Only Good Stickers: Panini Liga 2011-12

domenica 3 marzo 2013

Panini Liga 2011-12

Liga 2011-12 is the official sticker collection of the Spanish LIGA BBVA, produced by Panini in collaboration with Colecciones Este. The cover features the two best players of the league and the world at that time: Leo Messi, who scored 50 goals in the Liga 2011/12, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 46 goals. Despite the incredible number of goals produced by Messi, Real Madrid won the Liga title led by the "Special One", José Mourinho, with a total of 100 points. Only second place for Pep Guardiola with Barcelona.

The album shows first the Liga clubs in alphabetical order without introductory stickers. For each club there is space for 18 stickers in the album: the club badge, the manager, and 16 players. In addition, for certain numbers there are two player stickers available (numbered A and B). Moreover, extra player stickers named "coloca" where released in further editions to replace football players that were not anymore in the squad.

The second division (Liga Adelante) is also included with just the club badge sticker of the 22 competing clubs. Due to the early release of the album (August 2011), the last part of the album includes five pages with 60 stickers of the last signings (Ultimos Fichajes) that could be found inside the sticker packets along the season. For this collection there is also a separate update set (album + 42 stickers) with the winter transfers, called "Mercado de Invierno".