2001–02 Celtic F.C. season

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Celtic started the 2001–02 season looking to retain the Scottish Premier League, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup. They entered the UEFA Champions League at the third qualifying round. They finished the season as league champions for the second season in succession.

ChairmanBrian Quinn

ManagerMartin O'Neill

StadiumCeltic Park

Scottish Premier League1st

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Celtic

2001–02 season

Chairman

Brian Quinn

Manager

Martin O'Neill

Stadium

Celtic Park

Scottish Premier League

1st

Top goalscorer

League:
Henrik Larsson (29)
All:
Henrik Larsson (35)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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Players

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SCO	Jonathan Gould
2	DF	SCO	Tom Boyd
3	DF	GUI	Mohammed Sylla
4	DF	SCO	Jackie McNamara
5	DF	BEL	Joos Valgaeren
6	DF	GUI	Bobo Baldé
7	FW	SWE	Henrik Larsson
8	MF	ENG	Alan Thompson
9	FW	ENG	Chris Sutton
10	FW	WAL	John Hartson
11	MF	DEN	Morten Wieghorst
14	MF	SCO	Paul Lambert
15	MF	NED	Bobby Petta
17	DF	FRA	Didier Agathe
18	MF	NIR	Neil Lennon
19	MF	BUL	Stiliyan Petrov


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	GK	SCO	Rab Douglas
23	GK	RUS	Dmitri Kharine
24	MF	IRL	Colin Healy
25	DF	SVK	Ľubomír Moravčík
29	FW	SCO	Shaun Maloney
30	MF	ENG	Steve Guppy
31	DF	BRA	Rafael Scheidt
32	FW	SCO	Simon Lynch
34	MF	SCO	Mark Fotheringham
35	DF	SWE	Johan Mjällby
37	FW	SCO	Liam Keogh
39	MF	SCO	Jamie Smith
40	DF	SCO	Stephen Crainey
41	DF	SCO	John Kennedy
42	DF	IRL	Jim Goodwin
43	MF	IRL	Liam Miller

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	FRA	Stéphane Bonnes
26	FW	SCO	Paul Shields
27	MF	SCO	Jon-Paul McGovern


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	MF	SCO	Ryan McCann
38	GK	SCO	Barry-John Corr
46	MF	SCO	Brian McColligan

Competitions

Pre-season and Friendlies

6 July 2001 Friendly	Cork City	2–3	Celtic	Cork, Ireland
	Mulligan 42' Flanagan 63'		McNamara 45+3' Burchill 62', 80'	Stadium: Turners Cross Referee: Alan Kelly

8 July 2001 Friendly	Shelbourne	1–3	Celtic	Dublin, Ireland
	Byrne 53'		McNamara 52' Doyle 74' Johnson 77'	Stadium: Tolka Park Referee: Paul McKeown

14 July 2001 Friendly	Queens Park Rangers	0–2	Celtic	London, England
		BBC Sport	Larsson 1' Moravčík 75'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,337

17 July 2001 Friendly	Porto	1–0	Celtic	Paris, France
	Capucho 87'			Stadium: Stade Charléty

20 July 2001 Friendly	Celtic	3–0	Fulham	Glasgow
	Larsson 19', 59' Maloney 85'			Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 40,000 Referee: John Rowbotham

24 July 2001 Friendly	Celtic	1–0	Sunderland	Glasgow
	Larsson 68' (pen.)	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Willie Young

1 August 2001 Ryan Giggs Testimonial	Manchester United	3–4	Celtic	Manchester, England
	van Nistelrooy 24', 84' Verón 64'	BBC Sport	Sutton 2' Lennon 3' Lambert 27' Moravčík 67'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 66,957

8 April 2002 Friendly	Leicester City	0–1	Celtic	Leicester, England
			Hartson 10'	Stadium: Filbert Street Referee: Peter Jones

