Club Sport Emelec is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, Ecuador whose professional side competes in the Ecuadorian Serie A, and collectors regularly seek signed football shirts from the club; Walkouts lists authenticated retail and player items for sale. The club began life under an American manager and quickly became a local institution, its identity tied to the city and port.
The organisation was founded on 28 April 1929 by George Capwell, the head of the Electric Company of Ecuador, and the club’s ground honours that origin. Supporters still reference the donor in stories about early fixtures, and the home venue, Estadio George Capwell, is a central feature of Emelec’s collector lore and match provenance.
Emelec’s trophy cabinet is one reason shirts carry strong provenance, the side having claimed a headline domestic total of fourteen Serie A titles along with regional honours, and maintaining the unusual record of winning across every decade of the national competition. Those championship seasons and regional finals create natural provenance lines for signed shirts and commemorative releases.
Anniversary releases have been important to collectors, notably the club’s 50th anniversary release in 1979 which set a template for later commemorative retail shirts. Such post-1970 milestone shirts tend to be issued in limited runs and are sought for their direct link to club history, roofed launch events and numbered retail batches issued to local supporters.
Specific fixtures drive market interest, above all the city rivalry known as El Clásico del Astillero, whose shirts from decisive encounters are chased for derby provenance and match connection. Equally, shirts worn or sold around Serie A title deciders at the home ground are prized because they can be tied to a concrete match and a documented outcome, enhancing a shirt’s narrative.
Collectors also single out iconic away shirts and their colourways, with contrasting light away kits frequently appearing in photo archives and match shots from important away fixtures. These away variants, when matched to decisive away wins or cup ties, become attractive collector pieces because they tell a game-specific story and often differ from mass retail home runs.
Across markets fans collect signed retail shirts as well as match-worn examples; fanshop issues, early production runs, player-issue variants and region-specific releases regularly surface with provenance notes. Sellers routinely pair retail items with supporting imagery, and many offerings include a supplier packet or team photo to corroborate provenance, while independent verification such as COA further boosts buyer confidence.
For provenance-minded shoppers the combination of derby provenance, founder association and championship seasons is decisive; items linked to El Clásico del Astillero matches and to title-deciding Serie A fixtures are particular standouts. Walkouts lists authenticated shirts with supporting imagery and COA on select lots from derby matches and championship campaigns, including shirts associated with derby fixtures and decisive title matches.
