Fresh from winning the 2025 Community Shield on Sunday, Eagles fans were brought back to earth on Monday as the news broke that Crystal Palace LOST their Europa League Appeal – with The Court Of Arbitration upholding UEFA’s decision to put Palace in the Europa Conference League due to multi-club ownership rules.
Crystal Palace LOSE Europa League Appeal As The Court of Arbitration Uphold UEFA Decision
The Crystal Palace ‘will they, won’t they’ be allowed to play in the Europa League – saga is seemingly over.
With The Court Of Arbitration ruling on Monday that Crystal Palace have LOST their Europa League appeal.
When beating City at Wembley in the FA Cup, Palace had their second prize for winning – a place in the Europa League – but this was quickly put in doubt due to multi-club ownership rules.
The Eagles ending up in this predicament with former shareholder John Textor being a majority shareholder with French club Lyon – who also qualified for the Europa League.
As a result of not putting his shares in a blind trust by the March 1st deadline – this led to the Eagles being demoted to the Conference League by UEFA.
However, Palace and their chairman Steve Parish appealed his decision in a 10-hour hearing on Friday in front of three CAS judges.
With Parish saying after the hearing he was confident “common sense will prevail” – but he was wrong.
As it was announced on Monday 11th August that Crystal Palace have LOST their Europa League appeal.
Which came a day after the club beat Liverpool in the Community Shield at Wembley.
Crystal Palace have lost their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, meaning they will play in the Conference League this season 🧑⚖️
Nottingham Forest will take their place in the Europa League. pic.twitter.com/EhosWWp3TF
— B/R Football (@brfootball) August 11, 2025
Palace will play either Fredrikstad or Midtjylland – who face-off on Thursday 14th in their Europa League second leg qualifier. With Midtjylland winning the first leg 3-1.
With the loser, which is looking like Fredrikstad, will get the Eagles in a two-leg Europa Conference League play-off game.
The first leg will be at Selhurst Park on Thursday 21st August and the second a week later.
SportsCasting betting experts have revealed the Palace UEFA Conference League odds at 5/1.
Nottingham Forest Will Take Palace’s Europa League Place
Where there’s a loser, there’s always a winner.
And even though Palace might be commiserating – Nottingham Forest fans are celebrating the Crystal Palace losing their Europa League appeal news.
As this means last season’s Premier League seventh-place team will take Palace’s slot in the more lucrative Europa League – with the Eagles taking Forest’s Conference slot.
It’s reported the income between the competitions is around £20m.
2025/26 Europa League Draw, Format and Key Dates
- Europa League Qualifiers – 10th July to 14th Aug 2025
- Europa League Play-offs – 21st-28th Aug 2025
- Europa League Phases – 24th Sept 2025 – 29th Jan 2026
- Europa League Knockout – 19th-26th Feb 2026
- Europa League Round Of 16 – 12th-19th March 2026
- Europa League Qtr-Finals – 9th-16th April 2026
- Europa League Semi-Finals – 30th April-7th May 2026
- Europa League FINAL – 20th May 2026 (Istanbul)
Which English Teams Are In The Europa League 2025/26?
Aston Villa finished sixth in the Premier League in 2024/25 and won their place in the Europa League this season.
While, Nottingham Forest will now also join Villa in the competition.
Ironically, Palace’s first home game in the league is also against Forest on Sunday August 24th.
Which English Teams Are In The Europa Conference League 2025/26?
With Crystal Palace losing their Europa League appeal – this means they will play in the UEFA Conference League.
However, with fellow Premier League side West Ham winning the Europa Conference League in 2022-23, the football betting sites are sure make Palace one of the favorites in the competition.
Crystal Palace Fixtures – Key Dates
- Chelsea (Prem League) – Sunday 17th Aug
- Nottingham Forest – Sunday 24th Aug
- Conference League Play-Off Second Leg – August 28th
- Conference League DRAW – August 29th