7 May 2002 Gary Kelly Testimonial	Leeds United	1–4	Celtic	Leeds, England
	Bowyer 28'		Thompson 21' Larsson 25' Hartson 56' Maloney 62'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 26,440 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

13 May 2002 Tony Adams Testimonial	Arsenal	1–1	Celtic	London, England
	Dixon 67'	BBC Sport	Thompson 33'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

Scottish Premier League

28 July 2001	Celtic	3–0	St Johnstone	Glasgow
	Mjällby 37' Lambert 64', 72'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,005 Referee: Mike McCurry

4 August 2001	Kilmarnock	0–1	Celtic	Kilmarnock
			Larsson 76'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 13,201 Referee: Stuart Dougal

11 August 2001	Celtic	2–0	Heart of Midlothian	Glasgow
	Larsson 45', 64'			Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,423 Referee: Willie Young

18 August 2001	Livingston	0–0	Celtic	Livingston
				Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 10,024 Referee: Hugh Dallas

25 August 2001	Hibernian	1–4	Celtic	Edinburgh
	Fenwick 85'		Moravčík 16' Sutton 17', 20' Larsson 31'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 14,701 Referee: Kenny Clark

8 September 2001	Celtic	3–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Glasgow
	Moravčík 9', 70' Sutton 45+3'		Crawford 85'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 57,956 Referee: John Underhill

15 September 2001	Dundee	0–4	Celtic	Dundee
		BBC Sport	Larsson 45', 59' Petrov 70' Maloney 88'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 9,842 Referee: Alan Freeland

22 September 2001	Celtic	2–0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
	Larsson 65' Petrov 81'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,197 Referee: Mike McCurry

30 September 2001	Rangers	0–2	Celtic	Glasgow
		BBC Sport	Petrov 14' Thompson 90+2'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 50,097 Referee: Kenny Clark

13 October 2001	Motherwell	1–2	Celtic	Motherwell
	Strong 68'	BBC Sport	Moravčík 14' Larsson 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 9,922 Referee: John Rowbotham

20 October 2001	Celtic	5–1	Dundee United	Glasgow
	Hartson 7', 60', 83' Baldé 45+1' Maloney 86'	BBC Sport	McIntyre 76'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,900 Referee: Bobby Orr

27 October 2001	Celtic	1–0	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
	Valgaeren 90+2'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,897 Referee: David Somers

3 November 2001	St Johnstone	1–2	Celtic	Perth
	Dods 26'	BBC Sport	Dods 20' (o.g.) Larsson 90+1'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 9,041 Referee: Douglas McDonald

17 November 2001	Heart of Midlothian	0–1	Celtic	Edinburgh
		BBC Sport	Larsson 44' (pen.)	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 15,570 Referee: Mike McCurry

25 November 2001	Celtic	2–1	Rangers	Glasgow
	Valgaeren 58' Larsson 70' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Løvenkrands 77'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,609 Referee: Stuart Dougal

1 December 2001	Celtic	3–0	Hibernian	Glasgow
	Hartson 11', 40' Lennon 72'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,415 Referee: Willie Young

8 December 2001	Dunfermline Athletic	0–4	Celtic	Dunfermline
		BBC Sport	Baldé 8' Hartson 20', 60' Thompson 62'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 8,207 Referee: Alan Freeland

15 December 2001	Celtic	3–1	Dundee	Glasgow
	Sutton 50' Larsson 56' Hartson 65'	BBC Sport	Zhiyi 19'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 57,198 Referee: John Rowbotham

22 December 2001	Aberdeen	2–0	Celtic	Aberdeen
	Winters 59' (pen.) Mackie 90+1'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 18,160 Referee: Stuart Dougal

26 December 2001	Celtic	3–2	Livingston	Glasgow
	Moravčík 12' Larsson 50', 90+2'	BBC Sport	Rubio 37' Quino 58'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,507 Referee: Gary Mitchell

