OL Groupe (Olympique Lyonnais Groupe) is a French holding company created in 1999 primarily known for its ownership and management of the Olympique Lyonnais professional men's and women's association football clubs and their stadium, Parc Olympique Lyonnais . Since June 2022, OL Groupe is primarily owned by Eagle Football Holdings, which is controlled by American businessman John Textor .
107-465: The company is currently listed on Euronext Paris , initialled OLG. The Olympique Lyonnais holding company was officially created on 1 February 1999, announced in the same month as Pathé group obtaining a minority stake of 34% on an investment of €15.2 million. Olympique Lyonnais owner Jean-Michel Aulas owned the remaining 66% of the holding company and controlled its operations as chief executive officer . On 9 February 2007, OL Groupe went public on
214-399: A commission , at a rate fixed by law, for acting as an intermediary. However, parallel arrangements were usual in order to favor some clients' quote . The Commodities Exchange was housed in the same building until 1889, when it moved to the present Bourse de commerce . Moreover, until about the middle of the 20th century, a parallel market known as "La Coulisse" was in operation. Until
321-611: A stockbrokers ' syndical council. The number of dealers in each of the different trading areas of the Bourse was limited. There were around 60 agents de change (the official stockbrokers). An agent de change had to be a French citizen, be nominated by a former agent or his estate, and be approved by the Minister of Finance, and he was appointed by decree of the President of the Republic. Officially,
428-639: A 50-year license of the OL brand. Kang would also join OL Groupe's board of directors. As of 17 May 2023, the deal was pending approval of the NWSL and French regulators. Textor said he expects to sell OL Reign for €50 million, and Kang's deal for OL Féminin valued the European side at $ 54.4 million. On 17 June 2023, L'Equipe reported that French football financial overseers Direction Nationale du Contrôle de Gestion (DNCG)
535-504: A Brighton player, although other sources also claim that this was due to contact from a Crystal Palace player. The retake was saved, Palace won the tie 1–0 and a fierce rivalry was born. The Crystal Palace Company formed both the amateur and professional clubs. The first chairman of the professional Crystal Palace club was Sydney Bourne who was found by club secretary Edmund Goodman after he had examined records of FA Cup final ticket purchasers. Goodman noted his name as one that had bought
642-525: A Chinese football-based social media application in 2017. In 2023, Crystal Palace and Kaiyun Sports announced their joint partnership for the company to become the club's official new sleeve sponsor. In 1905, the Crystal Palace Company who owned the FA Cup final venue situated inside the grounds of The Crystal Palace, wanted a professional club to play there and tap into the vast crowd potential of
749-603: A Premier League record that still stands today, for the highest number of points for a relegated club. Coppell resigned and Alan Smith , his assistant at the club, took over as manager. Alan Smith's first season as manager saw Palace win the First Division title and gain promotion back to the Premier League. Their stay on this occasion proved both eventful and controversial. On 25 January 1995, Palace played Manchester United at Selhurst Park in which United forward Eric Cantona
856-581: A benchmark for the long-term performance of equity portfolios, includes all of the SBF 120; it is structured by sector. The MIDCAC index includes 100 of the most liquid medium-size stocks on the Premier Marché and Nouveau Marché calculated on the basis of opening and closing prices, while the Second Marché index focuses on that market. Both indices are benchmarks for funds. The Nouveau Marché Index represents stocks in
963-574: A child. He incorporated the club into his role as Tony in Abigail's Party . The television presenter Susanna Reid revealed her love of Palace while taking part in Strictly Come Dancing , and visited Selhurst Park for inspiration. Due to their location in the capital, Crystal Palace are involved in a number of local derbies, mostly across South London . They enjoy rivalries with both Millwall and former tenants Charlton Athletic . The club have
1070-726: A combined market capitalization of over US$ 4.58 trillion. In September 2000, the Paris Bourse joined the Amsterdam , Lisbon and Brussels stock exchanges to form Euronext . It was subsequently rebranded Euronext Paris. In the early 19th century, the Paris Bourse's activities found a stable location at the Palais Brongniart , or Palais de la Bourse , built to the designs of architect Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart from 1808 to 1813 and completed by Éloi Labarre from 1813 to 1826. Brongniart had spontaneously submitted his project, which
1177-444: A consortium of seven other businessmen to purchase the club in 1949, and took over from Harper in 1950, initially rotating the chairmanship. In 1958, Wait became the permanent chairman, lasting until 1972 when Raymond Bloye took over. Bloye's ownership lasted until 26 January 1981, when property developer Ron Noades and his consortium took control of the club. Noades eventually sold the club to Mark Goldberg on 5 June 1998, becoming
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#17328799036361284-515: A deal with creditors and the administrator, and a new company, CPFC 2000 took control. This company entered administration in January 2010, and it was not until June of that year that a takeover was completed by a consortium of four wealthy fans known as CPFC 2010. CPFC 2010 was established by a consortium of four businessmen, Steve Parish , Martin Long , Stephen Browett and Jeremy Hosking , with each owning
1391-466: A design based on a fans' idea from an internet forum. The club have strengthened their ties with the local community, and through the Crystal Palace F.C. Foundation, they work with the local London Boroughs of Croydon, Bromley and Sutton to provide sports and educational programmes which they also hope will continue to develop their supporter and geographical base. The Foundation's work was recognised by
