1998 France Panini Eguide

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Made by collectors, for collectors.
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:
Pete F. from the United Kingdom

Benoît from France
Ben L. from China
Mariano A. from Venezuela
Adriano M. from Portugal
Antonio A. from Brazil
Dani from Italy
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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To honor the World Cup 1998 held in France, Figurine Panini

published their 8th album, Panini France 98. France was the host
nation for this World Cup second time in a row. They beat Morocco
in the bidding process. The hosts won the world cup, beating Brazil
3-0 in the final match. This was the first time France had won this
title and they became the second nation to lift the trophy. Third
place went to Croatia and Holland came fourth.
Official sticker album Panini France 98 is a collection that has 560

stickers and a 64 page album. A blue sky designed cover page
shows "France 98" headline at the top, countries flags in the middle,
Panini mascot and logo in the corners. The collection has been
separated into categories:
 Introductory
 Program and stadiums
 Teams
Album Panini France 98 World Cup 1998

general information:
 Collection name : Panini Official Sticker Album France 98
 Publisher : Panini
 Country : Worldwide
 Availability : Worldwide
 Stickers : 1-561
 Stickers size : 4,9 x 6,5 cm
 Album : 64 pages softcover
 Album size : 23,2 х 27,2cm
 Box : 100 packs
 Pack : 5 stickers
Official Sticker album Panini France 98

(1998) introductory pages
The first cover page of Panini´s 1998 France sticker album features
a standardised pattern; a list and abbreviations of the nations, content and symbols tables. The
opening page contains 3 stickers:
 Trophy
 Official emblem
 Official mascot
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.
Program and stadiums
The 1998 France World Cup was played in 10

stadiums. All of the stadiums appear in this section.
The stadiums have name and capacity information on
each sticker. A large yellowish fixtures table shows
the program of all the matches from the tournament.
Teams in sticker album Panini France 98
32 teams are included in this sticker collection.

Teams are separated in groups A-H with 4 teams in
each group. The team that you will be able to see
first is Brazil and the last one is Jamaica from group
H. USA, Iran and Jamaica has a fewer amount of
stickers than all the others teams and they include 10
stickers (9 are vertical) per team:
 1x Shiny Logo (badge)

 1x team sticker
 8 individual players (2 players per sticker)
All other teams feature 17 stickers per team:
 1x Shiny Logo (badge)

 1x team sticker
 15 individual players
The last team in this sticker collection is Jamaica.

There is no closing section in Sticker album Panini
France 98.
Panini FIFA 1998 France 98 - Album

Variations
In the three previous guides, FIFA 2010, 2006 and 2002 Panini A-Z, I have already explained what an
album variation is. However it will not harm to mention it again. Album variation is a difference on the
covers of sticker albums or on the pages inside. This mostly refers to difference in printing, color, text or
distribution information and flags on the back of the album. In case you are wondering why text or flags
on the back are different, there is a simple answer for this. Flags on the back indicate in which countries
certain distributors sell the album. Since distributors are not the same for each region or part of the
world, flags are different.
So far, with a huge help of fellow collectors (special thanks to Pete F.), we discovered these album
variations.
Packs variations FIFA 1998 Panini
Update and promotional sets

IRAN TEAM - Panini's biggest mystery
In 1998, Panini did not have a license to print the Iran national team. Therefore the whole team of Iran
from 417-426 was not issued and it was not possible to get them in packs. Since all the albums already
had a page for an Iran team, millions of collectors around the globe were unable to complete their
collections. This is certainly the biggest mistake in the history of sticker albums. It is to this day unknown
why Iran National Football Federation did not allow Panini to print their players.
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.
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)
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.
Back of the Iran set
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
 "Football Stars" series with different front side : no logo
It seems that these 2 series have the same sticker checklist

but we cannot confirm this:
Here is a partial checklist:
YUGOSLAVIA :
-Dejan SAVICEVIC
-Vladimir JUGOVIC
-Pedrag MIJATOVIC
-Hristo VIDAKOVIC
CROATIA :
-Zvonimir BOBAN
-Robert JARNI
-Alen BOKSIC
PARAGUAY :
-Jose Luis CHILAVERT

-Carlos Alberto GAMARRA
-Estanislao STRUWAY
-Roberto Miguel ACUNA
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
-Pier Luigi CASIRAGHI
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
DENMARK : Different front side, different back

-Thomas HELVEG
-Peter SCHMEICHEL
-Allan NIELSEN
-Brian LAUDRUP
SOUTH KOREA :
-KI HYUNG LEE
France 98 Total Poster

French oil company Total edited a Poster A - Q special stickers that were offered in gas stations.
Spanish Pop-Up cards

I do not know a story behind these but Panini issued Pop Up cards of the Spanish team in Spain. These
are more cards, with different background and in pop-up style, similar to the Panini South Africa 2010
Chile team.
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.
Looking forward to hearing your feedback.

Sincerely,
Pavle
CardzReview.com

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World Cup 1998 Panini France 98 A-Z Complete Guide - www.CardzReview.

Made by collectors, for collectors.

Pete F. from the United Kingdom

To honor the World Cup 1998 held in France, Figurine Panini

Official sticker album Panini France 98 is a collection that has 560

Album Panini France 98 World Cup 1998

Official Sticker album Panini France 98

Program and stadiums

The 1998 France World Cup was played in 10

Teams in sticker album Panini France 98

32 teams are included in this sticker collection.

 1x Shiny Logo (badge)

All other teams feature 17 stickers per team:

 1x Shiny Logo (badge)

The last team in this sticker collection is Jamaica.

Panini FIFA 1998 France 98 - Album

Packs variations FIFA 1998 Panini

Update and promotional sets

Back of the Iran set

 "Football Stars" series with different front side : no logo

It seems that these 2 series have the same sticker checklist

Here is a partial checklist:

-Jose Luis CHILAVERT

-Pier Luigi CASIRAGHI

DENMARK : Different front side, different back

France 98 Total Poster

Spanish Pop-Up cards

Looking forward to hearing your feedback.

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