Overview

• The Court of Arbitration for Sport will hear Palace’s appeal on 8 August and is set to issue its ruling on 11 August.
• UEFA stripped Palace of their Europa League spot on 11 July after finding John Textor’s stakes in both Palace and Lyon breached multi-club ownership regulations.
• In the Europa Conference League play-off draw on 4 August, Palace were paired with the loser of Fredrikstad versus Midtjylland, hosting the first leg at Selhurst Park on 21 August.
• Nottingham Forest stand ready to inherit Palace’s Europa League place if the appeal is rejected.
• Palace will argue at CAS that UEFA applied the March 1 compliance deadline inconsistently, pointing to European Club Association communications suggesting an extended timeline.