With the Panini Women's EURO 2017 sticker collection, an Italian manufacturer of collector's stickers achieved a roaring success. This is in fact the very first series ever produced for a Women's EURO in football.
After the great success of both of the Panini Women's World Cup sticker collections in 2011 and in 2015, it was already possible to speculate that there will also be an album for a women's EURO. Nevertheless, the message about the release of the Panini Women's EURO 2017 was a quite a surprise for many collectors.
The Panini Women's EURO Album 2017
The Panini Women's EURO Album 2017 contains 40 inside pages and a total of 334 different stickers, among them 22 special stickers, which can be put into the album. The colors of the Panini Women's EURO Album 2017 are predominantly red and brown tones. On the left part of the cover, you can see cheering female football players. Along this illustration, the 16 national flags of the participating teams are represented in circle shapes.
On the right side of the cover of the Panini Women's EURO Album 2017, which takes up two third of the page, you can see the lettering "The continued rise of women's football". Above, the logo including the title UEFA Women's EURO 2017 The Netherlands is shown.
The following teams are represented in the Panini Women's EURO Album 2017:
- Belgium
- Denmark
- Germany
- England
- France
- Island
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Austria
- Portugal
- Russia
- Scotland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Spain
The Women's EURO 2017 of Germany and Austria
Not only Germany, but also Austria, has been qualified for the final match of the football women's EURO 2017 in the Netherlands. The German team with the national head coach Steffi Jones - who is the successor of Silvia Neid - plays in group B with Sweden, Italy and Russia. The women's national team of the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB), coached by Dominik Thalhammer, competes in group C with France, Island and Switzerland.
The following Panini women's EURO 2017 stickers of Germany and Austria can be collected:
| Germany | Austria | ||
| No. | Motive | No. | Motive |
| 95 | Badge | 215 | Badge |
| 96 | Team | 216 | Team |
| 97 | Almuth Schult | 217 | Manuela Zinsberger |
| 98 | Laura Benkarth | 218 | Jasmin Pfeiler |
| 99 | Josephine Henning | 219 | Katharina Naschenweng |
| 100 | Babett Peter | 220 | Sophie Maierhofer |
| 101 | Tabea Kemme | 221 | Virginia Kirchberger |
| 102 | Kathrin Hendrich | 222 | Katharina Schiechtl |
| 103 | Anna Blässe | 223 | Carina Wenninger |
| 104 | Isabel Kerschowski | 224 | Viktoria Schnaderebeck |
| 105 | Pauline Bremer | 225 | Verena Aschauer |
| 106 | Kristin Demann | 226 | Nadine Prohaska |
| 107 | Alexandra Popp | 227 | Jasmin Eder |
| 108 | Dzsenifer Marozsán | 228 | Sarah Puntigam |
| 109 | Sara Doorsoun | 229 | Sarah Zadrazil |
| 110 | Sara Däbritz | 230 | Barbara Dunst |
| 111 | Lina Magull | 231 | Lisa Makas |
| 112 | Svenja Huth | 232 | Laura Feiersinger |
| 113 | Anja Mittag | 233 | Nina Burger |
| 114 | Mandy Islacker | 234 | Nicole Billa |
The Women's EURO 2017 - EURO 2017 in the Netherlands
The Women's EURO 2017 will be held from 07-16-2017 (opening match) to 08-06-2017 (finale). In total 31 matches will be staged in 7 different cities. The venues are:
| Stadium | City | Spectators |
| Rat Verlegh Stadium | Breda | 19.000 |
| Stadium De Adelaarshorst | Deventer | 8.011 |
| Stadium De Vijverberg | Doetinchem | 12.600 |
| De Grolsch Veste | Enschede | 30.205 |
| Sparta-Stadium Het Kasteel | Rotterdam | 11.026 |
| König-Wilhelm-II.-Stadium | Tilburg | 14.750 |
| Stadium Galgenwaard | Utrecht | 24.426 |
The final round of the women's EURO 2017 in the Netherlands will take place between four groups with four teams each. The opening match between the host, the Netherlands, and Norway will take place on 07-16-2017 at 6:00 pm in the Galgenwaard Stadium, in Utrecht. The first and the second team of each group advances to the quarter finals.
The quarter finals of the women's EURO 2017 in which each group winner plays against the runners-up will take place on July 29 and 30, 2017. The two semi-finals will be played on Thursday, August 3, 2017. The finale takes place on Sunday, August 8, 2017 at 5:00 pm in the stadium De Grolsch Veste in Enschede.
Conclusion
The fact that women's football is enjoying ever growing popularity worldwide, suggests that the sticker collection of the women's EURO 2017 in the Netherlands will be a great success. Accordingly, it is certain that the Panini women's EURO 2017 sticker collection will be collected by numerous fans. Because it is the first Panini EURO sticker collection, also a high increase in value can be assumed.