Crystal Palace win Conference League after beating Rayo Vallecano

FootballSports
28 May 2026 • 5:25 AM MYT
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Crystal Palace win Conference League after beating Rayo Vallecano

  • Crystal Palace have won the Conference League after beating Rayo Vallecano 1-0 in the final.
  • Jean-Philippe Mateta scored the only goal of the game early in the second half.
  • The French forward netted a close-range winner from an Adam Wharton strike rebound early in the second half in Leipzig.
  • The win comes in manager Oliver Glasner’s last game at the club, having announced earlier in the season he would be leaving the club at the end of the 2025/26 campaign.
  • It’s Palace’s third trophy in just over a year, having won the FA Cup and Community Shield in 2025.

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