Panini Fussball 2012 (Austria)

 

The official sticker collection of Austrian football for the 2011/2012 season presents a clear and compact structure, covering once again both the Bundesliga and the Erste Liga with a total of 312 stickers. This edition follows the traditional Panini layout of the early 2010s, without updates, inserts, posters.

The album opens with five introductory stickers, beginning with the special Panini logo celebrating the company’s 50th anniversary. These are followed by the 2011 Bundesliga champions Sturm Graz (two stickers), the Bundesliga logo, and the sticker of Roland Linz, the league’s top scorer of the previous season. 

The Bundesliga clubs are then shown following the classification order of the previous season. Each team has 27 stickers over four pages: the shiny club badge, the team photo composed of three stickers, and the stadium composed of two stickers. The manager is also featured, and the remaining space is filled with 20 player portrait stickers.

Between the Bundesliga and Erste Liga sections, the album includes two single-page features. The first is dedicated to the 2011 Austrian Cup final, represented by three action stickers from the match won by SV Ried, who defeated Austria Lustenau 2–0 to lift the trophy. The second is the Young Star Team 2010/11, which highlights promising emerging talents including three dedicated stickers: Thomas Hopfer, Stefan Zwierschitz, and Daniel Schöpf. 

The Erste Liga section adopts a more compact presentation, dedicating three stickers per club, consisting of a shiny badge and a team photo split into two stickers. 

On the pitch, the 2011/12 Austrian Bundesliga was dominated by Red Bull Salzburg, who secured the title with 68 points. Their attacking strength defined the season: both Jakob Jantscher and Stefan Maierhofer—also from Salzburg—finished as joint top scorers with 14 goals each.

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The top scorers of the 2010/11 Austrian Bundesliga with 14 goals: Jantscher and Maierhofer

The young talent Michael Gregoritsch (17 years old), who later played for several clubs in the German Bundesliga, and Roland Linz, top scorer of the previous season with 21 goals.

Album details:

Full name: Fussball Bundesliga 2011/2012

Publisher: Panini

League:  Austrian (Bundesliga and Erste Liga)

Season: 2011/2012

Number of clubs and stickers per club:

• Bundesliga (10 clubs, 27 stickers)
• Erste Liga (10 clubs, 3 stickers)

Other sections:

• Introduction (5 stickers)
• OFB-Samsung Cup Final 2010/2011 (3 stickers)
• Young Star Team 2010/2011 (3 stickers)
• Erste Liga logo (1 sticker)

Update: No

Extra (cards, poster): No

Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers: 312

Thai Premier League 2012

 

In 2012, the local publisher Siam Sport released the second official sticker album dedicated to the Thai Premier League, following the debut collection issued the previous year.

The album maintains a similar structure, featuring 20 stickers for each of the 18 participating teams. A notable improvement in this edition is the stadium section: unlike the previous year, where stadiums were only printed, this time each stadium is represented by two dedicated stickers, for a total of 36.

Curiously, the numbering of the stadium stickers—despite appearing at the beginning of the album—starts from 361, as if they belonged at the end. This might suggest that the decision to turn this section into actual stickers was made late in the production process.

The layout of the team pages is consistent with the previous edition: 20 stickers spread across two pages, with the club badge and technical staff printed directly onto the page. An interesting feature of the Thai albums is that the names of international players appear in their original language, while the names of Thai players are written in Thai script.

In the 2012 season, Muangthong United clinched the title with an impressive 84 points, followed by Chonburi (70 points) and BEC Tero Sasana (57 points). The league’s top scorers were Brazilian striker Cleiton Silva and Thai forward Teerasil Dangda, each netting 24 goals.

Back cover of the album

Album and complete loose set of stickers

The top scorer of the Thai Premier League 2012 with 24 goals, the Brazilian Cleiton Silva, and Frank Acheampong (12 goals), who played for Anderlecht from 2013 to 2017. 

Muongthong United won the 2012 title with the Macedonian midfielder Mario Gjurovski (12 caps for the National Team) and the top scorer Teerasil Dangda (24 goals)

International players of the Thai Premier League 2012: the German Bjorn Lindermann (ex Magdeburg, Paderborn, Osnabruck) and the Australian Paul Reid (ex Bradford City and Brighton & Hove Albion)

Album details:

Full name: Thai Premier League 2012

Publisher: Siam Sport Syndicate

League: Thai Premier League

Season: 2012

Number of clubs: 18 

Stickers per club: 20

Other sections: 

• Stadiums (36 stickers)

Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers: 396