29 December 2001	Dundee United	0–4	Celtic	Dundee
		BBC Sport	Hartson 4' Petrov 27' Thompson 47' Larsson 71'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 12,165 Referee: John Rowbotham

2 January 2002	Celtic	2–0	Motherwell	Glasgow
	Larsson 81' Hartson 90+3'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 57,648 Referee: Alan Freeland

11 January 2002	Kilmarnock	0–2	Celtic	Kilmarnock
		BBC Sport	Hartson 51' (pen.) Lambert 61'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 11,689 Referee: John Underhill

19 January 2002	Celtic	2–1	St Johnstone	Glasgow
	Larsson 8' Thompson 10'	BBC Sport	Dods 6'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,547 Referee: Kevin Toner

23 January 2002	Celtic	2–0	Heart of Midlothian	Glasgow
	Larsson 80', 86'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 57,203 Referee: Bobby Orr

30 January 2002	Livingston	1–3	Celtic	Livingston
	Quino 4'	BBC Sport	Larsson 60' Moravčík 68' Hartson 72'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 8,437 Referee: Douglas McDonald

2 February 2002	Hibernian	1–1	Celtic	Edinburgh
	O'Connor 22'	BBC Sport	Hartson 50'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 12,313 Referee: Alan Freeland

9 February 2002	Celtic	5–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Glasgow
	Larsson 12', 32', 43' Hartson 37' Agathe 74'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,590 Referee: John Rowbotham

17 February 2002	Dundee	0–3	Celtic	Dundee
		BBC Sport	Larsson 20' Mjällby 43' Hartson 71'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 10,642 Referee: Mike McCurry

2 March 2002	Celtic	1–0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
	Thompson 45+3' (pen.)	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,564 Referee: John Underhill

10 March 2002	Rangers	1–1	Celtic	Glasgow
	Numan 59'	BBC Sport	Petrov 23'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,765 Referee: Hugh Dallas

15 March 2002	Celtic	1–0	Dundee United	Glasgow
	Petrov 41'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,392 Referee: Mike McCurry

19 March 2002	Motherwell	0–4	Celtic	Motherwell
		BBC Sport	Lambert 10' Larsson 53', 60' (pen.) Mjällby 43'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 10,134 Referee: Stuart Dougal

6 April 2002	Celtic	5–1	Livingston	Glasgow
	Larsson 3', 33', 59' Hartson 19', 25'	BBC Sport	Wilson 72'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,752 Referee: Willie Young

12 April 2002	Celtic	5–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Glasgow
	Hartson 18', 70' Lambert 40' Smith 58' Sylla 76'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 57,016 Referee: John Underhill

21 April 2002	Celtic	1–1	Rangers	Glasgow
	Thompson 43'	BBC Sport	Løvenkrands 1'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,384 Referee: Kenny Clark

26 April 2002	Heart of Midlothian	1–4	Celtic	Edinburgh
	Fuller 31'	BBC Sport	Lynch 12', 40' Maloney 50', 66'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 12,391 Referee: John Rowbotham

12 May 2002	Aberdeen	0–1	Celtic	Aberdeen
		BBC Sport	Maloney 69'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 15,332 Referee: Stuart Dougal

Scottish League Cup

6 November 2001 Third Round	Celtic	8–0	Stirling Albion	Glasgow
	Hartson 22', 74' Maloney 28', 41', 53', 68' Tebily 72' Healy 78'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 29,933 Referee: Stuart Dougal

18 December 2001 Quarter-Final	Livingston	0–2	Celtic	Livingston
			Baldé 36' Hartson 85'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 9,146 Referee: Kenny Clark

5 February 2002 Semi-Final	Rangers	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Celtic	Glasgow
	Løvenkrands 45+3' Konterman 105'	BBC Sport	Baldé 73'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 43,457 Referee: Kenny Clark

