Crystal Palace demotion to Conference League confirmed as Nottingham Forest upgrades to Europa

Crystal Palace have lost their appeal to be reinstated into the Europa League.

The Eagles were demoted to the Conference League by UEFA last month due to multi-club ownership rules. Nottingham Forest will take their place in the Europa League.

Europe’s football governing body deemed them to have remained part of the same group as Lyon after the March 1 disengagement deadline – despite John Textor, majority owner of Eagle Football Holdings, selling his stake.

Palace subsequently submitted an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in a bid to get reinstated. However, that has now been dismissed, reports The Sun.

It is understood that club officials will consider their legal options.

The demotion confirmation comes painfully less than 24 hours after they won the Community Shield beating Liverpool via penalty shootout. The game had ended 2-2 at full time.