Crystal Palace will play in the Conference League this season after their appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) proved unsuccessful.

Uefa had ruled that Palace had breached multi-club ownership rules due to former majority shareholder John Textor owning the Premier League side and Lyon, who both qualified for the Europa League.

Palace challenged the decision at CAS, who ruled on Monday in favour of Uefa, Lyon and Nottingham Forest.

Why did Palace’s appeal fail?

The CAS panel ruled that Textor “was a board member with decisive influence over both clubs at the time of Uefa’s assessment date”, that Palace were not treated unfairly, as the club claimed, and that Uefa’s rules were “clear and do not provide flexibility to clubs that are non-compliant on the assessment date”.

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