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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allcategories accontinue="1._SC_Znojmo_players" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <allcategories>
      <c size="2" pages="2" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1. FC Kaiserslautern II players</c>
      <c size="2" pages="2" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1. FC Kaiserslautern players</c>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1. FC Magdeburg players</c>
      <c size="2" pages="2" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1. FC Nürnberg II players</c>
      <c size="2" pages="2" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1. FC Nürnberg players</c>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1. FC Saarbrücken players</c>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1. FC Slovácko players</c>
      <c size="5" pages="5" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1. FC Tatran Prešov players</c>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1. FK Příbram players</c>
      <c size="3" pages="3" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1. FSV Mainz 05 players</c>
    </allcategories>
  </query>
</api>