Huuhkajat cards - Series 2 (Finland)

In 2013, Funfair released a second series of the Huuhkajat card set about the Finnish National team. This release follows the first series that was published in 2011. Also the second series includes a total of 123 cards with a dedicated binder (this time with soft cover like the typical card binders), numbered from 124 to 246, continuing the first series.

The set starts again with 40 cards of the men's National team followed by cards with the women's National team, gladiators, hall of fame, tactical players, captain's ball, rising stars, and old stars. The last card of the set (#246) is a special card dedicated to Jari Litmanen and called Kuningas (The King). In the following, we present pictures of the complete second series, which will be followed in 2015 by a third series with 123 cards.

Joel Pohjanpalo played many years in Bundesliga, whereas Lauri Dalla Valle was a rising star that signed for Liverpool, but never played in the Premier League. He has caps in League One and the Scottish Premier League. 

Teemu Pukki cards

The special and last card of this set is "The King" Jari Litmanen 

Collection details:

Full name: Huuhkajat - Kerailykorttikansio - Series 2

Publisher: Funfair

Release: 2013

Country: Finland

Type: Cards

Binder: Yes

Sections:

• Men's National Team (40 cards)
• Women's National Team (20 cards)
• Gladiators (18 cards)
• Hall of Fame (10 cards)
• Tactical players (10 cards)
• Captain's ball (6 cards)
• Rising Stars (10 cards)
• Old Stars (13 cards)
• The King (1 card)

Checklist: click here (Series 2 is from number 124 to 246)

Total number of cards: 123

Veikkausliiga 2016 (Carouzel)

The greatest surprise of 2016 for football stickers is the first collection of the Finnish League. Published by the Greek company Carouzel, the album covers all the Finnish Premier League (Veikkausliiga) with an extensive collection including stickers of players, club badges, team photos, stadiums, and coaches of the 12 teams competing in the league.

The album opens with a preface, the summary of the championship 2015 (won by SJK), and three introductory stickers: the cover of the album, the Veikkausliiga logo, and the logo of Carouzel.

The first part of the album introduces all the teams with three stickers each: the club badge, and the team photo (two stickers). Teams are shown following the order of the classification of the season 2015, starting from the winner SJK Seinajoki. Each team is presented in details with player stickers on four pages per team. The number of stickers per team is variable. The most remarkable players have two stickers (profile and in action).

The last part of the album is a section with stadiums and coaches of all the clubs, for a total of 24 stickers.

The back cover of the album

The Sonera Stadium in Helsinki is the house of two clubs of the city: HJK and HIFK

The youngest player of the album, the 16 years old Otto Huuhtanen (Ilves Tampere) and the 19 years old Obed Malolo (HJK Helsinki)

Known faces of this album: Mehmet Hetemaj played in Italian Serie B, Taiwo played for Olympique Marseille and Milan, Mikael Forssell played  in Premier League and Bundesliga

This album is filled with young players, here below the list of all players under 20.

Young players included (1996 or younger)

SJK: Valakari (1997), Ala-Hukkala (1996), Lehtonen (1997)

Rops: Kangas (98), Kalermo (97)

HJK: Uusitalo (97), Vaisanen (97), Halme (98), Jarvenpaa (96), Malolo (97), Lingman (98), Dahlstrom (96), Lappalainen  (98), Ylatupa (99), Morelos (96)

Inter Turku: Ovick (97), Njoku (96), Kallman (98)

Lahti:  Mujunen (96), Ahola (98), Voutilainen (99), Shala (97), Kuningas (97), Bonilha (96), Hostikka (97), Sadat (98)

IFK Mariehamn: Nordqvist (97), Makinen (97)

HIFK: Piirainen (98), Pirttijoki (96), Conti (96), Rantanen (98)

Ilves: Huuhtanen (2000), Kuusinen (96), Tomas (97), Haukioja (99), Ala-Myllymaki (97), Soisalo (98)

