Full Crystal Palace Conference League results, team and schedule for 2025/26
Crystal Palace won the 2025/26 Conference League as England’s only representatives in the competition, beating Spanish side Rayo Vallecano in the final.
I The Premier League The club beat European champions Manchester City in the 2024/25 FA Cup final to ensure they will play continental football for the first time.
After the miss The Europa League Eligibility due to UEFA’s decision on ownership rules raised by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, manager Oliver Glasner – Europa League 2021/22 with former club Eintracht Frankfurt – guided the Eagles to another trophy in the Austrian’s last season in charge.
Check out the full results of Crystal Palace and the 2025/26 Conference League team.
Full Palace Conference League 2025/26 results
Here’s how Palace’s results played out.
| The day | They don’t oppose | The stage | The result |
| May 27, 2026 | Rayo Vallecano (N) | Finally | W 1-0 |
| May 7, 2026 | Shakhtar (H) | Semi-final second leg | W 2-1 (5-2 agg) |
| April 30, 2026 | Shakhtar (A) | Semi-final first leg | W 3-1 |
| April 16, 2026 | Fiorentina (A) | The second leg of the quarter-final | L 2-1 (W 4-2 agg) |
| April 9, 2026 | Fiorentina (H) | Quarter-final first leg | W 3-0 |
| March 19, 2026 | AEK Larnaca (A) | Round of 16 is the second leg | W 2-1 (after overtime and agg) |
| March 12, 2026 | AEK Larnaca (H) | Round 16 is the first leg | D 0-0 |
| February 26, 2026 | Zrinjski Mostar (H) | Second leg of Knockout play | W 2–0 (3-1 agg) |
| February 19, 2026 | Zrinjski Mostar (A) | First leg of Knockout play | D 1–1 |
| December 18, 2025 | KuPS (H) | Division of the league | D 2–2 |
| December 11, 2025 | Shelbourne (A) | Division of the league | W 3–0 |
| November 27, 2025 | Strasbourg (A) | Division of the league | L 1–2 |
| November 6, 2025 | AZ Alkmaar (H) | Division of the league | W 3–1 |
| October 23, 2025 | AEK Larnaca (H) | Division of the league | L 0–1 |
| October 2, 2025 | Dynamo Kyiv (A) | Division of the league | W 2–0 |
| August 28, 2025 | Fredrikstad (A) | The second leg of the qualifying play-offs | D 0–0 (W 1-0 agg) |
| August 21, 2025 | Fredrikstad (H) | Qualifying to play in the first leg | W 1–0 |
Crystal Palace Conference League Squad 2025/26
This was Palace’s List A Conference League team registered in round 16 in February 2026.
| Position | Players |
| Goalkeepers | Dean Henderson, Remi Matthews, Walter Benitez |
| The protectors | Daniel Munoz, Tyrick Mitchell, Maxence Lacroix, Nathaniel Clyne, Borna Sosa, Chris Richards, Chadi Riad, Caleb Kporha |
| Midfielders | Jefferson Lerma, Christantus Uche, Daichi Kamada, Will Hughes, Adam Wharton, Jaydee Canvot, Justin Devenny |
| Forward | Ismaila Sarr, Eddie Nketiah, Yeremy Pino, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Brennan Johnson, Jorgen Strand Larsen, Evann Guessand |
List B submissions, which include players born after January 1, 2004 who are eligible to play for the club for an uninterrupted period of two years from their 15th birthday, can also be made until midnight before each game.
Palace B-list players are denoted by an asterisk in their Conference League team list.
Crystal Palace Conference League Schedule 2025/26
In a change from the previous group stage which ran until 2023/24, each team now plays six games in the league stage, all against different opponents.
The top eight teams on the list automatically advance to the round of 16. Teams finishing ninth to 24th will compete in a two-legged qualifier to reach the Last 16.
Teams finishing 25th or below are out of Europe this season.
Which English clubs were in the Conference League 2025/26?
Palace were the only English contenders in the Conference League this season, following in the footsteps of Tottenham, West Ham, Aston Villa and Chelsea in the previous four campaigns.
The Hammers won the second edition of the competition in 2022/23 and the Blues in 2024/25.
When was the Conference League final?
The final took place on May 27 2026 at the Leipzig Stadium at the home of Bundesliga club Leipzig, where Jean-Philippe Mateta scored the only referee’s goal in the 50th minute.
