Only Good Stickers: Panini Calciatori 2011

lunedì 14 settembre 2020

Panini Calciatori 2011

After three titles in a row, in the season 2010/2011 FC Internazionale won "only" the Italian Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. The Scudetto was conquered by the rivals of AC Milan, led by Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva.

The sticker album Calciatori 2010/11 celebrates 50 years of Panini, since the first Calciatori album was issued in 1961/62. The album begins with the fixtures of the season and an introductory page including the "50 years Panini" logo. Then the 20 clubs of the Serie A are shown in alphabetical order. Each club has 24 stickers (metallic badge, team photo, coach, and 20 players) over four pages, with additional space for four update stickers released with the winter transfer set in the spring 2011.

Between the Serie A and Serie B clubs there are two special sections. "Film del Campionato" shows the movie of the season 2010/2011 with 12 stickers released in two special packets, the first in January and the second in June 2011. "Frammenti di Storia" (fragments of history) goes over the 50 years of Panini with 20 stickers.

The Serie B section starts with the fixtures of the season. Then the 22 competing clubs are shown in alphabetical order with the stickers of the metallic badge (half sticker), the team photo, and 18 players (six stickers with three players per sticker). After the Serie B section, the clubs of Lega Pro are presented. The Lega Pro is divided in the First Division (Groups A and B) and the Second Division (Groups A, B, and C). For the clubs of First Division the stickers of the team photo (half sticker) and badge (1/4 of a sticker) are included, whereas for the Second Division only the badge sticker is included.

The amateur league (Serie D) section includes the stickers of the league logos and the list of groups and competing teams. The women's Serie A is also included with the team photo stickers of the 12 clubs (half sticker each). The last part of the album includes two more sections: "Top Team Panini" with the 18 players most voted for the 50 years of Panini and two stickers with the lists of the most voted players. "Calciatori 50" shows the 50 covers of the Calciatori albums with 25 metallic stickers (two covers per sticker).