Panini Uruguay Clausura 2008

 

Clausura 2008 is the second last album produced by Panini for the Uruguayan league, as the series ends with the Apertura 2009. It includes a total of 208 stickers with all the 16 Primera Division teams. Stickers of this collections are large, with players in action and metallic badges. Overall this is the best quality album from the Panini Uruguay series.

The album cover with a simple foot kicking a ball is similar to other Panini league albums from 2008 and 2009. However, in this case the design is different (for example Foot 2009, Apertura 2009). Behind the cover there are instructions on how to complete the album and the collection checklist (only numbers) from 1 to 208. After the fixtures of the Clausura tournament, the 16 clubs are shown one after the other with a total of 13 stickers per club over two pages: the metallic badge, the team photo, and 11 players in action. After the last club the album ends with no extra sections. 

River Plate and Penarol concluded the tournament both a the first place with 37 points. In the play-off game organized to decide the winner, Penarol defeated River Plate 5-3. Paulo Pezzolano (Liverpool) was the topscorer of the tournament with 12 goals.

Back cover of the album

The large metallic club badge stickers from Clausura 2008

Penarol won the tournament with Ruben Oliveira (ex Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Sampdoria) and Antonio Pacheco (ex Inter, Espanyol, Albacete)

Album details:

Full name: Uruguay Clausura 2008

Publisher: Panini

League: Uruguayan (Primera Division)

Tournament: Clausura

Year: 2008

Number of clubs: 16

Stickers per club: 13

Other sections: No

Extra, updates: No

Total number of stickers: 208

Panini Apertura Uruguay 2007

Apertura Uruguay 2007 is the fifth Panini album of the Uruguayan league. It includes all the 16 clubs of Primera Division with no extra sections with stickers. The album has a classic layout, opening with the fixtures of the season and then showing the clubs in alphabetical order. For each club there are 18 stickers over two pages: the club badge (round metallic sticker), the team photo composed by two stickers, and 15 players. The album ends right after the last club of Primera Division without including the second division or other sections with stickers.

Defensor Sporting won the 2007 Apertura Tournament with 35 points in 15 games. Second place for Danubio and Rampla Juniors with 31 points. Richard Porta (River Plate) and Christian Stuani (Danubio) were the top scorers of the tournament with 19 goals.

Back cover of the album

The top goalscorers of the Apertura 2007: Richard Porta and Christian Stuani

Album details:

Full name: Apertura Uruguay 2007

Publisher: Panini

League: Uruguayan (Primera Division)

Tournament: Apertura 2007

Number of clubs: 16

Stickers per club: 18

Other sections: No

Total number of stickers: 288

Futbol Uruguayo 2005 (pocket album)

 

Futbol Uruguyo 2005 is a Panini album of the Uruguayan Primera Division for the 2005 Apertura tournament. It is the fourth Panini album of the Uruguayan football, after Copa Coca-Cola 2001, Futbol Uruguayo 2001 and 2002. The next album will be the Apertura 2007.

This album is a pocket album with size 9 x 12 cm. Therefore, also the stickers are small. Player stickers and flag stickers are 3 x 2.2 cm, whereas the club badge stickers are 3.6 x 3.6 cm. The album begins with the table of contents. Then the 18 competing clubs are shown in alphabetical order. For each club there are 18 mini-stickers: the club badge, the flag, and 16 players. The badge stickers are numbered with letters from A to R and they are bigger than the other mini-stickers. The size of the stickers in the packets it is actually bigger, as each sticker includes four mini-stickers.

In this collection there are some famous Uruguayan players, like Diego Godin, Walter Gargano and Maxi Pereira, whereas Luis Suarez is not included. Rocha FC won the 2005 Apertura tournament with 33 points, two more than Nacional, who won the Clausura tournament and the final play-off against Rocha FC. The top goalscorer of the season was Josè Pedro Cardozo (Rocha FC) with 17 goals.

Back cover of the album

Three known faces of this collection: Diego Godin (Villarreal, Atletico Madrid, Inter), Walter Gargano (Napoli, Inter, Parma) and Maxi Pereira (Benfica, Porto)

The club badge stickers from this collection

Album details:

Full name: Futbol Uruguayo - Campeonato Apertura 2005

Publisher: Panini

Album type: pocket album (12 x 9 cm)

League: Uruguay (Primera Division)

Tournament: Apertura 2005

Number of clubs: 18

Mini-Stickers per club: 18

Other sections: No

Checklist (partial): click here

Total number of mini-stickers: 324