{"id":73048,"date":"2025-07-11T18:53:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T17:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=73048"},"modified":"2025-07-11T18:53:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T17:53:38","slug":"crystal-palace-demoted-to-conference-league-after-uefa-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/crystal-palace-demoted-to-conference-league-after-uefa-blow\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Palace Demoted to Conference League After UEFA Blow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crystal Palace made history last year when they qualified for the Europa League. However, that has been undone after UEFA ruled the club breached its multi-club ownership regulations. The south London side qualified after winning the FA Cup against Manchester City in May.<\/p><p>They&nbsp; secured their first major European berth. However, after the demolition, they will now compete in the UEFA Europa Conference League instead. The trouble stemmed from Eagle Football&rsquo;s 43% ownership of Palace, controlled by John Textor.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680; OFFICIAL: UEFA announce Crystal Palace won&rsquo;t be playing in the Europa League next season.<br><br>Palace to play in the Conference League per UEFA rules. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kuiGpiQVGq\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/kuiGpiQVGq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1943692096289808784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>July 11, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>He also holds a majority stake in French side Lyon. Both clubs qualified for the Europa League. UEFA&rsquo;s rules prohibit entities with &lsquo;decisive influence&rsquo; over more than one club from competing in the same tournament. Palace argued that Textor&rsquo;s influence was minimal.<\/p><p>They pointed to his agreement on June 23 to sell his stake to New York Jets owner Woody Johnson. However, the sale came after UEFA&rsquo;s March 1 deadline for resolving ownership conflicts. As a result, UEFA&rsquo;s Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) rejected Palace&rsquo;s admission to the Europa League.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/morgan-gibbs-white-set-for-spurs-medical-after-tottenham-trigger-60m-release-clause\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Morgan Gibbs-White Set for Spurs Medical After Tottenham Trigger &pound;60M Release Clause<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>They confirmed Crystal Palace&rsquo;s demotion in a statement: <strong><em>&ldquo;The CFCB First Chamber decided to reject Crystal Palace&rsquo;s admission to the 2025\/26 UEFA Europa League and to accept Crystal Palace&rsquo;s admission to the 2025\/26 UEFA Conference League.&rdquo;<\/em><\/strong><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Appeal Planned, Nottingham Forest on Standby<\/h2><p>The Eagles plan to appeal the decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). If their appeal fails, Nottingham Forest, who finished seventh in the Premier League, are expected to replace Palace in the Europa League. However, UEFA stated that confirmation will only come after the appeal process concludes.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/barcelona-marcus-rashford-top-priority-hansi-flick-green-light\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Barcelona Make Marcus Rashford Top Priority After Hansi Flick Gives Green Light<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>This is not the first time Palace have been denied European football under unusual circumstances. In 1991, they finished third in the top flight but missed out on UEFA Cup qualification due to the ban on English clubs following the Heysel disaster.&nbsp;<\/p><p>The club maintains that it operated independently of Lyon and questions UEFA&rsquo;s interpretation of the rules. Unless CAS overturn the ruling, this outcome threatens to overshadow one of the club&rsquo;s historic moments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europa League Dream Ends As UEFA Demote Eagles a Tier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":73054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4038],"tags":[6648,4053,4512,4582],"class_list":["post-73048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer","tag-conference-league","tag-crystal-palace","tag-europa-league","tag-uefa"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Crystal Palace Demoted to Conference League After UEFA Blow - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UEFA demote Crystal Palace from Europa League to Conference League over ownership breach. 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