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| chairman = Steve Parish
| manager = [[Oliver Glasner]]
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'''Crystal Palace Football Club''', often referred to simply as '''Palace''', is a professional [[Association football|football]] club based in [[Selhurst]], [[South London]], England, which competes in the [[Premier League]], the highest level of [[English football league system|English football]]. The club was officially established as a professional outfit in 1905 at the [[The Crystal Palace|Crystal Palace]] exhibition building, but has origins as far back as 1861.<ref>Palace at the Palace. Peter Manning 2018.</ref><ref>The Origin of Crystal Palace FC, Volume I. Steve Martyniuk 2016.</ref> They used the [[Crystal Palace National Sports Centre#FA Cup Finals (1895–1914)|FA Cup Final]] stadium inside the exhibition grounds for their home games between 1905 and 1915, when the club were forced to leave due to the outbreak of the [[First World War]]. In 1924, the club moved to their current home at [[Selhurst Park]].

In their early years as a professional club, Palace initially played in the [[Southern Football League|Southern League]], before being elected to the [[English Football League|Football League]] in 1920 and have mainly competed in the top two tiers of English football during its league history. Since 1964, the club has only dropped below the second tier once, for just three seasons between 1974 and 1977. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, they enjoyed a successful period as a top-flight club. After reaching the [[1990 FA Cup final]], Palace then challenged [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] and [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] for the [[List of English football champions|English league title]] in [[1990-91 Football League|1990–91]], eventually ending the season in third place, their highest league finish to date. Palace missed out on [[1991–92 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]] qualification because of the limited number of places available to English top-flight clubs after the [[Heysel Stadium disaster]]. The club were also founder members of the inaugural Premier League in [[1992–93 FA Premier League|1992–93]]. 

However, the club was soon to suffer a severe decline in fortunes after its relegation from the top-flight in 1998. This was due to financial problems which saw Palace go into [[Administration (insolvency)|administration]] twice, in 1999 and 2010. They steadily recovered and since their promotion back to the Premier League in 2013, Palace have achieved a club record-extending thirteenth consecutive top-flight season as of 2025–26, as well as reaching two more [[List of FA Cup finals|FA Cup finals]] in [[2016 FA Cup final|2016]] and [[2025 FA Cup final|2025]], with victory in the latter final resulting in the club's first major trophy in its history. The club followed up this success by winning their first [[2025 FA Community Shield|FA Community Shield]] title that same year.

The club's [[Kit (association football)|kit]] colours were claret and blue until 1973, when they changed to the red and blue vertical stripes worn today. Palace have [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.–Crystal Palace F.C. rivalry|a long-standing and fierce rivalry]] with [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] that emerged in the 1970s for competitive reasons. Other strong rivalries exist with nearby [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] and [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]], against whom they contest the [[South London derby|South London derbies]].

==History==
{{Main|History of Crystal Palace F.C.}} 
[[File:Crystal Palace General view from Water Temple.jpg|thumb|alt=Mono photograph of the front of the Palace and some of its surrounding grounds.|[[The Crystal Palace]] Exhibition building (1854)]]

===The Exhibition Palace and FA Cup Final venue (1854–1905)===
In 1854, the [[The Crystal Palace|Crystal Palace]] exhibition building had been relocated from [[Hyde Park, London]], and rebuilt in an area of South London next to [[Sydenham Hill]]. The surrounding area was renamed [[Crystal Palace, London|Crystal Palace]] and included the [[Crystal Palace Park]], where various sports facilities were built. In 1857, the [[Crystal Palace Cricket Club]] was established here using the [[Crystal Palace Park Cricket Ground|cricket ground]] inside the park. Its members later lobbied for a continuation of sporting activities during the winter months and set up an amateur [[Crystal Palace F.C. (1861)|Crystal Palace]] football team,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sherman |first1=Montagu |title=Athletics and Football |date=1889 |publisher=Longman's Green |page=301}}</ref> who became founder members of the [[Football Association]] in 1863.<ref>Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle, 12 December 1863, p. 3</ref> They competed in the first [[FA Cup]] competition in [[1871–72 FA Cup|1871–72]], reaching the semi-finals<ref>Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle, 24 February 1872, p. 5</ref>and played in the FA Cup over the next four seasons, but disappeared from historical records around December 1875.<ref>Palace at the Palace. Peter Manning 2018</ref>

In 1895, the Football Association found a new permanent venue for the [[FA Cup final]] to be played at the [[Crystal Palace National Sports Centre#FA Cup Finals (1895–1914)|sports stadium]] situated inside the exhibition building grounds. Some years later, the Crystal Palace Company who owned the Palace and its grounds and were reliant on tourist activity for their income, sought fresh attractions for the venue and decided to form a new professional football club to play at the stadium.<ref>Matthews, p.&nbsp;11–13</ref> The owners wanted a club to play there and tap into the vast crowd potential of the area.
[[File:CrystalPalace1905.jpg|thumb|right|The [[1905 FA Cup final]] at the Crystal Palace Stadium.]]

===Birth of the professional club and the Southern League (1905–1920)===
The professional Crystal Palace Football Club was formed on 10 September 1905 under the guidance of [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] assistant secretary [[Edmund Goodman]],<ref name="Business: Club History" /> who later became Palace's longest ever serving manager. The club applied for election to the [[English Football League|Football League]], but were rejected and instead found itself in the [[Southern Football League|Southern League]] Second Division for the [[1905–06 Southern Football League|1905–06]] season. Palace were successful in their inaugural campaign, achieving promotion to the Southern League First Division, after being crowned as champions.<ref name="Business: Club History" /> They also played in the mid-week [[United League (football)|United League]], finishing runners-up to [[Watford F.C.|Watford]], and it was in this competition that the club played their first match, winning 3–0 away to [[New Brompton F.C.|New Brompton]].<ref name="Business: Club History" /><ref>King, p. 10</ref>
[[File:Crystal palace fc 1905-06.jpg|thumb|The Crystal Palace F.C. squad (1905–06).]]

Palace remained in the Southern League up until 1914, their one highlight the [[Newcastle United F.C. 0–1 Crystal Palace F.C. (1907)|1907 shock First Round victory]] over [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] in the FA Cup.<ref name="TOON" /><ref name="GK" /> The outbreak of the [[First World War]] led to the [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]] requisitioning the Crystal Palace and its grounds, which meant the club was forced to leave and they moved to the home of nearby [[West Norwood F.C.|West Norwood]] at the [[Herne Hill Velodrome]]. Three years later, they moved again to [[Croydon Common Athletic Ground|the Nest]] following the demise of [[Croydon Common F.C.]].

====1913 FA Cup final bombing====
The Palace stadium was almost destroyed in an attempted [[terrorist]] bombing of the [[1913 FA Cup final]], when the [[suffragettes]] of the [[Women's Social and Political Union]], plotted to blow up the stands.<ref name="Kay" /><ref name="PaulaBartley" /> This was part of the [[suffragette bombing and arson campaign]], in which the suffragettes carried out a series of politically motivated bombing and arson attacks nationwide, as part of their campaign for [[women's suffrage]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Suffragettes, violence and militancy |url=https://www.bl.uk/votes-for-women/articles/suffragettes-violence-and-militancy |publisher=British Library |access-date=14 October 2021 |date=2018 |archive-date=10 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910203912/https://www.bl.uk/votes-for-women/articles/suffragettes-violence-and-militancy }}</ref>

===Into the Football League (1920–1958)===
The club became founder members of the new [[Football League Third Division]] in the [[1920–21 Football League|1920–21]] season, finishing as champions and gaining promotion to the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]. This achievement meant they joined [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]], [[Birmingham City F.C.|Small Heath]], [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], and [[Bury F.C.|Bury]] as the only clubs at that time to have won a championship in their first season as a league club. Palace then moved to a new stadium [[Selhurst Park]] in 1924, where the club still play their home games today.<ref>King, pp.&nbsp;15–19</ref>

The opening fixture at Selhurst Park was against [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|The Wednesday]], with Palace losing 0–1 in front of a crowd of 25,000. Finishing in twenty-first position, the club were relegated to the [[Football League Third Division South|Third Division South]]. Before the [[Second World War]], Palace made good efforts at promotion, mostly finishing in the top half of the table and were runners-up on three occasions. During the war years, the Football League was suspended, and the club won two [[Wartime League]]s. After the war, Palace were less successful in the league, their highest position being seventh, and conversely on three occasions the club had to apply for [[Re-election (Football League)|re-election]].

===Historic Real Madrid visit and promotion to the top flight (1958–1973)===
[[File:Di stefano real madrid cf (cropped).png|thumb|left|[[Alfredo Di Stéfano]], who played for Real Madrid against Palace in 1962. The ''Croydon Advertiser'' reported that his "move that led to Madrid's fourth goal was conducted with effortless ease at walking pace."<ref>{{cite news|last=Matthews|first=John|title=Nearly 25, 000 See Real Dazzle, But Palace Fight Back|newspaper=Croydon Advertiser|date=20 April 1962|page=24}}</ref> ]]
The club remained in the Third Division South up until the end of the [[1957–58 in English football|1957–58]] season, after which the Football League was restructured with clubs in the bottom half of the Third Division South merging with those in the bottom half of the Third Division North to form a new [[Football League Fourth Division|Fourth Division]]. Palace had finished fourteenth – just below the cut – and were consigned to the basement of English football. Their stay was only brief. Palace chairman [[Arthur Wait]] appointed the ex-[[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham]] manager [[Arthur Rowe]] towards the end of the [[1959–60 in English football|1959–60]] season, and his exciting style of football was a joy to watch for the Palace fans. The following season saw Palace gain promotion and they also achieved distinction in April 1962, when they played the great [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] team of that era in an historic friendly match. This was the first time that the Spanish giants had ever played a match in London and was only two weeks before they were due to play [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] in the [[1962 European Cup final|European Cup final]]. A full strength Madrid team beat Palace 4–3. Although Rowe resigned for health reasons towards the end of 1962, the club continued its momentum. [[Dick Graham]] and then [[Bert Head]] guided Palace to successive promotions in [[1963–64 in English football|1963–64]] and [[1968–69 in English football|1968–69]], taking the club through the Second Division and into the heights of the [[Football League First Division|First Division]].<ref>King, pp.&nbsp;32–7</ref>

Palace's first ever spell in the top-flight of English football lasted from 1969 until 1973, and they achieved some memorable results, arguably the best was a 5–0 home win against [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] in the [[1972–73 in English football|1972–73]] season. Arthur Wait stepped down as chairman during that season and was replaced by Raymond Bloye who appointed [[Malcolm Allison]] as manager in March 1973, with Bert Head moving upstairs to become general manager. Unfortunately, the managerial change came too late to save the club from relegation back to the Second Division.

===Bouncing between the divisions (1973–1984)===
After the disappointment of demotion from the top-flight, the next season was to prove even worse for the club. Under the management of Allison, Palace suffered a second consecutive relegation, and found itself back in Division Three for the [[1974–75 in English football|1974–75]] season. It was also under Allison that the club changed its nickname from "The Glaziers" to "The Eagles", and ended its association with claret and blue [[Kit (association football)|kit]] colours by changing to the red and blue vertical stripes worn today. Palace enjoyed a run to the semi-finals of the [[1975–76 FA Cup]], beating [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds]] and [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] along the way, but lost 0–2 in the semi-final at [[Stamford Bridge (stadium)|Stamford Bridge]] to the eventual winners, [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]. Allison resigned at the end of the [[1975–76 in English football|1975–76]] season after failing to get the club out of the third tier, and it was under [[Terry Venables]]' management that Palace moved back up to the top-flight with promotions in [[1976–77 in English football|1976–77]] and [[1978–79 in English football|1978–79]]; the latter saw the club crowned as Division Two champions.

That team from 1979 was dubbed the "''Team of the Eighties''" by the media, because it included a number of very talented young players who had emerged from the youth team which won the [[FA Youth Cup]] in 1976–77 and 1977–78, and they were briefly top of the whole Football League in the early part of the [[1979–80 in English football|1979–80]] season. However, financial difficulties suffered by the club caused the break-up of that group of players, and this ultimately led to Palace being unable to maintain its position in the top-flight. Palace were relegated from the First Division in [[1980–81 in English football|1980–81]], coinciding with [[Ron Noades]]' takeover of the club. They struggled back in the second tier and Noades even appointed the ex-[[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton]] manager [[Alan Mullery]], which was very unpopular with the Palace fans.

