Shocking! Crystal Palace can't make it to the Europa League despite winning the FA Cup...Why on earth?

Jun 03, 2025

Shocking! Crystal Palace can't make it to the Europa League despite winning the FA Cup...Why on earth?
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Shocking! Crystal Palace can't make it to the Europa League despite winning the FA Cup...Why on earth?
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It is predicted that the English FA Cup winner Crystal Palace will be disqualified from the Europa League.

The Sun, a British daily newspaper, raised the possibility on the 3rd (Korea time) that Crystal Palace will not be able to play in the 2025-2026 Europa League due to its stake. The newspaper pointed out that "'UEFA' prohibits owners from participating in the same tournament of the same team as the owners of the European Football Association'John Textor, the largest shareholder of Crystal Palace, is the owner of French Ligue 1 Olympique Lyon'. In addition to Lyon, Textor, who is also a shareholder of Botafogu (Brazil) and Molenbeek (Belgium), owns 47% of Crystal Palace shares, but 25% of voting shares', adding that Crystal Palace will consult with UEFA for this reason, with results expected in two weeks. If Crystal Palace fails to pass the qualification screening, Brighton & Hove Albion, eighth in the Premier League, will play in the Europa League.

Crystal Palace, which ranked 12th in the Premier League this season, beat Manchester City in the FA Cup final to win its first-ever trophy and qualify for the Europa League. However, it seems to be hamstrung by the complicated equity relationship.




Lyon finished sixth in the league this season and qualified for the Europa League. However, due to severe financial difficulties, it is on the verge of relegation. Although he was already temporarily demoted last season, he will be reviewed by the league secretariat again as his financial problems have not been resolved this season. If it fails to pass the screening scheduled for the end of this month, League 2 relegation will be confirmed.

Shocking! Crystal Palace can't make it to the Europa League despite winning the FA Cup...Why on earth?
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UEFA strictly prohibits the same-owner club from participating in the European competition due to concerns about match fixing. Leipzig, which was acquired by Red Bull, will play in the European Champions League based on its good performance in the German Bundesliga, overlapping with Salzburg (Austria), which is owned by the same company. However, unlike Salzburg, which is directly owned by Red Bull, Leipzig is not the largest shareholder under the Bundesliga's 50+1 equity rules, and unlike Salzburg, which named the company "Red Bull", Leipzig insisted that there was no problem because it used the name "Rasen Ballsport (RB)", and UEFA also recognized the qualification. However, German and European soccer fans are looking at Red Bull, just like Salzburg, Leipzig is actually in charge, and the name RB is also a name that fully reminds them of Red Bull.

In the FIFA Club World Cup, there was an example similar to Crystal Palace-Lyon. FIFA deprived Leon of his right to play in the 2025 Club World Cup as the winner of the 2023 North-China Champions League after he was protested that he had the same parent company as Pachuca (Mexico). Leon vented: "'We have submitted evidence and documents in the last few months that the club is operating autonomously in all aspects, including finance, the squad and the management,' but it was not accepted. Leon's replacement team, which was in Group D along with Chelsea (England), Tunis (Tunis) and Flamengo (Brazil), has yet to be decided.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.