Panini FIFA 365 2021

 

FIFA 365 2021 is Panini’s sticker collection dedicated to the world of international club and national-team football for the 2020/2021 season. It is part of the series launched by Panini with FIFA 365 2016, which has become an annual celebration of football from around the globe. The 2021 edition contains 449 stickers and combines the presentation of 18 selected clubs with a wide variety of historical and thematic sections covering different aspects of the world game.

The album opens with an introductory page featuring three stickers: the Panini logo, the FIFA Foundation logo, and The Best FIFA Football Award trophy. Before the presentation of the clubs, two special sections introduce some of the more modern aspects of the football world. The first is “The Golden World of Football”, which contains 12 stickers, including 11 shiny action stickers featuring some of the biggest stars of international football and the shiny FIFA 365 logo. This is followed by “FIFA eWorld Cup”, a two-page retrospective containing 12 stickers dedicated to the history of the FIFA eWorld Cup, bringing the world of competitive gaming into the collection.

The central part of the album is dedicated to 18 clubs from different countries, selected to represent some of the most prominent teams in international football. The clubs are presented individually, each receiving a double-page spread. The layout is considerably richer than a simple squad presentation and includes several different types of stickers: the shiny club badge, a “Club Lifestyle” sticker, the team line-up, the club flag and motto, a celebration sticker, and player portrait stickers, with two footballers represented on each sticker.

Another distinctive feature of the club section is the recurring “Collect & Play” pages. After every three clubs, a double-page spread provides six action stickers for each of the three preceding teams. With 18 stickers in total.

In the final part of the album Panini devotes several sections to different aspects of football history and culture. “Planet Football” features stickers inspired by the FIFA World Football Museum in Zurich and focuses on the history of the FIFA World Cup. This is followed by a section dedicated to FIFA World Cup Official Posters, with 13 stickers reproducing posters from different editions of the tournament and providing a colourful journey through World Cup history.

The collection then looks at more recent FIFA competitions. The FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019 is represented by five stickers, commemorating Brazil’s victory on home soil. The section “FIFA 365 Historical Covers” contains six stickers reproducing covers from previous editions of the FIFA 365 series, offering a small retrospective of the collection itself.

Two further sections are dedicated to other FIFA competitions. The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Paraguay 2019 receives five stickers, celebrating Portugal’s triumph in the tournament. Finally, the album concludes with the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019, also represented by five stickers, commemorating Liverpool’s victory and adding another important international club competition to the collection.

An additional feature of the 2021 collection is the presence of an Eastern Europe edition with additional 63 stickers dedicated to three clubs: FK Crvena Zvezda, FK Partizan, and NK Maribor. 

Overall, FIFA 365 2021 maintains the philosophy established by the series since its first edition, combining international club football with historical and thematic content. The 18 selected clubs are presented in considerable detail, while the numerous special sections provide much greater variety than a conventional league-based album.

Back cover of the album

Shiny action stickers of Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) and Messi (Barcelona)

Young stars Erling Haaland and Vinicius Jr.

Album details:

Full name: FIFA 365 2021

Publisher: Panini

Season: 2020/2021

Number of clubs: 18

Stickers per club: 21

Other sections:

• Introduction (3 stickers)
• The Golden World of Football (12 stickers)
• FIFA eWorld Cup 2020 (10 stickers)
• Planet Football (12 stickers)
• FIFA World Cup Official Posters (13 stickers)
• FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019 (5 stickers)
• FIFA 365 Historical Covers (6 stickers)
• FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Paraguay 2019 (5 stickers)
• FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019 (5 stickers)

Extra clubs:

• FK Crvena Zvezda, FK Partizan, NK Maribor (63 stickers, S1-S63)

Hardcover album: No

Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers (album): 449

Panini Football 94 (Switzerland)

 

Football 94 is Panini’s sticker collection dedicated to Swiss football for the 1993/1994 season, covering both the Ligue Nationale A and Ligue Nationale B. The album represents a welcome return for Panini after a six-year absence from Swiss league football, following the previous Football 88 collection. The cover features Swiss football star Stéphane Chapuisat.

The collection contains 272 stickers and follows a straightforward structure typical of Panini albums from the early 1990s. It opens with an introductory page featuring the contents and a four-sticker composition of the Swiss National Team. 

The main section is dedicated to the 12 clubs of Ligue A, presented in alphabetical order. Each club occupies two pages and contains 19 stickers. The layout includes the shiny club badge, the coach, a team photo divided into two stickers, and 15 player portrait stickers. An interesting feature of the album is that the players' career information is printed directly on the album, as typical for the Panini album of that time. 

After the top division, the album moves directly to Ligue B, which was divided into two groups, Group A and Group B, each containing 10 clubs. Each club receives only two stickers: a shiny club badge and a team photograph. The album concludes with a final page dedicated to the Medal of Honour of the Swiss League, with no stickers. Also, there are no update sets or extras in this collection. 

From a sporting perspective, the 1993/1994 Swiss championship was won by Servette, who claimed the national title after a successful campaign. The season’s top scorer was Giovane Élber, who finished with an impressive 21 goals. Interestingly, despite being the leading goalscorer of the tournament and later becoming a famous striker at clubs such as Bayern Munich, Élber is not included in the album. The collection nevertheless features several other talented young players, including Murat Yakin, Oliver Neuville, and Sonny Anderson.

Back cover of the album

The Swiss Murat Yakin (Grasshoppers), who played also for Stuttgart and Fenerbahce (49 caps for the National Team), and Endy Egli, who played also for Borussia Dortmund (80 caps for Switzerland)

Two young rising stars: Oliver Neuville (20 years old) who has 69 caps (10 goals) for Germany and Sonny Anderson da Silva, who played in his career for Ol. Marseille, Monaco, Barcelona, Ol. Lyon.

The German Herbert Waas (ex-player of Bayer Leverkuse, Bologna) and Haris Skoro (who played three season for Torino)

Album details:

Full name: Football 94

Publisher: Panini

League: Swiss (Ligue Nationale A and B)

Season: 1993/1994

Number of clubs and stickers per club:

• Ligue A (12 clubs, 19 stickers)
• Ligue B (20 clubs, 2 stickers)

Other sections:

• National Team (4 stickers)

Updates: No

Extra (poster, cards,...): No

Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers: 272