===Steve Coppell years (1984–1993)===
On 4 June 1984, the former Manchester United and [[England national football team|England]] player [[Steve Coppell]], who had recently retired from the game due to injury, was appointed as Palace manager. Coppell rebuilt the club steadily over the next few years which resulted in the Eagles achieving promotion back to the First Division via the [[English Football League play-offs|play-offs]] in [[1989 Football League play-offs#Second Division|1988–89]]. Palace followed this up by reaching the [[1990 FA Cup final]], drawing 3–3 with Manchester United after [[Extra time (football)|extra-time]] in the first match, but losing the replay 0–1. The club was able to build on this success and the [[1990–91 Football League|1990–91]] campaign saw Palace challenge [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] and Liverpool for the [[List of English football champions|English league title]], eventually ending the season in third place, their highest league finish to date. Palace missed out on a European place at the end of that season partly because of the [[UEFA]] ban on English clubs caused by the [[Heysel Stadium disaster]]. Though by that time the ban had been lifted, it meant that England were unranked in the [[UEFA coefficient]] rankings used that season,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method1/crank1990.html|title=UEFA Country Ranking 1990|date=22 April 2020|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816124445/https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method1/crank1990.html|archive-date=16 August 2018}}</ref> and this resulted in the English top-flight only being entitled to one European place in the [[1991–92 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]], which went to the runners-up Liverpool. The club also returned to [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]] and won the [[Full Members Cup]], beating [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] 4–1 after extra-time in the [[1991 Full Members' Cup Final|final]]. During the following season, star striker [[Ian Wright]] left the club to join Arsenal. Palace finished tenth, and became a founder member of the new [[Premier League]] in [[1992–93 FA Premier League|1992–93]].<ref>King, p.&nbsp;39–48</ref>

[[File:Selhurst Park Holmesdale Stand.jpg|thumb|alt=Photograph of a stand adjacent to a road.|The Holmesdale Road stand at [[Selhurst Park]], constructed in 1994–95.]]
Palace then sold their other top striker [[Mark Bright]] to Sheffield Wednesday and struggled to score goals throughout the next season which ended with the club relegated (Losing the final safety spot to [[Oldham Athletic F.C.|Oldham Athletic]], who had a superior goal difference of -11, against Palace's -13). The Eagles also finished on 49 points, which set a Premier League record that still stands today, for the highest number of points for a relegated club. Coppell resigned and [[Alan Smith (manager)|Alan Smith]], his assistant at the club, took over as manager.

===The yo-yo years (1993–1998)===
Alan Smith's first season as manager saw Palace win the First Division title and gain promotion back to the Premier League.<ref>King, p. 48</ref> Their stay on this occasion proved both eventful and controversial. On 25 January 1995, Palace played Manchester United at Selhurst Park in which United forward [[Eric Cantona]] was sent off. He was taunted by Palace fan Matthew Simmons,<ref>{{cite news|title=The Cantona affair: Palace offer Frenchman no sympathy |first=Martin |last=Whitfield |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/the-cantona-affair-palace-offer-frenchman-no-sympathy-1570043.html |work=The Independent |date=27 January 1995 |access-date=29 May 2013 |archive-date=25 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925233726/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/the-cantona-affair-palace-offer-frenchman-no-sympathy-1570043.html }}</ref> and retaliated with a flying kick.<ref>{{cite news|title=Soccer star attacks a fan|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DUNWAAAAIBAJ&dq=crystal%20palace&pg=1390%2C6363284|date=27 January 1995|agency=The Associated Press|newspaper=The Gainesville Sun|access-date=29 May 2013}}</ref> Cantona was sentenced to two weeks in jail,<ref>{{cite news|title=Jail term may make Cantona quit UK |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/jail-term-may-make-cantona-quit-uk-1612464.html |first=Steve |last=Boggan |date=24 March 1995 |access-date=29 May 2013 |work=The Independent |archive-date=12 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512233121/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/jail-term-may-make-cantona-quit-uk-1612464.html }}</ref> reduced to 120 hours [[community service]] on appeal. Simmons was immediately banned from Selhurst Park<ref name="Attack on fan new low for soccer" /> and later found guilty on two charges of threatening Cantona.<ref>{{cite news|title=Soccer fan goes ballistic after guilty verdict|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EsQfAAAAIBAJ&dq=crystal%20palace%20soccer&pg=2502%2C313986|newspaper=Southeast Missourian|date=2 May 1996|access-date=29 May 2013|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> More was to follow in March, when Palace striker [[Chris Armstrong (footballer born 1971)|Chris Armstrong]] was suspended by the FA for failing a drugs test.<ref>{{cite news|title=The FA has suspended Chris Armstrong of Crystal Palace for smoking a private spliff. Our football correspondent calls for a sense of proportion |first=Glenn |last=Moore |date=7 March 1995 |work=The Independent |access-date=29 May 2013 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-fa-has-suspended-chris-armstrong-of-crystal-palace-for-smoking-a-private-spliff-our-football-correspondent-calls-for-a-sense-of-proportion-1610241.html |archive-date=16 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216212254/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-fa-has-suspended-chris-armstrong-of-crystal-palace-for-smoking-a-private-spliff-our-football-correspondent-calls-for-a-sense-of-proportion-1610241.html }}</ref> On the field, Smith guided the club to the semi-finals of both the FA Cup and [[EFL Cup|League Cup]], but their form in the league was inconsistent and Palace once again found themselves relegated, finishing fourth from bottom as the Premier League was reduced from 22 to 20 clubs.<ref>King, p. 50</ref>

Smith left the club and Steve Coppell returned as technical director in the summer of 1995, and through a combination of the first-team coaching of [[Ray Lewington]] and latterly [[Dave Bassett]]'s managership, Palace reached the play-offs. They lost the [[1996 Football League First Division play-off final|1996 First Division play-off final]] in dramatic fashion when [[Steve Claridge]] scored in the last minute of extra-time for [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] to win 2–1. The following season saw Coppell take charge as first-team manager when Bassett departed for [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] in early 1997.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bassett quits Palace and joins Forest|agency=Reuters|work=The Nation|location=Bangkok|publisher=Nation Multimedia Group|date=1 March 1997|access-date=1 August 2012|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dKZNAAAAIBAJ&dq=bassett%20nottingham%20forest%20manager&pg=6362%2C145781}}</ref> The club reached the play-offs for the second year running and this time achieved promotion back to the Premier League, when they defeated [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] 1–0 in the [[1997 Football League First Division play-off final|final]] at Wembley.<ref>King, pp.&nbsp;51–2</ref>

The club's third campaign in the Premier League was no more successful than the previous two, and in true [[yo-yo club]] fashion, Palace again suffered relegation back to the First Division at the end of the [[1997–98 in English football|1997–98]] season. The club also had a new owner when recruitment tycoon [[Mark Goldberg (football manager)|Mark Goldberg]] completed his takeover in June 1998.<ref>Dyer, Ken. "Goldberg Finally Seals Palace Deal." Evening Standard: 71. 5 June 1998. ProQuest. Web. 30 May 2013.</ref>

===Financial crisis and recovery (1998–2013)===
Terry Venables returned to Palace for a second spell as manager and the club competed in European competition during the summer when they played in the [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]. Palace then went into [[Administration (insolvency)|administration]] in 1999, when owner Mark Goldberg was unable to sustain his financial backing of the club.<ref name="BBC289590" /> Venables left and Steve Coppell took over again as manager. The club emerged from administration under the ownership of [[Simon Jordan]], and Coppell was replaced as manager by Alan Smith for a second time. Palace were almost relegated to the third tier in Jordan's first season, in [[2000-01 in English football|2000–01]]. Smith was sacked in April and long-serving coach [[Steve Kember]] took over as caretaker manager and he managed to win the two remaining fixtures that would guarantee Palace survival, with [[Dougie Freedman]] scoring the winner in the 87th minute on the final day of the season, securing a 1–0 victory over [[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]]. Former Manchester United captain [[Steve Bruce]] was appointed the new permanent manager for the [[2001-02 in English football|2001–02]] season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/may/31/newsstory.sport3?INTCMP=SRCH |title=Bruce confirmed as Palace manager |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=31 May 2001 |access-date=31 May 2013 |last=Rookwood |first=Dan |archive-date=6 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506233112/http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2001/may/31/newsstory.sport3?INTCMP=SRCH }}</ref> After a promising start to the campaign, which gave Palace hope for a promotion challenge, Bruce attempted to walk out on the club after just four months in charge following an approach from [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] to become their new manager.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/nov/03/newsstory.sport3?INTCMP=SRCH |title=Palace farce as Bruce awaits escape to Blues |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=3 November 2001 |access-date=31 May 2013 |last=Fifield |first=Dominic |archive-date=7 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140507000104/http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2001/nov/03/newsstory.sport3?INTCMP=SRCH }}</ref><ref>Stewart, Colin. "[http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/top-football-stories/bruce-left-in-limbo-as-palace-turn-down-resignation-1-584966 Bruce Left in Limbo as Palace Turn Down Resignation]." The Scotsman: 3. 3 November 2001. ProQuest. Web. 31 May 2013. [https://archive.today/20130629100410/http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/top-football-stories/bruce-left-in-limbo-as-palace-turn-down-resignation-1-584966 Archived] on 3 June 2013.</ref> Palace put Bruce on [[Garden leave|gardening leave]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/3016698/Palace-stand-firm-over-Bruce-dispute.html |title=Palace stand firm over Bruce dispute |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |date=12 November 2001 |access-date=31 May 2013 |last=Johnson |first=William |archive-date=5 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605223220/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/3016698/Palace-stand-firm-over-Bruce-dispute.html }}</ref> but eventually allowed him to join Birmingham.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/dec/12/newsstory.sport2?INTCMP=SRCH |title=Bruce finally joins the Blues |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=12 December 2001 |access-date=31 May 2013 |archive-date=6 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506235020/http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2001/dec/12/newsstory.sport2?INTCMP=SRCH }}</ref> He was succeeded by [[Trevor Francis]], who had been his predecessor at the West Midlands club.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/nov/30/newsstory.sport5?INTCMP=SRCH |title=Palace name Francis as manager |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=30 November 2001 |access-date=31 May 2013 |last=Rookwood |first=Dan |archive-date=7 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140507000107/http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2001/nov/30/newsstory.sport5?INTCMP=SRCH }}</ref>

Under Francis, Palace finished mid-table for two successive seasons, but he was then sacked,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/apr/19/newsstory.sport4?INTCMP=SRCH |title=Francis sacked for failing to decorate Jordan's Palace |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=19 April 2003 |access-date=31 May 2013 |last=Fifield |first=Dominic |archive-date=25 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025193651/http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2003/apr/19/newsstory.sport4?INTCMP=SRCH }}</ref> and replaced by Steve Kember, who became permanent manager.<ref>Bright, Richard. "Palace Turn to Kember as Manager." The Daily Telegraph: 05. 24 May 2003. ProQuest. Web. 31 May 2013</ref> The club won their opening three games of the [[2003-04 in English football|2003–04]] season under Kember, which put them at the top of the table, but he was sacked in November after a terrible loss of form saw Palace slip towards the relegation zone.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2424589/Kember-sacked-by-Palace.html |title=Kember sacked by Palace |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |date=4 November 2003 |access-date=31 May 2013 |last=Ley |first=John |archive-date=26 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926001051/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2424589/Kember-sacked-by-Palace.html }}</ref> Former Palace striker [[Iain Dowie]] was appointed manager and guided the club to the [[2004 Football League First Division play-off final|play-off final]], securing promotion with a 1–0 victory over [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham]]. Again Palace could not maintain their place in the top-tier and were relegated on the last day of the following season, after drawing at local rivals [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]].