1498-459: A drugs test. On the field, Smith guided the club to the semi-finals of both the FA Cup and League Cup , but their form in the league was inconsistent and Palace once again found themselves relegated, finishing fourth from bottom as the Premier League was reduced from 22 to 20 clubs. Smith left the club and Steve Coppell returned as technical director in the summer of 1995, and through a combination of
1605-431: A friendly, before they returned to claret and blue jerseys with white shorts in 1966. The club continued with variations on this theme up until Malcolm Allison's arrival as manager in 1973. Allison overhauled the club's image, adopting red and blue vertical stripes for colours and kit, inspired by FC Barcelona . Palace have played in variations of red and blue ever since, bar the centenary season of 2005 which saw them wear
1712-447: A full-time basis. Palace moved up the table and by securing a 1–1 draw at Hull City on 30 April, the club was safe from relegation with one game of the season left. After another year and a half as manager, Freedman departed to manage Bolton Wanderers on 23 October 2012. In November 2012, Ian Holloway became the new Palace manager. He guided the club back to the Premier League after an eight-year absence by defeating Watford 1–0 in
1819-476: A holding company controlled by American businessman John Textor and including Jamie Salter . Eagle Football Holdings owned 40% of English club Crystal Palace F.C. , 80% of Belgian club R.W.D. Molenbeek , and 90% of Brazilian club Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas . The agreement would retain Aulas as CEO for at least three years and retain OL Groupe's executive committee. However, Aulas resigned on 8 May 2023, less than
1926-565: A joint company, Beijing OL FC, with OL Groupe holding a 45% share to establish partnerships with local companies, create football schools, and expand the Olympique Lyon football brand in China. On 22 June 2019, OL Groupe acquired a 25% stake in French men's basketball club ASVEL Basket of Villeurbanne for €3.4 million, and a 10% stake in its women's team for €300,000. OL Groupe also unveiled plans for
2033-487: A long-standing and fierce rivalry with Brighton & Hove Albion which developed after Palace's relegation to the Third Division in 1974, reaching its height when the two teams were drawn together in the first round of the 1976–77 FA Cup. The tie went to two replays, but the second replay ended in controversy after referee Ron Challis ordered a successful Brighton penalty to be retaken because of reported encroachment by
2140-536: A new Fourth Division . Palace had finished fourteenth – just below the cut – and were consigned to the basement of English football. Their stay was only brief. Palace chairman Arthur Wait appointed the ex- Tottenham manager Arthur Rowe in April 1960, and his exciting style of football was a joy to watch for the Palace fans. The 1960–61 season saw Palace gain promotion and they also achieved distinction in 1962 when they played
2247-544: A new 13,500-seater Main Stand (extending overall stadium capacity to 34,000) were approved at a Croydon Council meeting on 19 April 2018. However these plans were subsequently delayed firstly due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and latterly the club's focus on delivering its Academy upgrade at Beckenham which was completed in 2021. When the club finally began to push again for the stand redevelopment, further delays occurred due to opposition to
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#17328799036362354-606: A new owner when recruitment tycoon Mark Goldberg completed his takeover in June 1998. Terry Venables returned to Palace for a second spell as manager and the club competed in European competition during the summer when they played in the UEFA Intertoto Cup . Palace then went into administration in 1999, when owner Mark Goldberg was unable to sustain his financial backing of the club. Venables left and Steve Coppell took over again as manager. The club emerged from administration under
2461-519: A number of tickets every year, and so met with Bourne and found him very agreeable to the idea of the new club. Bourne was invited onto the board of directors and elected chairman at the club's first meeting. He remained chairman until his death in 1930. After Bourne's death, there were a number of short-term chairmanship appointments: Louis Bellatti (1930–1935), R.S. Flew (1935), Carey Burnett (1935–36), E.T. Truett (1936–1939), before Percy Harper's reign (1939–1950). Local builder Arthur Wait established
2568-543: A short spell on gardening leave , Bruce was eventually allowed to join Birmingham, and was succeeded by Trevor Francis , who had been his predecessor at the West Midlands club. Under Francis, Palace finished mid-table for two successive seasons, but he was then sacked, and replaced by Steve Kember, who became permanent manager. The club won their opening three games of the 2003–04 season under Kember, which put them at
2675-561: A strong finish at the end of the 2023–24 season under Glasner, equalling their highest Premier League finish of tenth place, and highest points total of 49. Subsequently, four Palace players ( Ebere Eze , Marc Guéhi , Dean Henderson and Adam Wharton ) were named in the English national team for Euro 2024 , more than any other Premier League club for England at the tournament. The original amateur club wore blue and white hooped shirts with blue shorts, although there were variations on this, it
2782-486: A total cost of €405 million, but the project's financing was not finalized until July 2013. The stadium opened on 9 January 2016, five and a half years after its initially scheduled completion date, and was named Parc Olympique Lyonnais . In August 2016, OL Groupe announced that Chinese investment fund IDG Capital had obtained a 20% stake in OL Groupe for €100 million. The deal was finalized in February 2017. OL Groupe formed
