domenica 1 aprile 2018

Panini Fussball 2005 (Austria)


SK Rapid Wien won the Austrian Bundesliga 2004/2005 with only one point more than Grazer AK. The best scorer was Christian Mayrleb (Superfund) with 21 goals.
The official sticker collection of this competition was released by Panini and it includes 312 stickers. The cover design is the same of the Panini Brasileiro of the same season. The introduction includes the table of contents, the foreword and the first two stickers dedicated to the title owner Grazer AK. The 10 Bundesliga clubs are then shown following the classification order. Each team is displaced over four pages with a total of 27 stickers: the club badge (shining sticker), three players in action (shining stickers), the stadium, the supporters (two shining stickers), the coach, the team photo (two stickers), and 17 players.












The album continues with four sections of one page each. First the cup winner 2003/2004 with two stickers, then the referees of Bundesliga (three stickers), the Austrian players abroad (two shining stickers: Wallner of Hannover and Stranzl of Stuttgart) and finally the young star team 2003/2004 with stickers of Gspurning (Superfund), Mader (Wacker), and Schiemer (Ried).



Last part of the album inlcudes the Erste Liga clubs. Each of the 10 clubs has three stickers: the club badge (shining sticker) and the team photo composed by two stickers.



back cover of the album

 Club badge stickers of Fussball 2004/05


The "extremely" shining stickers of players in action

Album details
Full name: Fussball Bundesliga 04/05
Publisher: Panini
League: Austria (Bundesliga and Erste Liga)
Season: 2004/2005
Number of clubs: 10 Bundesliga and 10 Erste Liga 
Stickers per club: 27 for Bundesliga and 3 for Erste Liga
Other sections:
  • Introduction (2 stickers)
  • OFB-Stiegl Cup Special (2 stickers)
  • Bundesliga referees (3 stickers)
  • Austrian players abroad (2 stickers)
  • Young star team (3 stickers)

Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers: 312




sabato 24 marzo 2018

Panini Scottish Premier Division 97


In 1996/1997 Glasgow Rangers won the seasonal battle with Celtic getting the Premier Division title with 80 points (5 more than Celtic). Top scorer was however the Portuguese Celtic player Jorge Cadete (25 goals) and the Danish Brian Laudrup got the second place (16 goals, Rangers).
The Panini sticker album of the league is a large collection of 300 big size stickers. The introduction includes two shining stickers with the logo of the Scottish Football League and the Bell's League Championship. Each club has six pages with a total of 28 or 29 stickers: the club badge (shining), the stadium, the coach, the team photo, 16 player portraits, and 7 or 8 stickers of players in action. The four clubs with 28 stickers are Aberdeen, Dunfermline, Motherwell and Raith Rovers.













In the center of the album there is a special section of two pages with 12 stickers of Scottish Internationals in action. These are players of the league that represented their National team.








Back cover of the album

Celtic Internationals: Paolo Di Canio (Italy) and Van Hooijdonk (Netherlands)

Rangers stars: The English Paul Gascoigne and the Swedish Joachim Bjorklund


Album details
Full name: Scottish Premier Division 97
Publisher: Panini
League: Scottish Premier Division
Season: 1996/1997
Number of clubs: 10
Stickers per club: 29 (except four clubs with 28 stickers)
Other sections:
  • Introduction (2 stickers)
  • Scottish Internationals (12 stickers)

Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers: 300



domenica 18 marzo 2018

Panini Fussball Bundesliga 2001 - Austria


The Austrian Bundesliga 2000/2001 was contested by 10 teams and FC Tirol Innsbruck won the title (68 points). Second place for Rapid Wien (60 points) and third for Grazer (57 points). Best scorer was the Polish player Gilewicz (Tirol Innsbruck) with 22 goals.
The official sticker collection of the season released by Panini begins with an introductory page and two shining stickers in action.  Then the 10 Bundesliga clubs are shown. For each club there are 27 stickers displaced over four pages: the club badge (shiny sticker), 5 players in action (shiny stickers), the stadium, the coach, the team photo (two stickers), and 17 players.












After the Bundesliga clubs, the album includes three special sections. The first with the top-scorers of all time (three action stickers), the second with the Roll of honour of the championship (two action stickers), and the third with Austrian stars playing abroad (5 stickers).



The last part of the album is dedicated to the clubs of Erste Division. For each club there are three stickers: the shiny club badge and two stickers with the team photo. 



Portrait and action sticker of "the genius" Dejan Savicevic (ex AC Milan)

Shiny club badge stickers of Panini Bundesliga 2001


Album details
Full name: Bundesliga Fussball 2001
Publisher: Panini
League: Austria (Bundesliga and Erste Division)
Season: 2000/2001
Number of clubs: 10 of Bundesliga and 10 of Erste Division
Stickers per club: 27 for Bundesliga and 3 for Erste Division
Other sections:
  • Introduction (2 stickers)
  • Panini-Top-Torjager (3 stickers)
  • Osterreichische Meister (2 stickers)
  • Osterreichische Stars im Ausland (5 stickers)
Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers: 312