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2022–23 Wellington Phoenix FC season

The 2022–23 season is the 16th in the history of Wellington Phoenix Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, the club also participated in the Australia Cup for the eighth time.

Wellington Phoenix
2022–23 season
ChairmanRob Morrison
ManagerUfuk Talay
StadiumSky Stadium
A-League Men6th
A-League Men FinalsElimination-finals
Australia CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Oskar Zawada (15)
All: Oskar Zawada (15)
Highest home attendance10,420
vs. Sydney FC
(12 March 2023)
A-League Men
Lowest home attendance2,502
vs. Western Sydney Wanderers
(10 December 2022)
A-League Men
Average home league attendance6,333
Biggest win4–0
vs. Devonport City (A)
(3 August 2022)
Australia Cup
Biggest defeat1–5
vs. Adelaide United (A)
(17 March 2023)
A-League Men
All statistics correct as of 28 April 2023.

Players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF   NZL Finn Surman
4 DF   ENG Scott Wootton
5 MF   AUS Steven Ugarkovic
6 DF   NZL Tim Payne
7 FW   NZL Kosta Barbarouses
8 MF   NZL Ben Old
9 FW   POL Oskar Zawada
10 FW   ENG David Ball
11 MF   BUL Bozhidar Kraev
12 DF   AUS Lucas Mauragis (on loan from Newcastle Jets)
13 MF   AUS Nicholas Pennington
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF   NZL Alex Rufer (captain)
15 DF   NZL Nikko Boxall
17 DF   NZL Callan Elliot
19 MF   NZL Sam Sutton
20 GK   NZL Oliver Sail (vice-captain)
21 DF   AUS Joshua Laws
23 MF   NZL Clayton Lewis
24 FW   NZL Oskar van Hattum
31 MF   BRA Yan Sasse
40 GK   NZL Alex Paulsen

Transfers

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Transfers in

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No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref.
5 MF   Steven Ugarkovic Unattached Free transfer 1 year 3 June 2022 [1]
7 FW Kosta Barbarouses Unattached Free transfer 2 years 21 June 2022 [2]
12 DF   Lucas Mauragis Newcastle Jets Loan 1 year 30 June 2022 [3]
11 MF   Bozhidar Kraev   Midtjylland Free transfer 2 years 22 July 2022 [4]
31 MF   Yan Sasse   América Mineiro Free transfer 1 year 13 August 2022 [5]
9 FW   Oskar Zawada Unattached Free transfer 2 years 30 August 2022 [6]
15 DF Nikko Boxall   Auckland City Free transfer 6 months 7 February 2023 [7]

Transfers out

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No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref.
88 FW   Gary Hooper Unattached Mutual contract termination 25 March 2022 [8]
16 DF Louis Fenton Retired 20 May 2022 [9]
3 DF   Matthew Bozinovski Melbourne Victory End of loan 23 May 2022 [10]
5 DF James McGarry Unattached End of contract 23 May 2022 [10]
7 MF   Gael Sandoval   Guadalajara End of loan 23 May 2022 [10]
11 FW   Jaushua Sotirio Unattached End of contract 23 May 2022 [10]
31 DF   Kurtis Mogg Unattached End of contract 23 May 2022 [10]
32 FW George Ott Unattached End of contract 23 May 2022 [10]
10 FW   Reno Piscopo Newcastle Jets End of contract 24 May 2022 [11]
18 FW Ben Waine   Plymouth Argyle Undisclosed 30 December 2022 [12]

Contract extensions

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No. Player Position Duration Date Notes Ref.
10   David Ball Striker 2 years 26 May 2022 Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2024–25. [13]
14 Alex Rufer Defensive midfielder 3 years 29 March 2023 Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2025–26. [14]

Technical staff

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Role Name
Head coach   Ufuk Talay[15]
Assistant coach   Giancarlo Italiano[16]
Assistant coach   Chris Greenacre
Goalkeeping coach   Ruben Parker
Football operations and facilities coordinator   Shaun Gill[17]
Head of football conditioning   Weijie Lim
Head physiotherapist Ben Venn
Assistant physiotherapist Cory Glover
Equipment manager Jack Mapp
Team analyst Logan Hughes