2889-402: A version of their 1971–72 claret, blue and white kit. The club was relatively late in establishing a crest. Although the initials were embroidered on the shirt from the 1935–36 season, a crest featuring the façade of The Crystal Palace did not appear until 1955. This crest disappeared from the shirt in 1964, and the team's name appeared embroidered on shirts, between 1967 and 1972. A round badge
2996-419: A year after the sale's announcement. Eagle Football named Aulas honorary chairman of OL Groupe and gave him €10 million in exit compensation, and named Textor interim CEO of OL Groupe. On 13 April 2023, L'Équipe reported that Textor would sell 52% of OL Groupe's women's association football team OL Féminin to American businesswoman Y. Michele Kang , who owns the NWSL's Washington Spirit . OL Groupe denied
3103-405: A €100 million performance hall near the stadium, now named Groupama Stadium, that could host concerts at a capacity of 16,000 people and sporting events for up to 12,000 people, suitable for ASVEL Basket to play its matches there. Former National Basketball Association player Tony Parker was president of the club and majority shareholder of ASVEL Basket, and became an ambassador of the OL brand in
3210-628: Is a professional football club based in Selhurst in the Borough of Croydon , South London , England. The club competes in the Premier League , the top tier of English football . Although formally created as a professional outfit in 1905 at the Crystal Palace Exhibition building , the club's origins can be traced as far back as 1861. The club used the FA Cup final stadium situated inside
3317-594: Is patron of the Crystal Palace Children's Charity (CPSCC). Radio DJ David Jensen is chairman of the Crystal Palace Vice Presidents Club, and acted as spokesman for the CPFC 2010 consortium during their takeover bid for the club. Actor, writer and producer John Salthouse was on the books of Palace as a player from 1968 to 1970 under the name of John Lewis, and was also a mascot for the club as
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3424-490: Is thought their first kit in 1861 was light blue and white halves. When the professional Crystal Palace club was created in 1905, its choice of colours were originally claret and blue shirts paired with white shorts and socks tending to be claret. This was a result of the important role in the club's formation played by Edmund Goodman , an Aston Villa employee who later became Palace manager. The club kept to this formula fairly consistently until 1938, when they decided to abandon
3531-437: The 1979–80 season. However, financial difficulties suffered by the club caused the break-up of that group of players, and this ultimately led to Palace being unable to maintain its position in the top flight. Palace were relegated from the First Division in 1980–81 , coinciding with Ron Noades's takeover of the club. They struggled back in the second tier and Noades even appointed the ex- Brighton manager Alan Mullery , which
3638-625: The Crystal Palace Exhibition building had been relocated from Hyde Park, London , and rebuilt in an area of South London next to Sydenham Hill . This area was renamed Crystal Palace which included the Crystal Palace Park that surrounded the site where various sports facilities were built. The Crystal Palace Company who owned the exhibition building founded the Crystal Palace Club in 1857 to play cricket before turning their attention to football. It had been lobbied by existing members of
3745-681: The Football League , but were rejected and instead found itself in the Southern League Second Division for the 1905–06 season. Palace were successful in their inaugural season achieving promotion to the Southern League First Division, crowned as champions. They also played in the mid-week United League , finishing runners-up to Watford , and it was in this competition that the club played their first match, winning 3–0 away to New Brompton . Palace remained in
3852-842: The French Revolution . It reopened on 10 May 1795 in the Louvre Palace , in Anne of Austria's former summer apartment on the ground floor of the Petite Galerie , and stayed there until 9 September 1795. In September 1795, the Bourse again closed for a few months; it reopened in January 1796 in the Church of Notre-Dame-des-Victoires , then in October 1807, moved to the Palais-Royal , and finally, in March 1818, to
3959-703: The NSC system adopted by all of the Euronext members. Transactions are cleared through LCH.Clearnet . Cash settlement is T+2. Trading hours are 9 am to 5:30 pm CET, Monday to Friday. The French equities market is divided into three sections. The Premier Marché, formerly called the Official List, includes large French and foreign companies, and most Bond issues. The Second Marché, lists medium-sized companies, while nouveau marché lists fast-growing start up companies seeking capital to finance expansion, linked to Euro.nm ,
4066-567: The UEFA Cup at the end of that season due to the limited number of European places available to English clubs after the lifting of the UEFA ban caused by the Heysel Stadium disaster . It was also around this time that Palace reached the FA Cup final in 1990 , narrowly losing to Manchester United after a replay, and they became founder members of the Premier League. Following their relegation from
4173-456: The agents de change could not trade for their own account nor even be a counterpart to someone who wanted to buy or sell securities with their aid; they were strictly brokers, that is, intermediaries. In the financial literature, the Paris Bourse is hence referred to as order-driven market, as opposed to quote-driven markets or dealer markets, where price-setting is handled by a dealer or market-maker. In Paris, only agents de change could receive
4280-500: The 1990 final, and the Eagles suffered disappointment again losing 1–2 after extra-time. In December 2016, Pardew was sacked and replaced by Sam Allardyce , who kept the club in the Premier League, but resigned unexpectedly at the end of the season. On 26 June 2017, Palace appointed Frank de Boer as their first permanent foreign manager. He was dismissed after only 77 days in charge, with the club having lost their first four league games at
