Panini Clausura 2005 (Peru)

 

Clausura 2005 is the first Panini album of the Peruvian football, which was followed by three more albums in 2006, 2009 and 2010. It is a simple but complete collection of the first division (Primera Division). The album includes all the 13 competing clubs with the shiny badge sticker, the team photo (two stickers), the coach, and then 18 players for the main five clubs and 13 players for the other clubs. The main clubs are the first shown in the album: Alianza Lima, Sporting Crystal, Cienciano, Universitario de Deportes, and Sport Boys Association. Other than the club pages, there are no other sections with stickers. The graphics is simple, but with a nice cover including action photos and with club badges printed on the background of each club page.

The 2005 Clausura tournament was contested by 13 clubs. Sporting Crystal won the tournament with a total of 52 points. At the end of the year they won the final against the Apertura winners with a decisive goal of Zegarra (Sporting Crystal - Cienciano =1-0).

Back cover of the album

Album and complete loose set Panini Clausura 2005

The 13 shiny club badge stickers of this collection

Cienciano strikers: the Argentinian Sergio Ibarra (17 goals in the tournament) and Miguel Mostto (18 goals, top scorer)

Zegarra (Sporting Crystal) scored in the final against Cienciano. The Argentinian  Roberto Demus (Coronel Bolognesi) scored 17 goals in the tournament (second top scorer)

Album details:

Full name: Clausura 2005

Publisher: Panini

League: Peru (Primera Division)

Tournament: Clausura

Season: 2005

Number of clubs: 13

Stickers per club: 22 or 17

Other sections: No

Updates: No

Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers: 246

Alianza Lima - Album de Oro

The Peruvian club Alianza Lima published in 2017 a sticker album with 227 stickers in 56 pages about the history of the club. The main purpose of this collection was to raise money to improve infrastructures for the young teams of the club. The album was released with the full set of stickers through the club stores.  

The album starts with a section about the beginnings of the club (La Fundacion), which was founded on 15 February 1901 with the name Sport Alianza. 

Nuestra Piel ("our skin") shows the home kit evolution from 1901 to 2017 with 27 stickers.

Cielo Blanquiazul (Blu-white sky) is a memorial of the air tragedy on 7 December 1987, when all players and coaching staff died in an air crash after playing an away match of the league. 

Other two relevant figures have a section in this album: the promising Sandro Baylon, who died in a car accident at the age of 23, and the coach Rafael "Cholo" Castillo.

La Caldera is the name of the stadium Alejandro Villanueva inaugurated on 27 Dcember 1974. The stadium is celebrated with 7 stickers.

Campeonatos is a section that includes the stickers of the teams that won the 24 national titles for Alianza Lima.

Nuestras Figuras ("our figures) is the largest section of the album, with 106 stickers of the main players of the club history.

The album continues with a section dedicated to the supporters (La 12) and with some all time statistics of the club (Estadisticas).

The last part of the album celebrates the legendary player Carlos Alejandro Villanueva, the hymn of the club (3 stickers), and the sponsors (12 stickers).

The back cover of the album

Five extra stickers of this collection: the logo of the collection and 4 alternative stickers

Stickers of two famous Alianza's players: Farfan and Guerrero

Album details

Full name: Pelota de Trapo 1901 - Album de Oro

Publisher: Alianza Lima

Year: 2017

Club: Alianza Lima (Peru)

Sections: 

• La Fundaciòn (7 stickers)
• Nuestra Piel (27 stickers)
• Cielo Blanquiazul (20 stickers)
• El Eterno Sandro Baylon (3 stickers)
• Rafael "Cholo" Castillo (3 stickers)
• La Caldera (7 stickers)
• Campeonatos (25 stickers)
• Nuestras Figuras (106 stickers)
• La 12 (9 stickers)
• Estadisticas (2 stickers)
• Carlos Alejandro (3 stickers)
• Himno Alianza Lima (3 stickers)
• Agradecimientos (12 stickers)

Extra stickers: 5 stickers

Total number of stickers: 227

Peru Torneo Clausura 2003

The first official collection of the Peruvian league has been published by Navarrete in 2003 for the Clausura Tournament. Other albums of the leagues were released by Panini in the following years (2005, 2006, 2009, and 2010).

The collection includes the 12 teams of the tournament in alphabetical order: Alianza Lima, Alianza Atletico, Atletico Universidad, Crnl. Bolognesi, Cienciano del Cusco, Deportivo Wanka, Estudiantes de Medicina, FBC Melgar, Sport Boys, Sporting Crystal, Union Huaral, Universitario.

The number of stickers is not the same for all the clubs. The five main teams (Alianza Lima, Cienciano del Cusco, Sport Boys, Sporting Crystal, and Universitario) have a total of 22.5 stickers displaced over four pages. In the first two pages we find 9 stickers: the club badge (half sticker), the home kit (half sticker), an historical team photo (two stickers), supporters photo (two stickers), celebratory photo (two stickers), and the team photo 2003 (two stickers). In the second two pages we find 13.5 stickers: the coach (half sticker) and 13 players in action. The other seven clubs have 14.5 stickers over two pages: the badge (half sticker), the coach (half sticker), the home kit (half sticker), the team photo 2003 (two stickers), and 11 players in action. 

Back cover of the album

In this album we can find the rookie sticker of one of the most famous Peruvian players: Jefferson Farfan. The player born in 1984 spent his career in Europe with PSV and Schalke 04 and he is still a vedette of the national team.

Rookie stickers of Jefferson Farfan

Club badge of Peru Clausura 2003

 

Home kits of Peru Clausura 2003

Album details

Full name: Torneo Clausura 2003

League: Peru 

Year: 2003

Publisher: Navarrete 

Number of teams: 12

Stickers per team: 22.5 for five teams and 14.5 for seven teams

Extra sections: No

Total number of stickers: 214

Panini Copa Cable Magico 2010 - Peru

The fourth and last (so far) Panini album of the Peruvian league is Copa Cable Magico 2010, after the albums published in 2005, 2006, and 2009. This collection includes the 16 teams of First Division, with stickers of players and special shining stickers of the shirt of the clubs (numbered with letters from A to P) . There are no extra sections.

The album opens with some statistics of the previous season, then the 16 clubs are shown from Universitario de Deportes to Inti Gas. Each club is displaced over two pages with a total of 17 stickers: the shining sticker of the shirt and 16 players. Unfortunately also in this Peruvian album there are no club badge stickers. 

The back cover of Copa Cable Màgico 2010

The goalkeeper George Forsyth started his career in Germany with Borussia Dortmund. The 20 years old Advincula moved to Hoffenheim in 2012 and he plays now for Newell's Old Boys and the Peruvian national team

Album details

Full name: Copa Cable Màgico 2010

Publisher: Panini

League: Peru (First Division)

Season: 2010

Number of teams: 16

Stickers per team: 17

Extra sections: No

Total number of stickers: 272