine
Referee: Vladimír Hriňák
Berenguer  42'

18 September 2008
21:05 CET
Everton 2 – 2 Standard Liège Goodison Park, Liverpool
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski
Yakubu  23'
Castillo  38'
Mbokani  9'
Yobo  35' (o.g.)

18 September 2008
21:00 CET
Napoli 3 – 2 Benfica Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Referee: Bjorn Kuipers
Vitale  18'
Denis  19'
Maggio  54'
Suazo  16'
Luisão  59'

18 September 2008
20:00 CET
Bellinzona 3 – 4 Galatasaray St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Referee: Sorin Corpodean
Lustrinelli  32'
Sermeter  47'
La Rocca  90'
Kewell  39'
Baroš  61'81'
Lincoln  90+5'

18 September 2008
19:45 CET
N.E.C. 1 – 0 Dinamo Bucureşti Stadion de Goffert, Nijmegen
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä
van Beukering  57'

18 September 2008
20:30 CET
Racing Santander 1 – 0 Honka Estadio El Sardinero, Santander
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik
Jonathan  57'

Second leg

30 September 2008
18:00 CET
St Patrick's 0 – 0 Hertha BSC RDS Arena, Dublin
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis

Hertha BSC won 2-0 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
18:15 CET
Schalke 04 1 – 1 APOEL Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen
Referee: Pedro Garcia
Pander  58' Pinto  6'

Schalke 04 won 5-2 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
20:45 CET
Olympiacos 5 – 0 Nordsjælland Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Referee: Igor Egorov
Torosidis  11'
Diogo  30'43'
Kovačević  72'80'

Olympiacos won 7-0 on aggregate.


30 September 2008
20:00 CET
CSKA Moscow 1 – 0 Slaven Belupo Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Referee: Iain Brines
A. Berezutski  37'

CSKA Moscow won 3-1 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
18:45 CET
Rosenborg 3 – 2 Brøndby Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim
Referee: Alan Kelly
Ya  15'
Skjelbred  74'
Sapara  87' (pen.)
M. Rasmussen  26'
Kristiansen  36'

Rosenborg won 5-3 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
18:15 CET
Stuttgart 2 – 2 Cherno More Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart
Referee: Mike Dean
Hitzlsperger  83'
Gómez  90+3'
Yurukov  48'
Iliev  79'

Stuttgart won 4-3 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
20:00 CET
Twente 1 – 0 Rennes De Grolsch Veste, Enschede
Referee: Anton Genov
Nkufo  68'

Rennes 2-2 Twente on aggregate. Twente won on away goals.


2 October 2008
20:30 CET
Ajax 2 – 0 Borac Čačak Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Referee: Bernhard Brugger
Sarpong  71'
Suárez  90+5'

Ajax won 6-1 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
16:40 CET
Wisła Kraków 1 – 1 Tottenham Hotspur Stadion Wisly Kraków, Kraków
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
Brożek  83' Głowacki  58' (o.g.)

Tottenham Hotspur won 3-2 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
20:45 CET
Copenhagen 1 – 1 FC Moscow Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Referee: Serge Gumienny
Sheshukov  54' (o.g.) Bracamonte  37'

Copenhagen won 3-2 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
18:30 CET
Levski Sofia 0 – 1 MŠK Žilina Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia
Referee: Radek Matejek
Adauto  61'

MŠK Žilina won 2-1 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
20:45 CET
Udinese 0 – 2
(a.e.t.)
Borussia Dortmund Stadio Friuli, Udine
Referee: Cesar Muniz Fernandez
Hajnal  45+1'90+2'
  Penalties  
Domizzi
Quagliarella
Pepe
Inler
Luković
4 – 3 Hajnal
Şahin
Kehl
Błaszczykowski
Váldez

Borussia Dortmund 2-2 Udinese on aggregate. Udinese won 4-3 on penalties.


2 October 2008
20:15 CET
Artmedia Bratislava 0 – 2 Braga Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Referee: Marijo Strahonja
Aguiar  11' (pen.)31'

Braga won 6-0 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
18:30 CET
Kalmar 1 – 2 Feyenoord Borås Arena, Borås
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
Johansson  47' Wijnaldum  18'
Nouri  52'

Feyenoord 2-2 Kalmar on aggregate. Feyenoord won on away goals.


2 October 2008
18:00 CET
Unirea Urziceni 0 – 2 Hamburg Stadionul Tineretului, Urziceni
Referee: Sten Kaldma
Petrić  27'51'

Hamburg won 2-0 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
19:00 CET
Saint-Étienne 2 – 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson
Gomis  25'76' Yeboah  90+1'

Saint-Étienne won 4-2 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
20:15 CET
Zürich 0 – 1 Milan Letzigrund, Zürich
Referee: Damir Skomina
Shevchenko  70'

Milan won 4-1 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
19:00 CET
Partizan 1 – 0 Timişoara Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
Referee: Bruno Paixao
Stevanović  70'

Partizan won 3-1 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
21:00 CET
Aston Villa 1 – 1 Litex Lovech Villa Park, Birmingham
Referee: Tony Chapron
Harewood  27' Niflore  53' (pen.)