4387-635: The Arthur Wait Stand was built. The Main Stand became all-seater in 1979 and more work followed in the early 1980s when the Whitehorse Lane End was redeveloped to allow for a Sainsbury's supermarket, club offices and a club shop. The Arthur Wait Stand became all-seater in 1990, and in 1994 the Holmesdale Terrace was replaced with a new two tier stand. Selhurst Park's record attendance was set in 1979, with an official total of 51,482. After all
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4494-477: The Championship play-off final at the new Wembley , but resigned in October 2013. Following a brief spell under Tony Pulis , and an unsuccessful second tenure for Neil Warnock, former Palace player Alan Pardew was confirmed as the new manager in January 2015. In his first full season, Pardew led the club to the 2016 FA Cup final , their first for 26 years. Palace met Manchester United who they had lost to in
4601-478: The Crystal Palace Company, who were reliant on tourist activity for their income, sought fresh attractions for the venue, and decided to form a new professional football club to play at the stadium. The owners wanted a club to play there and tap into the vast crowd potential of the area. The professional Crystal Palace football club was formed on 10 September 1905 under the guidance of Aston Villa assistant secretary Edmund Goodman . The club applied for election to
4708-658: The Crystal Palace was on the boundary with Kent, while Selhurst Park was located within the borders of Surrey, until the London Government Act 1963 saw Greater London encompass Croydon . The club's passionate support at home games emanates from the Holmesdale Road Stand, in which the ultras group the Holmesdale Fanatics have been based since 2005. The fans have established at least two other supporters groups. The Palace Independent Supporters' Association
4815-415: The European equity growth market. A third market, Marché Libre, is nonregulated, administered by Euronext Paris for transactions in securities not listed on the other three markets. Euronext Paris calculates a family of indices. The CAC 40 is the exchange's benchmark , disseminated in real time . Its components are included in the broader SBF 120 Index, a benchmark for investment funds. The SBF 250 index,
4922-642: The Football League in August 2009 with their Silver Standard Community Scheme Award. The club also enjoys a sizeable celebrity support. Kevin Day and Jo Brand host an annual comedy night for Comic Relief and the Palace Academy, and fellow comedians Eddie Izzard and Mark Steel are also staunch Palace fans. The actor Neil Morrissey developed Palace Ale, a beer on sale in the ground, while fellow actor Bill Nighy
5029-556: The French financial derivatives exchanges MATIF and MONEP , until they were fully automated in 1998. In 1988, new legislation was adopted that radically reformed the governance of the Paris stock exchange. Its ownership was transferred to the former Compagnie des agents de change [ fr ] ("brokers' society"), which, on the occasion renamed itself as the Société des Bourses Françaises (SBF, "French Stock Exchange Company"). In 1999,
5136-618: The Nest following the demise of Croydon Common F.C. The Palace stadium was almost destroyed in an attempted terrorist bombing of the 1913 FA Cup final , when the suffragettes of the Women's Social and Political Union , plotted to blow up the stands. This was part of the suffragette bombing and arson campaign , in which the suffragettes carried out a series of politically motivated bombing and arson attacks nationwide, as part of their campaign for women's suffrage . The club became founder members of
5243-436: The Nest . In 1919, they began the purchase of the land on which they would eventually build Selhurst Park , their current home. The renowned stadium architect Archibald Leitch was employed to draw up plans, and the construction of Selhurst Park was completed in time for the 1924–25 season. The stadium remained relatively unchanged, with only the introduction of floodlights and some maintenance improvements until 1969, when
5350-554: The Paris Stock Exchange in an initial public offering , the first time a French football club had done so, by selling 28% of its stock at €24 per share. This raised €89 million toward the financing of the OL Land project, a property development that included a stadium to be named Stade des Lumières , French for Stadium of Lights. After numerous appeals and delays, OL Groupe signed the stadium's building permit on 3 February 2012, at
5457-411: The Premier League in 1998, Palace went into decline after suffering financial problems which resulted in the club going into administration twice. But Palace recovered and were promoted back to the Premier League in 2013, where they have remained ever since and reached another FA Cup final in 2016 , again finishing runners-up to Manchester United. The club are currently on their longest continuous run in
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#17328799036365564-405: The SBF absorbed what remained of MATIF and MONEP and altered its name to Paris Bourse-SBF . The next year, SBF was a leading participant of the merger that formed Euronext . Following the collapse of John Law 's Mississippi Company in 1721, the Paris bourse was located in his Hôtel de Nevers from 24 September 1724 to 27 June 1793, when it suspended operations in the chaotic context of
5671-573: The Southern League up until 1914, their one highlight the 1907 shock First Round victory over Newcastle United in the FA Cup. The outbreak of the First World War led to the Admiralty requisitioning the Crystal Palace and its grounds, which meant the club was forced to leave and they moved to the home of nearby West Norwood F.C. at Herne Hill Velodrome . Three years later they moved again to
5778-595: The United States. At the end of December 2020, OL Groupe acquired an additional 6.3% stake in ASVEL Basket's men's team, for a total stake of 31.67%. As of 14 February 2023, OL Groupe's stake was 33%, and Parker was reportedly considering selling his stake. In October 2019, OL Groupe announced record turnover of €309 million and confirmed its objective of reaching €400 million in revenue by 2024. OL Groupe president Jean-Michel Aulas also announced negotiations for
