The 2026–27 season is the 121st season in the history of Crystal Palace Football Club, and their fourteenth consecutive season in the Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, the club is also participating in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the UEFA Europa League.
Managerial changes Prior to the season starting, Pierre Sage was appointed manager on a three-year contract, replacing Oliver Glasner, who left at the end of his contract.
Transfers In Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref. First Team 9 July 2026 RWB Óscar Mingueza Celta Vigo Free 7 August 2026 CB Takehiro Tomiyasu Ajax Free 11 August 2026 LW Dwight McNeil Everton Swap Deal 15 August 2026 RW/RWB Anan Khalaili Union Saint-Gilloise £24,500,000 18 August 2026 RW/CF Zavier Gozo Real Salt Lake £11,000,000 1 September 2026 LWB Ben Chilwell Strasbourg Free 2 September 2026 CM Quinten Timber Marseille £17,150,000 Academy 17 July 2026 CM Amaari Sealey AFC Wimbledon Undisclosed 29 July 2026 CB Alfie Mulvenna Larne 7 September 2026 CB Taha Majni Union Touarga £595,000
Out Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref. First Team 30 July 2026 CB Maxence Lacroix Chelsea £52,000,000 11 August 2026 RW Brennan Johnson Everton Swap Deal 31 August 2026 RWB Daniel Muñoz Nottingham Forest £22,000,000 31 August 2026 CM Justin Devenny Stoke City Undisclosed Academy 29 July 2026 RWB Danny Imray Wrexham £5,000,000 17 August 2026 LB Tayo Adaramola Cercle Brugge £500,000 20 August 2026 CB Mofe Jemide Alverca Undisclosed 1 September 2026 GK Joe Whitworth Wigan Athletic Free transfer 2 September 2026 CM David Ozoh Derby County £4,000,000
Loans in Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref. First Team 12 August 2026 RW Evann Guessand Aston Villa End of Season 26 August 2026 CB Axel Disasi Chelsea End of Season 1 September 2026 CB Honest Ahanor Atalanta 2 September 2026 RW Darío Osorio Midtjylland End of Season Academy
Loans out Date Pos. Player To Loaned until Ref. First Team 25 July 2026 GK Owen Goodman Dundee End of Season 11 August 2026 RB Rio Cardines Bristol City 1 September 2026 LWB Borna Sosa 1. FC Köln 2 September 2026 CF Romain Esse Millwall 4 September 2026 SS Matheus França Alverca RW Jesurun Rak-Sakyi Kasımpaşa Academy 4 July 2026 CAM Hindolo Mustapha Wigan Athletic 11 August 2026 11 August 2026 CAM Notts County End of Season 25 September 2026 GK Thiago Speroni Dagenham & Redbridge 3 January 2027
Released / out of contract Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Joined date Ref. First Team 30 June 2026 RB Nathaniel Clyne Academy 30 June 2026 CB Craig Farquhar Barnet 1 July 2026 CF Jemiah Umolu Gent LW Asher Agbinone Al-Wahda 3 July 2026 GK Jackson Izquierdo Crawley Town 25 July 2026 CM Matteo Dashi Reading 31 July 2026 CDM Kaden Rodney Muaither 9 August 2026 CB Jake Grante St Albans City 11 August 2026 CB Abdul Ouedraogo Gent CF Rylan Brownlie Barnsley 22 September 2026 RW Zack Henry CF Zach Marsh GK Jack Mason CB Joshua Muwana LW David Obou CM Stuart Oduro CDM Dylan Reid GK Harry Whitworth
Pre-season and friendlies On 5 June, Palace announced they would feature in the second edition of the Como Cup, with matches against Lens and Famalicão. Five days later, a trip to face Bromley was confirmed. On 26 June, a trip to Germany to face SC Freiburg was added to the schedule. Three days later, a behind closed doors meeting with Swindon Town was added to complete the pre-season calendar. On 24 July, a behind-closed-doors friendly against Fulham was announced.
Competitions Overall record
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches On 19 June 2026, the Premier League fixtures were released.
FA Cup
EFL Cup
As a Premier League club competing in a European competition, Crystal Palace entered the EFL Cup in the third round, and were drawn at home to Middlesbrough. They were then drawn away to Fulham in the fourth round.
UEFA Europa League
League phase
Crystal Palace were drawn against Lech Poznań, TSG Hoffenheim, Real Sociedad, and Sparta Prague at home, and Lyon, Beşiktaş, Jagiellonia Białystok, and Red Bull Salzburg away in the league phase.
Statistics Appearances and goals
Players with no appearances are not included on the list; italics indicate a loaned in player.
|colspan="14"|Players who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
Clean sheets
Rank No. Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Europa League Total 1 44 Walter Benítez 1 0 1 1 3 Total 1 0 1 1 3
Disciplinary record
Rank No. Pos. Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Europa League Total 1 5 CB Axel Disasi 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 CDM Jefferson Lerma 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 LW Yéremy Pino 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 CAM Daichi Kamada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 CM Adam Wharton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 RB Anan Khalaili 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 26 CB Chris Richards 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1
Awards Player Awards Premier League Save of the Month MonthPlayerMatchResult September Dean Henderson v. Fulham (A), 5 September 2026
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