Like all good collectors I can find improvements too! For me the following would of made this album exceptional: This time it is the Women’s World Cup that is being held in France between the 7 th June and 7 th July 2019. So you’ve bought the starter set and you’re immediately presented with a front cover that includes the branded tournament colours. You’ll see the flags of the countries taking part along the top of the album, plus the France 2019 logo and a computer generated player running with the ball. Panini spanish magazine Jugón has released an update sheet with 9 new spanish players not featured in the album. It is only available in their issue 149, June 2019.

The new album is the third consecutive Women’s World Cup that has been covered by Panini. The series began with a small print run for the Germany World Cup in 2011 and was much more successful than antecipated. This success led to a wider distribution for the Canada World Cup collection in 2015. I nearly forgot: in case you’re new to collecting, we were also treated to a Panini album for the 2017 Women’s Euros in Netherlands too. I was starting to see a lot of player portraits now and as expected the vast majority of them have been taken in the studio. This is my preference, as I prefer the uniformity but I started to notice a few teams with their players possibly taken during the national anthems as they weren’t so focused on the camera like the studio portraits. I understand the reasons as not all teams are so accessible which often affects the men’s game too.The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup is hosted by Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to August 20, 2023.