5885-533: The acquisition of an unnamed women's football franchise playing in United States' top-division league, the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). On 25 November 2019, OL Groupe announced exclusive discussions to acquire NWSL club Reign FC, then based in Tacoma, Washington . OL Groupe completed the acquisition on 19 December 2019, for $ 3.51 million and rebranded the team OL Reign . OL Groupe would hold an 89.5% stake in
5992-451: The addition of two lateral wings, resulting in a cruciform plan with innumerable columns. According to the architectural historian Andrew Ayers, these alterations "did nothing to improve the reputation of this uninspiring monument." From the second half of the 19th century, official stock markets in Paris were operated by the Compagnie des agents de change , directed by the elected members of
6099-618: The area. They formed a new professional Crystal Palace football club to play at the stadium. When the First World War broke out, the Palace and grounds were seized by the armed forces, and in 1915 the club were forced to move by the Admiralty . They found a temporary base at the Herne Hill Velodrome . Although other clubs offered the use of their grounds to Palace, the club felt it best to remain as close to their natural catchment area as possible. When Croydon Common F.C. were wound up in 1917, Palace took over their old stadium located at
6206-544: The ban had been lifted, it resulted in England being unranked in the UEFA coefficient rankings used that season, which meant the English top flight was only entitled to one European place in the UEFA Cup , and this went to the runners-up Liverpool. The club also returned to Wembley and won the Full Members Cup , beating Everton 4–1 after extra-time in the final . During the following season, star striker Ian Wright left
6313-445: The claret and blue and adopt white shirts and black shorts with matching socks. They returned to claret and blue from 1949 to 1954, but in 1955 the club reverted to white and black, using claret and blue trim. There were variations on this theme until 1963, when the club adopted the away strip of yellow shirts as its home colours. In 1964, the club changed to an all-white strip modelled on Real Madrid whom Palace had played recently in
6420-449: The close of that season, CPFC 2010, a consortium consisting of several wealthy fans, successfully negotiated the purchase of the club. They were led by Steve Parish , the vocal representative for the consortium of four that also included Stephen Browett, Jeremy Hosking and Martin Long . Crucially, the consortium also secured the freehold of Selhurst Park, and paid tribute to a fans' campaign which helped pressure Lloyds Bank into selling
6527-1278: The club changed the year of its crest from 1905 to 1861, reflecting when the original Crystal Palace Football Club was established. From mid-2010 to 2020, the club made use of an American bald eagle , called Kayla, as the club mascot , with the bird flying from one end of the stadium to the other at every home game. The bird died in June 2020. Since 2022, Crystal Palace's kit has been manufactured by Macron . Previous manufacturers include Umbro (1975–77), Admiral (1977–80, 1987–88, 2003–04), Adidas (1980–83, 1996–99), Hummel (1984–87), Bukta (1988–93), Ribero (1992–94), Nutmeg (1994–96), TFG Sports (1999–2001), Le Coq Sportif (2001–03), Diadora (2004–07), Erreà (2007–09), Nike (2009–12), Avec (2012–14), Macron (2014–18, 2022–present), and Puma (2018–22). The club's shirts are currently sponsored by NET88 (2024–present). Previous sponsors have been Red Rose (1983–84), Top Score (1985–86), AVR (1986–87), Andrew Copeland (1987–88), Fly Virgin (1988–91), Tulip Computers (1991–93), TDK (1993–99), Churchill Insurance (2000–06), GAC Logistics (2006–14), Neteller (2014–15), Mansion.com (2015–17), ManBetX (2017–20), W88 (2020–22) and cinch (2022–24). The club signed its first sleeve sponsor with All Football,
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#17328799036366634-465: The club three points above the relegation zone. On 21 March 2023, Hodgson was re-appointed Palace manager until the end of the season. He guided the club to safety, finishing comfortably in eleventh place. On 3 July, Hodgson was appointed permanent manager for a second time, though he stepped down from the role prematurely on 19 February 2024. He was replaced by former Eintracht Frankfurt and VfL Wolfsburg manager Oliver Glasner . The club achieved
6741-600: The club through the Second Division and into the heights of the First Division . Palace stayed in the top flight from 1969 until 1973, and achieved some memorable results, arguably the best was a 5–0 home win against Manchester United in the 1972–73 season. Arthur Wait stepped down as chairman during that season and was replaced by Raymond Bloye who appointed Malcolm Allison as manager in March 1973, with Bert Head moving upstairs to become general manager. Unfortunately
6848-510: The club to join Arsenal. Palace finished tenth, and became a founding member of the new Premier League in 1992–93 . Palace then sold their other top striker Mark Bright to Sheffield Wednesday, and struggled to score goals throughout the next season which ended with the club relegated (Losing the final safety spot to Oldham Athletic , who had a superior goal difference of -11, against Palace's -13). The Eagles also finished on 49 points, which set
6955-657: The club would cease operations by the end of July 2023. OL Groupe has held a 51% stake in the Medical Academy of Football (Académie Médicale de Football), a stake in futsal and entertainment center chain Le Five, a stake in amusement park SCI Too Fun Parc, and a 10% stake in Brazilian football club Resende FC . On 21 June 2022, OL Groupe announced the pending or eventual sale of all shares held by Aulas's holding company Holnest, Pathé, and IDG Capital to Eagle Football Holdings, LLC,
