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