1998 France Panini Eguide
1998 France Panini Eguide
1998 France Panini Eguide
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This guide would never be this complete and informative if I hadn´t had help from fellow
collectors from all around the world, who invested their time to share the passion.
I would personally like to thank each and every person who contributed in any way.
Special thanks to:
These guys were a massive help and if it was not for their good will and passion, I would
never be able to make this guide.
The goal of this guide is not to intimidate or overwhelm anyone. You do not have to have
them all in order to have fun. The purpose of it is to present the FIFA 1998 collection and
show how diverse only one set can be.
I hope that you will enjoy it and that it will help you to take your collection to the next
level.
If you spot any mistakes or you have any additional info that can improve this guide,
please contact me at [email protected]
Happy collecting.
Pavle Djordjevic
Editor of www.CardzReview.com
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Introductory
Program and stadiums
Teams
Trophy
Official emblem
Official mascot
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All stickers in this part are shiny. The mascot for this World Cup was Footix, one of the national
symbols of France, with the words "FRANCE 98" on the chest.
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So far, with a huge help of fellow collectors (special thanks to Pete F.), we discovered these album
variations.
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However, after the World Cup ended, Panini issued an update in two countries, Italy and UK. Therefore
there are 2 Iran sets that can be considered official and original. Note that those sets were not on sale,
they were given away in newspapers. A few years after that, it was possible to get the Iran set by sending
a letter to Panini. Bad thing is that not many people knew about that.
All this fuss made the Iran set one of the rarest and most sought after update sets in Panini’s history.
Even now, sellers around the world sell replicas and forgeries of the Iran team.
Below is an official announcement letter by Panini explaining the whole situation quite briefly in a few
languages.
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Italian magazine "Guerin Sportivo" edited with Panini an Iran sheet and inlay with all the missing
stickers but they had to be glued. These cards are different from the one edited by Panini UK (red shirt)
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Panini UK edited an update uncut sheet with Iran team stickers. These stickers were different from the
one edited by Italian magazine Guerin Sportivo (yellow shirt). These are probably the most replicated
and forged sets.
If you look at auction sites, you will notice these sell for few dollars. Be aware these are not original. You
will hardly find this set for a few bucks. The easiest way to tell a difference between a forgery and an
original is in the color. The genuine Iran UK set was issued in the Sun Newspaper. Their color is very
bright and the quality is poor. Forgeries these days that are made have dark color and the paper quality
is much thicker. The edges of the original set are not cut perfectly since newspaper printed them under
Panini licence. On the photo below you will see the original set.
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Danone Updates
The Group Danone is a French food-products multinational corporation based in Paris. It produces fresh
dairy products, bottled water, cereals and baby foods. They issued two series for this collection:
"Regular series" (same front side as regular stickers) with different back
YUGOSLAVIA :
-Dejan SAVICEVIC
-Vladimir JUGOVIC
-Pedrag MIJATOVIC
-Hristo VIDAKOVIC
CROATIA :
-Zvonimir BOBAN
-Robert JARNI
-Alen BOKSIC
PARAGUAY :
BULGARIA :
-Emil KOSTADINOV
-Krasimir BALAKOV Regular series, same front side as normal
France 98 ,but different back
-Trifon IVANOV
-Luboslav PENEV
ITALY :
-Roberto DI MATTEO
-Ciro FERRARA
-Paolo MALDINI
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TUNISIA :
-Adel SELLIMI
-Zouber BEYA
-Mehdi BEN SLIMANE
-Sami TRABELSI
ROMANIA :
-Tibor SELYMES
-Dan PETRESCU
-Daniel PRODAN
-Dorinel MUNTEANU
AUSTRIA :
-Michael KONSEL
-Wolfgang FEIERSINGER
-Andreas HERZOG
-Anton PFEFFER
SOUTH AFRICA :
-Mark FISH
-Eric TINKLER
-Filemon MASINGA
-Theophilius "Doctor" KHUMALO
SCOTLAND :
-Tommy BOYD
-Gary MAC ALLISTER
-Jim LEIGHTON
-Colin CALDERWOOD
MEXICO :
-Ramon RAMIREZ
-Joël SANCHEZ
-Luis HERNANDEZ
SOUTH KOREA :
-KI HYUNG LEE
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Conclusion
I really hope that collectors all over the world will find this FIFA 1998 France Panini guide useful.
As already mentioned, it has been created with joint efforts and lots of help from people all over
the globe but this is not a definitive and 100% finished guide. I believe there are probably a few
more variations that I am unaware of. So, if you spot any mistake in this guide or have some
information to add to it, do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected]
At the end of this course, all guides will be grouped into a World Cup Panini eBook that will be
free and available to everyone.
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