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martedì 9 giugno 2026

Panini Club World Cup 2026

FIFA Club World Cup 2025 is the official sticker collection released by Panini for the inaugural edition of the expanded FIFA Club World Cup. Available in both standard and hardcover formats, the album celebrates the first tournament to feature 32 clubs from all six continental confederations. Expectations for the collection were naturally high, given the historical significance of the competition and the global appeal of the participating teams.

The album opens with a two-page introduction featuring four shiny stickers representing the main symbols of the tournament: the Panini emblem, the FIFA Club World Cup logo, the official trophy, and the official match ball.

The 32 teams are then presented according to their group-stage order. For most clubs, Panini allocates 18 stickers over two pages, consisting of the club badge (not shiny), 14 player portrait stickers, and three shiny action stickers highlighting key players. These special stickers are categorized as “The Emblem”, “The Chosen One”, and “The Crowd Hero”, providing additional prominence to some of the most recognizable stars of each squad.

One issue of this collection concerns copyright restrictions affecting several clubs. The American representatives Inter Miami and Seattle Sounders appear without their official club badges and shirts, forcing Panini to reduce their representation in the album to only three action player stickers. A similar licensing issue affects Paris Saint-Germain, whose players are included but without the official club badge and shirt imagery, although the French champions still receive the same number of stickers as the other participating teams.

Unlike many recent Panini football albums, the collection does not include thematic sections dedicated to tournament history, previous champions, stadiums, legends, host cities, or statistical highlights. The only supplementary material associated with the collection consists of a set of eight “bis” stickers distributed with the Spanish sports magazine Jugón. These extra stickers feature five Real Madrid players and three Atlético de Madrid players.

Overall, FIFA Club World Cup 2025 is a historically important collection because it documents the first edition of a new global club competition. Nevertheless, despite the prestige of the tournament and the quality of the participating teams, the album falls somewhat short of expectations. The licensing issues, the absence of shiny club badges, and the lack of additional thematic content make the collection feel less ambitious than its subject matter would have deserved. As a result, it remains an interesting commemorative album for collectors, but one that leaves considerable room for improvement in future editions.

Back cover of the album

18 years old rising stars: Estevao and Mastantuono

Gold shiny sticker of the Argentinian stars Leo Messi and Lautaro Martinez

portrait stickers of Haaland and Mbappé

Album details:

Full name: Club World Cup 25

Publisher: Panini

Tournament: Cluib World Cup - USA

Year:2025

Number of clubs: 32

Stickers per club: 18 (except for Inter Miami and Seattle Sounders that have 3 stickers)

Other sections:

Introduction (4 stickers)

Update: No

Extra:

"Bis" stickers Atletico and Real Madrid (8 stickers)

Hardcover album: Yes

Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers (album): 550

giovedì 4 giugno 2026

Plus Eredivisie 2026

Eredivisie 2025/2026 is a sticker collection dedicated to the Dutch top football division, distributed by the supermarket chain Plus during the 2025/2026 season. Sticker packets were offered free with purchases, as a tradition that had been absent since the Eredivisie 2020/2021 album distributed by Albert Heijn. As such, the album represents a welcome return of supermarket-based football collecting in the Netherlands, while the last Panini album is dated 2005.

The collection consists of 288 regular stickers and four XXL stickers, which are integrated into the album at specific points. The opening pages contain an introductory section featuring the first XXL sticker, depicting the official match ball of the Eredivisie.

The main body of the album is dedicated to the 18 Eredivisie clubs, which are shown in alphabetical order. Each club occupies four pages and is represented by 16 stickers. The sticker selection is deliberately simple, consisting of the golden club badge and 15 player portrait stickers. Alongside the stickers, the pages include information about the club, statistics, and photographs of key players, providing additional context and making the album informative as well as collectible.

Unlike many contemporary football collections, the album focuses almost exclusively on the clubs and their squads, without special sections dedicated to transfers, legends, stadiums, or league highlights. This minimalist approach recalls earlier supermarket collections, where the emphasis was placed on the teams themselves rather than on thematic inserts or premium content.

The final pages of the album are devoted to the section “Kampioen”, designed to celebrate the outcome of the 2025/2026 Eredivisie season. Here collectors can place an XXL sticker featuring the league trophy together with the badges of all participating clubs arranged according to the final league standings. These badges are part of a XXL sticker.

The fourth and final XXL sticker, titled “Ons Voetbal”, is intended for the back cover of the album and serves as a closing tribute to Dutch football. Overall, Eredivisie 2025/2026 is a straightforward and accessible sticker album that prioritizes club representation over elaborate special sections. While its design is relatively simple compared to many modern commercial collections, the return of an Eredivisie album after a five-year absence and the inclusion of the XXL stickers make it an appealing souvenir of Dutch football for both young collectors and long-time fans of supermarket sticker promotions.

On the field, the 2025/2026 Eredivisie season concluded with PSV Eindhoven securing the league title after another strong domestic campaign. Ayase Ueda finished as the championship's top scorer with 25 goals for Feyenoord.