League draw live: Crystal Palace learn play-off opponents

crystal palaceThe route is UEFA conference alliance Partial results for the final have been revealed after the Eagles were drawn into the silver side of the knockout round.

Oliver GlasnerThe team finished 10th in the league stage and automatically missed out on a place in the last 16, meaning they had to advance through a two-leg play-off first.

Crystal Palace has won just three of six league games, accumulating 10 points with one draw and two defeats in the other three games. This meant that they entered the play-off draw as one of the seeded teams and were subsequently drawn against HSK Zrinjski Mostar from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The play-off matches will be held on February 19, 2026 and February 26, 2026.

Seeded teams including Crystal Palace will play the second leg at home.

Date and fixture reversals are handled by UEFA on a case-by-case basis.

The official calendar will be announced on January 30, 2026.

Another draw will be held after the play-offs to determine who will face each other in the first knockout round.

Crystal Palace know they will face either Mainz or Larnaca.

If they reach the quarter-finals, they will face one of Fiorentina, Jagiellonia, Strasbourg or Czestochowa.

The latter two finished first and second in the league stage table.

The route to Leipzig won’t be easy for Oliver Glasner’s side.

Here are the odds for the home team to win the game, with Crystal Palace unsurprisingly favorites despite Strasbourg’s fast start.

While Crystal Palace have struggled domestically of late, they are still arguably the best team in the Championship on paper, while Strasbourg may take some time to adjust following the departure of Liam Rogniel.

Can Glasner do better than last year and bring the Eagles their first European trophy?

The knockout play-offs will be held on February 19 and 26, 2026 respectively, and the seeded teams will play the second round at home.

Remaining key dates for the remaining games include:

Round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-final draws: February 27, 2026

Top 16: March 12-19, 2026

quarterfinals: April 9-16, 2026

semifinals: April 30 and May 7, 2026

final: May 27, 2026 (Leipzig)

Crystal Palace finished tenth in the league stage and will face Bosnia and Herzegovina’s HSK Mostar in the UEFA Champions League play-offs.

Crystal Palace are seeded in the play-off draw, meaning they will play the second leg of this tie at home and find out what they need to do to reach the last 16 of the European competition.

Crystal Palace is also in the same group as Fiorentina, who will face Polish side Jagiellonian in the play-offs.

Other draw results include Swiss side Lausanne taking on Czech club SK Sigma Olomouc, and Eredivisie side AZ Alkmaar taking on Armenian Super League side NOAA.

The draw means Palace will face either Larnaca or Mainz in the last 16 and potentially Fiorentina in the quarter-finals.

Here are the full draw results for the play-offs:

Jagiellonian vs Fiorentina

Lech Poznan vs KuPS Kuopio

Crystal Palace vs HSK Zrinki historical results

Lausanne FC vs Sigma Olomouc historical results

Crystal Palace are on the silver side of the draw!

They faced HSK Zrinjski in the play-offs.

Lausanne FC played against Sigma Olomouc on the Green Square.

Four games remain to be decided:

For the silver medal, Lech Poznan will face Kuopio.

Salmonspor will face Shkendija in Greenside.

There are still two games to go…

For the silver medal, Alkmaar will play against Noah.

Celje will face FC Drita on the green side.