Only Good Stickers: Panini Clausura 2005 (Argentina)

venerdì 26 giugno 2020

Panini Clausura 2005 (Argentina)

Panini published the first album of the Argentine league with the 2005 Clausura tournament. The album has a simple layout, including only the clubs of Primera Division with no extra sections. Also the quality of the player photos is something not up to the usual Panini standard. However, the colleciton includes fancy metallic club badges and remarklable players. In particular the rookie Sergio Aguero and several young players that moved to Europe in the following years (Mascherano, Lavezzi, Palacio, etc.).

The tournament started in February and ended in July 2005. Velz Sarsfield were champions with 39 points, second place for Banfield (33 points) and third for Racing Club (32 points). Mariano Pavone (Estudiantes) was the top scorer of the tournament with 16 goals. The Clausura tournament was followed by the 2005 Apertura tournament, for which Panini published another sticker collection.

We present in the following a Clausura 2005 album with a complete loose set. For the first six clubs in the album (River Plate, Boca Jrs, Independiente, Racing, San Lorenzo, and Velez), there are 23 stickers over three pages: the metallic badge, the team photo (two stickers) and 20 players. The other 14 clubs have only 18 stickers over two pages: the metallic badge, the team photo (two stickers) and 15 players.