Only Good Stickers: Panini Futbol Profesional Colombiano (FPC) 2013

mercoledì 18 dicembre 2013

Panini Futbol Profesional Colombiano (FPC) 2013

Futbol Profesional Colombiano 2013 is the official sticker album of the Colombian league. It is the 8th edition published by Panini since 2005. Compared to the 2012 edition, FPC 2013 includes less stickers (15 per team instead of 18) and in particular club badge stickers are not included anymore, but it has an interesting insert dedicated to the Colombian National Team, with 14 shining stickers of the best Colombian players that will participate to the next World Cup.

The 2013 season of Colombian Football started in January and ended on December 15, 2013. Atletico Nacional won both the Apertura and the Finalizacòn, defeating in the finals Santa Fé and Deportivo Calì, respectively. They celebrated the titles in their own stadium in Medellin winning 2-0 the final against Deportivo Calì on December 15.

Teams included in the album are showed in alphabetical order: Alianza Petrolera, Deportivo Calì, Boyaca Chicò, Cùcuta, Envigado, Equidad, Huila, Itagùì, Junior, Medellin, Millionarios, Nacional, Once Caldas, Pasto, Patriotas, Quindìo, Santa Fé, and Tolima. Each team is placed on two pages and features 15 stickers: 1 team picture and 14 player portraits.

Mondragòn (42 years old), historical goalkeeper of Colombia since 1993

The main feature of the album is the insert dedicated to the Colombian National Team (Seleccion Colombiana 2013). In the centre of the album there are two pages with 14 shining stickers of the best Colombian stars: Ospina (Nice), Zuniga (Napoli), Yepes (Atalanta), Armero (Napoli), Perea (Cruz Azul), Guarin (Inter), Cuadrado (Fiorentina), Torres (Riyadh), Valencia (Fluminense) Aguilar (Toulouse), James Rodriguez (Monaco), Carlos Bacca (Sevilla), Radamel Falcao (Monaco), Jackson Marinez (Porto).