# 2024–25 Crystal Palace F.C. season
The 2024–25 [Crystal Palace F.C.](https://www.edgepedia.org/crystal-palace-f-c) season was the club's Premier League and cup campaign in its 120th year, in which it finished 12th in the Premier League with 53 points and won the [FA Cup](https://www.edgepedia.org/fa-cup) for the first time, beating Manchester City 1–0 in the final at [Wembley Stadium](https://www.edgepedia.org/wembley-stadium) on 17 May 2025.[1](https://www.thefa.com/news/2025/may/17/emirates-fa-cup-final-crystal-palace-manchester-city-report-20251705) • [2](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/6/Crystal_Palace/season-history) The cup win was the club's first major trophy, coming after final defeats in 1990 and 2016.[1](https://www.thefa.com/news/2025/may/17/emirates-fa-cup-final-crystal-palace-manchester-city-report-20251705)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Manager | Oliver Glasner, appointed 20 February 2024[3](https://www.premierleague.com/managers/13343/oliver-glasner/overview) |
| Premier League | 12th of 20; 38 played, 13 won, 14 drawn, 11 lost, 0 goal difference, 53 points[2](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/6/Crystal_Palace/season-history) |
| FA Cup | Winners; beat Manchester City 1–0 in the final at Wembley, 17 May 2025[1](https://www.thefa.com/news/2025/may/17/emirates-fa-cup-final-crystal-palace-manchester-city-report-20251705) |
| Decisive final moment | Eberechi Eze's first-half goal, assisted by Daniel Muñoz's cross[1](https://www.thefa.com/news/2025/may/17/emirates-fa-cup-final-crystal-palace-manchester-city-report-20251705) |
| Top scorer | Jean-Philippe Mateta, 14 league goals[2](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/6/Crystal_Palace/season-history) |
| Most appearances | Dean Henderson and Ismaïla Sarr, 38 each[2](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/6/Crystal_Palace/season-history) |
| Biggest win / heaviest defeat | 4–1 v Aston Villa (home); 5–0 v Newcastle United (away)[2](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/6/Crystal_Palace/season-history) |
| European qualification | Europa League place as FA Cup winners converted to a Conference League place under UEFA multi-club ownership rules[4](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4373298/crystal-palaces-appeal-to-play-in-europa-league-rejected-by-cas) |
## Management
[Oliver Glasner](https://www.edgepedia.org/oliver-glasner), an Austrian coach who had joined Crystal Palace on 20 February 2024, led the team through the season.[3](https://www.premierleague.com/managers/13343/oliver-glasner/overview) The start was poor: Palace sat 19th in the Premier League near the end of November 2024, having won just one of their first 13 league fixtures.[5](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/crystal-palace-season-preview-202526) The club's results page records early home defeats to West Ham United, Brentford, and Liverpool in that opening stretch.[6](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/matches/results/first-team/all/2024-25/)
## Premier League season
Palace finished 12th with 53 points from 38 matches, recording 13 wins, 14 draws, and 11 losses for a goal difference of zero, one point behind 11th-placed Fulham.[2](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/6/Crystal_Palace/season-history) The 53 points were a club record Premier League total.[7](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/person/coaches-managers/the-debate-which-premier-league-manager-did-the-best-in-2025) [Jean-Philippe Mateta](https://www.edgepedia.org/jean-philippe-mateta) led the scoring with 14 league goals, and goalkeeper [Dean Henderson](https://www.edgepedia.org/dean-henderson) and [Ismaïla Sarr](https://www.edgepedia.org/ismaila-sarr) each made 38 appearances.[2](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/6/Crystal_Palace/season-history) The season's extremes were a 4–1 home win over Aston Villa and a 5–0 away defeat at Newcastle United.[2](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/6/Crystal_Palace/season-history) Late-season form was strong, including a 2–0 win at Tottenham Hotspur and a 2–2 draw at Arsenal in the closing weeks.[6](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/matches/results/first-team/all/2024-25/)
## FA Cup run
Palace progressed through rounds against Doncaster Rovers (2–0 away), Stockport County (1–0 at home), Millwall (3–1 at home), and Fulham (3–0 away at [Craven Cottage](https://www.edgepedia.org/craven-cottage)), before beating Aston Villa 3–0 in the semi-final at Wembley.[6](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/matches/results/first-team/all/2024-25/) The fifth-round tie against Millwall on 1 March 2025 was the scene of a sending-off for Millwall goalkeeper Liam Roberts that led the FA to bring a claim that the standard punishment was clearly insufficient.[8](https://www.thefa.com/-/media/files/thefaportal/governance-docs/discipline-cases/2025/the-fa-v-liam-roberts---clearly-insufficient-punishment-claim---7-march-2025.ashx)