[[File:Palace fans protest outside Lloyds HQ in London.JPG|thumb|alt=A crowd of people and a police van outside a building.|Crystal Palace fans protest – and await anxiously for news – outside the [[Lloyds Banking Group|Lloyds HQ]] in London on 1 June 2010.]]
Following that relegation, Simon Jordan was unable to put the club on a sound financial footing over the next few years and in January 2010, Palace were once again placed in administration, this time by a creditor.<ref>{{cite news|title=Championship side Crystal Palace go into administration|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/8481549.stm|work=BBC Sport|date=27 January 2010|access-date=1 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315091032/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/8481549.stm|archive-date=15 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Due to the Football League's regulations, the club were deducted ten points,<ref>{{cite news|title=Crystal Palace deducted 10 points|work=BBC Sport|date=28 January 2010|access-date=1 August 2012|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/8484824.stm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113005218/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/8484824.stm|archive-date=13 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and the administrators P&A Partnership were forced to sell key players including [[Victor Moses]] and [[José Fonte]]. The Palace manager at that time, [[Neil Warnock]], also departed the club in March. He had been appointed in the autumn of 2007, to replace former fans favourite [[Peter Taylor (footballer born 1953)|Peter Taylor]], who had a brief spell as manager. [[Paul Hart]] took over as caretaker manager for the final weeks of the season and survival in [[EFL Championship|the Championship]] was only secured on the final day of the season after a memorable 2–2 draw at Sheffield Wednesday, which was itself relegated as a result.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sheff Wed 2–2 Crystal Palace|date=2 May 2010|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/8646785.stm|access-date=1 August 2012|work=BBC Sport|first=Paul|last=Fletcher|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113005219/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8646785.stm|archive-date=13 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the close of that season, CPFC 2010, a consortium consisting of several wealthy fans, successfully negotiated the purchase of the club.<ref>{{cite news|last=Scott |first=Matt |title=Crystal Palace saved from liquidation by CPFC 2010 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jun/01/crystal-palace-saved-liquidation-cpfc-2010 |access-date=31 May 2013 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=1 June 2010 |archive-date=4 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604055631/http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jun/01/crystal-palace-saved-liquidation-cpfc-2010  }}</ref> They were led by [[Steve Parish (businessman)|Steve Parish]], the vocal representative for the consortium of four that also included Stephen Browett, [[Jeremy Hosking]] and [[Martin Long (businessman)|Martin Long]]. Crucially, the consortium also secured the freehold of Selhurst Park and paid tribute to a fans' campaign which helped pressure [[Lloyds Banking Group|Lloyds Bank]] into selling the ground back to the club.<ref name="theguardian.com" />

The CPFC 2010 consortium swiftly installed [[George Burley]] as the new Palace manager.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/8745764.stm|title=Crystal Palace appoint George Burley as new boss|work=BBC Sport|date=17 June 2010|access-date=21 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113005219/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/8745764.stm|archive-date=13 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> However, a poor start to the following season saw the club hovering around the bottom of the table by December. On 1 January 2011, after a 0–3 defeat to [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]], Burley was sacked and his assistant Dougie Freedman named caretaker manager. Just over a week later, Freedman was appointed as manager on a full-time basis.<ref>{{cite news|title=Crystal Palace appoint Dougie Freedman as their new manager|date=11 January 2011|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/jan/11/crystal-palace-dougie-freedman-new-manager|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|access-date=1 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921201655/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/jan/11/crystal-palace-dougie-freedman-new-manager|archive-date=21 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Palace moved up the table and by securing a 1–1 draw at [[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]] on 30 April, the club was safe from relegation with one game of the season left. After another year and a half as manager, Freedman departed to manage [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] on 23 October 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dougie Freedman confirmed as Bolton boss by Crystal Palace |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20044214 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |work=BBC Sport |access-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117035838/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20044214 |archive-date=17 November 2012 |url-status=live |date=23 October 2012 }}</ref> The following month, he was replaced by [[Ian Holloway]], who guided the club back to the Premier League after an eight-year absence by defeating Watford 1–0 in the Championship [[2013 Football League Championship play-off final|play-off final]] at the [[Wembley Stadium|new Wembley Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22592831|title=Crystal Palace 1-0 Watford (aet)|date=27 May 2013|website=BBC Sport}}</ref>

===Established back in the Premier League, first major trophy and Europe (2013–present)===
Holloway resigned in October 2013, after a poor start to the season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24643421|title=Ian Holloway: Crystal Palace boss departs Premier League strugglers|work=BBC Sport|access-date=12 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020124056/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24643421|archive-date=20 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Tony Pulis]] took over and steered the club away from relegation from the Premier League for the first time, winning the [[2013–14 Crystal Palace F.C. season|2013–14]] [[Premier League Manager of the Season]] for doing so, but resigned two days before the start of the following campaign. Following an unsuccessful second tenure for Neil Warnock in the first half of the [[2014–15 Crystal Palace F.C. season|2014–15]] season, former Palace midfielder [[Alan Pardew]] was confirmed as the new manager in January 2015, and guided the club to a tenth-placed finish, their highest placing achieved at that point in the Premier League.<ref>{{cite news |last=Burt |first=Jason |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/crystal-palace/11323047/Alan-Pardew-confirmed-as-Crystal-Palace-manager-after-Newcastle-release-him-from-contract.html |title=Alan Pardew confirmed as Crystal Palace manager after Newcastle receive £3.5m compensation |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=3 January 2015 |access-date=3 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104025818/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/crystal-palace/11323047/Alan-Pardew-confirmed-as-Crystal-Palace-manager-after-Newcastle-release-him-from-contract.html |archive-date=4 January 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> In the [[2015–16 Crystal Palace F.C. season|2015–16]] campaign, Pardew in his first full season led Palace to the [[2016 FA Cup final]], their first for 26 years, where they again faced Manchester United, losing 1–2 after extra-time. In December 2016, after a run of poor results, Pardew was sacked and replaced by [[Sam Allardyce]], who kept the club in the Premier League, but resigned unexpectedly at the end of the [[2016–17 Crystal Palace F.C. season|2016–17]] season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sam Allardyce resigns as Crystal Palace manager|url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11706/10890540/sam-allardyce-resigns-as-crystal-palace-manager|access-date=23 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524075818/http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11706/10890540/sam-allardyce-resigns-as-crystal-palace-manager|archive-date=24 May 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 26 June 2017, Palace appointed [[Frank de Boer]] as their first permanent foreign manager.<ref>{{cite news|title=New boss De Boer aims to make Palace a 'solid Premier League team'|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-england-cry-deboer-idUKKBN19H1HF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626180034/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-england-cry-deboer-idUKKBN19H1HF|archive-date=26 June 2017|access-date=25 August 2017|work=Reuters|date=26 June 2017}}</ref> He was dismissed after only 77 days in charge, with the club having lost their first four league games at the start of the [[2017–18 Crystal Palace F.C. season|2017–18]] season while failing to score in any of them.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/frank-de-boer-sacked-crystal-11145140|title=Frank de Boer sacked by Crystal Palace|newspaper=Daily Mirror|date=11 September 2017|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514065023/https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/frank-de-boer-sacked-crystal-11145140|archive-date=14 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The next day, on 12 September 2017, former England coach [[Roy Hodgson]] was appointed as the club's new manager, and he went on to ensure an eleventh-placed league finish that season, twelfth in the [[2018–19 Crystal Palace F.C. season|2018–19]] season and fourteenth in [[2019–20 Crystal Palace F.C. season|2019–20]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2017/september/roy-hodgson-appointed-palace-manager/|title=Hodgson appointed Palace manager|publisher=Crystal Palace Official Site|date=12 September 2017|access-date=12 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914112847/https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2017/september/roy-hodgson-appointed-palace-manager/|archive-date=14 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> On 18 May 2021, the club announced Hodgson would be leaving at the end of the [[2020–21 Crystal Palace F.C. season|2020–21]] season, upon the expiration of his contract, having achieved a second consecutive fourteenth-place finish.<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 May 2021|title=Roy Hodgson to step down as Crystal Palace manager|url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2021/may/roy-hodgson-to-step-down-as-crystal-palace-manager/|url-status=live|access-date=21 May 2021|website=www.cpfc.co.uk|language=en-gb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518102737/https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2021/may/roy-hodgson-to-step-down-as-crystal-palace-manager |archive-date=18 May 2021}}</ref>

[[File:FC Admira Wacker Mödling vs. LASK Linz 2018-08-12 (028).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Oliver Glasner]] led Palace to their first major trophy, the FA Cup in [[2025 FA Cup final|2025]], and European football for the first time.]]

On 4 July 2021, Palace appointed the former Arsenal captain [[Patrick Vieira]] as their new manager on a three-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patrick Vieira appointed as manager. News|url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/news/patrick-vieira-appointed-as-manager/2021-07-03/|access-date=4 July 2021|website=Crystal Palace F.C.|date=4 July 2021 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Despite guiding the club to an FA Cup semi-final and a twelfth-place league finish in the [[2021–22 Crystal Palace F.C. season|2021–22]] season, Vieira was sacked during the following campaign on 17 March 2023, after a winless run of 12 games left the club three points above the relegation zone.<ref>{{cite web |title=Patrick Vieira: Crystal Palace sack manager after 12-game winless run|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64972447|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=17 March 2023|access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> On 21 March, Hodgson was re-appointed Palace manager until the end of the season.<ref name="BBC Sport Palace2" /> He guided the club to safety, finishing comfortably in eleventh place. On 3 July, he was appointed permanent manager for a second time,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/announcement/roy-hodgson-appointed-crystal-palace-manager-2023-24-season/ | title=Hodgson appointed manager for 23/24 season - News | date=3 July 2023}}</ref> though he stepped down from the role midway through the [[2023–24 Crystal Palace F.C. season|2023–24]] season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/announcement/club-statement-roy-hodgson/|title=Club Statement: Roy Hodgson|date=19 February 2024|website=Crystal Palace F.C.}}</ref>

Hodgson was replaced by the Austrian and former [[Eintracht Frankfurt]] manager [[Oliver Glasner]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/announcement/oliver-glasner-appointed-crystal-palace-manager/|title=Oliver Glasner appointed as Palace manager|website=Crystal Palace F.C.|date=19 February 2024}}</ref> Under Glasner, the club achieved a strong finish towards the end of the season, winning six of their last seven league games, and equalling the club's highest Premier League finish of tenth place (in 2015).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/club/crystal-palace-six-wins-in-seven-premier-league-games-how-they-did-it/ |title=Seventh heaven: the story of Palace's season-ending surge |publisher=Crystal Palace F.C. |date=22 May 2024 }}</ref> Subsequently, four Palace players ([[Eberechi Eze]], [[Marc Guéhi]], [[Dean Henderson]] and [[Adam Wharton]]) were named in the English national team for [[UEFA Euro 2024|Euro 2024]], more than any other club for England at the tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/announcement/four-crystal-palace-players-england-euro-2024-squad-eze-guehi-henderson-wharton/ |title=Four Palace stars named in England Euros squad |publisher=Crystal Palace F.C. |date=6 June 2024 }}</ref>

In the [[2024–25 Crystal Palace F.C. season|2024–25]] campaign, Glasner led Palace to their first ever major trophy, with a goal from Eberechi Eze sealing a 1–0 victory over [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] in the [[2025 FA Cup final]], as well as ensuring qualification for the [[UEFA Europa League]] for the first time.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cm23zrkn7ryt#Report |title=Crystal Palace 1–0 Manchester City: Line-ups |website=BBC Sport |date=17 May 2025 |access-date=17 May 2025}}</ref> However, the club's Europa League qualification was soon under threat due to UEFA's multi-club ownership rules. Palace's major shareholder [[John Textor]] also owned French [[Ligue 1]] club [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]], who had qualified for the same competition.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jun/21/multi-club-ownership-crystal-palace-looming-court-threat |title='A perfect storm': multi-club ownership, Crystal Palace and a looming court threat |work=The Guardian |date=21 June 2025 }}</ref> On 11 July 2025, UEFA ruled that Palace were in violation of UEFA's rules on multi-club ownership, which resulted in the club being demoted to the [[UEFA Conference League]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Battison |first=Paul |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ckg5260zzp2o |title=Palace demoted from Europa League over ownership rules |publisher=BBC Sport |date=11 July 2025 }}</ref> Palace's appeal was rejected, with the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]] (CAS) upholding UEFA's ruling on 11 August 2025.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11706/13409938/crystal-palace-to-play-in-conference-league-after-cas-rules-uefa-decision-should-stand-following-europa-league-demotion |title=Crystal Palace to play in Conference League after CAS rules UEFA decision should stand following Europa League demotion |publisher=Sky Sports |date=11 August 2025 }}</ref>

