Las Palmas Wear Tenerife Colours for Jesús de Miguel

TL;DR

• UD Las Palmas announced on 4 November 2026 that they would wear their white and blue 2026-27 third kit against CD Eldense, in memory of CD Tenerife striker Jesús de Miguel.
• White and blue are Tenerife’s colours. Las Palmas and Tenerife are the two big rivals of the Canary Islands, so the choice carries a clear message.
• De Miguel died on 3 November, aged 30, after a collision during Tenerife’s match against FC Andorra. CE Sabadell have also changed a shirt in his memory.

What Las Palmas Announced

Las Palmas confirmed the decision in an official statement on 4 November, reported by Diario de Avisos. The club would leave its yellow home shirt aside and play its matchday 13 LaLiga Hypermotion fixture against Eldense at the Estadio de Gran Canaria in the third kit. The club said it wanted the gesture to stand as a show of unity across Canarian football. The statement also sent its support to the player’s family, friends, team-mates and Tenerife’s supporters.

The fixture was first set for Sunday 8 November. At least one report since then says it moved to Monday 9 November, so check the club’s own channels for the final kick-off time.

On social media the club posted a short message to the striker, who was known as “Demi”. In English it reads: “Today, your colours are ours. This is for you, Demi!” (Footy Headlines has the original Spanish post.)

Jesús de Miguel

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Jesús de Miguel was a striker for CD Tenerife, who play in the Segunda División. He collided with the Andorra goalkeeper during Tenerife’s league match against FC Andorra and suffered a cardiac arrest. The club announced his death on the morning of 3 November. He was 30.

The Kit Las Palmas Chose

The third shirt is made by Hummel and follows the layout of this season’s home shirt. Where the home jersey is yellow, the third is white. Both shirts carry a wide blue band across the chest with “Gran Canaria” in yellow. On the third, yellow edges the collar and cuffs, and Hummel’s chevrons run over the shoulders in blue and yellow.

That white body with the blue band is why the shirt was picked. White and blue are Tenerife’s colours, and Spanish sports site El Gol Digital noted that the third kit’s likeness to the rival’s colours had already drawn comment. The club used the shirt to show respect.

Other Tributes

The kit is one part of a wider response in Spain. The Spanish players’ union, AFE, asked for the round of matches to be postponed, El Gol Digital reported. LaLiga kept the fixtures and set out a plan for each game instead, according to Alicante Plaza. Players walk out in a remembrance shirt, flowers are laid in the centre circle, a minute’s silence is held, and play stops for a moment in the ninth minute.

Footy Headlines reports that Las Palmas sent an official delegation to the memorial at Tenerife’s Heliodoro Rodríguez López stadium. It adds that fan groups from both clubs met outside Gate 9 of the Estadio de Gran Canaria to light candles.

CE Sabadell also marked the loss on their shirt. For their match against Real Sociedad B, they released a special version of their black and gold Kappa away shirt. In place of the shirt sponsor, the chest reads porjesus.es in gold. That is the address of the fundraising campaign for the player’s family.

The Las Palmas Third Kit

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FAQ

Why are Las Palmas wearing white and blue?

To honour CD Tenerife striker Jesús de Miguel, who died on 3 November 2026 aged 30. White and blue are Tenerife’s colours, so Las Palmas chose their white and blue third kit for the Eldense match as a sign of respect between the two Canary Islands rivals.

Is it a special one-off shirt?

No. It is the club’s regular 2026-27 Hummel third kit: white, with a blue chest band and yellow “Gran Canaria” lettering. Las Palmas picked it for this match because its colours match Tenerife’s.

Which other tributes have been made for Jesús de Miguel?

CE Sabadell released a special edition of their 2026-27 Kappa away shirt, with porjesus.es in gold on the chest in place of the sponsor, to point fans to a fundraising campaign for his family. LaLiga also asked teams to walk out in a remembrance shirt before their matches.