7062-479: The company through American holding company OL Groupe LLC, and former Reign owner Bill Predmore would remain CEO and retain a 7.5% stake. Tony Parker also acquired a 3% stake in Reign FC as part of the deal. Due to the NWSL's American franchise structure, OL Groupe also indirectly became a shareholder in the league. On 7 January 2020, eSports club Team LDLC renamed to LDLC OL as part of a partnership with Olympique Lyonnais. The partnership ended on 16 May 2023, and
7169-408: The cricket club to provide a continuation of sporting activities during the winter months. The company formed an amateur Crystal Palace football club in 1861. Many of its original players were members of the cricket club, and they shared the same pitch within the Crystal Palace Park. The amateur club became one of the original founder members of the Football Association in 1863, and competed in
7276-444: The demolition of houses in nearby Wooderson Close. The club signed a legal agreement to provide replacement homes to relocate residents. In August 2024, the expansion of the Main Stand was re-approved by Croydon Council and preliminary works commenced with proposed completion by the summer of 2027. Crystal Palace have a fan base predominantly from the local area which draws on South London , Kent , and Surrey . Their original home at
7383-399: The early part of 2010. He had been appointed in 2007, replacing the former Palace favourite Peter Taylor who had a brief spell as manager. Paul Hart took over as caretaker manager for the final weeks of the season. Survival in the Championship was only secured on the final day of the season after a memorable 2–2 draw at Sheffield Wednesday, which was itself relegated as a result. During
7490-416: The expiration of his contract, having achieved a second consecutive fourteenth-place. On 4 July 2021, Palace appointed the former Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira as their new manager on a three-year contract. Despite guiding the club to an FA Cup semi-final and a twelfth-place league finish in his first season, Vieira was sacked during the next campaign on 17 March 2023, after a winless run of 12 games left
7597-408: The fans. Because Crystal Palace are a London club, they compete against a number of other local clubs for the attention of supporters, but it does have a recognisably large catchment area of 900,000. When the new owners took control in 2010, they sought the fans' input into future decisions. They consulted on a new badge design, and when their chosen designs were rejected, the club instead opted for
7704-546: The first FA Cup competition in 1871–72 , reaching the semi-finals where they lost to the Royal Engineers . They played in the FA Cup over the next four seasons, but disappeared from historical records after a match against Barnes F.C. on 18 December 1875. In 1895, the Football Association found a new permanent venue for the FA Cup final at the sports stadium situated inside the Palace grounds. Some years later
7811-493: The first match, but losing the replay 0–1. The club built on this success and the 1990–91 campaign saw Palace challenge Arsenal and Liverpool for the English league title , but eventually ended the season in third place to achieve their highest league finish to date. Palace missed out on a European place at the end of that season partly due to the UEFA ban on English clubs caused by the Heysel Stadium disaster . Though by that time
7918-427: The first-team coaching of Ray Lewington and latterly Dave Bassett's managership, Palace reached the play-offs. They lost the 1996 First Division play-off final in dramatic fashion when Steve Claridge scored in the last minute of extra-time for Leicester City to win 2–1. The following season saw Coppell take charge as first-team manager when Bassett departed for Nottingham Forest in early 1997. The club reached
8025-591: The fiscal year ending December 2004, Euronext Paris recorded sales of US$ 522 million, a −12.9% decrease in sales from 2003. Euronext Paris has a US$ 2.9 trillion total market capitalization of listed companies and average daily trading value of its combined markets of approximately US$ 102 billion/€77 billion (as of 28 February 2007). 48°52′07.42″N 02°19′37.81″E / 48.8687278°N 2.3271694°E / 48.8687278; 2.3271694 Crystal Palace F.C. Crystal Palace Football Club (commonly referred to as simply Palace )
8132-584: The former Couvent des Filles-Saint-Thomas [ fr ] , adjacent to the site where the Palais Brongniart was already in construction. On 6 November 1926, the stock exchange finally moved to the latter building, which was and remains owned by the City of Paris . Following the 1988 reform, the Compagnie des agents de change , renamed SBF, left its iconic art deco seat at 4, place de la Bourse to move to
8239-533: The former Paris office of Chase Manhattan Bank at 39, rue Cambon. That building remained the seat of SBF, then Euronext Paris until the latter moved to La Défense in 2015. The building on rue Cambon was subsequently restructured to house offices of Chanel . It operates the MATIF futures exchange , which trades futures and options on interest rate products and commodities, and MONEP, equity and index futures and options. All products are traded electronically on
8346-678: The great Real Madrid team of that era in an historic friendly match. This was the first time that the Spanish giants had ever played a match in London and was only two weeks before they were due to play Benfica in the European Cup final . A full strength Madrid team beat Palace 4–3. Although Rowe resigned for health reasons towards the end of 1962, the promotion proved a turning point in the club's history. Dick Graham and then Bert Head guided Palace to successive promotions in 1963–64 and 1968–69 , taking
8453-416: The ground back to the club. The CPFC 2010 consortium swiftly installed George Burley as the new Palace manager. However a poor start to the following season saw the club hovering around the bottom of the table by December. On 1 January 2011, after a 0–3 defeat to Millwall , Burley was sacked and his assistant Dougie Freedman named caretaker manager. Just over a week later Freedman was appointed manager on