Pre-season and friendlies

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20 July 2022 Wellington Phoenix 2–0   Miramar Rangers Wellington
  • Waine  
  • Laws  
 Report
6 August 2022 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Sydney, Australia
 Report Stadium: Valentine Sports Park
Note: Match was played over three 30 minute periods
12 August 2022 Newcastle Jets 0–3 Wellington Phoenix Sydney, Australia
Report
4 September 2022 Newcastle Jets 3–3 Wellington Phoenix Sydney, Australia
 CoY report
Newcastle Herald report
Note: The match was played over three 45-minute periods
24 or 25 September 2022 Wellington Phoenix 5–2   Napier City Rovers Wellington
Report
1 October 2022 Sydney FC 3–0 Wellington Phoenix Sydney, Australia
 Report

Competitions

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled or postponed

Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League Men 9 October 2022 29 April 2023 Matchday 1 6th 26 9 8 9 39 45 −6 034.62
A-League Finals 5 May 2023 5 May 2023 Elimination-finals Elimination-finals 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
Australia Cup 3 August 2022 31 August 2022 Round of 32 Quarter-final 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 066.67
Total 30 11 8 11 45 50 −5 036.67

Last updated: 5 May 2023
Source: Soccerway

A-League Men

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Main article: 2022–23 A-League Men

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
4 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 11 8 7 43 27 +16 41 Qualification for Finals series[a]
5 Sydney FC 26 11 5 10 40 39 +1 38
6 Wellington Phoenix[b] 26 9 8 9 39 45 −6 35
7 Western United 26 9 5 12 34 47 −13 32
8 Brisbane Roar 26 7 9 10 26 33 −7 30
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:
  1. ^ The top two teams enter the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the finals series at the elimination-finals.
  2. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 9 8 9 39 45  −6 35 5 5 3 24 20  +4 4 3 6 15 25  −10

Last updated: 29 April 2023.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHHAAHHHHAHAAHHAAAAHHAHAHAA
ResultDDLDWLDWDLWWWDLLWDWWLLLDLW
Position589978106797444565555555566
Points122366710111114172021212124252831313131323235
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2023. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Notes: Positions show the situation at the end of the corresponding Rounds; not the position at the conclusion of matches or game days

Matches

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9 October 2022 1 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Adelaide United Wellington
15:00 NZST
Report
Stadium: Sky Stadium
Attendance: 8,325
Referee: Ben Abraham
16 October 2022 2 Wellington Phoenix 2–2 Central Coast Mariners Wellington
15:00 NZST
Report
Stadium: Sky Stadium
Attendance: 7,089
Referee: Johnathan Barreiro
22 October 2022 3 Newcastle Jets 3–1 Wellington Phoenix Newcastle
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 7,028
Referee: Jack Morgan
30 October 2022 4 Melbourne City 2–2 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
19:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,208
Referee: Adam Kersey
6 November 2022 5 Wellington Phoenix 4–1 Macarthur FC Wellington
15:00 NZST
Report
Stadium: Sky Stadium
Attendance: 6,135
Referee: Casey Reibelt
13 November 2022 6 Wellington Phoenix 2–3 Western United Wellington
15:00 NZST
Report
Stadium: Sky Stadium
Attendance: 5,203
Referee: Tim Danaskos
Mid-season break for 2022 FIFA World Cup
10 December 2022 7 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Wollongong
19:00 NZST
Report
Stadium: WIN Stadium
Attendance: 2,502
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
17 December 2022 8 Wellington Phoenix 3–1 Adelaide United Wellington
15:00 NZST
Report
Stadium: Sky Stadium
Attendance: 4,535
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
23 December 2022 9 Perth Glory 1–1 Wellington Phoenix Perth
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Macedonia Park
Attendance: 3,977
Referee: Casey Reibelt
2 January 2023 10 Wellington Phoenix 1–3 Melbourne City Wellington
13:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Sky Stadium
Attendance: 6,321
Referee: Alex King
7 January 2023 11 Sydney FC 0–1 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
17:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 13,921
Referee: Shaun Evans
14 January 2023 12 Brisbane Roar 0–1 Wellington Phoenix Brisbane
17:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: Kayo Stadium
Attendance: 6,183
Referee: Adam Kersey
22 January 2023 13 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Wellington
15:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Sky Stadium
Attendance: 5,543[18]
Referee: Casey Reibelt
28 January 2023 14 Wellington Phoenix 2–2 Perth Glory Palmerston North
13:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Energy Trust Arena
Attendance: 4,518
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
3 February 2023 15 Melbourne Victory 3–1 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,400
Referee: Adam Kersey
12 February 2023 16 Macarthur FC 2–1 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 2,543
Referee: Alireza Faghani
17 February 2023 17 Western United 0–3 Wellington Phoenix Launceston
19:45 AEDT Report
Stadium: UTAS Stadium
Attendance: 2,690
Referee: Daniel Elder
24 February 2023 18 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Wellington Phoenix Gosford
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Industree Group Stadium
Attendance: 5,462
Referee: Jack Morgan
4 March 2023 19 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Newcastle Jets Wellington
15:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Sky Stadium
Attendance: 6,388
Referee: Shaun Evans
12 March 2023 20 Wellington Phoenix 1–0 Sydney FC Auckland
15:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: Eden Park
Attendance: 10,420
Referee: Chris Beath
17 March 2023 21 Adelaide United 5–1 Wellington Phoenix Adelaide
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,036
Referee: Alex King
1 April 2023 22 Wellington Phoenix 1–2 Melbourne Victory Wellington
13:00 AEDT
Report
Da Silva   76'
 Stadium: Sky Stadium
Attendance: 7,032
Referee: Alireza Faghani
10 April 2023 23 Melbourne City 4–1 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
16:00 AEST Maclaren   34', 52'
Tilio   57', 83'		 Report Ugarkovic   49' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,821
Referee: Adam Kersey
16 April 2023 24 Wellington Phoenix 2–2 Brisbane Roar Auckland
13:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Eden Park
Attendance: 8,320
Referee: Stephen Lucas
21 April 2023 25 Western Sydney Wanderers 4–0 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
19:45 AEST
Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 10,766
Referee: Alex King
29 April 2023 26 Macarthur FC 0–1 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
17:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 2,017
Referee: Adam Kersey