Kups: Kreidl (96), Pitkanen (97), Rasanen (99), Raisanen (98), Nissila (96), Savolainen (96), Niskanen (97), Alaharjula (97)

VPS: Ostergard (96), Nuutinen (96), Vahtera (96), Alanko (98)

Kemi: Jokinen (96)

Vantaa: Volotinen (98), Ademaj (96), Said Ahmed (98), Diasonama (96), Heidari (96), 

Album details

Full name: Veikkausliiga 2016

Publisher: Carouzel

Year: 2016

League: Finnish Veikkausliiga

Number of teams: 12

Stickers per team:

      26 for HJK      

      25 for SJK, Rops, Lahti, Ilves, Kemi

      24 for HIFK, VPS, Vantaa

      23 for IFK Mariehamn, Kups

      21 for FC Inter

Special sections:

      -Introduction (3 stickers)

      -Club badges and team photos (36 stickers)

      -Stadiums and coaches (24 stickers)

Total number of stickers: 353

Huuhkajat cards - Series 3 (Finland)

The third series of the Finnish eagles has been released in Finland in the summer 2015, following the release of Series 1 in 2011 and Series 2 in 2013. 

As in the previous editions, also Series 3 includes 123 cards of the National team of Finland (with enumeration from 247 to 369). We present here the complete Series 3 which includes 9 sections: Men's National team, Women's National Team, Hall of Fame, Star Players, Players of the year, Gladiators, Rising Stars, Old Stars, Captain's Ball.

Pohjanpalo (Men's National Team), Heroum (Women's National Team) and Suhonen (Hall of Fame)

Roman Eremenko (Star Player), Jari Litmanen (Player of the Year and Gladiator)

Alho (Rising Star), Lius (Old Star) and Peltoniemi (Captain's Ball)

Collection details: 
Full name: Huuhkajat - Kerailykorttikansio
Publisher: Funfair
Series: 3
League: Finnish National Team
Binder with checklist: Yes
Sections: -Huuhkajat (Men's National Team) 40 cards
                -Naisten Maajoukkue (Women's National Team) 30 cards
                -Hall of Fame - 11 cards
                -Tahtipelaaja (Star players) 10 cards
                -Player of the Year - 9 cards
                -Gladiaattorit (Gladiators) 7 cards
                -Rising Stars - 7 cards
                -Old Stars - 7 cards
                -Captain's Ball - 2 cards

Checklist: click here

Total number of cards: 123

Huuhkajat cards - Series 1 (Finland)

Huuhkajat, which means "eagle owls", is the nickname of the Finnish national team. The company Funfair published three series dedicated to the Finnish eagles from 2011 to 2015. Each series consists of 123 cards. Series 1 was realeased in 2011 with a binder to host the cards numbered from 1 to 123. Each packet (2.50€) included 5 cards. 

The first part of the set (card 1 to 40) is about the men's National team (Huuhkajat). Then the collection focuses on the golden generation (18 cards), the gladiators (15 cards), the Hall of Fame (15 cards), the women's National Team (20 cards), the star players (10 cards) and the captain's ball (5 cards). In the following, we show pictures with all the cards from Series 1.

Jari Litmanen cards

Sami Hyypia cards

The rookie Teemu Pukki and the expert Mikael Forssell

A sealed packet of Huuhkajat cards - Series 1

Collection details

Full Name: Huuhkajat - Kerailykorttikansio - Series 1
Type: cards
Release: 2011

Country: Finland
Website: www.funfair.fi
Binder: Yes
Sections:

• Huuhkajat (Players of National Team - 40 cards)
• Kultainen sukupolvi ("Golden generation" - 18 cards)
• Gladiaattorit ("Gladiators" - 15 cards)
• Hall of Fame (15 cards)
• Naisten maajoukkue ("Women's National Team - 20 cards)
• Tahtipelaaja ("Star Players" - 10 cards)
• Captain's Ball (5 cards)

Checklist: click here

Total number of cards: 123