Scottish Cup

8 January 2002 Third Round	Alloa Athletic	0–5	Celtic	Falkirk
		BBC Sport	Baldé 20' Wieghorst 42' Maloney 56' Petta 75' Sylla 80'	Stadium: Brockville Park Attendance: 5,498 Referee: Stuart Dougal

26 January 2002 Fourth Round	Kilmarnock	0–2	Celtic	Kilmarnock
			Hay 53' (o.g.) Larsson 63'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 11,269 Referee: Hugh Dallas

25 February 2002 Quarter-Final	Aberdeen	0–2	Celtic	Aberdeen
		BBC Sport	Hartson 6' Petrov 53'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 17,082 Referee: Hugh Dallas

23 March 2002 Semi-Final	Celtic	3–0	Ayr United	Glasgow
	Larsson 49' Thompson 81', 88'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 26,774 Referee: Stuart Dougal

4 May 2002 Final	Celtic	2–3	Rangers	Glasgow
	Hartson 19' Baldé 50'	BBC Sport	Løvenkrands 21', 90+4' Ferguson 69'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 51,138 Referee: Hugh Dallas

UEFA Champions League

8 August 2001 Third Qualifying Round	Ajax	1–3	Celtic	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:30 CET	Arveladze 40'	Report	Petta 7' Agathe 19' Sutton 55'	Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA Attendance: 51,324 Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)

22 August 2001 Third Qualifying Round	Celtic	0–1 (3–2 agg.)	Ajax	Glasgow
20:45 CET		Report	Wamberto 30'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,575 Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

18 September 2001 Group Stage	Juventus	3–2	Celtic	Turin, Italy
	Trezeguet 43', 55' Amoruso 90' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Petrov 67' Larsson 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Delle Alpi Attendance: 43,017 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

25 September 2001 Group Stage	Celtic	1–0	Porto	Glasgow
	Larsson 36'			Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 54,650 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

10 October 2001 Group Stage	Celtic	1–0	Rosenborg	Glasgow
	Thompson 21'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 57,233 Referee: Alain Sars (France)

17 October 2001 Group Stage	Porto	3–0	Celtic	Porto, Portugal
	Clayton 1', 61' Silva 45+1'			Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 30,313 Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

23 October 2001 Group Stage	Rosenborg	2–0	Celtic	Trondheim, Norway
	Brattbakk 19', 36'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 21,540 Referee: Juan Fernández Marin (Spain)

31 October 2001 Group Stage	Celtic	4–3	Juventus	Glasgow
	Valgaeren 24' Sutton 45', 64' Larsson 57' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Del Piero 19' Trezeguet 51', 77'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 57,717 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

UEFA Cup

22 November 2001 Third Round	Valencia	1–0	Celtic	Valencia, Spain
	Vicente 74'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 31,204 Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

6 December 2001 Third Round	Celtic	1–0 (a.e.t.) (1–1 agg.) (4–5 p)	Valencia	Glasgow
	Larsson 45+4'	Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 57,299 Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)
	Penalties
	Lambert Thompson Larsson Petrov Sutton Hartson Valgaeren		Carew Vicente de los Santos Sánchez Ayala Pellegrino Mista

