Only Good Stickers: luglio 2023

martedì 18 luglio 2023

Panini Scottish Premier League 2001

In 2001 Celtic Glasgow won the Scottish Premier with a wonderful season (97 points) counting on 35 goals of the top scorer Henrik Larsson. The league featured other famous international players like De Boer, Van Bronckhorst, Klos, Reyna, Petrov, and Mjallby.

The official collection of the tournament published by Panini is a fresh and colourful sticker album. It covers the 12 competing clubs with a large set of 37 stickers for each club, including the club badge, the team photo (two stickers), the stadium, the home and away shirts, the nickname, the superstar in action (large sticker), the supporters, the manager, the key player, the star defender, the star midfielder, the star forward, the fan's favourite, the skipper, the rising star, two supporter's mottos (half sticker each), and 18 player portrait stickers.

In addition, there are three introductory shiny stickers with the SPL logo, trophy and official ball. Moreover, in the center of the album there is a section (McDonald's - Ones to watch) with seven stickers: the McDonald's logo and six stickers of players in action (numbered A to F) that are attached to the empty album. Here we find also a poster to stick the double stickers. There are no update stickers for this collection, however Panini reserved two spots in each club page for transferred players. Those can be filled with regular stickers of players that changed club during the season, replacing the old shirt with special team transfer PVC stickers.

In the following, we show photos of the empty album with the complete set of loose stickers.

McDonald's stickers

Back cover of the album

Albun and complete set SPL 2001

back side of SPL 2001 stickers

SPL 2001 sticker packets (four variations)

Dutch football stars: Van Bronckhorst and De Boer

Celtic internationl players: Henrik Larsson (top scorer of the SPL 2001 with 35 goals) and Petrov

Album details:

Full name: Scottish Premier League 2001

Publisher: Panini

League: Scottish Premier League

Season: 2000/2001

Number of clubs: 12

Stickers per club: 37

Other sections:

Introduction (3 stickers)
McDonald's - Ones to watch (7 stickers A-F)

Extra: Team shirt stickers (24 PVC stickers)

Updates: No

Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers: 454

sabato 15 luglio 2023

Panini Bundesliga 2023 (Austria)

Panini continues the series dedicated to the Austrian football, with the official sticker collection of the Austrian Bundesliga. As usual for the latest editions, the collection includes a set of stickers of the Bundesliga and 2.Liga and an extra set of cards. With the empty album there is also a card holder to keep the 50 cards of this collection.

The album begins with an introductory page including five stickers: the Meister winners 2022, the trophy, and the logos of the Bundesliga and the 2.Liga. The clubs of Bundesliga are then shown following the standing order of the previous season, therefore starting with Red Bull Salzburg, who were the nine-times defending champions. For each club there are in total 26 stickers displaced over four pages: the club badge (golden sticker), the team photo (composed by four stickers), the stadium (two stickers), the manager, and 18 player portrait stickers.

Right after the Bundelisga clubs, the section dedicated to the 2.Liga shows the 16 competing clubs with four stickers for each club: the club badge, the team photo and two stickers with two players each. The set of 50 extra cards (one card in each sticker packet) includes the Bundesliga and 2.Liga logos and four cards per club.

RB Salzburg won the 10th consecutive Austrian Bundesliga title and Burgstaller (Rapid Wien) was the top goalscorer with 21 goals. The collection includes several young promising players, in particular owned by RB Salzburg, like the Slovenian striker Sesko (born in 2003, scored 16 goals in the tournament), Gourna-Douath, Kameri, Kjaergaard, and Adamu. In the following, we present photos of the album with a complete set of loose stickers.

back cover of the album

The set of 50 Bundesliga cards that is part of this collection

Rising stars in Salzburg: Sesko scored 16 goals and moved to Leipzig at the end of the season, whereas Okafor scored 7 goals

The Dutch striker Emegha (9 goals in the 2023 tournament) and the top scorer of the league Guido Burgstaller (21 goals)

Album details:

Full name: Bundesliga 22-23

Publisher: Panini

League: Austrian (Bundesliga and 2.Liga)

Season: 2022/2023

Number of clubs and stickers for each club:

Bundesliga (12 clubs, 26 stickers)
2.Liga (16 clubs, 4 stickers)

Other sections:

Introduction: 5 stickers

Extra: Bundesliga 22-23 cards (50 cards)

Hardcover: No

Updates: No

Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers: 381 (+ 50 cards)

venerdì 14 luglio 2023

Panini Tour de France 2022

Tour de France 2022 is the fourth consecutive Panini album dedicated to the most famous cycling competition. The album includes 22 cycling teams and also some of the best women taking part into the Women's Tour de France. In addition, there is an update set with the stickers of the stage and jersey winners. For the second year, Panini released also a collector box including the hardcover album and 30 packets.

The album begins with some introductory pages in which there are six stickers: the mascot, three sponsored stickers (Continental), and two stickers dedicated to the fabulous story of Lucien Mazan, the "Petit-Breton". Then the 2022 stages are presented, with stickers of the host cities. There is also space for the stickers of the stage winners that can be found in the update set.

The 22 competing teams are then shown in alphabetical order. For each team there are 14 stickers: the team logo, the jersey, the official bike, the team in action, and 10 riders. The last part of the album is dedicated to the women's Tour de France. Here we find one introductory sticker and eight stickers of the best riders. In addition, there is a sticker of the 2022 winner Annemieke van Vleuten to be found in the update set. The album ends with a drawing about Tour de France and two cartoon stickers.