The club began the [[2025–26 Crystal Palace F.C. season|2025–26]] season by winning their first [[2025 FA Community Shield|FA Community Shield]] title, beating Liverpool 3–2 on penalties after the match finished 2–2 in normal time. Palace's victory saw them become the first club since [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] in [[1975 FA Charity Shield|1975]], to win the trophy in their inaugural appearance in the competition.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Emma |date=10 August 2025 |title=Crystal Palace started the new season with a suddenly familiar feeling, basking in trophy glory as triumphant underdogs at Wembley. |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/cy7y0p1p7ezt?page=13 |access-date=August 10, 2025 |work=[[BBC News]] |department=[[BBC Sport]] |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> On 21 August, Palace faced Norwegian club [[Fredrikstad FK|Fredrikstad]] at Selhurst Park in the [[2025–26 UEFA Conference League qualifying#Play-off round|play-off round]] of the UEFA Conference League, the club's first official European match. Palace won the first-leg of the tie 1–0, with [[Jean-Philippe Mateta]] scoring their first ever European goal.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Aarons |first=Ed |date=21 August 2025 |title=Mateta sinks Fredrikstad to give Crystal Palace advantage in Conference playoff |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/aug/21/crystal-palace-fredrikstad-conference-league-playoff-match-report |access-date=21 August 2025 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> The club advanced to the [[2025–26 UEFA Conference League league phase|group stages]] of the competition after a goalless draw in the second-leg in Norway.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Aarons |first=Ed |date=28 August 2025 |title=Goalless draw earns Crystal Palace aggregate win in Conference playoff at Fredrikstad |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/aug/28/goalless-draw-earns-crystal-palace-aggregate-win-in-conference-playoff-at-fredrikstad |access-date=29 August 2025 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

==Colours and crest==
{{Commons|Crystal Palace F.C. kits}}
The original amateur club wore blue and white hooped shirts with blue shorts, although there were variations on this, it is thought their first kit in 1861 was light blue and white halves. When the professional Crystal Palace club was created in 1905, its choice of colours were originally claret and blue shirts paired with white shorts and socks tending to be claret. This was a result of the important role in the club's formation played by [[Edmund Goodman]], an [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] employee who later became Palace manager. The club kept to this formula fairly consistently until 1938, when they decided to abandon the claret and blue and adopt white shirts and black shorts with matching socks. They returned to claret and blue from 1949 to 1954, but in 1955 the club reverted to white and black, using claret and blue trim.<ref name="HFK" />

There were variations on this theme until 1963, when the club adopted the away strip of yellow shirts as its home colours. In 1964, the club changed to an all-white strip modelled on [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]], whom Palace had played in an historic friendly match a couple of years before. Then in 1966, they returned to claret and blue jerseys with white shorts. The club continued with variations on this theme up until [[Malcolm Allison]]'s arrival as manager in 1973. Allison overhauled the club's image, adopting red and blue vertical stripes for colours and kit, inspired by [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]. Palace have played in variations of red and blue ever since, bar the centenary season of 2005 which saw them wear a version of their 1971–72 claret, blue and white kit.<ref name="HFK" />
[[File:UnitedKingdom-66 (29882187932).jpg|thumb|right|Pete the Eagle – the club's mascot (2016).]]
The club was relatively late in establishing a crest. Although the initials were embroidered on the shirt from the 1935–36 season, a crest featuring the façade of The Crystal Palace did not appear until 1955. This crest disappeared from the shirt in 1964, and the team's name appeared embroidered on shirts, between 1967 and 1972. A round badge was then adopted in 1972, with the club's initials and nickname the "Glaziers" before Allison changed this too.<ref name="HFK" /> The club's nickname became the "Eagles", inspired by Portuguese club [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]], with the badge showing the image of an eagle holding a ball.<ref name="HFK" /> This emblem remained until 1987, when the club married the eagle with the Crystal Palace façade, and although updated in 1996 and again in 2012, the crest retains these features.<ref>{{cite news|last=Elliott |first=Ken |title=Facelift for Crystal Palace's 'Benfica eagle' |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/facelift-for-crystal-palaces-benfica-eagle-7593041.html |access-date=27 June 2013 |newspaper=Evening Standard |date=27 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107072737/http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/facelift-for-crystal-palaces-benfica-eagle-7593041.html |archive-date=7 January 2014 }}</ref> In June 2022, the club changed the year of its crest from 1905 to 1861, reflecting when the [[Crystal Palace F.C. (1861)|original Crystal Palace Football Club]] was established.<ref>{{cite web |title=Crystal Palace 1861: New crest to commemorate club's place in football history |url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/announcement/crystal-palace-football-club-release-new-1861-crest-for-badge-to-honour-footballing-history/2022-06-18/ |website=cpfc.co.uk |publisher=Crystal Palace FC |access-date=18 June 2022 |date=18 June 2022}}</ref>

From 2010 to 2020, the club made use of an [[American bald eagle]], called Kayla, as the club [[mascot]], with the bird flying from one end of the stadium to the other, before the start of every home game.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bromleytimes.co.uk/news/crystal_palace_eagles_will_be_flying_high_with_new_mascot_1_634203|title=Crystal Palace Eagles will be flying high with new mascot|date=8 September 2010|work=Bromley Times|publisher=Archant Community Media|access-date=2 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502043130/http://www.bromleytimes.co.uk/news/crystal_palace_eagles_will_be_flying_high_with_new_mascot_1_634203|archive-date=2 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.howzit.msn.com/kayla-the-next-breed-of-mascot?page=12|title=Kayla – The Next Breed of Mascot|date=12 December 2013|work=Howzit MSN Sport|publisher=Microsoft|access-date=2 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502043514/http://sports.howzit.msn.com/kayla-the-next-breed-of-mascot?page=12|archive-date=2 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Crystal Palace F.C. saddened to learn of Kayla the Eagle's passing|url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2020/june/crystal-palace-saddened-to-learn-of-kayle-the-eagles-death/|access-date=28 August 2020|website=www.cpfc.co.uk|language=en-gb}}</ref>

===Kit manufacturers and sponsors===
Since 2022, Crystal Palace's kit has been manufactured by [[Macron (sportswear)|Macron]]. Previous manufacturers include [[Umbro]] (1975–77), [[Admiral Sportswear|Admiral]] (1977–80, 1987–88, 2003–04), [[Adidas]] (1980–83, 1996–99), [[Hummel International|Hummel]] (1984–87), [[Bukta]] (1988–93), Ribero (1992–94), Nutmeg (1994–96), TFG Sports (1999–2001), [[Le Coq Sportif]] (2001–03), [[Diadora]] (2004–07), [[Erreà]] (2007–09), [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] (2009–12), Avec (2012–14), Macron (2014–18, 2022–present), and [[Puma (brand)|Puma]] (2018–22).<ref>{{cite web |title=Revealed: Crystal Palace and Puma 2018/19 Kits |url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2018/may/revealed-crystal-palace-and-puma-201819-kits/ |publisher=Crystal Palace F.C. |access-date=10 May 2018 |date=9 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509230643/https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2018/may/revealed-crystal-palace-and-puma-201819-kits/ |archive-date=9 May 2018 }}</ref>

The club's shirts are currently sponsored by [[NET88]] (2024–present). Previous sponsors have been [[The Co-operative Group|Red Rose]] (1983–84), Top Score (1985–86), AVR (1986–87), Andrew Copeland (1987–88), [[Virgin Atlantic|Fly Virgin]] (1988–91), [[Tulip Computers]] (1991–93), [[TDK]] (1993–99), [[Churchill Insurance]] (2000–06), GAC Logistics (2006–14), [[Neteller]] (2014–15), Mansion.com (2015–17), ManBetX (2017–20), W88 (2020–22) and [[Cinch (company)|cinch]] (2022–24).

The club signed its first sleeve sponsor with All Football, a Chinese-based football social media application in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=sportspromedia.com |year=2017 |title=Crystal Palace reveal first sleeve sponsor |url=http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/crystal-palace-reveal-first-sleeve-sponsor |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720225008/http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/crystal-palace-reveal-first-sleeve-sponsor |archive-date=20 July 2017 |url-status=live  |access-date=18 July 2017}}</ref>

In 2023, Crystal Palace and [[TGP Europe|Kaiyun Sports]] announced their joint partnership for the company to become the club's official new sleeve sponsor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sim |first=Josh |date=30 May 2023 |title=Crystal Palace tap Kaiyun Sports for 2023/24 sleeve sponsorship |url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/crystal-palace-kaiyun-sports-sleeve-sponsorship-2023-24-betting/ |access-date=23 September 2023 |website=SportsPro |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Stadium==
{{Main|Selhurst Park}}

In 1905, the Crystal Palace Company who owned the [[Crystal Palace National Sports Centre#Football|FA Cup final]] venue situated inside the grounds of The Crystal Palace, wanted a professional club to play there and tap into the vast crowd potential of the area. They formed a new professional Crystal Palace F.C. to play at the stadium.<ref>King, p. 62</ref> When the [[First World War]] broke out, the Palace and its grounds were seized by the armed forces, and in 1915 the club were forced to leave by the [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]]. They found a temporary base at the [[Herne Hill Velodrome]]. Although other clubs offered the use of their grounds to Palace, the club felt it best to remain as close to their natural catchment area as possible.<ref>King, p. 63</ref> When [[Croydon Common F.C.]] were wound up in 1917, Palace took over their old stadium located at [[Croydon Common Athletic Ground|the Nest]].<ref>King, p. 64</ref> In 1919, they began the purchase of the land on which they would eventually build [[Selhurst Park]], their current home.<ref>Matthews, pp.29–30</ref>

The renowned stadium architect [[Archibald Leitch]] was employed to draw up plans, and the construction of Selhurst Park was completed in time for the [[1924-25 in English football|1924–25]] season. The stadium remained relatively unchanged, with only the introduction of floodlights and some maintenance improvements until 1969, when the Arthur Wait Stand was built. The Main Stand became all-seater in the summer of 1981 and more work followed in the next few years, when the Whitehorse Lane End was redeveloped to allow for a [[Sainsbury's]] supermarket, club offices and a club shop. The Arthur Wait Stand became all-seater in 1990, and in 1994 the Holmesdale Terrace was replaced with a new two tier stand.

Selhurst Park's record attendance was set in 1979, with an official total of 51,482.<ref>King p.&nbsp;67–71</ref> After all the redevelopments to the ground and safety requirements due to the [[Taylor Report]], the current capacity is 25,486.

In 2011, proposals were put forward to move the club back to their original home at the Crystal Palace National Stadium,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cpfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10323~2271669,00.html |title=Eagles Fly Home |publisher=Crystal Palace F.C. |work=cpfc.co.uk |date=28 June 2011 |access-date=28 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907152719/http://www.cpfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10323~2271669%2C00.html |archive-date=7 September 2011 }}</ref> but after the club gained promotion to the [[Premier League]] in 2013, there has been a renewed focus on redeveloping Selhurst Park into a 40,000 seater stadium.<ref name="ESSPSF40" />
Revised plans for a new 13,500-seater Main Stand (extending overall stadium capacity to 34,000) were approved at a Croydon Council meeting on 19 April 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Crystal Palace plan for Selhurst Park expansion given the go-ahead by Croydon Council |url=https://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/news/croydon-news/crystal-palace-plan-selhurst-park-1479320 |access-date=20 April 2018 |newspaper=Croydon Advertiser |date=20 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420010458/https://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/news/croydon-news/crystal-palace-plan-selhurst-park-1479320 |archive-date=20 April 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> However these plans were subsequently delayed, firstly due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and latterly the club's focus on delivering its Academy upgrade at Beckenham which was completed in 2021. When the club finally began to push again for the stand redevelopment, further delays occurred due to opposition to the demolition of houses in nearby Wooderson Close. The club signed a legal agreement to provide replacement homes to relocate residents. In August 2024, the expansion of the Main Stand was re-approved by Croydon Council and preliminary works commenced with proposed completion by the summer of 2027.

