Only Good Stickers: Panini FIFA 365 2016/2017 (South American Edition)

venerdì 22 marzo 2019

Panini FIFA 365 2016/2017 (South American Edition)

This is the second edition of FIFA 365, after the first released for the season 2015/2016. There are three variations of this album: International, Eastern Europe, and South American.

Here we present the South American edition that compared to the International edition includes 8 extra teams (Alajuelense, Saprissa, Alianza Lima, Universitario de Deportes, Millonarios, Universidad de Chile, San Lorenzo, Club Olimpia) replacing the following clubs: Olympique Lyonnais, Standard, Basel, Roma, Legia Warszava, Steaua Bucarest, Fenerbahce, CSKA Moscow. Just for the South American edition there is also an hardcover version of the album.
The first page shows the contents of the album with the list of clubs included. Here we find the first stickers: the FIFA 365 and the Panini's logo.

The first special section is Golden Sticker, awarding the most voted sticker 2016. Here we find the artistic stickers of the first five positions (Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar, Navas, Buffon) and the stickers of the edition 2016 for the first 10 classified.

Football Heritage is a two page section about the FIFA World Football Museum (shiny sticker of the World Cup) and the Hall of Fame, with special stickers of four legends: Ancelotti, Raul, Klinsmann, and Simeone.

The American clubs are the first shown on this edition, followed by European clubs. Each club has one page with 14 stickers: the club badge (shiny), a celebration (shiny) and 12 players.

Goal Machines include 18 stickers on two pages of the best strikers of the years 2013 to 2016.

Next Generation is the section dedicated to the rising stars of the world of football. Here there are 8 stickers for a total of 16 players with some of the best football promises.
On the same page there are four shiny stickers dedicated to the FIFA Under 17 World Cup, won by Nigeria in 2015.

FIFA Women's World Ranking includes ten stickers of women's National teams based on the FIFA ranking.

Key players is a section with 14 stickers for a total of 19 relevant players. The stickers of Modric, Koke, Reus, and Mahrez are shiny.

Golden Winners include 10 stickers of players awarded by the FIFA since 2005 for the Golden Ball, Golden Boot or Golden Glove. Among them the shiny sticker of a young Messi with Argentina in 2005.

Football Icons is another section dedicated to the most popular players. Here there are 12 stickers of player faces in action.

The last part of the album is dedicated to the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2015. The first page is about the final Barcelona - River Plate = 3-0 (10 stickers with photos of the game). In the following pages the participating clubs (except Barcelona) are included with four stickers each (team photo and three stickers of 12 players). Also River Plate and Club America are included in this section, even if they had already a club page previously in the album.
After all, this second edition of FIFA 365 is a rich collection including a large number of clubs worldwide. However, some sections result redundant, repeating several times stickers of the same players. The amount of stickers of this collection is thus probably excessive.