Panini Bundesliga 2003 (Germany)

The title of the German Bundesliga 2002/2003 went to Bayern Munchen with large supremacy (75 points) in front of Stuttgart (59 points) and Borussia Dortmund (58 points). Two players were top scorers with 21 goals: Giovane Elber (Bayern M.) and Thomas Christiansen (Bochum).

The official sticker album of the Bundesliga 2002/2003 released by Panini is a large collection of 498 stickers. The introduction includes three shining stickers of the German National team (second place at the World Cup 2002) and Martin Max (best Bundesliga scorer of the season 2001/2002). Then the Bundesliga clubs are shown in alphabetical order. Each club is displaced over six pages with a total of 27 stickers. The first two pages include details about the club and six stickers: the shiny club badge, the team photo (two stickers), two shiny players in action, and the stadium. In the other four pages we find 21 stickers of players (18 portraits and 3 shinies in action).

In the last part of the album we find still three pages of stickers. Finale Special includes three shiny stickers of the Champions League finalist 2002 (Bayer Leverkusen), UEFA Cup finalist 2002 (Borussia Dortmund) and DFB-Pokal winners 2002 (Schalke 04). Firo-Saison Hohepunkte includes four stickers with the highlights of the season 2001/2002. The last two stickers of the album are the shiny Panini logo and the Panini idol 2002 Oliver Kahn. 

Stadium stickers are part of the collection

Club badge stickers Bundesliga 2003

Shiny action stickers of Lucio and Thomas Hassler

Three young Bundesliga stars 2002: Tomas Rosicky, Miroslav Klose, and Dimitar Berbatov

Album details:

Full name: Bundesliga Fussball 2002-2003

Publisher: Panini

League: German Bundesliga

Season: 2002-2003

Number of clubs: 18

Stickers per club: 27

Other sections:

• Introduction (3 stickers)
• Finale special (3 stickers)
• Firo-saison hohepunkte (4 stickers)
• Panini logo (1 sticker)
• Panini idol 2002 (1 sticker)

Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers: 498

Panini Fussball 98 (Austria)

In the season 1997/1998, Sturm Graz dominated the Austria Bundesliga (81 points). Far behind, Rapid Wien got the second place (62 points) and Grazer AK the third (61 points). Best scorer of the season was the Norwegian Geir Frigard with 23 goals (LASK Linz). In the II Division, the club SK Vorwarts Steyr won the league and got promoted.

Panini issued also for this season a sticker collection of the Austrian Bundesliga. The album opens with an introduction and the first two stickers: the league logo (shining sticker) and the Meister winner 1997 (SV Salzburg). Then the album shows the 10 Bundesliga clubs following the championship order of the previous season, starting therefore with SV Salzburg. Each club includes 27 stickers displaced over six pages. In the first page there are the club badge (shiny sticker) and the team photo (two stickers). In the second and third page we find six shiny-metallic stickers of players in action. Then on the other three pages the album includes 18 stickers of players. Details of the clubs and careers of the players are printed on the album.

After the Bundesliga clubs the album continues with two pages dedicated to the top scorer of the Austrian Bundesliga (with 5 shiny stickers of players in action), two pages about the International players of the league (7 shiny stickers in action), and other two pages with the calendar of the season (and other 5 shiny stickers in action). 

The last part of the album includes the clubs of II Division, starting with the shiny sticker of the logo of the league. For each club there is a team photo (one sticker) and a club badge (half sticker).

back cover of the album

Two shinies of players in action: Mario Haas and Ivica Vastic

Club badges from Panini Fussball 98

Album details

Full name: Fussball 98

Publisher: Panini

League: Austria (Bundesliga and II Division)

Season: 1997/1998

Number of clubs: 10 of Bundesliga and 15 of II Division

Stickers per club: 27 for Bundesliga and 1.5 for II Division

Other sections:

• Introduction Bundesliga (2 stickers)
• Top-250 (5 stickers)
• Spiel Ohne Grenzen (7 stickers)
• Panini Geburtstagkallender (5 stickers)
• Introduction II Division (0.5 sticker)

Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers: 312

Panini Futbol Argentino 2016

Panini Futbol Argentino 2016 is a huge collection that includes all the 30 clubs of Primera Division and the 23 of B Nacional, for a total of 53 clubs! The album begins with the calendar of the Primera Division for the season 2016/2017. This introduction includes the first sticker: the metallic logo of the Argentinian Football Association. 

The clubs of Primera Division are shown in alphabetical order, each displayed over two pages with a total of 15 stickers, except for the main clubs (Boca Juniors, Independiente, Racing, River, San Lorenzo, Velez) that have 17 stickers each, including one extra metallic sticker of the star player. Stickers of the metallic club badge and the team shirt are included for all the clubs.

One typical feature of the previous Argentinian albums by Panini is that the stickers of players are taken "in action". In Futbol Argentino 2016 we have for the first time portrait stickers of players, except for 4 clubs (Banfield, Estudiantes, Gimnasia LP, and Tigre) which have still stickers of players in action.

After the Primera Division, there are two pages with the "Goleadores" of the Futbol Argentino. Here we find 13 edited stickers of players in action. Among them Dario Benedetto (Boca Jrs) and Lucas Alario (River Plate). 

The section of the Primera B is introduced by two pages with the season calendar. Then each club is on one page with 8 stickers: the club badge (metallic), the shirt, the team photo, and 5 players.

back cover of the album

Stickers of the club badge (metallic) and shirt of Boca Juniors

Two star players: Carlos Tevez and Lisandro Lopez

Rookie sticker of Bentancur (now at Juventus)

Young prospects included (born in 1996 or later)

Primera Division: Marco Borgnino (1997, Atl.Rafaela), Emanuel Cecchini (96, Banfield), Rodrigo Bentancur, Andres Cubas and Cristian Pavon (97, 96, and 96, Boca Juniors), Fabrizio Buschiazzo (96, Defensa y Justicia), Santiago Ascacibar and Lucas Rodriguez (both 97, Estudiantes), Manuel Guanini and Luciano Perdomo (both 96, Gimnasia L.P.), Lucio Compagnucci (96, Huracan), Sebastian Driussi (96, River Plate), Giovani Lo Celso (96, Rosario Central), Diego Sosa (97, Tigre), Nicolas Tripichio (96, Velez)

Nacional B: Enzo Trinidad (96, Brown), Stephan Ruggeri and Mauro Siergiejuk (97, Crucero del Norte), Renzo Tesuri (96, Juventud Unida), Rodrigo Moreira (96, San Martin), Facundo Castro (96, Santamarina)

Album details

Full name: Fùtbol Argentino 2016

Publisher: Panini

League: Argentina (Primera Division and B Nacional)

Season: 2016/2017

Number of clubs: 30 of Primera Division and 23 of B Nacional 

Stickers per team: 

• 15 for Primera Division (except 6 clubs with 17 stickers)
• 8 for B Nacional

Other sections:

• Introduction (1 sticker)
• Futbol Argentino 2016 Goleadores (13 stickers)

Release: October 2016

Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers: 660