{{wide image|Selhurst Park Stadium.jpg|alt=See caption|900px|align-cap=center|A panorama of Selhurst Park from the Upper Holmesdale, showing from left to right the Main Stand, the Whitehorse Lane End and the Arthur Wait Stand}}

==Supporters==
[[File:HOLMSDALE_FANATICS.jpg|thumb|The Holmesdale Fanatics passionate home support.]]
Crystal Palace have a fan base predominantly from the local area which draws on [[South London]], [[Kent]], and [[Surrey]]. Their original home at the Crystal Palace was on the boundary with Kent, while Selhurst Park was located within the borders of Surrey, until the [[London Government Act 1963]] saw [[Greater London]] encompass [[Croydon]]. The club's passionate support at home games emanates from the Holmesdale Road Stand, in which the [[Ultras|ultras group]], also known as the [[Holmesdale Fanatics]] have been based since 2005.

The fans have established at least two other supporters groups. The Palace Independent Supporters' Association was set up to raise supporter concerns with the club,<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us |url=http://palace-isa.co.uk/about-us/ |work=Palace Independent Supporters Association |access-date=27 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619211820/http://palace-isa.co.uk/about-us/ |archive-date=19 June 2012 }}</ref> while the Crystal Palace Supporters' Trust was originally established to enable fans to purchase the club during the [[Administration (insolvency)|administration]] of 2000 and remained in existence up to the end of 2023.<ref>{{cite web|title=What we do |url=http://palacetrust.org.uk/the-trust/what-we-do/ |work=Crystal Palace Supporters' Trust |date=20 June 2011 |access-date=27 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411210652/http://palacetrust.org.uk/the-trust/what-we-do/ |archive-date=11 April 2013 }}</ref>

A number of [[fanzines]] have been produced by the supporters over the years. ''Eagle Eye'' was launched in 1987 and ran until 1994, with a number of contributors producing the replacement ''Palace Echo'' in 1995, which continued until 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Palace Echo |url=http://www.palace-echo.net/about.shtml |access-date=15 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104121826/http://www.palace-echo.net/about.shtml |archive-date=4 November 2013}}</ref> ''The Eastern Eagles'', ''So Glad You're Mine'' and ''One More Point'' were also published by fans in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Football Fanzines For Sale – (Part 2 – Clubs From C – D) |url=http://home.clara.net/sjafn/fanzinesc_d.htm |access-date=15 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528030035/http://home.clara.net/sjafn/fanzinesc_d.htm |archive-date=28 May 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> When ''One More Point'' ceased publication, ''Five Year Plan'' was launched in its place,<ref>{{cite web |title=About FYP |url=http://www.fiveyearplanfanzine.co.uk/about-fyp.html |access-date=15 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719170204/http://www.fiveyearplanfanzine.co.uk/about-fyp.html |archive-date=19 July 2013}}</ref> and maintains an online presence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fiveyearplanfanzine.co.uk/ |title=Five Year Plan |access-date=15 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720030445/http://fiveyearplanfanzine.co.uk/ |archive-date=20 July 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> Supporters also engage in debate on two [[internet forum]]s, The BBS and Holmesdale.net which the club use as channels to communicate with the fans.<ref>{{cite web|title=Crystal Palace F.C.Fans' Charter Season 2012/13 |url=http://www.cpfc.co.uk/documents/fans-charter61-319328.pdf |access-date=15 July 2012 |publisher=Crystal Palace Football Club |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018201223/http://www.cpfc.co.uk/documents/fans-charter61-319328.pdf |archive-date=18 October 2012}}</ref>

[[File:Selhurst Park.jpg|right|alt=Photo of 7 cheerleaders performing on a football pitch in front of a packed stand with many on the lower tier waving red and blue flags.|thumb|Crystal Palace fans express their support for the club after it entered [[Administration (insolvency)|administration]] in 2010.]]

Because Crystal Palace are a London club, they compete against a number of other local clubs for the attention of supporters, but it does have a recognisably large catchment area of 900,000.<ref name="BBCLUX" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Aston Villa: Martin O'Neill ready to rotate squad again |url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-martin-oneill-ready-118931 |access-date=26 June 2013 |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |date=14 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113150245/http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-martin-oneill-ready-118931 |archive-date=13 November 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2010, the new consortium headed by [[Steve Parish (businessman)|Steve Parish]], sought the fans' input into future decisions. A few years later, the consortium consulted on a new badge design, and when their chosen designs were rejected, the club instead opted for a design based on a fans' idea from an internet forum.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bloss |first=Andrew |title=Crystal Palace unveils new football club crest |url=http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/10404267.Crystal_Palace_unveils_new_football_club_crest/ |access-date=26 June 2013 |newspaper=Croydon Guardian |date=8 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113145227/http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/10404267.Crystal_Palace_unveils_new_football_club_crest/ |archive-date=13 November 2013 }}</ref> The club have strengthened their ties with the local community, and through the Crystal Palace F.C. Foundation, they work with the local London Boroughs of Croydon, Bromley and Sutton to provide sports and educational programmes which they also hope will continue to develop their supporter and geographical base. The Foundation's work was recognised by the Football League in August 2009 with their Silver Standard Community Scheme Award.<ref>{{cite web|title=What We Do |url=http://cpfcfoundation.org/what-we-do/ |work=Crystal Palace F.C. Foundation |access-date=26 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019013756/http://cpfcfoundation.org/what-we-do/ |archive-date=19 October 2013 }}</ref>

The club also enjoys a sizeable celebrity support. [[Kevin Day]] and [[Jo Brand]] host an annual comedy night for [[Comic Relief]] and the Palace Academy,<ref>{{cite news|last=Bloss |first=Andrew |title=Tickets still on sale for Crystal Palace comedy night |url=http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/leisure/leisurenews/10453140.Tickets_still_on_sale_for_Crystal_Palace_comedy_night/ |access-date=27 June 2013 |newspaper=The Croydon Guardian |date=30 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015074153/http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/leisure/leisurenews/10453140.Tickets_still_on_sale_for_Crystal_Palace_comedy_night/ |archive-date=15 October 2013 }}</ref> and fellow comedians [[Eddie Izzard]] and [[Mark Steel]] are also staunch Palace fans. The actor [[Neil Morrissey]] developed Palace Ale, a beer on sale in the ground,<ref>{{cite web|title=Palace launch their own ale|url=http://www.football-league.co.uk/championship/news/20110513/palace-launch-their-own-ale_2293322_2359484|work=Football League|access-date=27 June 2013|date=13 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017055551/http://www.football-league.co.uk/championship/news/20110513/palace-launch-their-own-ale_2293322_2359484|archive-date=17 October 2013}}</ref> while fellow actor [[Bill Nighy]] is patron of the Crystal Palace Children's Charity (CPSCC).<ref>{{cite web|title=CPSCC |url=http://www.tapitlocal.com/cpscc/ |access-date=27 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130417142910/http://www.tapitlocal.com/cpscc/ |archive-date=17 April 2013 }}</ref> Actors [[Timothy Spall]] and his son [[Rafe Spall]] are avid supporters of the club. Radio DJ [[David Jensen]] is chairman of the Crystal Palace Vice Presidents Club,<ref>{{cite news|last=King |first=Mark |title=David 'Kid' Jensen: my Saturday job |url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2011/dec/09/david-jensen-saturday-job |access-date=27 June 2013 |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=9 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705161201/http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2011/dec/09/david-jensen-saturday-job |archive-date=5 July 2012 }}</ref> and acted as spokesman for the CPFC 2010 consortium during their takeover bid for the club. Actor, writer and producer [[John Salthouse]] was on the books of Palace as a player from 1968 to 1970 under the name of John Lewis,<ref>{{cite news |last=Salthouse |first=John |title=Scholes Shatters Kop Legend |newspaper=Sunday Mirror |date=8 June 1997 |page=72}}</ref> and was also a mascot for the club as a child.<ref>{{cite news |title=John Is Top of the Bill |newspaper=Evening Times |date=11 November 1985 |page=13}}</ref> He incorporated the club into his role as Tony in [[Abigail's Party]].<ref name="Duvitski 6" /> The television presenter [[Susanna Reid]] revealed her love of Palace while taking part in ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'', and visited Selhurst Park for inspiration.<ref>Strictly Come Dancing, broadcast BBC1 12 October 2013</ref> [[Bill Wyman]], bass player of the [[The Rolling Stones|Rolling Stones]], is a lifelong fan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bill appears in Crystal Palace FC interview video – Bill Wyman |url=https://billwyman.com/2015/07/bill-appears-in-crystal-palace-fc-interview-video/ |access-date=1 April 2025 |language=en-US}}</ref> British Olympic gold medallist [[Alex Yee]] is also a supporter of the club.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/club/olympic-champion-crystal-palace-fan-alex-yee-nominated-sports-personality-of-the-year/ |title=Palace fan Alex Yee nominated for BBC Spotty |publisher=Crystal Palace |date=10 December 2024 |access-date=22 April 2025}}</ref>

===Rivalries===
{{See also|Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.–Crystal Palace F.C. rivalry|South London derby}}

Due to their location in the capital, Crystal Palace are involved in a number of local derbies, mostly across [[South London derby|South London]]. They enjoy rivalries with both [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] and former tenants [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]]. The club have a long-standing and fierce rivalry with [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] which developed after Palace's relegation to the Third Division in 1974, reaching its height when the two teams were drawn together in the first round of the 1976–77 FA Cup. The tie went to two replays, but the second replay ended in controversy after referee [[Ron Challis]] ordered a successful Brighton penalty to be retaken because of reported encroachment by a Brighton player, although other sources also claim that this was due to contact from a Crystal Palace player. The retake was saved, Palace won the tie 1–0 and a fierce rivalry was born.<ref name="In Bed With Maradona" />

==Ownership==
[[File:Sydney Bourne and Edmund Goodman circa 1906.jpg|right|alt=Low resolution monochrome photo of two men.|thumb|First chairman [[Sydney Bourne]] with [[Edmund Goodman]], 1906.]]
The Crystal Palace Company owned the professional Crystal Palace football club during the early years of its existence. The club's first chairman was 
[[Sydney Bourne]] who was found by club secretary [[Edmund Goodman]] after he had examined records of FA Cup final ticket purchasers. Goodman noted his name as one that had bought a number of tickets every year, and so met with Bourne and found him very agreeable to the idea of the new club. Bourne was invited onto the board of directors and elected chairman at the club's first meeting. He remained chairman until his death in 1930.<ref>King, pp.&nbsp;8–23</ref>

After Bourne's death, there were a number of short-term chairmanship appointments: Louis Bellatti (1930–1935), R.S. Flew (1935), Carey Burnett (1935–36),  E.T. Truett (1936–1939), before Percy Harper's reign (1939–1950). Local builder [[Arthur Wait]] established a consortium of seven other businessmen to purchase the club in 1949, and took over from Harper in 1950, initially rotating the chairmanship.<ref name="CA1" /> In 1958, Wait became the permanent chairman, lasting until 1972 when Raymond Bloye took over.<ref>"New chairman ends freeze at Palace." ''Times'' [London, England] 27 October 1972: 10. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 May 2013.</ref><ref name="CA3" /> Bloye's ownership lasted until 26 January 1981, when property developer [[Ron Noades]] and his consortium took control of the club. Noades eventually sold the club to [[Mark Goldberg (football manager)|Mark Goldberg]] on 5 June 1998, becoming the second-longest serving Palace chairman behind Sydney Bourne. However, Noades did maintain ownership of [[Selhurst Park]], leasing it to the club to use. Goldberg's tenure of the club was not a success and Palace entered administration in March 1999. Although the fans established a group called the Crystal Palace Supporters' Trust in a bid to gain control of the club, millionaire and lifelong fan [[Simon Jordan]] negotiated a deal with creditors and the administrator, and a new company, CPFC 2000 took control. This company entered administration in January 2010, and it was not until June of that year that a takeover was completed by a consortium of four wealthy fans known as CPFC 2010.<ref>King, pp.&nbsp;42–60</ref>

CPFC 2010 was established by a consortium of four businessmen, [[Steve Parish (businessman)|Steve Parish]], [[Martin Long (businessman)|Martin Long]], Stephen Browett and [[Jeremy Hosking]], with each owning a 25% share of the company.<ref>{{cite news|last=Moody |first=Graham |title=Crystal Palace post £5m loss |url=http://www.streathamguardian.co.uk/sport/9572656.Crystal_Palace_post___5m_loss/ |access-date=1 June 2013 |newspaper=Croydon Guardian |date=6 March 2012 |archive-date=11 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211031459/http://www.streathamguardian.co.uk/sport/9572656.Crystal_Palace_post___5m_loss/ }}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Certificate of Incorporation|date=29 March 2010}}</ref> The four successfully negotiated a takeover with the administrator Brendan Guilfoyle from the P&A Partnership and a [[company voluntary arrangement]] was formally accepted by company creditors on 20 August 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=Crystal Palace come out of administration |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/8930854.stm |access-date=27 June 2013 |date=20 August 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617040639/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/8930854.stm |archive-date=17 June 2013 }}</ref> The consortium also purchased back Selhurst Park from [[Lloyds Banking Group|Lloyds Bank]] after a demonstration by fans put pressure on the bank to agree terms.<ref name="theguardian.com" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Wilson |first=Jeremy |title=Crystal Palace granted reprieve after principle agreement over sale of club and ground |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/crystal-palace/7794816/Crystal-Palace-granted-reprieve-after-principle-agreement-over-sale-of-club-and-ground.html |access-date=27 June 2013 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=1 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211033530/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/crystal-palace/7794816/Crystal-Palace-granted-reprieve-after-principle-agreement-over-sale-of-club-and-ground.html |archive-date=11 February 2015 }}</ref>

In December 2015, American investors [[Josh Harris (businessman)|Josh Harris]] and [[David Blitzer]] each bought an 18% stake in the club as [[general partner]]s for a total of £50 million, although the stake is now estimated to be 10%.<ref>{{cite news|title=Crystal Palace: Deal agreed with US investors Harris and Blitzer|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35138750|work=BBC Sport|date=18 December 2015|access-date=19 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219080614/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35138750|archive-date=19 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2021, another American investor [[John Textor]] bought a 40% stake worth £87.5 million, increasing to 45% in 2023. Parish remains chairman with 10% equity; Robert Franco and other investors own the remaining 9%.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 February 2022 |title=Will U.S. owner John Textor's 'Botafogo Way' produce the Bayern Munich of Brazilian football? |url=https://www.espn.in/football/botafogo/story/4595579/will-us-owner-john-textors-botafogo-way-produce-the-bayern-munich-of-brazilian-football |access-date=24 March 2022 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Aarons |first1=Ed |title=Palace chairman Steve Parish falls out with club's biggest investor John Textor |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jan/19/crystal-palace-chairman-steve-parish-in-fall-out-with-clubs-biggest-investor-john-textor |website=The Guardian |date=19 January 2023 |access-date=28 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Alencar |first1=Mauricio |title=Who owns Crystal Palace now? How much did John Textor, Josh Harris and David Blitzer and his co-owners pay? |url=https://www.cityam.com/who-owns-crystal-palace-now-how-much-did-john-textor-josh-harris-and-david-blitzer-and-his-co-owners-pay/ |website=City A.M. |date=8 December 2023 |access-date=10 December 2023}}</ref> 

In June 2025, Textor agreed to sell his stake in the club to [[Woody Johnson]], owner of the NFL's [[New York Jets]] and former [[U.S. ambassador to the U.K.]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brinkerhoff |first1=Nick |title=Jets owner Woody Johnson buys stake in Premier League's Crystal Palace |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2025/06/23/crystal-palace-ownership-woody-johnson-jets/84318337007/ |website=[[USA Today]] |access-date=24 June 2025 |date=23 June 2025}}</ref> Johnson signed the legal documents on 23 June with a deal of about £190 million ($256.37 million).<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-07-25 |title=New York Jets co-owner Johnson completes purchase of stake in Palace |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/new-york-jets-co-owner-johnson-completes-purchase-stake-palace-2025-07-25/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=Reuters |language=en}}</ref> On 24 July, the club announced that Johnson's purchase was complete.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Drury |first=Sam |date=2025-07-24 |title=Crystal Palace: Woody Johnson completes purchase of Eagle Football's shareholding in the club |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c6282gl2z52o |access-date=2025-09-02 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Statistics and records==
{{Main|List of Crystal Palace F.C. records and statistics}}

{{See also|List of Crystal Palace F.C. seasons}}

[[Jim Cannon (footballer, born 1953)|Jim Cannon]] holds the record for the most Crystal Palace appearances in all competitions, having played 660 first-team matches between 1973 and 1988.<ref name="K441" /> The defender also holds the record for the most league appearances, making 571.<ref name="soccerbaserecords" /> Striker [[Peter Simpson (Scottish footballer)|Peter Simpson]] holds the record for the most goals scored in a season, 54 in the [[1930–31 in English football|1930–31]] season in [[Football League Third Division South|Division Three (South)]] and is also the top scorer over a career – 165 goals between 1929 and 1935.<ref name="soccerbaserecords" /> Goalkeeper [[Wayne Hennessey]] holds the club record for most international caps.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2018/october/hennessey-breaks-palace-record/ |title=Hennessey Breaks Palace Cap Record |publisher=cpfc.co.uk |date=17 October 2018 |access-date=17 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017144751/https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2018/october/hennessey-breaks-palace-record/ |archive-date=17 October 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:CrystalPalaceFC League Performance.svg|thumb|left|Chart showing Crystal Palace's table positions since joining the Football League.]]Crystal Palace were inaugural champions of the newly formed [[Football League Third Division|Third Division]] in [[1920–21 Football League|1920–21]], which was also their first season in the Football League and so became one of only a small group of clubs to have achieved the feat of winning a Football League Division at the first time of asking. Their average league attendance of 19,092 in the [[1960–61 Football League|1960–61]] season and the attendance of 37,774 for the [[Good Friday]] game at [[Selhurst Park]] between Palace and [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] the same season are [[Football League Fourth Division|Fourth Division]] attendance records.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/LeagueTables/Season1960-61/Div41960-61.htm |title=Division Four 1960/61 |access-date=15 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419060805/http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/LeagueTables/Season1960-61/Div41960-61.htm |archive-date=19 April 2013 }}</ref> Palace's official record home attendance is 51,482 for a [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] match against [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] on 11 May 1979.<ref name="K444" /> The club's biggest victory margin in the league was the 9–0 home win against [[Barrow F.C.|Barrow]] in the Fourth Division in 1959, while their heaviest defeat in the league was by the same scoreline away to [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] in the [[Football League First Division|First Division]] in 1989.<ref name="K444" />

The highest transfer fee received for a Crystal Palace player is £67.5 million from [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] for [[Eberechi Eze]] in August 2025, while the highest transfer fee paid by the club to date is £32 million for [[Christian Benteke]] from [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] in August 2016.

The club's highest ever league finish so far is third place in the old Football League First Division, which is now called the [[Premier League]], achieved in the [[1990–91 Football League|1990–91]] season. Palace hold the record for the most points for a relegated Premier League club with 49  (although that was in a 42-game season in [[1992-93 in English football|1992–93]]).<ref name="relegation" /> They are also the only club ever to be relegated from the Premier League even though they finished fourth from bottom, as it had been decided at the end of the [[1994–95 in English football|1994–95]] season that the bottom four clubs would be relegated in order to accommodate the league being reduced from 22 to 20 clubs for the [[1995–96 FA Premier League|1995–96]] season; Palace's points total that season of 45 is also the second-highest points total in Premier League history for a relegated club.<ref name="relegation" /> Palace hold the record for the most play-off final wins (4) resulting in promotion to the top-flight. Each of these play-off final wins occurred at a different location: Selhurst Park in 1989 (the first leg of the two-legged final was played at [[Ewood Park]] in [[Blackburn]]), [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|old Wembley Stadium]] in 1997, [[Millennium Stadium]] in [[Cardiff]] in 2004 and [[Wembley Stadium|new Wembley]] in 2013.

==Players==
===First-team squad===
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{{Fs player|no=1|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=[[Dean Henderson]]}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=COL|pos=DF|name=[[Daniel Muñoz (footballer)|Daniel Muñoz]]}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Tyrick Mitchell]]}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=[[Maxence Lacroix]]}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Marc Guéhi]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=SEN|pos=MF|name=[[Ismaïla Sarr]]}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=COL|pos=MF|name=[[Jefferson Lerma]]}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Eddie Nketiah]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=ESP|pos=MF|name=[[Yéremy Pino]]}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=NGA|pos=MF|name=[[Christantus Uche]]|other=on loan from [[Getafe CF|Getafe]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=[[Jean-Philippe Mateta]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Nathaniel Clyne]]}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=[[Daichi Kamada]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Will Hughes]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Adam Wharton]]}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Romain Esse]]}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=[[Jaydee Canvot]]}}
{{Fs Player|no=24|nat=CRO|pos=DF|name=[[Borna Sosa]]}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=USA|pos=DF|name=[[Chris Richards (soccer)|Chris Richards]]}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=MLI|pos=MF|name=[[Cheick Doucouré]]}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=[[Naouirou Ahamada]]}}
{{Fs player|no=31|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=[[Remi Matthews]]}}
{{Fs player|no=34|nat=MAR|pos=DF|name=[[Chadi Riad]]}}
{{Fs player|no=38|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Caleb Kporha]]}}
{{Fs player|no=42|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Kaden Rodney]]}}
{{Fs player|no=44|nat=ARG|pos=GK|name=[[Walter Benítez (footballer)|Walter Benítez]]}}
{{Fs player|no=55|nat=NIR|pos=MF|name=[[Justin Devenny]]}}
{{Fs player|no=59|nat=TRI|pos=DF|name=[[Rio Cardines]]}}

{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
The loans listed here are for players who are normally part of the first team squad or under-21 players who have made a competitive appearance for the first team or have been called into the first team squad for a competitive fixture.

{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=[[Owen Goodman]]|other=at [[Huddersfield Town F.C.|Huddersfield Town]] until end of 2025–26 season}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=[[Joe Whitworth]]|other=at [[Exeter City F.C.|Exeter City]] until end of 2025–26 season}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=[[Tayo Adaramola]]|other=at [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]] until end of 2025–26 season}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[David Ozoh]]|other=at [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] until end of 2025–26 season}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=[[Matheus França]]|other=at [[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]] until end of 2025–26 season}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Jesurun Rak-Sakyi]]|other=at [[Çaykur Rizespor]] until end of 2025–26 season}}
{{Fs end}}

===Youth Academy===
{{Further|Crystal Palace F.C. Under-21s and Academy}}

==Notable former players==
:''Players with over 100 appearances for Crystal Palace can be found [[List of Crystal Palace F.C. players|here]]''
:''All past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found [[:Category:Crystal Palace F.C. players|here]]''
{{See also|Crystal Palace F.C. Player of the Year}}
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===Crystal Palace "Centenary XI"===
To celebrate Crystal Palace's centenary in 2005, the Palace fans were asked to vote for a "Centenary XI" from a shortlist of ten players per position provided by the club.<ref>{{cite web|title=Centenary: All-Time XI |url=http://www.cpfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/CentenaryDetail/0,,10323~658700,00.html |publisher=CPFC |access-date=27 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050508042735/http://www.cpfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/CentenaryDetail/0%2C%2C10323~658700%2C00.html |archive-date= 8 May 2005 }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Nigel Martyn]] (1989–96)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Paul Hinshelwood]] (1974–83)
* {{flagicon|Wales}} [[Chris Coleman (footballer)|Chris Coleman]] (1991–95)
* {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Jim Cannon (footballer, born 1953)|Jim Cannon]] (1972–88)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Kenny Sansom]] (1975–80)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[John Salako]] (1986–95)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Geoff Thomas (footballer, born 1964)|Geoff Thomas]] (1987–93)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Andy Gray (footballer, born 1964)|Andy Gray]] (1984–87, 1989–92)
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Attilio Lombardo]] (1997–99)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Andrew Johnson (footballer, born 1981)|Andrew Johnson]] (2002–06, 2014)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Ian Wright]] (1985–91)

==Coaching staff==
{| class="toccolours"
|-
! style="background:silver;"|Position
! style="background:silver;"|Name
|-
|Sporting director
| Matt Hobbs
|-
|Manager
|[[Oliver Glasner]]
|-
|First-team coaches
|[[Ronald Brunmayr]] <br/> [[Paddy McCarthy]] <br/> [[Emanuel Pogatetz]] <br/> [[Michael Angerschmid]] <br/> [[James_Holland_(soccer)|James Holland]]
|-
|Goalkeeping coach
|[[Andy Quy]]
|-
|Fitness coach
|Michael Berktold
|-
|Academy director
|Gary Issott
|-
|Under-21s manager
|[[Darren Powell]]
|-
|Head of sports medicine
|Imtiaz Ahmad
|}

==Managers==
{{Main|List of Crystal Palace F.C. managers}}

:''Statistics are complete up to and including the match played 9 November 2025. Not including caretaker managers. All competitive matches are counted.''

<gallery widths="180px" heights="150px">
Edmund Goodman circa 1908.jpg|[[Edmund Goodman]], Palace's longest-serving manager, who was in charge from 1907 until 1925.
2022128173931 2022-05-08 Fussball Eintracht Frankfurt vs Borussia Mönchengladbach - Sven - 1D X MK II - 2395 - B70I8506 (cropped).jpg|[[Oliver Glasner]], the club's current manager since February 2024, who won the [[2024–25 FA Cup]] and the [[2025 FA Community Shield]] with Palace.
</gallery>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Name
! From
! To
! G
! W
! D
! L
! %W
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Jack|Robson|dab=football manager}}
|align=left|{{dts|July 1905}}
|align=left|{{dts|30 April 1907}}
{{WDL|77|35|18|24}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Edmund|Goodman}}
|align=left|{{dts|1 May 1907}}
|align=left|{{dts|24 November 1925}}
{{WDL|613|242|166|205}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Alex|Maley}}
|align=left|{{dts|24 November 1925}}
|align=left|{{dts|12 October 1927}}
{{WDL|83|36|16|31}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Fred|Mavin}}
|align=left|{{dts|21 November 1927}}
|align=left|{{dts|18 October 1930}}
{{WDL|132|63|33|36}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Jack|Tresadern}}
|align=left|{{dts|27 October 1930}}
|align=left|{{dts|June 1935}}
{{WDL|213|98|44|71}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Tom|Bromilow}}
|align=left| {{dts|July 1935}}<br />1 January 1937
|align=left|{{dts|July 1936}}<br />July 1939
{{WDL|162|71|40|51}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|R. S.|Moyes}}
|align=left|{{dts|July 1936}}
|align=left|{{dts|8 December 1936}}
{{WDL|23|6|6|11}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|George|Irwin|dab=football manager}}
|align=left|{{dts|July 1939}}
|align=left|{{dts|July 1947}}
{{WDL|45|15|11|19}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Jack|Butler|dab=footballer, born 1894}}
|align=left|{{dts|July 1947}}
|align=left|{{dts|June 1949}}
{{WDL|88|23|24|41}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Ronnie|Rooke}}
|align=left|{{dts|June 1949}}
|align=left|{{dts|29 November 1950}}
{{WDL|62|19|15|28}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Fred|Dawes}}/[[Charlie Slade]]
|align=left|{{dts|29 November 1950}}
|align=left|{{dts|11 October 1951}}
{{WDL|40|8|10|22}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Laurie|Scott|dab=footballer}}
|align=left|{{dts|11 October 1951}}
|align=left|{{dts|October 1954}}
{{WDL|145|43|41|61}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Cyril|Spiers}}
|align=left|{{dts|October 1954}}
|align=left|{{dts|June 1958}}
{{WDL|181|52|53|76}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|George|Smith|dab=footballer, born 1915}}
|align=left|{{dts|July 1958}}
|align=left|{{dts|12 April 1960}}
{{WDL|100|42|27|31}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Arthur|Rowe}}
|align=left|{{dts|15 April 1960}}
|align=left|{{dts|30 November 1962}}
{{WDL|132|52|32|48}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Dick|Graham}}
|align=left|{{dts|30 November 1962}}
|align=left|{{dts|3 January 1966}}
{{WDL|150|68|41|41}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Bert|Head}}
|align=left|{{dts|18 April 1966}}
|align=left|{{dts|30 March 1973}}
{{WDL|328|101|96|131}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Malcolm|Allison}}
|align=left|{{dts|30 March 1973}}<br />1 December 1980
|align=left|{{dts|May 1976}}<br />26 January 1981
{{WDL|155|53|48|54}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Terry|Venables}}
|align=left|{{dts|1 June 1976}}<br />9 June 1998
|align=left|{{dts|14 October 1980}}<br />15 January 1999
{{WDL|220|80|76|64}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Dario|Gradi}}
|align=left|{{dts|26 January 1981}}
|align=left| {{dts|10 November 1981}}
{{WDL|30|7|3|20}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Steve|Kember}}
|align=left| {{dts|10 November 1981}}<br />18 April 2003
|align=left| {{dts|June 1982}}<br />3 November 2003
{{WDL|53|15|14|24}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Alan|Mullery}}
|align=left| {{dts|July 1982}}
|align=left| {{dts|June 1984}}
{{WDL|98|31|27|40}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Steve|Coppell}}
|align=left| {{dts|July 1984}}<br />July 1995<br />28 February 1997<br />15 January 1999
|align=left| {{dts|21 May 1993}}<br />8 February 1996<br />13 March 1998<br />1 August 2000
{{WDL|565|221|146|198}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Alan|Smith|dab=manager}}
|align=left| {{dts|3 June 1993}}<br />1 August 2000
|align=left| {{dts|15 May 1995}}<br />29 April 2001
{{WDL|163|62|43|58}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Dave|Bassett}}
|align=left| {{dts|8 February 1996}}
|align=left| {{dts|27 February 1997}}
{{WDL|60|29|15|16}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Attilio|Lombardo}}<ref group=upper-alpha>Player-manager</ref>
|align=left| {{dts|13 March 1998}}
|align=left| {{dts|29 April 1998}}
{{WDL|7|2|0|5}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Steve|Bruce}}
|align=left| {{dts|30 May 2001}}
|align=left| {{dts|31 October 2001}}
{{WDL|18|11|2|5}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Trevor|Francis}}
|align=left| {{dts|30 November 2001}}
|align=left| {{dts|18 April 2003}}
{{WDL|78|28|22|28}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Iain|Dowie}}
|align=left| {{dts|22 December 2003}}
|align=left| {{dts|22 May 2006}}
{{WDL|123|50|29|44}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Peter|Taylor|dab=footballer born 1953}}
|align=left|{{dts|13 June 2006}}
|align=left|{{dts|8 October 2007}}
{{WDL|60|21|16|23}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Neil|Warnock}}
|align=left|{{dts|11 October 2007}}<br />27 August 2014
|align=left|{{dts|2 March 2010}}<br />27 December 2014
{{WDL|146|50|45|51}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Paul|Hart}}
|align=left|{{dts|2 March 2010}}
|align=left|{{dts|3 May 2010}}
{{WDL|14|3|6|5}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|George|Burley}}
|align=left|{{dts|17 June 2010}}
|align=left|{{dts|1 January 2011}}
{{WDL|25|7|5|13}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Dougie|Freedman}}
|align=left|{{dts|11 January 2011}}
|align=left|{{dts|23 October 2012}}
{{WDL|90|32|27|31}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Ian|Holloway}}
|align=left|{{dts|3 November 2012}}
|align=left|{{dts|23 October 2013}}
{{WDL|46|14|14|18}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Tony|Pulis}}
|align=left|{{dts|23 November 2013}}
|align=left|{{dts|14 August 2014}}
{{WDL|28|12|5|11}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Alan|Pardew}}
|align=left|{{dts|2 January 2015}}
|align=left|{{dts|22 December 2016}}
{{WDL|87|35|13|39}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Sam|Allardyce}}
|align=left|{{dts|23 December 2016}}
|align=left|{{dts|23 May 2017}}
{{WDL|24|9|3|12}}
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|align=left| {{sortname|Frank de|Boer}}
|align=left|{{dts|26 June 2017}}
|align=left|{{dts|11 September 2017}}
{{WDL|5|1|0|4}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Roy|Hodgson}}
|align=left|{{dts|12 September 2017}}<br />21 March 2023
|align=left|{{dts|23 May 2021}}<br />{{dts|19 February 2024}}
{{WDL|200|66|47|87}}
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Patrick|Vieira}}
|align=left|{{dts|4 July 2021}}
|align=left|{{dts|17 March 2023}}
{{WDL|74|22|25|27}}
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{{sortname|Oliver|Glasner}}
|align=left|{{dts|19 February 2024}}
|align=left|''present'' 
{{WDL|80|37|25|18}}
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==Honours==

'''Leagues'''
*[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] / [[Football League First Division|First Division]] / [[EFL Championship|Championship]] (level 2) 
**Champions: [[1978–79 Football League|1978–79]], [[1993–94 Football League|1993–94]]
**Runners-up: [[1968–69 Football League|1968–69]]
**Play-off winners: [[1989 Football League play-offs#Second Division|1989]], [[1997 Football League play-offs#First Division|1997]], [[2004 Football League play-offs#First Division|2004]], [[2013 Football League play-offs#Championship|2013]]
*[[Football League Third Division |Third Division ]] / [[Football League Third Division South|Third Division South]] (level 3)
**Champions: [[1920–21 Football League|1920–21]]
**Runners-up: [[1928–29 Football League|1928–29]], [[1930–31 Football League|1930–31]], [[1938–39 Football League|1938–39]], [[1963–64 Football League|1963–64]]
*[[Football League Fourth Division|Fourth Division]] (level 4)
**Runners-up: [[1960–61 Football League|1960–61]]

'''Cups'''
*[[FA Cup]]
**Winners: [[2024–25 FA Cup|2024–25]]
**Runners-up: [[1989–90 FA Cup|1989–90]], [[2015–16 FA Cup|2015–16]]
*[[FA Community Shield]]
**Winners: [[2025 FA Community Shield|2025]]
*[[Full Members Cup]]<ref group=upper-alpha>This was a cup competition held from 1985 to 1992. It was also known under its sponsored names of the '''[[Simod]] Cup''' from 1987 to 1989 and the '''[[Zenith Data Systems]] Cup''' from 1989 to 1992. It was created after the [[Heysel Stadium disaster]], when English clubs were banned from [[UEFA#Competitions|European competition]], as an additional competition for clubs in the top two divisions.</ref>
**Winners: [[1990–91 Full Members Cup|1990–91]]

'''Wartime titles'''
*[[Football League North and South|Football League South]]
**Champions: [[1940–41 in English football|1940–41]]
*[[Wartime League|Wartime South D League]]
**Champions: [[1939-40 in English football|1939–40]]

'''Regional competitions'''
*[[Southern Football League|Southern Football League Division One]]
**Runners-up: [[1913–14 Southern Football League|1913–14]]
*[[Southern Football League|Southern Football League Division Two]]
**Champions: [[1905–06 Southern Football League|1905–06]]
*[[United League (football)|United League]]<ref name=royalrecords>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalsrecord.co.uk/cups/united.html |title=United League |website=www.royalsrecord.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412045405/http://www.royalsrecord.co.uk/cups/united.html |archive-date=12 April 2016}}</ref>
**Champions: [[United League (football)#1906–07|1906–07]]
**Runners-up: [[United League (football)#1905–06|1905–06]]
*[[Southern Professional Floodlit Cup]]
**Runners-up: 1958–59
*[[London Challenge Cup]]<ref group=upper-alpha>This was a tournament organised by the [[London Football Association|London FA]]. It was first contested in 1908, and other than during the World Wars, was contested every season until 1974, when the tournament was disbanded.</ref>
**Winners: 1912–13, 1913–14, 1920–21
**Runners-up: 1919–20, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1931–32, 1937–38, 1946–47
*[[Surrey Senior Cup]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Surrey FA |title=Saturday Senior Cup Previous Winners |url=http://www.surreyfa.com/previous-winners-and-officials/saturday-senior-cup-previous-winners |access-date=31 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502232940/http://www.surreyfa.com/previous-winners-and-officials/saturday-senior-cup-previous-winners |archive-date= 2 May 2014 }}</ref>
**Winners: 1996–97, 2000–01, 2001–02
* [[London Five-a-Sides]]
** Winners: 1959, 1969
** Runners-up: 1958, 1968, 1979
*Kent Senior Shield
**Winners: 1911–12
**Runners-up: 1912–13

==In popular culture==
In the 1999 film ''[[Wonderland (1999 film)|Wonderland]]'', the scenes of the character Dan and his son at a football match were filmed at [[Selhurst Park]] during Crystal Palace's 1–1 draw against [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] on 6 February 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statto.com/football/stats/results/1999-02-06|publisher=Statto.com|title=Results saturday 6th February 1999|date=17 June 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526020629/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/results/1999-02-06|archive-date=26 May 2013}}</ref> In the stage and television play ''[[Abigail's Party]]'', its character Tony mentions that he used to play professionally for Crystal Palace, but it "didn't work out", something actor [[John Salthouse]] brought to the character in rehearsals based on his own life.<ref name="Duvitski 6" /> Salthouse also incorporated the club into the children's television series he wrote, ''[[Hero to Zero]]'', in which the father of the main character once played for Palace reserves.<ref>{{cite news|last=Maume|first=Chris|title=Owen's method is latest pitch at football's screen test|newspaper=The Independent|page=28|date=26 February 2000}}</ref> In the first series of the TV Comedy ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'', a Crystal Palace scarf could be seen on the coat rack, placed there by producer [[Ray Butt]], even though its character Rodney's middle name was Charlton, as his brother Del revealed on Rodney's wedding day: their mother was a fan of "Athletic" not "Heston".<ref>{{cite news|last=Simons|first=Raoul|title=Football Talk|newspaper=The Evening Standard|date=25 May 2006|page=59}}</ref> Headmaster Keith Blackwell, who played Palace mascot "Pete the Eagle" in the nineties, fronted a series of Coca-Cola adverts in 1996, with clips of him in costume used in the commercial. Blackwell spoke about his role and the problems it caused at his school, when he would miss some PTA meetings due to Palace playing midweek matches.<ref>{{cite news|last=Earls|first=John|title=Game for a laugh; Soccer club mascots keep thousands of fans entertained at every game by dressing up as lions, dinosaurs – and even a giant hammer! But what makes them want to face the taunts of cheeky away fans?|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Game+for+a+laugh%3B+Soccer+club+mascots+keep+thousands+of+fans...-a061132570|access-date=28 June 2013|newspaper=The People|date=19 October 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202223317/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Game+for+a+laugh%3B+Soccer+club+mascots+keep+thousands+of+fans...-a061132570|archive-date=2 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Leach |first=Conrad |title=Mascot men, mascot cats and dogs |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/mascot-men-mascot-cats-and-dogs-1185112.html |access-date=28 June 2013 |newspaper=The Independent |date=15 November 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218170439/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/mascot-men-mascot-cats-and-dogs-1185112.html |archive-date=18 December 2013 }}</ref>

The club started playing [[the Dave Clark Five]] song "[[Glad All Over]]" at home games in the early part of 1964, and the band also performed the song at Selhurst Park in 1968.<ref name=Henty>{{cite web|url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/features/john-henty-crystal-palace-glad-all-over-gold-record/|title=John Henty: The man who made Crystal Palace 'Glad All Over'|date=15 November 2023|website=Crystal Palace F.C.}}</ref> It became synonymous with the club, and the Palace fans sing it at every match.<ref name=CA_GAO>{{Cite news|url=http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/crystal-palace-fans-sing-glad-433141|title=Why do Crystal Palace fans sing Glad All Over and what are its lyrics?|last=Booker|first=James|date=19 May 2016|work=croydonadvertiser|access-date=20 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115075645/http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/crystal-palace-fans-sing-glad-433141|archive-date=15 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The club released a cover-version of the song in the lead up to the 1990 FA Cup final.<ref name="CA_GAO" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 November 2023 |title=Glad All Over: Beers at Abbey Road Studios and an FA Cup single - News |url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/club/glad-all-over-60th-anniversary-abbey-road-mark-bright-fa-cup-final-single/ |access-date=10 June 2025 |website=Crystal Palace F.C. |language=en-GB}}</ref>

The 2008 episode of ''[[The IT Crowd]]'', "[[List of The IT Crowd episodes|Are We Not Men?]]", used Selhurst Park to film the crowd scenes. The Apple TV series ''[[Ted Lasso]]'' filmed its stadium scenes at Selhurst Park.

Crystal Palace F.C. was the subject of an [[Amazon Prime Video]] five-part series released in 2021, called ''[[When Eagles Dare]]'', which documented the club's [[2012–13 Crystal Palace F.C. season|2012–13]] season, when they achieved promotion to the top flight via the Championship play-offs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/crystal-palace-documentary-amazon-prime-b1843109.html |title=Crystal Palace documentary: Amazon to release 'When Eagles Dare' in June |last=Braidwood |first=Jaime |work=The Independent |date=6 May 2021 |access-date=16 August 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506142945/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/crystal-palace-documentary-amazon-prime-b1843109.html |archive-date=6 May 2021}}</ref>

==Crystal Palace Women==
{{Main|Crystal Palace F.C. Women}}
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[[Crystal Palace F.C. (Women)|Crystal Palace Women]] is a women's football club founded in 1992, which is affiliated to the men's equivalent. They currently compete in the [[FA Women's Super League 2|Women's Super League 2]] and play their home games at the [[Gander Green Lane|VBS Community Stadium]] in [[Sutton, London|Sutton]], South London.

==Cheerleaders==
The "Crystals" or "Crystal Girls" are the official [[Cheerleading in the United Kingdom|cheerleading]] squad of Crystal Palace F.C., which is the only club in English football that has [[NFL]]-style [[cheerleaders]]. They were established in 2010 and perform before each home match and during half-time. The squad also performs at charity events as ambassadors for the club.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ranscombe |first=Siân | title=The Crystals: meet English football's only cheerleading squad |date=21 April 2015 | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/11549733/The-Crystals-meet-English-footballs-only-cheerleading-squad.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/11549733/The-Crystals-meet-English-footballs-only-cheerleading-squad.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | access-date=11 July 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{Reflist|group=upper-alpha}}

==References==
;Bibliography
*{{cite book|last=King|first=Ian|title=Crystal Palace: The Complete Record 1905–2011|publisher=Derby Books Publishing Company Limited|year=2012|isbn=978-1-78091-221-9}}
* Matthews, Tony (editor). ''We All Follow The Palace''. Juma, 1998. {{ISBN|1-872204-55-4}}

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<ref name="BBCLUX">{{cite news|last=Stevens |first=Rob |title=Crystal Palace: Steve Parish faces 'luxury problems' after promotion |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22704156 |newspaper=BBC News |date=30 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607110831/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22704156 |archive-date=7 June 2013 |url-status=live |access-date=28 June 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="BBC Sport Palace2">{{cite web |title=Hodgson reappointed as Crystal Palace manager |website=BBC Sport |date=21 March 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65013469 |access-date=21 March 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="BBC289590">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/the_company_file/289590.stm |title=The Company File: Palace on the rocks |date=3 March 1999 |work=BBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506201138/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/289590.stm |archive-date=6 May 2014 |url-status=live  |access-date=26 August 2009}}</ref>

<ref name="Business: Club History">{{cite web |url=http://www.cpfc.co.uk/club/history/ |title=History |publisher=[[CPFC]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606051751/http://www.cpfc.co.uk/club/history/ |archive-date=6 June 2013 |url-status=live  |access-date=14 October 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="CA1">{{cite news |title=Behind-The-Scenes Shuffle at Palace |work=Croydon Advertiser |date=August 1972 |author=Matthews, John |quote=...&nbsp;whose board he joined in 1948}}</ref>

<ref name="CA3">"New Man Bloye Kills 'Moneybags' Tag", ''Croydon Advertiser'', 27 October 1972, p.58 "Twenty two years ago&nbsp;... seven men formed a board&nbsp;... (n)ow the last of the seven, Arthur Wait, steps (down)"</ref>

<ref name="cap2021">{{cite web |title=Premier League Handbook 2020/21 |url=https://resources.premierleague.com/premierleague/document/2021/04/07/6ebff069-a7ee-415d-afbd-15878b6d33b2/2020-21-PL-Handbook-240321.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412002820/https://resources.premierleague.com/premierleague/document/2021/04/07/6ebff069-a7ee-415d-afbd-15878b6d33b2/2020-21-PL-Handbook-240321.pdf |archive-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=Premier League |page=14 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="Duvitski 6">{{cite news |last=Duvitski |first=Janine |title=Party Central: The Players |newspaper=The Observer |location=London |date=14 October 2007 |page=6}}</ref>

<ref name="ESSPSF40">{{cite news|last=Johnson |first=Simon |title=Crystal Palace: Selhurst Park set for a 40,000 makeover |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/crystal-palace-selhurst-park-set-for-a-40000-makeover-8635930.html |newspaper=Evening Standard |date=29 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609090147/http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/crystal-palace-selhurst-park-set-for-a-40000-makeover-8635930.html |archive-date=9 June 2013 |access-date=27 June 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="GK">{{cite web |last=Porter |first=Steve |title=All time greatest F A cup giant killings Number 11 Newcastle United 0–1 Crystal Palace |url=http://www.freewebs.com/captainbeecher/1907crystalpalace.htm |work=The Giant Killers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208080520/http://www.freewebs.com/captainbeecher/1907crystalpalace.htm |archive-date=8 December 2014 |access-date=20 June 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="guardian1861">{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Paul |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/21/crystal-palace-launch-plan-to-claim-title-as-oldest-football-league-club |title=Crystal Palace launch plan to claim title of oldest Football League club |date=22 April 2020 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB <!--|issn=0261-3077--> |access-date=22 April 2020}}</ref>

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<ref name="relegation">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy/2018/aug/24/premier-league-40-point-mark-relegation-crystal-palace |title=Premier League managers should forget the mythical 40-point mark |last=Foster |first=Richard |date=24 August 2018 |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>

<ref name="royalrecords">{{cite web |url=http://www.royalsrecord.co.uk/cups/united.html |title=United League |website=www.royalsrecord.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412045405/http://www.royalsrecord.co.uk/cups/united.html |archive-date=12 April 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="soccerbaserecords">{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=646&teamTabs=records |publisher=Soccerbase |title=Crystal Palace all time records |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017163401/http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=646&teamTabs=records |archive-date=17 October 2013 |url-status=live  |access-date=16 July 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite news|title=Crystal Palace fans stage demonstration against Lloyds Bank as deadline looms |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jun/01/crystal-palace-lloyds-bank-demonstration |date=1 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604055626/http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jun/01/crystal-palace-lloyds-bank-demonstration |archive-date=4 June 2010 |agency=Press Association |access-date=27 June 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="TOON">{{cite book |last=Hutchinson |first=Roger |title=The Toon: A Complete History of Newcastle United Football Club |year=2011 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-1-78057-314-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mGJsZeq7myAC&q=newcastle+crystal+palace+1907&pg=PT20}}</ref>

}}

==Further reading==
* ''The Crystal Palace Story'' by Roy Peskett, published by Roy Peskett Publishing Ltd (1969). {{isbn|978-0-9501-0390-7}}.
* ''100 Years of Crystal Palace Football Club'' by Rev. Nigel Sands, published by The History Press Ltd, (2005), {{ISBN|978-0-7524-3608-1}}.
* ''Crystal Palace Football Club'' by Rev. Nigel Sands, published by NPI Media Group, (1999), {{ISBN|978-0-7524-1544-4}}.
* ''Classic Matches: Crystal Palace FC'' by Rev. Nigel Sands, published by The History Press Ltd, (2002), {{ISBN|978-0-7524-2733-1}}.
* ''Crystal Palace Miscellany'' by Neil McSteen, published by Legends Publishing, (2009), {{ISBN|978-1-905411-55-9}}.

==See also==
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*[[Football in London]]

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* [https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/52916--crystal-palace/ Crystal Palace FC] at [[UEFA]]

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