1927 sees the foundation date of Club Universidad de Chile, a professional side founded on 24 May 1927 and based in Santiago, competing today in the Primera División. The club’s blue identity, passionate support and continental success make authentic shirts especially sought after, and Walkouts lists signed and match-issued pieces with clear provenance for collectors and fans.
Universidad de Chile most frequently stage home fixtures at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, and the stadium atmosphere is often cited when provenance is traced for match-worn items. The blue kit and the club crest adopted in 1943 are recurring reference points when verifying era and printing details on shirts, from seam tags to sleeve badges.
The club has claimed a headline domestic record of 18 league titles, and its most prominent continental achievement is the Copa Sudamericana 2011 triumph, an unbeaten campaign that elevated collector interest in that season’s shirts. The 2011 run produced memorable performances from Eduardo Vargas and remains a primary provenance line; the side is also ranked 180 by IFFHS, a contextual metric collectors sometimes cite when cataloguing pieces.
Anniversary releases after 1970 are not widely catalogued in the available notes, which means verified anniversary editions are rare or regionally issued. More readily chased by collectors are shirts tied to standout seasons: the 2011 Sudamericana campaign, the 2012 Copa Libertadores semi-final run, and the 2017 league title season, each season is chased for match-issue variations, player-issue cuts and limited retail runs that surfaced around those campaigns.
An iconic away example recorded in club kit notes is a red away option used in decisive continental fixtures, worn on trips that decided knockout ties and finals legs. Such away colourways and their sleeves, numbering and sponsor panels are key identifiers for experts separating retail-stock shirts from genuine match-issued examples, and provenance notes often cite specific away legs when validating a shirt.
Fans also collect signed retail shirts as much as match-used items, with early runs, player-issue variants and region-specific retail editions attracting steady demand; provenance pages and tags matter. Collectors value documentation, and pieces offered with 2011 red away, Sudamericana decisive legs provenance or an accompanying COA tend to command attention because they link a shirt to a verifiable fixture or release window.
For those tracking era-specific provenance, supplier runs and coach periods are useful markers: the Sampaoli-influenced years and the Bielsa era context appear in collector records, and shirts linked to knockout runs are commonly annotated as 2012 Libertadores semi-finalists or from the 2017 title campaign. Concluding notes typically reference the Estadio Nacional, the Superclásico intensity, the 2011 continental run and the 2012 Libertadores ties, and free worldwide shipping is offered on authenticated items to UK and international buyers via Walkouts.
