US EditionCrystal Palace Loses Appeal Against Demotion by UEFA to Third-Tier Conference League
ENGLAND, AUG 11 – Crystal Palace contests UEFA's decision after being demoted to the Conference League due to ownership rules involving John Textor, with a Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling expected Monday.
- Crystal Palace's appeal against UEFA's decision was rejected on Monday, meaning they will compete in the Conference League instead of the Europa League this season.
- The demotion resulted from Palace missing a March 1 deadline to prove that co-owner John Textor did not control multiple clubs in European competition.
- Palace earned Europa League qualification by winning the FA Cup in May and claimed they deserved their place, reinforced by their recent Community Shield victory over Liverpool.
- Goalkeeper Dean Henderson said dropping Palace from the Europa League would 'devalue the competition' and praised chairman Steve Parish for fighting hard during the appeal.
- Palace’s demotion implicates Nottingham Forest, who reported the breach and are expected to take Palace’s Europa League spot, highlighting multi-club ownership enforcement challenges.
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One day after the triumph in the Community Shield against champion Liverpool, coaches Oliver Glasner and Crystal Palace have a hard setback! The FA Cup winner is not allowed to start in the Europa League. Now Palace has also failed with the appeal and, despite FA Cup titles, must not compete in the Europa League. Instead, the Conference League will start.The International Sports Court CAS rejected the London appeal on Monday.A bitter decisionThe…
Palace’s Europa League demotion would ‘devalue the competition’: Dean Henderson
Palace was demoted to the Conference League, the third-tier European competition, by UEFA’s Club Financial Control Body in July because John Textor, president of the Eagle Football Group, majority owners of Olympique Lyonnais, also has a controlling stake in the London club.
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