giovedì 30 marzo 2023

Panini Fussball '94

 

Fussball '94 is the sticker collection of the German football produced by Panini for the 1993/1994 season. The album includes only the 18 clubs of the Bundesliga, with no other sections with stickers except for the introductory page that features the stickers of Ziege and Brehme. However, these stickers are the same stickers that can be found later on in the club pages. 

The Bundesliga clubs are shown starting from the winner of the previous season, Werder Bremen. For three major clubs (Werder Bremen, Bayern Munchen, and Borussia Dortmund) there are 18 stickers over four pages: the shiny club badge, the team photo, and 16 players. The other clubs feature only 13 stickers on two pages: the shiny badge, the team photo, and 11 players.

There are no other sections with stickers in this collection, but in the last pages of the album it is possible to stick spare stickers, choosing the best Bundesliga players divided per position. In the 1993/1994 season, Bayern Munchen won the Bundesliga title with just one point more than Kaiserslautern. The top goalscorers of the season were Kuntz (Kaiserslautern) and Yeboah (Eintracht) with 18 goals. 






















Back cover of the album

International players: The Nigerian "Jay-Jay" Okocha and the Swedish striker Martin Dahlin

German legends: Kahn and Matthaus

Bundesliga strikers: Kuntz (18 goals, topscorer of the season with Yeboah) and Chapuisat (17 goals)

Album details:
Full name: Fussball '94
Publisher: Panini
League: German Bundesliga
Season: 1993/1994
Number of clubs: 18
Stickers per club: 18 (for three clubs) or 13 (for 15 clubs)
Other sections: Introduction (2 stickers)
Checklist: click here

Total number of sticker: 251



mercoledì 22 marzo 2023

Panini Fotboll 99

 

Four years after Fotboll '95, Panini published in 1999 a new stickers album of the Swedish football. The album begins with an introductory page with the contents and the first two stickers: the trophy of the tournament. The 14 clubs of the Allsvenskan are shown in alphabetical order, with 16 stickers over three pages for each club: the shiny club badge, the team photo, and 14 players. The section with the Division 1 present the 28 competing clubs divided in two groups with only the team photo stickers. The collection does not include other sections with stickers or extra cards.

In 1999, Helsingbors won the Allsvenskan title and the top scorer of the tournament was Allbäck (Örgryte IS) with 15 goals. Zlatan Ibrahimovic made his professional debut with Malmö FF in 1999, but he is not part of this album. He will be included in the sticker collection of the following season (Panini Fotboll 2000).

















Back cover of the album

Shiny club badge stickers from Fotboll '99

The best scorers of the 1999 Allsvenskan: Allback (15 goals) and Bertilsson (13 goals)

Album details:
Full name: Fotboll '99
Publisher: Panini
League: Swedish (Allsvenskan and Division 1)
Season: 1999
Number of clubs and stickers per club:
  • Allsvenskan (12 clubs, 16 stickers)
  • Division 1 (28 clubs, 1 sticker)
Other sections:
  • Introduction (two stickers)
Extra (cards, updates): No
Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers: 254



martedì 14 marzo 2023

Panini Fotboll 95

 

With a gap of one year, Panini is back to Swedish football with the album Fotboll 95. The collection includes the first two Swedish divisions (Allsvenskan and Division 1) with an extra set of 55 cards dedicated to the national team. The cover of the album features Jesper Blomqvist, the 21 years old Swedish talent who played in the Italian Serie A for Milan and Parma (1996-1998), and in the Premier League for Manchester United (1998-2001).

The album shows first the Allsvenkan clubs in alphabetical order. There are in general 22 stickers per club over two pages: 20 player portraits and two shiny stickers of players in action; however, few clubs have less stickers (Örebro and Djurgardens 21 stickers, Östers 20 stickers). After the Allsvenskan clubs, there is a section with the team photo stickers of the 28 clubs competing in the Division 1, divided in the Norra and Sodra groups. The album ends with no other sections with stickers.

The collection features also a set of 55 cards to be collected separately. The set consists of a base set (22 cards) of the Sweden national team and 15 cards of the Women's national team. In addition there are 18 special cards (Golddiggers and Strikers).






















Back cover

The complete set of 55 cards dedicated to the National Team

Bjorklund regular and shiny stickers

Jesper Blomqvist (Milan, Parma, Manchester Utd) and Robert Prytz (Atalanta and Verona)

Thomas Ravelli and Martin Dahlin cards from the extra set of 55 cards


Album details:
Full name: Fotboll 95
Publisher: Panini
League: Swedish (Allsvenskan and Division 1)
Season: 1995
Number of clubs and stickers per club:
  • Allsvenskan (14 clubs
  • Division 1 (28 clubs, 1 stickers)
Other sections: No
Extra: Sweden national team (55 cards)
Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers: 331