European football’s governing body, UEFA, contacted the London club confirming they had been barred from entering next season’s Europa League. They had, as the subsequent public statement stated, “breached, as at 1 March 2025, the multi-club ownership criteria foreseen in Article 5.01 of the UEFA Club Competition Regulations”.

This afternoon, the decision of the First Chamber of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body regarding Crystal Palace’s exclusion from the 2025/26 Europa League was announced. Nottingham Forest will

Crystal Palace have been expelled from the Europa League and will play in the Conference League next season.Uefa have ruled that John Textor - Palace's co-owner - breaches their multi-club ownership rules with his other stake in Ligue 1 outfit Lyon.