Aston Villa won 4-2 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
18:15 CET
Lech Poznań 4 – 2
(a.e.t.)
Austria Wien Stadion Miejski, Poznań
Referee: Costas Kapitanis
Rengifo  65'
Peszko  85'
Lewandowski  96'
Murawski  120+1'
Ačimovič  63' (pen.)
Hattenberger  100'

Lech Poznań won 5-4 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
20:00 CET
Heerenveen 5 – 2 Vitória Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen
Referee: Alon Yefet
Paulo Henrique  4'
Sibon  11'24'
Elyounoussi  50'68'
Gama  57'
Chaves  63'

Heerenveen won 6-3 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
21:00 CET
Deportivo La Coruña 2 – 0
(a.e.t.)
Brann Estadio Riazor, A Coruña
Referee: Pavel Kralovec
Colotto  18'76'

Brann 2-2 Deportivo La Coruña on aggregate. Deportivo La Coruña won 3-2 on penalties.


2 October 2008
19:30 CET
Vaslui 1 – 1 Slavia Prague Stadionul Municipal, Vaslui
Referee: Mark Courtney
Burdujan  21' Brabec  48'

Slavia Prague 1-1 Vaslui on aggregate. Slavia Prague won on away goals.


2 October 2008
18:00 CET
Spartak Moscow 1 – 1 Baník Ostrava Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Referee: Tony Asumaa
Bazhenov  3' Otepka  32'

Spartak Moscow won 2-1 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
19:00 CET
Metalist Kharkiv 4 – 1 Beşiktaş Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski
Jajá  20'74'
Dević  30'
Gancarczyk  79'
Report Nobre  90'

Metalist Kharkiv won 4-2 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
22:35 CET
Vitória Guimarães 2 – 2
(a.e.t.)
Portsmouth Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
Referee: Selçuk Dereli
Douglas  19'
Alves  32'
Crouch  105'111'

Portsmouth won 4-2 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
21:00 CET
Paris Saint-Germain 0 – 0 Kayserispor Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee: Jonas Eriksson

Paris Saint-Germain won 2-1 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
20:30 CET
Red Bull Salzburg 0 – 2 Sevilla Red Bull Arena, Salzburg
Referee: Nikolay Ivanov
Kanouté  38'57' (pen.)

Sevilla won 4-0 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
16:00 CET
Rapid Bucureşti 1 – 1 Wolfsburg Stadionul Giuleşti-Valentin Stănescu, Bucharest
Referee: Paul Allaerts
Maftei  70' Grafite  15'

Wolfsburg won 2-1 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
18:00 CET
Kaunas 1 – 2 Sampdoria S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas
Referee: Alexandru Deaconu
Zelmikas  17' Fornaroli  48'
Bonazzoli  60'

Sampdoria won 7-1 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
22:00 CET
Valencia 2 – 1 Marítimo Mestalla Stadium, Valencia
Referee: Ivan Bebek
del Horno  78'
Villa  90+4' (pen.)
Marcinho  41'

Valencia won 3-1 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
20:15 CET
Sparta Prague 3 – 3 Dinamo Zagreb Generali Arena, Prague
Referee: Duarte Gomes
Kulič  19'
Kladrubský  23'82' (pen.)
Morales  17'
Lovren  30'
Badelj  65'

Dinamo Zagreb 3-3 Sparta Prague on aggregate. Dinamo Zagreb won on away goals.


2 October 2008
20:45 CET
Manchester City 2 – 1 Omonia City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Referee: Said Ennjimi
Elano  48'
Wright-Phillips  55'
Alabi  78'

Manchester City won 4-2 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
20:45 CET
Club Brugge 2 – 0 Young Boys Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
Referee: Cristian Balaj
Akpala  17'
Sonck  29'

Club Brugge won 4-2 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
20:45 CET
Motherwell 0 – 2 Nancy Fir Park, Motherwell
Referee: Espen Berntsen
Fortune  18'
Gavanon  23'

Nancy won 3-0 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
19:40 CET
Standard Liège 2 – 1 Everton Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege
Referee: Peter Sippel
Witsel  22'
Jovanović  79' (pen.)
Jagielka  67'

Standard Liège won 4-3 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
21:15 CET
Benfica 2 – 0 Napoli Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
Reyes  57'
Nuno Gomes  84'

Benfica won 4-3 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
19:00 CET
Galatasaray 2 – 1 Bellinzona Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
Referee: Alexei Nikolaev
Baroš  24' (pen.)
Yıldız  86'
Sermeter  52' (pen.)

Galatasaray won 6-4 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
19:15 CET
Dinamo Bucureşti 0 – 0 N.E.C. Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest
Referee: Stefan Johannesson

NEC won 1-0 on aggregate.


2 October 2008
18:30 CET
Honka 0 – 1 Racing Santander Finnair Stadium, Helsinki
Referee: Douglas McDonald
Bedia  4'

Racing Santander won 2-0 on aggregate.

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