Crystal Palace are remarkably on track to qualify for the UEFA Champions League after six games of the 2025/26 Premier League campaign.
Three wins and three draws have put the Eagles third as Oliver Glasner continues to work his magic at Selhurst Park – leaving Crystal Palace fans dreaming of UEFA Champions League football.
| Position | Team | Played MP | Won W | Drawn D | Lost L | For GF | Against GA | Diff GD | Points Pts |
| 1 |  LiverpoolLiverpool | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 |  ArsenalArsenal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 |  Crystal PalaceCrystal Palace | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 |  TottenhamTottenham | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
Should this actually end up happening – however – UEFA would offer less prize money to Crystal Palace in comparison to the likes of Liverpool and Arsenal, as Adam Williams explains.
Exclusive: UEFA coefficient means Crystal Palace would get less than Liverpool in the event of Champions League qualification for both
The Head of Football Finance and Governance Content for GRV Media tells We Are Palace: “If Palace qualified for the Champions League, I think they’d be budgeting for £40m income as a minimum.
“A huge chunk of the revenue UEFA distribute is based on performance in the competition. Each win in the league phase is worth just under £2m, and you get an equal share bonus for every place you finish higher in the final standings.
“On top of that, there are incremental bonuses for going through via the top eight or the playoffs. UEFA also awards a lot of money through the so-called ‘value pillar’ which is basically a formula that takes into account the value of the member nation’s TV deal, as well as the club’s five and ten-year coefficients.
“Palace would benefit from the UK having one of the biggest TV deals for UEFA competitions, but the benefits there would be offset by their coefficient. This is where they would earn far less proportionately than, say, Liverpool or Arsenal.
“Because this is their first season in Europe, they don’t have a coefficient to speak of. Winning the Conference League would improve it, but it wouldn’t move the needle significantly because rival clubs will have been in the two more senior European competitions consistently over the last five and ten years.
“So I think £40m is probably a realistic aim. On top of that, you have matchday income and commercial bonuses that will likely take it to £50m – £60m depending on progress in the competition.
“That money would clearly be a huge boost. If they got Champions League football, some of their more valuable players are going to have a premium attached too.
“The thing is, one season in Europe’s top competition alone isn’t necessarily enough to ‘transform’ the club. As Newcastle are realising, you need maybe three seasons to really generate enough revenue to create maximum PSR headroom, to build a squad capable of being a consistent challenger for the top four or five.
“With Palace, the difference is the owners want the club to be self-sufficient, so they presumably would reinvest the money but, unlike Newcastle or Villa, wouldn’t supplement that with further external cash.”
In the meantime, UEFA could penalise Crystal Palace again
Before any prize money is awarded to Crystal Palace, UEFA have actually taken cash from the Eagles.
The organisation issued a fine of £8,693 for chants against UEFA and for displaying the UEFA Mafia banner – following a disruptive summer where they booted us out of the Europa League for little reason.
Those protests occurred again in Poland on Thursday, which could potentially lead to further punishment from UEFA for a repeat offence.
