Panini Brasileiro 2001

The Brazilian Serie A 2001 was a large tournament contested by 28 teams, who played against each other once during the regular season (won by Sao Caetano). The best eight teams qualified to the quarter-finals of the final stage. At the end, Atletico Paranaense won the finals against Sao Caetano (4-2 and 1-0), with four goals of the striker Alex Mineiro. Best scorer of the season Romario (21 goals, Vasco), who was once again not included in the Panini collection, due to copyright issues.

For that season, Panini released the 12th album of the Campeonato Brasileiro, a series started in 1990. The special feature of the album  2001 are the 3D stickers used for the badge, mascot and flag of each club. In addition, there is a 3D sticker on the cover. These stickers are holographic cards that change image based on their inclination. 

Holographic card on the cover

The album begins with the table of contents and a foreword by the editor without introductory stickers. The album includes all the 28 competing teams. They are shown one after the other. Each club dispaced over three pages with 16 stickers. With the 3D stickers of the club, badge, and flag, there are also two stickers for the team photo and 11 stickers of players. The album ends with the schedule of the season and there are no other sections with stickers.

Back cover of the album

The thickness of the complete album due to the 3D holographic cards

Luis Fabiano scored 72 goals in 149 games with Sevilla. Leonardo played for AC Milan from 1997 to 2001

3D holographic stickers of club badges (Sao Paulo and Flamengo)

The 3D holographic sticker of the mascot changes image with inclination

Vampeta and Juan Pablo Sorin played in Europe with ups and downs

Future Serie A football stars Julio Cesar (Inter) and Juan (Roma)

Mazinho (father of the players Thiago and Rafinha) played also in Italy (Lecce, Fiorentina) and Spain (Valencia, Celta Vigo, Elche). The striker Grafite played also in France (Le Mans) and Germany (Wolfsburg)

Atletico Paranaense and Sao Caetano faced each others in the Brasileiro 2001 final. Atletico won the Serie A title for the first time

Album details:

Full name: Campeonato Brasileiro 2001

Publisher: Panini

League: Brazilian (Serie A)

Season: 2001

Number of teams: 28

Stickers per team: 16

Other sections: No

Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers: 448