Finals series

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5 May 2023 Elimination-final Adelaide United 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Adelaide
19:45 ACDT
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,231
Referee: Alireza Faghani

Australia Cup

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Main article: 2022 Australia Cup
3 August 2022 Round of 32 Devonport City 0–4 Wellington Phoenix Devonport
19:30 (AEST) Report
Stadium: Valley Road Ground
Attendance: 1,550
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
17 August 2022 Round of 16 Melbourne City 1–2 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
19:30 (AEST)
Report
Stadium: Casey Fields
Attendance: 2,067
Referee: Kurt Ams
31 August 2022 Quarter-finals Macarthur FC 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
19:30 (AEST)
Report Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 1,521
Referee: Daniel Elder

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of 5 May 2023
No. Pos Nat Player Total A-League Men A-League Finals Australia Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers:
20 GK   NZL Oliver Sail 30 0 26 0 1 0 3 0
40 GK   NZL Alex Paulsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders:
3 DF   NZL Finn Surman 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF   ENG Scott Wootton 24 0 19+1 0 1 0 3 0
6 DF   NZL Tim Payne 26 0 22+1 0 1 0 1+1 0
12 DF   AUS Lucas Mauragis 20 0 17+2 0 1 0 0 0
15 DF   NZL Nikko Boxall 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF   NZL Callan Elliot 28 1 20+4 1 1 0 3 0
19 DF   NZL Sam Sutton 18 1 9+6 1 0 0 3 0
21 DF   AUS Joshua Laws 24 0 15+6 0 0 0 3 0
39 DF   NZL Marco Lorenz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
Midfielders:
5 MF   AUS Steven Ugarkovic 27 1 22+4 1 1 0 0 0
8 MF   NZL Ben Old 19 1 3+14 1 0 0 2 0
11 MF   BUL Bozhidar Kraev 29 8 22+3 7 0+1 0 2+1 1
13 MF   AUS Nicholas Pennington 17 0 2+12 0 0 0 3 0
14 MF   NZL Alex Rufer 19 2 14+4 2 1 0 0 0
23 MF   NZL Clayton Lewis 23 1 14+5 1 0+1 0 3 0
31 MF   BRA Yan Sasse 25 3 18+4 3 1 0 0+2 0
34 MF   NZL Jackson Manuel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
Forwards:
7 FW   NZL Kosta Barbarouses 27 3 14+9 2 1 0 3 1
9 FW   POL Oskar Zawada 26 15 24+1 15 1 0 0 0
10 FW   ENG David Ball 24 1 20+3 1 1 0 0 0
24 FW   NZL Oskar van Hattum 15 1 0+11 0 0+1 0 1+2 1
35 FW   NZL Noah Karunaratne 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
Players who left during the season but made an appearance
18 FW   NZL Ben Waine 11 6 3+5 3 0 0 3 3
36 FW   NZL Riley Bidois 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

