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- ↑ Budapest Honvéd Online. "Budapest Honvéd Online". Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
- Budapest Honvéd Online
- Hungarian Football Federation
- Belgian Royal Union of Football Association ( U.R.B.S.F.A )
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