lunedì 24 marzo 2025

Panini Futebol 2023-24

 


Futebol 2023-24 is the official sticker collection of the Portuguese Liga Betclic, featuring all 18 competing clubs, the club badges of the second division, and several special sections, including a large update section, extra replacement stickers, and 10 exclusive Premium stickers.

The collection begins with an introductory page containing the contents and foreword, followed by a two-page section showcasing 18 shiny stickers of the Liga Betclic club badges. The teams are then presented in alphabetical order, with 19 stickers per team spread across two pages: one team photo sticker and 18 player portrait stickers.

The second part of the album includes several special sections. The first one, "Elite", features 27 special stickers of the league's best players, distributed over three pages. "Fresh" is a dedicated page highlighting nine stickers of rising stars like Francisco Conceição and João Neves. "Top Tandem" showcases nine stickers featuring the league’s best duos, such as Rafa-Di María and Paulinho-Gyökeres.

The Liga SabSeg is also represented with shiny club badge stickers of the 18 competing teams. The album then continues with the "World Series" section, which includes 18 stickers of Portuguese players starring abroad, such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Bernardo Silva, and Diogo Jota. Finally, the last section is the traditional winter transfer update (Mercado de Inverno), which this year consists of 36 stickers spread over four pages.

Additionally, this collection features 39 extra stickers, called "Cromos BIS", designed to replace specific players in the album with new entries. Moreover, 10 Premium stickers can be found in packs—these are high-quality shiny stickers of star players, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Pedro Gonçalves, Otamendi, Di María, Bruno Fernandes, Pepe, Coates, Rafa, Diogo Costa, and Rúben Dias.

In the 2023/24 Liga Betclic season, Sporting Lisbon claimed the title with 90 points, finishing ahead of Benfica (80 points) and Porto (72 points). The Swedish striker Viktor Gyökeres was the league’s top scorer, netting an impressive 29 goals.









The 10 "Fresh" stickers including the error sticker of Gonçalo Borges (nr. 390)






Back cover of the album

There are 39 extra stickers (BIS stickers) to replace players in the album

The 10 "Premium" extra stickers 

The legend Di Maria and the rising star Joao Neves

Regular and Elite stickers of Viktor Gyökeres, the top scorer of the Portuguese Liga 2023/24 with 29 goals

There are two stickers nr. 390 of Gonçalo Borges: the first one featured the wrong players (left) correctly replaced by the second one (right)

The World Series section features Portuguese international stars like Bernardo Silva and Ronaldo

Two rising stars from the transfer/update section: Prestianini (Benfica) and F.Conceiçao (Porto)

Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes from the 10 "Premium" stickers

Album details:
Full name: Futebol 2023-24
Publisher: Panini
Release: January 2024
League: Portuguese (Liga Betclic)
Season: 2023/2024
Number of clubs: 18
Stickers per club: 19
Other sections:
  • Emblemas (Club badges, 18 stickers)
  • Elite (27 stickers)
  • Fresh (9 stickers)
  • Top Tandem (9 stickers)
  • Emblemas Liga Sabseg (Club badges, 18 stickers)
  • World Series (18 stickers)
  • Mercado de Inverno/ Atualizações (36 stickers)
Extra:
  • "BIS" stickers (39 stickers)
  • PREMIUM stickers (10 stickers)
  • Error sticker nr. 390 (1 sticker)
Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers (album): 477 (+50 extra)



martedì 18 marzo 2025

Panini FIFA Confederations Cup - Brasil 2013

 

The Confederations Cup was a FIFA tournament held every four years, contested by the six continental champions, the World Cup holder, and the host nation, for a total of eight competing teams. In 2019, it was announced that the competition would be abolished to make way for the expanded Club World Cup. Panini published official sticker albums for the tournament's last two editions, in 2013 and 2017. Here, we present the 2013 edition, a compact album featuring 240 stickers. It includes the eight teams that participated: Brazil, Italy, Mexico, and Japan in Group A; Spain, Uruguay, Nigeria, and Tahiti in Group B.

The album begins with an introductory page that showcases the roll of honour, accompanied by three stickers: the official logo (composed of two metallic stickers) and the official symbol. Following this, the six tournament venues are presented, each with a two-sticker photo for a total of 12 stickers spread across two pages. The venues are Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Fortaleza, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, and Salvador. Before the team sections, there is a dedicated history section, which features 14 stickers focusing on the finals of past editions from 1997 to 2009. 

Each team is represented by 26 stickers spread across four pages: the Federation logo (metallic), the celebration sticker (metallic), the team photo (four stickers), and 20 action shots of players. The album concludes with a final page containing the match schedule and three additional stickers: the official trophy (two metallic stickers) and the official ball.

Brazil won the 2013 Confederations Cup, defeating Spain 3-0 in the final. Italy claimed third place, while Uruguay finished in fourth. Fernando Torres (Spain) and Fred (Brazil) were the top scorers of the tournament, each with five goals.










Back cover of the album


Neymar scored one goal in the final, whereas Ronaldinho did not play for Brazil

Italian legends Buffon and Pirlo. Italy lost the semifinal against Spain at penalties

The World Cup Winners (2010) Fabregas and Iniesta

Cavani and Suarez scored both three goals in the tournament

Album details:
Full name: FIFA Confederations Cup - Brasil 2013
Publisher: Panini
Tournament: FIFA Confederations Cup
Year: 2013
Number of teams: 8
Stickers per team: 26
Other sections:
  • Introduction - Roll of Honour (3 stickers)
  • Venues (12 stickers)
  • History (14 stickers)
  • Match Schedule (3 stickers)
Extra: Brazil update (9 stickers)
Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers (album): 240