As of 5 May 2023
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Men A-League Finals Australia Cup Total
                       
1 17 DF   Callan Elliot 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
2 11 MF   Bozhidar Kraev 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
3 10 FW   David Ball 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
4 6 DF   Tim Payne 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 1
13 MF   Nicholas Pennington 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 1
31 FW   Yan Sasse 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
7 4 DF   Scott Wootton 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
8 9 FW   Oskar Zawada 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
14 MF   Alex Rufer 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
10 21 DF   Joshua Laws 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1
11 5 DF   Steven Ugarkovic 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
12 12 DF   Lucas Mauragis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
20 GK   Oliver Sail 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
23 MF   Clayton Lewis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
24 FW   Oskar van Hattum 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
16 3 DF   Finn Surman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
8 MF   Ben Old 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
19 MF   Sam Sutton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
1 18 FW   Ben Waine 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0

Clean sheets

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As of 5 May 2023

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rank No. Player A-League Men A-League Finals Australia Cup Total
1 20   Oli Sail 5 0 1 6

Awards

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Players

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No. Pos. Player Award Source
9 FW   Oskar Zawada A-League Men Player of the Month (January) [19]
Wellington Phoenix Player of the Year [20]
Wellington Phoenix Players' Player of the Year [20]
Wellington Phoenix Members' Player of the Year [20]
Wellington Phoenix Media Player of the Year [20]
A-League Men Fan Player of the Year [21]
17 DF   Callan Elliot Wellington Phoenix Under-23 Player of the Year [20]
23 MF   Clayton Lewis Wellington Phoenix Goal of the Year [20]
35 FW   Noah Karunaratne Wellington Phoenix Academy Player of the Year [20]

Manager

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Manager Award Source
  Ufuk Talay A-League Coach of the Month (January) [19]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Men bolster midfield with highly regarded Australian". Wellington Phoenix. 3 June 2022.
  2. ^ Rollo, Phillip. "All White Kosta Barbarouses eyes fifth A-League title as he returns to Wellington Phoenix". Stuff. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Jets defender joins on season-long loan". Wellington Phoenix. 30 June 2022.
  4. ^ Rollo, Phillip (22 July 2022). "Wellington Phoenix sign Bulgarian international Bozhidar Kraev". Stuff. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  5. ^ Rollo, Phillip (13 August 2022). "Wellington Phoenix sign Brazilian playmaker Yan Sasse". Stuff.
  6. ^ "Meet our new no. 9". Wellington Phoenix. 30 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Boxall to bolster back four". Wellington Phoenix. 7 February 2023.
  8. ^ Rollo, Phillip (25 March 2022). "Injury could end Gary Hooper's time with Wellington Phoenix". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  9. ^ Rollo, Phillip (20 May 2022). "Wellington Phoenix defender Louis Fenton announces retirement at 29". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  10. ^ a b c d e f "Men confirm departures". Wellington Phoenix. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Piscopo joins rival A-League club". Wellington Phoenix. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  12. ^ Pine, Jason (30 December 2022). "Football: Wellington Phoenix striker Ben Waine signs with English club Plymouth Argyle". The New Zealand Herald.
  13. ^ Rollo, Phillip (26 May 2022). "David Ball wants to play for All Whites after re-signing with Wellington Phoenix". Stuff.
  14. ^ "Skipper signs on for another three seasons". Wellington Phoenix. 29 March 2023.
  15. ^ "Wellington Phoenix Announce New Head Coach". Wellington Phoenix. 3 May 2019.
  16. ^ @ByPhillipRollo (11 July 2019). "One new face at Phoenix training..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ^ "New Football Operations and Facilities Co-ordinator joins Phoenix". 24 October 2018.
  18. ^ Rollo, Phillip (22 January 2023). "Wellington Phoenix captain breaks goal drought in 2-1 win over Central Coast Mariners". Stuff. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  19. ^ a b Pisani, Sacha (12 February 2023). "Talay and Zawada take out honours as 'Nix scoop A-Leagues awards". keepup.com.au. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  20. ^ a b c d e f g "Foster and Zawada crowned players of the year". Wellington Phoenix. 2 May 2023.
  21. ^ "Dolan Warren Awards RECAP: Craig Goodwin's emotional speech after claiming top gong". KeepUp. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
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