Unión Deportiva Las Palmas S.A.D., based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, currently compete in the Segunda División and have a long local and collector appeal, available through Walkouts for authentic signed football shirts and framed pieces. The club traces its roots to 1949, when five regional sides merged to form the present organisation on 22 August 1949, and its colours, badge and island identity remain central to every shirt release.
Originally playing at the Estadio Insular before relocating in 2003, the side now hosts matches at the Estadio Gran Canaria, a frequent backdrop for catalogue shots and framed match shirts. Club fabric and badge changes across the Estadio Insular era and the modern ground produce distinct provenance cues that collectors note on tag placement, sleeve patches and supply runs.
On the pitch Las Palmas have won a string of honours, most notably four Segunda División titles, a runners-up finish in La Liga and cup runs that include being Copa del Rey runners-up. The club’s period in the Spanish top flight, highlighted by the 1968-69 La Liga campaign, still drives interest in period shirts and match-issue variants; the team’s contemporary standing is reinforced by a global metrics presence, with IFFHS recognising the club in its rankings.
Anniversary releases post-1970 are a clear collector focus, with the club marking milestones such as the 70 year celebration. Special crests, commemorative woven badges and limited fanshop runs issued for landmark dates draw demand among local and international buyers, particularly items tied to anniversary programmes and reproduced heritage crests.
Season and match magnets make certain years especially sought after, from the 1968-69 La Liga runners-up campaign to promotion years like 2014-15 and the recent 2022-23 Segunda championship; shirts from those seasons are chased for association with promotion fixtures, iconic lineups and scarce early-run player-issue variants. Provenance notes, such as LaLiga versus LFP patch eras and supplier swaps, help verify when a shirt was produced and which version is on offer.
Away shirts also carry specific collector stories, notably the club’s distinctive blue 2014-15 away set, linked to decisive promotion matches that season, and later black away releases used in top flight campaigns. Fanshop retail shirts, not only match-worn pieces, are actively collected, with early runs and region-specific releases producing variants, while supplier era changes from Puma, Adidas and other suppliers leave recognisable maker cues in stitching and labels.
For provenance and purchase clarity collectors look for documented verification, especially limited edition runs and anniversary pieces such as the 2019 70 años anniversary releases, and trusted authentication like a COA on signed retail shirts. Walkouts lists authenticated fan items alongside match-issued and player-issue variants from seasons including 1968-69 and 2022-23, helping buyers trace a shirt’s era and significance before adding it to a framed display or archive.
