Only Good Stickers: Panini Futebol 2005

domenica 18 febbraio 2018

Panini Futebol 2005

Panini Futebol 2004-05 is the official sticker collection of the Portuguese Superliga for the season 2004/2005. After an introduction with the table of contents, the 18 clubs are shown in alphabetical order, each displayed on four pages with a total of 22 stickers: the shining club badge, the team photo, two players in action (new acquisitions of the season), and 18 players. Printed on the album there are details of the club and the players. This album shows an improvement in the Futebol series, with better graphics and stickers of higher quality, especially the club badges.

Porto had a fantastic squad that won the Champions League the season before with the coach José Mourinho, but in the season 2004/2005 they only got the second place in the Portuguese league (with 62 points), behind Benfica (65 points). They featured, among the others, Pepe, Diego and Quaresma.

In the last part of the album we find three more sections with action stickers. The first includes the idols (Idolos) of the Portuguese league with 18 stickers of players in action. The second one is dedicated to the Portuguese national team that got the second place in the Euro Cup 2004. Here we find 18 stickers including players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Figo and Rui Costa. The last two pages of the album are about the new acquisitions (Ultimas Aquisiçoes) of the league, with 36 stickers published later during the season. The collection includes also 6 extra stickers (Cromos-bis) with updated players (see checklist).