Only Good Stickers: marzo 2013

martedì 26 marzo 2013

Panini Campeonato Petrobras Apertura 2011 (Chile)

"Campeonato Petrobras" is the official Panini sticker album of the Apertura 2011, the Chilean League. It includes all the teams of the first and second division. The first page of the album, behind the cover, has one silver sticker to celebrate the 50 years of Panini (1961-2011) and one silver sticker with trophy of the Apertura 2011.

The collection includes all the clubs of first division: Audax Italiano, Cobreloa, Colo Colo, Cobresal, Deportes Iquique, Deportes la Serena, Huachipato, Nublense, O'higgins, Palestino, Santiago Wanderers, Union Espanola, Union San Felipe, Union la Calera, Universidad Catolica, Universidad de Concepcion, Universidad de Chile.

Each team is placed on two pages and has 16 stickers: 1 team badge (silver) 14 stickers of players, 1 silver sticker for the star player of the team.Some interesting players appear on this album. Among them Bryan Carrasco of Audax Italiano, who is a young prospect (born 1991), playing for Dinamo Zagreb in 2012. In Universidad Catolica we find the Argentinian Marcelo Canete (who moved to Sao Paulo), Lucas Pratto (who played in Europe for Genoa and Feyenoord) and Felipe Gutierrez, an attacking midfielder who moved to Twente in the Eredivisie the following season. In Universidad de Chile we find Felipe Seymour, who moved to the Italian Serie A (Genoa, Catania and now Chievo) and Eduardo Vargas, a Chilean who moved to Napoli (without great success) and later to Gremio in Brasil.

Before the second division, there are two pages with 11 stickers dedicated to the best 11 players of the previous season ("Oncena Ideal 2010") and two pages with 6 stickers dedicated to the National team of Chile and its road to the Copa America 2011 ("Chile Camino a la Copa America 2011").

The second division has 14 teams: Antofagasta, Coquimbo Unido, Curico Unido, Deportes Concepcion, Deportes Copiapò, Deportes Naval, Deportes Puerto Montt, Everton, Lota Schwager, Magallanes, Rangers, San Luis, San Marcos de Arica, Union Temuco.

Each team is placed on one page with 5 stickers: one team badge (silver) and 4 stickers featuring a total of 16 players (4 players each sticker).

Back cover of the album

The shiny club badge stickers from this collection

In this collection we find some famous names like Lucas Pratto (ex River Plate, Velez, Genoa, Feyenoord) and Eduardo Vargas (ex Napoli, Valencia, QPR, Hoffenheim)

Album Details:
Full name: Campeonato Petrobras Album - Apertura 2011
Publisher: Panini
League: Chilean (First and Second division)
Number of clubs:

18 clubs of First Division
14 clubs of Second Division

Stickers per team:

First Division: 16 stickers
Second Division: 5 stickers

Other sections:

Introduction (2 stickers)
Oncena Ideal 2010 (11 stickers)
Chile Camino a la Copa America 2011 (6 stickers)

Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers: 377

giovedì 21 marzo 2013

Panini Superfutbol 2009 (Mexico)

Panini Superfutbol 2009 is the official sticker collection of the Mexican League, including all the 18 teams of the Primera Division. This album is known for including the sticker of a young Javier "Chicarito" Hernandez, playing for Chivas before his transfer to Manchester United.

All the main teams are placed on three pages. These teams are: Atlante, Atlas, Chivas, Cruz Azul, Indios, Jaguares, Monarcas, Monterrey, Pachuca, Puebla, Pumas, Santos, Tecos, Tigres and Toluca. Each team has a total of 22 stickers: 1 silver team badge, 18 players and 3 update stickers from the transfer market ("Actualizaciones"). The update set was released separately and it includes 45 player stickers and the mini stickers "Transferito" to be applied on the players that left the club.

The last three clubs (Leon, Queretaro and Veracruz) have only one page with 10 stickers each: 1 silver team badge and 9 stickers for 18 players (2 players on each sticker). Except for the clubs of Primera Division there are no other sections with stickers in this collection, which is the second one released for the Mexican football, after Superfutbol 2007.

Back cover of the album

Famous Mexican players: "El Chicarito" Hernandez (109 caps and 52 goals for Mexico) and Jared Borgetti (89 caps and 46 goals for Mexico)

International players: the Argentinian striker Matias Vuoso (who had a brief experience with Manchester City in 2002/03) and the Chilean Humberto Suazo

Album details:
Full name: Superfutbol 2009
Publisher: Panini
League: Mexican (Primera Division)
Season: 2009
Number of teams: 18
Stickers per team:

10 stickers for Leon, Queretaro, and Veracruz
22 stickers for the other teams

Update stickers: Yes (45 stickers)

Other sections: No

Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers: 315 + update (45 stickers)

mercoledì 13 marzo 2013

Panini Brasileiro 2008

Panini Campeonato Brasileiro 2008 is a sticker collection of the Brazilian football that includes all of the clubs of the first division (Serie A), except for four teams (Atletico Paranaense, Botafogo, Cruzeiro and Santos), for which the rights were held by the editor "Abril".

The introductory page of the album includes the table of contents and the "Figurinha zero" (zero sticker) with a logo of the Campeonato Brasileiro 2008. Then the Serie A is introduced with the stickers of the 16 club badges. These stickers have a white background.

Serie A teams are then shown in alphabetical order. For each club there are 18 stickers over two pages: the team uniform (fabric sticker), the mascot (shiny sticker), and 16 players.

The section with the Serie B follows with the same layout. First an introduction with the club badge stickers of the 19 clubs included and then the presentation of the teams with 8 stickers for each team: the team uniform (fabric sticker), the mascot (shiny sticker), and six stickers with players (two players per sticker).

The album ends with no other sections with stickers. There are no extra stickers or updates. Overall, it is a good collection with the special feature of the fabric stickers for the team uniforms.