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References
- ↑ Halve ploeg Partizan Tirana blijft achter in Rotterdam - NRC (in Dutch)
- ↑ Geflüster aus der Karl-Fischer-Halle - RP Online (in German)
- ↑ SC Juelich 1910 – German Football Tradition - SC Jülich
- ↑ Ehrung auf Strümpfen - RP Online (in German)
- ↑ "Player Database".
- ↑ England – Albania - Italia1990
- ↑ Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF