TWENTY CLUBSCRYSTAL PALACE
Pre-season

How the warm-ups are going

The friendly results so far, before the league gets going. It steps aside once the real games begin on 21 August.

The season ahead · 2026/27

Palace begin again, with a European trophy still in the cabinet.

The last two seasons brought Crystal Palace their first ever major trophy, the 2024/25 FA Cup, and then their first European trophy, the 2025/26 UEFA Conference League. Oliver Glasner left after that win in Europe, and Pierre Sage arrived from RC Lens in June on a three-year deal to 2029. The summer has been quiet so far, with Oscar Mingueza in on a free and Maxence Lacroix sold to Chelsea. Palace open away at Everton.

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Last season · 2025/26

A mid-table league finish and silverware in the cups

These numbers are from the 2025/26 Premier League season, not the one about to start. Palace finished 15th in the league but won the UEFA Conference League, beating Rayo Vallecano 1-0 in the final, and lifted the FA Community Shield in August 2025 after a 2-2 draw with Liverpool that went to penalties.

15thPremier League finish
45Points
11–12–15Won, drawn, lost
−10Goal difference (41 for, 51 against)
UEFA Conference League winners
2025 FA Community Shield winners

The Conference League was Palace's first European trophy, following the 2024/25 FA Cup, the first major trophy in the club's history.

Happening now

The summer, item by item

A rundown of Palace's confirmed summer 2026 business, newest first. The window is still open on 5 August, so this list is partial, and fees are as reported. Follow any row through to the official club site for the full detail.

Around the hub

Where to go next

It is pre-season, so nothing has been played yet in 2026/27 and any stat for the new campaign sits at zero. Dig into the squad Pierre Sage inherits, the confirmed opening fixtures, and the latest club news through the tabs below.

Watch & listen

Where the game is shown on TV or carried on the radio in the UK. The exact channel and station are confirmed for each fixture nearer the date, so the broadcast schedule is the place to check your game.

Match centre

Follow the match live

The next game, or the one in progress, in full. Both line-ups and shapes on the pitch, a live commentary feed as it happens, and the complete stats once the whistle goes. Confirmed line-ups usually land about an hour before kick-off.

Matchday journey

Follow the match, build-up to full time

The best of YouTube for this club at every stage of the day, from the build-up and the watchalongs through to the reaction after the whistle.

Before kick-off

Build-up, team news and the manager’s word

During the match

Watch it alongside other fans

After the whistle

Highlights, press conferences and the analysis
Team news

Who is available

Current injuries and suspensions from the live team-news feed. It fills in as the season gets going, and it is always worth a final check with the club before kick-off.

Matchday weather

Conditions at the ground

The current forecast at the stadium, so you know what to expect on the day. It refreshes on its own.

Called it

Predict the next one

Call the scoreline before kick-off and the game scores it against the real result: five points for the exact score, two for the right result. It saves on this device, no sign-up. Predict the whole gameweek →

Live match

The next Palace match, tracked here

It is pre-season, so nothing is live yet. When the whistle goes at Selhurst or on the road, this is where the score, the shape and the shift-by-shift numbers will land. For now, here is the first confirmed fixture of 2026/27, still waiting to kick off.

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Opening day · Sat 22 Aug
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The numbers fill in once the whistle goes.

Hill Dickinson StadiumBroadcaster to be confirmedSat 22 Aug, 15:00 BST

Not started. This is Pierre Sage's first league match in charge, away at Everton on the opening weekend. Kick-off is still some way off, so the possession bars, the shot counts and the formation dots above are placeholders until the game is under way.

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Where to watch

How to catch the opener

Everton against Palace kicks off at 15:00 BST on Saturday 22 August. A UK broadcaster had not been confirmed in the sources we checked when this page was built.

Saturday afternoon 3pm kick-offs are traditionally not shown live on television in the United Kingdom, so unless the fixture is moved for broadcast selection, the most reliable way to follow it will be live text and radio commentary. Broadcast picks for the opening weeks are usually announced by the Premier League and its partners a few weeks before the season starts. Check the official listings closer to the date so you have the confirmed channel and any time change.

Premier League fixtures and broadcast listings
Follow it live

Where to keep up on the day

When the match is on, these are the official and trusted places to follow every minute. Each one opens in a new tab, so you can line them up before kick-off.

Matchday hubOfficial

Crystal Palace live page

The club's own matchday coverage, with confirmed team news, live updates and post-match reaction straight from Selhurst Park.

CRYcpfc.co.ukOfficial club site
Open the club site
Live textFree

BBC Sport live commentary

It runs independent minute-by-minute text commentary, with line-ups and key incidents. It is the most dependable way to follow a 3pm Saturday game that is not on live television.

CRYBBC SportLive text and radio
Open BBC Palace page
SocialOfficial

The club on X

Goal alerts, confirmed substitutions and full-time reaction as they happen, posted by the club throughout the match.

CRY@CPFCOfficial account
Open @CPFC on X
Fixtures & results

The season, every competition

The full 2026/27 schedule across the Premier League, every cup and European tie, plus pre-season friendlies. Scores fill in as games are played, and any broadcaster still to be set is marked TBC. Tap any game for the full match centre.

League news and transfers

The latest news and reaction

Fresh headlines and fan reaction from BBC Sport, the Guardian and the club's own subreddit, newest at the top. Every item opens on its source.

Team news

Injuries, suspensions and the confirmed eleven

It is pre-season, the 2026/27 campaign has not kicked off, and there is no honest team news to report yet. Confirmed lineups and any fitness or suspension calls land about an hour before kickoff, and this is where they will appear once they do.

Holding
No confirmed team news yet.Nothing has been played this season, so there are no injuries, suspensions or lineups to list. We will not guess at any.
Matchweek 1
Everton v Crystal PalaceThe confirmed starting eleven is expected around 14:00 BST on Saturday 22 August, roughly an hour before the 15:00 kickoff at the Hill Dickinson Stadium. It will be posted here.
Where it comes from
Straight from the clubPalace publish the confirmed lineup on their official channels first. cpfc.co.uk and @CPFC are the primary sources.
Context before kickoff
The wider pictureReporters at The Athletic and BBC Sport tend to have the probable eleven and any late fitness doubts ahead of the official announcement.
Reminder
Check back near kickoff.Anything you see here before then would be speculation, so we leave it blank on purpose until the real news is confirmed.
Straight from the source

Where to get confirmed team news

When the team sheet drops, it comes from here first. These are the accounts that confirm it rather than guess at it.

By the numbers

The season in numbers

Every chart here comes from the same feed behind our live scores: goals by minute, home and away, the shapes they set up in, the full squad’s numbers and the head-to-head record. This season fills in live from the opening weekend; last season is settled.

Pre-season

How the warm-ups are going

The friendly results so far, before the league gets going. It steps aside for the live table and stats the moment the season kicks off on 21 August.

THIS SEASON

The 2026/27 season

The new Premier League season has not kicked off yet, so every count below is honestly zero. The live table, form guide and charts on this page fill in automatically from the first whistle.

Not started

Nothing has been played in 2026/27. These are true zeros, not missing data. Check back once the season is under way and this section becomes a running record of results, goals and points.

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FORM GUIDE

Recent seasons

Crystal Palace have spent every one of these campaigns in the Premier League, settling into the top flight since promotion in 2013. The last two seasons also brought the club's first major honours.

SeasonDivisionPosPtsOf note
2025/26Premier League1545UEFA Conference League winners
2024/25Premier League1253FA Cup winners, a first major trophy
2023/24Premier League1049
2022/23Premier League1145
2021/22Premier League1248
2020/21Premier League1444
2019/20Premier League1443
2018/19Premier League1249

Final positions and points as recorded in the Premier League archives.

RECORD BOOKS

The record books

Long-standing club records, drawn from the parts of Palace's history that are well documented. Where a figure is not firmly established it is left out rather than guessed.

Players

165Record goalscorerPeter Simpson, 1929 to 1935
660Most appearancesJim Cannon, 1973 to 1988

Results

9–0Record winv Barrow, Fourth Division, 1959
0–9Record defeatat Liverpool, First Division, 1989
51,482Highest home attendancev Burnley, Selhurst Park, 1979

Transfers

£48mRecord signingJorgen Strand Larsen, from Wolves, 2026
£67.5mRecord saleEberechi Eze, to Arsenal, 2025

Honours

2025FA Cupbeat Manchester City in the final
2026UEFA Conference Leaguea first European trophy
1905Foundedhome at Selhurst Park since 1924
GO DEEPER

Where the full numbers live

This page keeps a tidy summary. For the complete match-by-match records, squad histories and up-to-date fees, these are the sources worth bookmarking.

Honours

The trophy cabinet

Palace won their first major trophy in 2024/25 and their first European trophy the season after, so the cabinet is small but hard-won. Alongside the majors sit the promotions and lower honours that shaped the long climb.

1 FA Cup Won in 2024/25, the first major trophy in the club's history, beating Manchester City 1-0 in the final.
1 UEFA Conference League Won in 2025/26 with a 1-0 win over Rayo Vallecano in the final, the club's first European trophy.
1 FA Community Shield Won in 2025 after a 2-2 draw with Liverpool, settled on penalties.
1 Full Members' Cup Won in 1991, then known as the Zenith Data Systems Cup, beating Everton 4-1 at Wembley.
2 Second-tier titles Champions of English football's second division in 1978/79 and again in 1993/94.
1 Third Division title Champions in 1920/21, the club's first ever season in the Football League.

Palace also earned several promotions between the divisions across the decades, including play-off wins in 2004 and 2013. For the full and definitive list of honours and records, the official club site is the place to check.

Fan channels

Fan channels and watchalongs

If you like company on a matchday, Palace have a lively independent scene alongside the club's own channel. The first card is the official Crystal Palace channel, and the rest are run by supporters, so their opinions are their own rather than the club's. Palace's stand-out fan media is The Five Year Plan, one of the best-known football fanzines in the country. Beyond the ones listed here there are more channels and blogs, so if you are after a particular style it is worth a search too. We have only listed channels we are confident are real and established.

Channels worth following

The official club channel, plus the fan channels and watchalongs worth a look.

Official channel

Crystal Palace FC

The club's own YouTube channel is the place for verified team news, press conferences, training footage and behind the scenes content. It is the one account here that speaks for Palace.

Watch on YouTube
Fanzine and podcast

FYP: The Five Year Plan

One of the best-known Crystal Palace fanzines, with a long-running podcast and FYP TV on YouTube for match reaction, previews, opposition-fan chats and daily news from a supporter's point of view. It is independent of the club.

Watch on YouTube
Fan channel

HLTCO

A popular Crystal Palace content creator and podcaster whose channel covers hot topics, match thoughts and daily Palace and football talk from a fan's perspective. Like the others here it is independent of the club.

Watch on YouTube
Fan writing

The Eagles Beak

A long-running independent Crystal Palace fan site with news, match previews and reviews written by supporters. It is a blog rather than a video channel, but a good read around each game.

Read The Eagles Beak

Podcasts worth a listen

Start with the Crystal Palace fan pods, then the best of the league-wide shows.

Club

FYP Podcast

FYP Podcast is a fan-run podcast that follows the club through the season.

Listen
League-wide

The Rest Is Football

Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards on the week's football, relaxed and sharp.

Listen
League-wide

The Athletic FC Podcast

Daily analysis of the biggest stories, straight from the writers who cover them.

Listen
League-wide

Football Weekly

The Guardian's long-running show, with Max Rushden and the pod squad.

Listen
Follow the conversation

Where Crystal Palace fans talk

The community and the accounts worth keeping open through the season. Each opens in a new tab.

Reddit

r/crystalpalace

The Crystal Palace subreddit: a match thread for every game, plus the news and the daily back-and-forth.

Open on Reddit
Forum

CPFC BBS

CPFC BBS is the main independent Crystal Palace forum, run by supporters for the day-to-day debate away from the club's own channels.

Open the forum
X · official

@CPFC

The club's own account, for confirmed team news, line-ups and the goals as they go in.

Follow on X
X · transfers

Fabrizio Romano

The transfer news that tends to break first, with the Crystal Palace deals as they close.

Follow on X
X · transfers

David Ornstein

The Athletic's reporter, trusted for the stories before they land.

Follow on X
More ways to follow

Where to watch, listen and meet up. These all link out to other sites, so they sit apart from everything above.

Where to watch

Following Crystal Palace on TV and streaming

On the radio

Crystal Palace on the radio

Meet up

Where Crystal Palace fans gather

Home games

Matchday at Selhurst Park

Everything for a home game: getting a ticket, the ground itself, getting there and parking, and where to eat and drink around it. For away days, the travel planner is further down.

Tickets

Getting a ticket at Selhurst Park

Selhurst Park is one of the smaller grounds in the Premier League and Palace regularly sell out, so a membership and a little planning go a long way. Availability and prices vary from game to game and change through the season, and we do not sell tickets or list prices here. Always buy through the club or an official channel, and be wary of unofficial resale.

General sale

Match tickets

For any tickets that reach general sale, availability is limited and often sells quickly after members have had their window. The official tickets page is where to see what is on sale, join a waiting list and read the current terms.

Official tickets page
Membership and ballot

Palace membership

A club membership is the usual way in for supporters without a season ticket, giving access to ticket sales and, through loyalty points, a better chance in the ballot for the biggest and away games. The membership page sets out the options and what each one includes.

Membership and ticketing info
Hospitality

Matchday hospitality

Official hospitality packages offer premium seating with food and drink included, sold directly by the club. Prices and what is included vary by fixture and lounge, so the official site is the place to see current options and enquire.

Hospitality at Selhurst Park
Official resale

Ticket resale

When home games sell out, the only safe way to buy or resell a spare seat is through the club's own official ticketing, not a third-party site. Any resale or exchange the club runs is reached through the official tickets pages, so start there and avoid unofficial resellers.

Official ticketing
Getting there

Getting to the ground and parking

Selhurst Park sits in a residential part of Croydon in South London and is best reached by train, which the club encourages on a matchday. There is no Underground station nearby, but three National Rail stations are within a short walk. Driving and parking are a different matter, as the streets around the ground are tightly restricted on match days.

By rail

Nearest stations

Three railway stations sit within a short walk of the ground. Selhurst, Norwood Junction and Thornton Heath are all close to the turnstiles and are served by National Rail into central London. Palace is not on the Underground, so the train is the natural way in, and it helps spread the crowds after the final whistle.

Plan a train journey
By car and parking

Driving and parking

Matchday parking around Selhurst Park is very limited, and the surrounding residential streets fall under event-day parking restrictions, so parking near the ground is not realistic for most visitors. If you must drive, book an official or pre-booked space in advance, but travelling by train is by far the easier option.

Book your journey
Trains

Book train tickets

Advance singles and returns to the ground on Trainline, usually cheaper the earlier you book.

Book
Times

Check train times

Live times, platforms and any disruption on the day through National Rail.

Check
Parking

Pre-book parking

Reserve a space near Selhurst Park on JustPark, the safest bet with matchday restrictions in force.

Pre-book
Transit

Public transport route

Door-to-door directions to Selhurst Park by tram, bus and train, on the map.

Public
Around the ground

Food, drink and a look inside

Where to eat and drink before a game near Selhurst Park, and how to get a look inside on a non-matchday.

Matchday

Pubs & food near the ground

The bars, pubs and places to eat around Selhurst Park on a matchday, on the map so you can see what is closest.

Open the map
Do the tour

Stadium tour

Most matchweeks aside, Crystal Palace run tours of the ground and the museum. Book through the official tour listings.

Find tour tickets
Away days

Following Crystal Palace on the road

Every upcoming away game with the destination and the match date, plus a starting point for the hotel, trains, coach or flights. Hotel links open Booking.com set to the city and match-night dates. Always buy the away ticket itself through the club so you are in the away end.

Away tickets

Away allocation & tickets

Away tickets go through Crystal Palace to registered members, so buy through the club to be in the away end. Sign up early for the popular ones.

Away
Coaches

Official supporters' coaches

Many away games have official club or supporters'-club coach travel from the ground, often the easiest way there and back.

Official
The club shop

The official Crystal Palace store

Shirts, training wear and the rest of the official range are sold through the Crystal Palace store, online and in the ground. Designs and prices change through the season, so the store is the place to see what is available now.

2026/27 kits

This season's shirts

The new home, away and third kits. Tap through for the current designs, sizes and the option to add a name and number.

Home

The 2026/27 home shirt

White with a red and blue sash, back for the first time in fifty years.

View in store
Away

The 2026/27 away shirt

Black with red and blue trim.

View in store
Third

The third shirt

Check the store for the latest third kit.

View in store
In the store

What else you'll find

Training

Training & travel wear

The kit the players train in, plus the travel range and the lifestyle collection.

View in store
Retro

Retro & classic shirts

Reissues of the shirts from the club's history, for when the current one is not the one you want.

View in store
Accessories

Gifts & accessories

Scarves, mugs, home kit and the smaller bits that make good presents or a matchday extra.

View in store
Kids

Junior & baby

The full kit and clothing range sized for younger supporters, from baby grows up.

View in store

Links open the official club store. Kit designs and prices are shown there and change through the season.