8560-476: The grounds of the Palace for their home games between 1905 and 1915, when they were forced to leave due to the outbreak of the First World War . In 1924, they moved to their current home at Selhurst Park . Palace spent their early years as a professional club playing in the Southern League , winning various regional titles. They were elected to the Football League in 1920, and have overall mainly competed in
8667-521: The growth market. The SBF-FCI index is based on a selection of convertible bonds that represent at least 70% of the total capitalization of this market, calculated twice daily. For derivatives, MONEP trades short-term and long-term stock options and futures and options on a family of Dow Jones indices. Euronext Commodities products include commodity future and options on European rapeseed and futures on rapeseed meal, European rapeseed oil, milling wheat, corn, wood pellets, dairy and Paris Real Estate. For
8774-501: The late 1980s, the market operated as an open outcry exchange, with the agents de change meeting on the exchange floor of the Palais Brongniart. In 1986, the Paris Bourse started to implement an electronic trading system. This was known generically as CATS (Computer Assisted Trading System), but the Paris version was called CAC ( Cotation Assistée en Continu ). By 1989, quotations were fully automated. The Palais Brongniart hosted
8881-590: The managerial change came too late to save the club from relegation back to the Second Division. After the disappointment of demotion from the top flight, the next season was to prove even worse for the club. Under the management of Allison, Palace suffered a second consecutive relegation, and found itself back in Division Three for the 1974–75 season. It was also under Allison that the club changed its nickname from "The Glaziers" to "The Eagles", and ended its association with claret and blue kit colours by changing to
8988-536: The new Football League Third Division in the 1920–21 season, finishing as champions and gaining promotion to the Second Division . This achievement meant they joined Preston North End , Small Heath , Liverpool , and Bury as the only clubs at that time to have won a championship in their first season as a league club. Palace then moved to a new stadium Selhurst Park in 1924, where the club still play their home games today. The opening fixture at Selhurst Park
9095-450: The ownership of Simon Jordan , and Coppell was replaced as manager by Alan Smith for a second time. Palace were almost relegated to the third tier in Jordan's first season, in 2000–01 . Smith was sacked in April and long-serving coach Steve Kember took over as caretaker manager and he managed to win the two remaining fixtures that would guarantee Palace survival, with Dougie Freedman scoring
9202-416: The play-offs for the second year running and this time achieved promotion back to the Premier League, when they defeated Sheffield United 1–0 in the final at Wembley. The club's third campaign in the Premier League was no more successful than the previous two, and in true yo-yo club fashion, Palace again suffered relegation back to the First Division at the end of the 1997–98 season. The club also had
9309-427: The red and blue vertical stripes worn today. Palace enjoyed a run to the semi-finals of the 1975–76 FA Cup , beating Leeds and Chelsea along the way, but lost 0–2 in the semi-final at Stamford Bridge to the eventual winners, Southampton . Allison resigned at the end of the 1975–76 season after failing to get the club out of the third tier, and it was under Terry Venables ' management that Palace moved back up to
9416-558: The redevelopments to the ground and safety requirements due to the Taylor Report , the ground's current capacity is 25,486. In 2011, proposals were put forward to move the club back to their original home at the Crystal Palace National Stadium, but after the club gained promotion to the Premier League in 2013, there has been a renewed focus on redeveloping Selhurst Park into a 40,000 seater stadium. Revised plans for
9523-434: The replacement Palace Echo in 1995, which continued until 2007. The Eastern Eagles , So Glad You're Mine and One More Point were also published by fans in the 1990s. When One More Point ceased publication, Five Year Plan was launched in its place, and maintains an online presence. Supporters also engage in debate on two internet forums , The BBS and Holmesdale.net which the club use as channels to communicate with
9630-556: The report, and instead confirmed that it had instead hired an investment bank to facilitate the sale of its NWSL club OL Reign. On 16 May, OL Groupe and Kang announced the formation of a separate holding company that would consist of the Washington Spirit and OL Féminin, in which Kang would have a controlling 52% stake, the OL Groupe-affiliated OL Association a 36% stake, and OL Groupe a 12% stake in exchange for
9737-494: The second-longest serving Palace chairman behind Sydney Bourne. However, Noades did maintain ownership of Selhurst Park , leasing it to the club to use. Goldberg's tenure of the club was not a success and Palace entered administration in March 1999. Although the fans established a group called the Crystal Palace Supporters' Trust in a bid to gain control of the club, millionaire and lifelong fan Simon Jordan negotiated
9844-470: The start of the 2017–18 season while failing to score in any of them. Former England manager Roy Hodgson was appointed as the club's new manager the next day. Palace finished in eleventh-place in the Premier League in Hodgson's first season, twelfth in the 2018–19 season and fourteenth the following season. On 18 May 2021, the club announced Hodgson would be leaving at the end of the 2020–21 season, upon
9951-510: The top flight with promotions in 1976–77 and 1978–79 ; the latter saw the club crowned as Division Two champions. That team from 1979 was dubbed the " Team of the Eighties ", because it included a number of very talented young players who had emerged from the youth team which won the FA Youth Cup in 1976–77 and 1977–78, and they were briefly top of the whole Football League in the early part of
