Crystal Palace, UEFA and multi-club ownership
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After winning the FA Cup and qualifying for the Europa League, why are Crystal Palace now set to lose their place to Nottingham Forest?
Crystal Palace remain angry over UEFA decision to demote them from Europa League with Steve Parish suggesting a bigger club would have been permitted to compete
Crystal Palace have been moved from the Europa League to the Conference League after UEFA ruled they could not participate in the same competition as Lyon; questions were raised with John Textor owning shares - now sold - in both Palace and Lyon,
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Nottinghamshire Live on MSNBreaking - UEFA make Europa League decision as Nottingham Forest learn their fateThe move comes after Lyon won an appeal against their relegation to the French second division, a decision which ultimately put Crystal Palace’s participation in next season’s Europa League at an end and looks likely to usher in Forest’s promotion from the Europa Conference League.
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL / ACCESS Newswire / July 9, 2025 / John Textor, Chairman and CEO of Eagle Football Holdings, today issued the following statement in response to the decision by the French Football Federation (FFF) to uphold Olympique Lyonnais's
The UEFA Champions League is the most elite competition in European and world football, bringing together the best of the best from England, Italy, Spain, Germany and more.Paris Saint-Germain lifted their first-ever Champions League title by beating Inter Milan 5-0 in a lopsided final.
The departing Crystal Palace co-owner John Textor claims that UEFA has seen documents that show he had no decisive influence in making decisions at the club.Textor has agreed to sell his shares in
UEFA's decision means teams that finish between third and sixth in the league phase cannot get home priority in the Champions League semifinals.