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mercoledì 15 luglio 2026

Panini Italia in Pista (2026)

Italia in Pista is Panini’s official sticker collection dedicated to the Italian national team participating in the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Released in January 2026, the album celebrates Italian winter sports by presenting the athletes selected for the Olympic event across all major disciplines. With 192 stickers and an additional card collection distributed through sticker packets, the album represents a complete tribute to the Italian team ahead of the home Olympic Games.

The album opens with a checklist page. The athletes are then presented according to their disciplines, rather than by individual sport stars or medal prospects. The sections follow a thematic naming system combining two characteristics associated with each discipline: “Dinamica + Precisione”, “Tecnica + Adrenalina”, “Potenza + Aerodinamica”, “Energia + Acrobazia”, “Velocità + Equilibrio”, “Flessibilità + Gravità”, and “Resistenza + Agilità”.

Each discipline section contains action stickers of the Italian athletes, capturing them during competition. In addition to the athlete stickers, each section includes a metallic sticker representing the equipment used in that sport and a drawing illustrating the discipline itself.

Beyond the athlete sections, the album includes two pages dedicated to the Olympic and Paralympic calendars, with two stickers with the logos of the events. A final thematic section celebrates Italian automotive excellence with eight metallic stickers dedicated to Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, and Maserati, brands historically connected with Italian industrial heritage and sporting culture.

A distinctive feature of Italia in Pista is the presence of an additional card collection. Each sticker packet contains one extra card, creating a complete set of 40 athlete cards. The images used on the cards are the same as those appearing on the stickers. The limited variation between stickers and cards, together with the choice of some athlete photographs, represents one of the weaker aspects of the collection. In several cases, the action images make athletes difficult to recognise, while some photographs do not fully capture the personality of the athletes. More traditional profile portraits would likely have improved identification and the overall collecting experience.

The card collection also includes two highly exclusive limited editions: larger signed cards featuring Italian sporting legends Alberto Tomba and Carolina Kostner. These cards were limited to 250 copies each and were available exclusively through the Panini website in a bundle with two boxes of 36 packets.

From a sporting perspective, the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Games represent a historic moment for Italian winter sports, as Italy hosts the Winter Olympics for the third time after Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956 and Torino 2006. The Italian team arrived at the event with strong medal ambitions, winning a total of 30 medals, being the third country for number of medals behind Norway (44 medals) and USA (33 medals). The leading figures were women in particular: Brignone in alpine skiing, Lisa Vittozzi in biathlon, Francesca Lollobrigida in speed skating, and Arianna Fontana in short track.

The opening page with the checklist and the card holder

The back cover of the album

The hardcover album

The complete set of 40 extra cards

The limited edition signed card of Alberto Tomba

Francesca Lollobrigida won two gold medals in speed skating at the 2026 Olympic Games, while Arianna Fontana became the Italian athletes with the highest number of medals (14) in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.

Alpine ski: Federica Brignone won two gold medals (Super G and Giant Slalom) and Sofia Goggia the bronze medal in Downhill.

Lisa Vittozzi won one gold medal in Biathlon and Dominik Paris won the bronze medal in Downhill

Album details:

Full name: Italia in Pista

Publisher: Panini

Release: January 2026

Event: Olympic Games - Milano Cortina 2026

Team: Italy

Sections and stickers

Dinamica + Precisione (10 stickers)
Tecnica + Adrenalina (19 stickers)
Potenza + Aerodinamica (55 stickers)
Energia + Acrobazia (17 stickers)
Velocità + Equilibrio (57 stickers)
Flessibilità + Gravità (6 stickers)
Resistenza + Agilità (18 stickers)
Calendario Olimpiadi (1 sticker)
Calendario Paralimpiadi (1 sticker)
Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Maserati (8 stickers)

Update: No

Extra:

Card set (40 cards)
Limited edition signed cards of A.Tomba and C.Kostner (2 cards)

Hardcover album: Yes

Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers (album): 192

lunedì 6 luglio 2026

Panini Liga Este 2025/2026

Liga 2025-26 is the official sticker collection dedicated to Spanish football’s LaLiga, published by Colecciones Este – Panini and released in August 2025. Known for its long-standing tradition of hybrid newsstand and collectible distribution, the Este Panini partnership continues to deliver one of the most extensive collection with 641 stickers released in four editions and multiple parallel, updates, and extras.

The album opens with an introductory page containing the contents and spaces for the two “Cromos Conmemorativos”, special stickers distributed with Jugón magazine. These commemorative stickers include the official album cover and the logos of all 20 LaLiga clubs.

The main body of the album presents the 20 LaLiga clubs in alphabetical order, with each team allocated space for 20 stickers. The structure includes the shiny club badge, the manager, and a wide selection of player portraits. A recurrent feature is the presence of BIS stickers and A/B versions, released across different phases of the collection, which allow collectors to choose between alternative stickers for the same slot.

Following the club pages, the album expands into several thematic sections that highlight different aspects of LaLiga football. The “Super Kids” section features 15 young talents, showcasing rising stars, among which Lamine Yamal. These stickers were also released in a parallel “Kromix” version with player signatures.

The section “Mister Cero” is dedicated to the league’s best goalkeepers and includes 16 stickers plus one BIS sticker. It also features three legendary “Íconos” of Spanish goalkeeping: Iker Casillas, Víctor Valdés, and José Manuel Reina, linking the present generation with the recent past of LaLiga’s elite goalkeepers.

Another creative section is “Mix”, which includes 23 shiny duo stickers and 4 BIS stickers, pairing some of the league’s most prominent players. Combinations such as Raphinha–Lewandowski and Vinícius Jr.–Mbappé highlight the attacking stars of the competition.

The album then continues with the traditional “Últimos Fichajes” section, dedicated to late transfer arrivals after the initial release. This part includes 66 new player stickers and three “Top Fichajes”, ensuring that the collection remains up to date with the evolving squads. In addition, a spring 2026 update was released through three issues of Jugón magazine, adding 42 further stickers and corresponding placement pages for winter transfers, further extending the lifecycle of the album.

Alongside the traditional “Chicles” stickers (80 in total, distributed through chewing gum packs), the album also includes 10 Extra Gold stickers, as well as premium ultra-rare editions: three Supreme Extra Gold stickers featuring Julián Álvarez, Lamine Yamal, and Kylian Mbappé, and two Supreme 10 Extra Gold stickers dedicated to Yamal and Mbappé.

From a sporting perspective, the 2025/26 LaLiga season saw FC Barcelona crowned champions, confirming their return to domestic dominance. The season’s top scorer was Kylian Mbappé, who finished with 25 goals.