10058-402: The top flight, achieving twelve consecutive seasons at the start of the 2024–25 campaign. The club's kit colours were claret and blue until 1973, when they changed to the red and blue vertical stripes worn today. Palace have a long-standing and fierce rivalry with Brighton & Hove Albion , and also share strong rivalries with local clubs Millwall and Charlton Athletic . In 1854,
10165-585: The top of the table, but he was sacked in November after a terrible loss of form saw Palace slip towards the relegation zone. Former Palace striker Iain Dowie was appointed manager and guided the club to the play-off final , securing promotion with a 1–0 victory over West Ham . Again Palace could not maintain their place in the top tier and were relegated on the last day of the season after drawing at local rivals Charlton Athletic . Following that relegation, Simon Jordan
10272-471: The top two tiers of English football during their league history. Since 1964, Palace have only dropped below the second tier once for three seasons between 1974 and 1977. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Palace became a force in the top flight and challenged Arsenal and Liverpool for the English league title in 1990–91 , but eventually ended the season in third place, the club's highest league finish to date. Palace only missed out on qualification for
10379-552: The war, Palace were less successful in the league, their highest position being seventh, and conversely on three occasions the club had to apply for re-election . The club remained in the Third Division South up until the end of the 1957–58 season, after which the league was restructured with clubs in the bottom half of the Third Division South merging with those in the bottom half of the Third Division North to form
10486-488: The winner in the 87th minute on the final day of the season, securing a 1–0 victory over Stockport County . Former Manchester United captain Steve Bruce was appointed manager for the 2001–02 season. A good start to the season gave Palace hope for a promotion challenge, but Bruce attempted to walk out on the club after just four months in charge following an approach from Birmingham City to become their new manager. After
10593-574: Was a rectangular neoclassical Roman temple with a giant Corinthian colonnade enclosing a vaulted and arcaded central chamber. His designs were greatly admired by Napoleon and won Brongniart a major public commission at the end of his career. Initially praised, the building was later attacked for academic dullness. The authorities had required Brongniart to modify his designs, and after Brongniart's death in 1813, Labarre altered them even further, greatly weakening Brongniart's original intentions. From 1901 to 1905, Jean-Baptiste-Frederic Cavel designed
10700-552: Was against The Wednesday , with Palace losing 0–1 in front of a crowd of 25,000. Finishing in twenty-first position, the club were relegated to the Third Division South . Before the Second World War , Palace made good efforts at promotion, mostly finishing in the top half of the table and were runners-up on three occasions. During the war years, the Football League was suspended, and the club won two Wartime Leagues . After
10807-633: Was formerly CEO of the American Dockers clothing brand and had no prior experience in football. Euronext Paris Euronext Paris , formerly known as the Paris Bourse , is the official stock exchange in France . It is Europe's second largest stock exchange as of December 2023. It was formerly seated at the Palais Brongniart in Paris , its long-standing home. As of 2022, the 795 companies listed had
10914-447: Was prepared to sanction Olympique Lyon if it failed to account for €60 million before 30 June. The sanctions were announced on 4 July, with Lyon's wage bill and transfers subject to DNCG supervision. Following his appointment as chief executive officer in succession of Aulas, Santiago Cucci noted that while multiple offers for OL Reign had been made with a minimum sale price of $ 53 million, the club had not yet been sold as of 6 July. Cucci
11021-456: Was sent off. He was taunted by Palace fan Matthew Simmons, and retaliated with a flying kick. Cantona was sentenced to two weeks in jail, reduced to 120 hours community service on appeal. Simmons was immediately banned from Selhurst Park, and later found guilty on two charges of threatening Cantona. More was to follow in March, when Palace striker Chris Armstrong was suspended by the FA for failing
11128-417: Was set up to raise supporter concerns with the club, while the Crystal Palace Supporters' Trust was originally established to enable fans to purchase the club during the administration of 2000 and remained in existence up to the end of 2023. A number of fanzines have been produced by the supporters over the years. Eagle Eye was launched in 1987 and ran until 1994, with a number of contributors producing
11235-447: Was then adopted in 1972, with the club's initials and nickname the "Glaziers" before Allison changed this too. The club's nickname became the "Eagles", inspired by Portuguese club Benfica , with the badge showing the image of an eagle holding a ball. This emblem remained until 1987 when the club married the eagle with the Crystal Palace façade, and although updated in 1996 and again in 2012, the crest retains these features. In June 2022,
11342-419: Was unable to put the club on a sound financial footing over the next few years, and in January 2010, Palace were once again placed in administration, this time by a creditor. Due to the Football League's regulations, the club were deducted ten points, and the administrators P&A Partnership were forced to sell key players including Victor Moses and José Fonte . Neil Warnock had also departed as manager in
11449-480: Was very unpopular with the Palace fans. On 4 June 1984, former Manchester United and England player Steve Coppell who had recently retired from the game due to injury was appointed as manager, and he rebuilt the club steadily over the next few years which resulted in the Eagles achieving promotion back to the top flight via the play-offs in 1988–89 . Palace followed this up by reaching the 1990 FA Cup final , drawing 3–3 with Manchester United after extra-time in
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