**The final.** Against Manchester City, in City's third straight final, Eze scored in the 16th minute, sweeping in Daniel Muñoz's cross with Palace's first shot of the game.[9](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/match/2552613/men/fa-cup/2024-25/crystal-palace-vs-manchester-city-2025-05-17/) • [10](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/match-reports/live-blog-match-report-highlights-fa-cup-final-crystal-palace-manchester-city-may-2025/) Dean Henderson saved an [Omar Marmoush](https://www.edgepedia.org/omar-marmoush) penalty in the first half, awarded after Tyrick Mitchell brought down [Bernardo Silva](https://www.edgepedia.org/bernardo-silva), and made further saves from [Erling Haaland](https://www.edgepedia.org/erling-haaland), Josko Gvardiol, Jérémy Doku, and Claudio Echeverri.[1](https://www.thefa.com/news/2025/may/17/emirates-fa-cup-final-crystal-palace-manchester-city-report-20251705) • [10](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/match-reports/live-blog-match-report-highlights-fa-cup-final-crystal-palace-manchester-city-may-2025/) A second Palace goal by Muñoz just before the hour was disallowed by VAR because Ismaïla Sarr touched the ball from an offside position.[10](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/match-reports/live-blog-match-report-highlights-fa-cup-final-crystal-palace-manchester-city-may-2025/)
Palace won while holding 22 percent of possession, against 78 percent for City, with 7 shots to City's 23 and 2 on target to 6, before an attendance of 84,163 under referee Stuart Attwell.[9](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/match/2552613/men/fa-cup/2024-25/crystal-palace-vs-manchester-city-2025-05-17/) The Associated Press described the result as one of the biggest FA Cup final upsets in history, and noted that the defeat left City, once dominant, without a trophy for the first time in eight years.[11](https://apnews.com/article/27c27639a342e1d60e0bd110ecfa961b)
## European qualification
Winning the FA Cup earned Palace a place in the 2025–26 [UEFA Europa League](https://www.edgepedia.org/uefa-europa-league), but UEFA rejected the club's admission because of its multi-club ownership regulations, as the club's majority shareholder also owned Lyon, which had also qualified for the Europa League.[4](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4373298/crystal-palaces-appeal-to-play-in-europa-league-rejected-by-cas) • [12](https://fbref.com/en/squads/47c64c55/2024-2025/Crystal-Palace-Stats) The Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected Palace's appeal to be reinstated, and the club played in the UEFA Conference League instead.[4](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4373298/crystal-palaces-appeal-to-play-in-europa-league-rejected-by-cas)
## Aftermath
The cup win was the club's first major trophy in its 120-year history.[1](https://www.thefa.com/news/2025/may/17/emirates-fa-cup-final-crystal-palace-manchester-city-report-20251705) Glasner described the achievement to his players in terms of the moment given to supporters rather than the trophy itself.[7](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/person/coaches-managers/the-debate-which-premier-league-manager-did-the-best-in-2025) The following season the club added the UEFA Conference League title, its first European trophy, with chairman Steve Parish describing an FA Cup, a Community Shield, and a European title as an incredible sequence of achievements.[13](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4671845/crystal-palace-beat-rayo-vallecano-to-win-the-conference-league)
## References
1. [Crystal Palace win historic first Emirates FA Cup with 1-0 victory over Manchester City, The FA](https://www.thefa.com/news/2025/may/17/emirates-fa-cup-final-crystal-palace-manchester-city-report-20251705)
2. [Crystal Palace FC Season History, Premier League](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/6/Crystal_Palace/season-history)
3. [Premier League Managers – Oliver Glasner overview](https://www.premierleague.com/managers/13343/oliver-glasner/overview)
4. [Crystal Palace's appeal to play in Europa League rejected by CAS, Premier League](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4373298/crystal-palaces-appeal-to-play-in-europa-league-rejected-by-cas)
5. [Crystal Palace Season Preview 2025-26, FourFourTwo](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/crystal-palace-season-preview-202526)
6. [Results, Men, 2024-25, Crystal Palace F.C.](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/matches/results/first-team/all/2024-25/)
7. [The Debate: Which Premier League manager did the best in 2025?, FourFourTwo](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/person/coaches-managers/the-debate-which-premier-league-manager-did-the-best-in-2025)
8. [The FA v Liam Roberts – clearly insufficient punishment claim, The FA](https://www.thefa.com/-/media/files/thefaportal/governance-docs/discipline-cases/2025/the-fa-v-liam-roberts---clearly-insufficient-punishment-claim---7-march-2025.ashx)
9. [Crystal Palace vs Manchester City, FA Cup final match page, Crystal Palace F.C.](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/match/2552613/men/fa-cup/2024-25/crystal-palace-vs-manchester-city-2025-05-17/)
10. [Report & Highlights: Crystal Palace win the 2025 FA Cup, Crystal Palace F.C.](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/match-reports/live-blog-match-report-highlights-fa-cup-final-crystal-palace-manchester-city-may-2025/)
11. [Crystal Palace makes FA Cup history by stunning Man City 1-0 in the final, Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/27c27639a342e1d60e0bd110ecfa961b)
12. [2024-2025 Crystal Palace Stats, FBref.com](https://fbref.com/en/squads/47c64c55/2024-2025/Crystal-Palace-Stats)
13. [Crystal Palace's Conference League glory a fitting farewell for Glasner, Premier League](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4671845/crystal-palace-beat-rayo-vallecano-to-win-the-conference-league)
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