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- ↑ Teams Archived December 8, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Ian King and Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- ↑ Teams Archived December 8, 2013, at the Wayback Machine rsssf
