Crystal Palace won the 2025/26 Conference League as England’s sole representative in the competition, after defeating Spanish side Rayo Vallecano in the final.
the Premier League The team beat former European champions Manchester City in the 2024/25 FA Cup final to ensure they will play continental football for the first time.
After he was gone European League Qualifying due to a UEFA ruling on ownership rules upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, manager Oliver Glasner – 2021/22 Europa League with former club Eintracht Frankfurt – led the Eagles to another title in the Austrian’s final season.
Find out the full Crystal Palace results and lineup for the 2025/26 Conference League.
Palais des Conferences League full results 2025/26
Here’s how Palace’s results turned out.
| date | Opponents | platform | a result |
| May 27, 2026 | Rayo Vallecano (n) | last | W 1-0 |
| May 7, 2026 | Shakhtar (h) | Semi-final second leg | W 2-1 (5-2 aggregate) |
| April 30, 2026 | Shakhtar (out) | Semi-final first leg | Th 3-1 |
| April 16, 2026 | Fiorentina (away) | Quarter-final second leg | For 2-1 (w 4-2 total) |
| April 9, 2026 | Fiorentina (home) | Quarter-final first leg | W 3-0 |
| March 19, 2026 | AEK Larnaca (A) | Round of 16, return | F 2-1 (after extra time and aggregate) |
| March 12, 2026 | AEK Larnaca (H) | Round of 16, first leg | D 0-0 |
| February 26, 2026 | Zrinjski Mostar (H) | Knockout in the second leg | W 2-0 (3-1 aggregate) |
| February 19, 2026 | Zrinjski Mostar (A) | Knockout in the first leg | D 1-1 |
| December 18, 2025 | cops (h) | League stage | D 2-2 |
| December 11, 2025 | Shelbourne (A) | League stage | W 3-0 |
| November 27, 2025 | Strasbourg (A) | League stage | For 1-2 |
| November 6, 2025 | Alkmaar (home ground) | League stage | Th 3-1 |
| October 23, 2025 | AEK Larnaca (H) | League stage | l 0–1 |
| October 2, 2025 | Dynamo Kyiv (away) | League stage | W 2-0 |
| August 28, 2025 | Fredrikstad (A) | Return match qualifiers | D 0-0 (W 1-0 total points) |
| August 21, 2025 | Fredrikstad (H) | First leg qualifiers | w 1–0 |
Crystal Palace lineup in the Conference League 2025/26
This was Palace’s List A Conference League side drawn from the Round of 16 in February 2026.
| position | players |
| Goalkeepers | Dean Henderson, Remy Matthews, Walter Benitez |
| Defenders | Daniel Munoz, Tyreek Mitchell, Maxence Lacroix, Nathaniel Clyne, Burna Sosa, Chris Richards, Shadi Riad, Caleb Kabourha |
| Midfielders | Jefferson Lerma, Christantis Uchi, Daichi Kamada, Will Hughes, Adam Wharton, Jade Canfoot, Justin Devenney |
| forward | Ismaila Sarr, Eddy Nketiah, Jeremi Pineault, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Brennan Johnson, Jørgen Strand-Larsen, Ivan Giesand |
Applications for List B, which consists of players born after 1 January 2004 who were eligible to play for the club for a continuous period of two years from their 15th birthday, can also be submitted until midnight before each match.
Players on the Palace B roster are indicated with an asterisk List of conference league teams.
Crystal Palace Conference League 2025/26 schedule
In a change from the previous group stage which was held until 2023/24, each team will now play six matches in the league stage, all against different opponents.
The top eight teams in the table automatically qualify for the round of 16. The teams ranked ninth to 24th will compete in a two-legged knockout stage to reach the round of 16.
Teams ranked 25th or lower are eliminated from Europe for the season.
Which English clubs participated in the 2025/26 Conference League?
Palace was the only English competitor in the Conference League this season, following in the footsteps of Tottenham, West Ham, Aston Villa and Chelsea in the previous four seasons.
The Hammers won the second edition of the competition in 2022/23 and the Blues were victorious in 2024/25.
When was the conference league final?
The final match was held on 27 May 2026 at Leipzig Stadium, home of German club RB Leipzig, with Jean-Philippe Mateta scoring the only goal of the match in the 50th minute.