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Europe
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Jonathan Gould	3	0	1	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
2	DF	SCO	Tom Boyd	12	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
3	MF	GUI	Mohammed Sylla	15	2	7+2	1	1+1	1	1	0	0+3	0
4	DF	SCO	Jackie McNamara	30	0	9+11	0	2+2	0	2	0	3+1	0
5	DF	BEL	Joos Valgaeren	32	3	20	2	1	0	2	0	9	1
6	DF	GUI	Bobo Baldé	38	6	22	2	5	2	3	2	8	0
7	FW	SWE	Henrik Larsson	47	35	33	29	3	2	1	0	10	4
8	MF	ENG	Alan Thompson	36	9	22+3	6	3+1	2	1	0	4+2	1
9	FW	ENG	Chris Sutton	30	7	18	4	2	0	1+1	0	8	3
10	FW	WAL	John Hartson	43	24	26+5	19	4	2	3	3	2+3	0
11	MF	DEN	Morten Wieghorst	5	1	2+1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
14	MF	SCO	Paul Lambert	49	5	33+1	5	4	0	1	0	10	0
15	MF	NED	Bobby Petta	27	2	12+6	0	1+1	1	0+1	0	4+2	1
16	DF	CIV	Olivier Tébily	13	1	8+3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
17	MF	FRA	Didier Agathe	32	2	20	1	3	0	1	0	8	1
18	MF	NIR	Neil Lennon	49	1	32+1	1	4	0	1+1	0	10	0
19	MF	BUL	Stiliyan Petrov	44	8	26+2	6	5	1	2+1	0	7+1	1
20	GK	SCO	Rab Douglas	52	0	35	0	4	0	3	0	10	0
23	GK	RUS	Dmitri Kharine	4	0	2+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
24	MF	IRL	Colin Healy	6	1	2+2	0	0+1	0	1	1	0	0
25	MF	SVK	Ľubomír Moravčík	33	6	16+7	6	1	0	2+1	0	3+3	0
27	MF	SCO	Jon-Paul McGovern	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	SCO	Shaun Maloney	20	10	3+13	5	1+1	1	1	4	0+1	0
30	MF	ENG	Steve Guppy	23	0	16	0	2	0	2	0	3	0
32	FW	SCO	Simon Lynch	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	SCO	Ross Wallace	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	SCO	Mark Fotheringham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	SWE	Johan Mjällby	51	3	35	3	4	0	2	0	10	0
39	MF	SCO	Jamie Smith	13	1	3+8	1	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
40	DF	SCO	Stephen Crainey	19	0	10+5	0	1+1	0	1	0	1	0
41	DF	SCO	John Kennedy	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

NB: Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes

Team statistics

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Celtic (C)	38	33	4	1	94	18	+76	103	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Rangers	38	25	10	3	82	27	+55	85	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Livingston	38	16	10	12	50	47	+3	58	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round^[b]
4	Aberdeen	38	16	7	15	51	49	+2	55	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round^[b]
5	Heart of Midlothian	38	14	6	18	52	57	−5	48

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: (1) Points; (2) Goal difference; (3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

[a]
Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
[b]
As both finalists of the 2001–02 Scottish Cup, Rangers and Celtic, qualified for European competition via their league position, the cup berth for 2002–03 UEFA Cup was passed to the next-placed team in the league, fourth-placed Aberdeen.

Transfers

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In

Date	Player	From	Fee
20 July 2001	Dianbobo Balde	Toulouse	£1,000,000^[2]
2 August 2001	John Hartson	Coventry City	£6,500,000^[3]
2 August 2001	Steve Guppy	Leicester City	£700,000^[4]
2 August 2001	Mohammed Sylla	St Johnstone	£700,000^[5]
27 August 2001	Michael Herbert	Paris Saint-Germain	Free

Out

Date	Player	From	Fee
5 July 2001	Alan Stubbs	Everton	Free^[6]
25 July 2001	Eyal Berkovic	Manchester City	£1,500,000^[7]
1 August 2001	Stéphane Mahé	Heart of Midlothian	Free^[8]
2 August 2001	Tommy Johnson	Sheffield Wednesday	Free^[9]
24 August 2001	Mark Burchill	Portsmouth	£600,000^[10]
24 August 2001	Stewart Kerr	Wigan Athletic	£250,000^[11]
22 March 2002	Olivier Tébily	Birmingham City	£700,000^[12]

Expenditure: £8,900,000
Income: £3,050,000
Total loss/gain: £5,850,000

2001–02 Celtic F.C. season

Players

Reserve squad

Competitions

Pre-season and Friendlies

Scottish Premier League

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

UEFA Champions League

UEFA Cup

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

Team statistics

League table

Transfers

In

Out

See also

Notes

References

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