Crystal Palace given new D-Day to discover Europa League fate after officially filing appeal to CAS over Uefa decision
CRYSTAL PALACE will learn their European fate by August 11 after officially launching their Uefa appeal.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) have confirmed they have received an appeal from the Eagles – whose fans protested last week – calling on them to overturn Uefa’s decision to demote them from the Europa League.
Palace‘s appeal also calls for French club Lyon and Premier League rivals Nottingham Forest – who took their place in the Europa League – to be dropped down to the Conference League.
CAS say they will fast track the case and a decision on whether the FA Cup winners remain in the Conference League or are returned to the second tier competition will be made by August 11 at the latest.
Palace’s fate has been in doubt ever since Uefa raised questions over former owner John Textor’s links with Lyon, who have also qualified.
Textor has since sold up at Palace and been booted out of Lyon – but neither club had complied by Uefa’s multi-club rules before a new March 1 deadline.
All parties have been invited to make submissions to CAS, who will then schedule a hearing.
Forest have currently taken Palace’s place in the Europa League after writing to Uefa to complain about Textor’s links between Selhurst Park and Lyon.
Crystal Palace’s argument has long been that Textor, who owned 43 per cent of the club before selling to American billionaire Woody Johnson, had no influence in South London.
And chairman Steve Parish is confident they can have the decision overturned.
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He told The Rest is Football: “We are still fighting.
“There’s an appeal process, so we go to CAS, and we’re very hopeful. We think we’ve got great legal arguments.
“We don’t think this is the right decision by any means. We know, unequivocally, that John [Textor] didn’t have decisive influence over the club.
“We know we proved that beyond all reasonable doubt because it’s a fact.”
In a statement, CAS said: “The appeal filed on 21 July 2025 seeks to annul the decision by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body which found Crystal Palace and OL non-compliant with multi club ownership regulations and placed Crystal Palace in the UEFA Conference League 2025/2026.
“Alongside the annulment, Crystal Palace requests readmission to the UEFA Europa League 2025/2026 with Nottingham Forest’s admission rejected.
“In the alternative, Crystal Palace requests readmission to the UEFA Europa League 2025/2026 with OL’s admission rejected.”