Crystal Palace F.C. league record by opponent

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The Crystal Palace team of the 1905-06 season. Crystal Palace Football Club 1905 to 1906.jpg
The Crystal Palace team of the 1905–06 season.

Crystal Palace Football Club is a professional association football club based in Selhurst, South London, England. Founded in 1905, the club first played in the Southern League, and competed in this league for eleven seasons before being elected to play in the Football League in 1920 as members of the Third Division. [1] [2] Palace won the Third Division in their first season immediately gaining promotion to the Second Division. [1] The team achieved their highest league placing in the 1990–91 season when they finished in 3rd place of the First Division. [3] In 1992 the 22 teams in the First Division broke away from the Football League to form the Premier League, Palace were relegated from the inaugural season in 20th place, level on points with 19th place Oldham Athletic but with an inferior goal difference. [4] [5] The team would rejoin the Premier League and be relegated after one season in 1994, 1997 and 2004. [2] [6] They won the 2013 Football League Championship play-off final to once again be promoted into the Premier League where they currently compete. [7]

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Crystal Palace's first team have competed in a number of nationally contested leagues, and their record against each club faced in those competitions is summarised below. Palace's first league match was contested with Southampton reserves in the opening match of the 1905–06 Southern Football League Division Two, [8] with their first Football League match coming against Merthyr Town. [1] They met their 115th and most recent different league opponent, Scunthorpe United, for the first time in the 2007–08 Football League Championship. The teams that Palace have played most in league competition are Norwich City and Watford, having played them 130 times. Palace have recorded more victories against Norwich City than any other club, with 57 victories. Norwich are also the side Palace have lost the most league games to, having been beaten by them 50 times. Brighton & Hove Albion and Coventry City have each drawn 35 of their encounters with Palace, more than any other club.

Key

All-time league record

Statistics are correct up to and including the match played against Chelsea on 1 September 2024.
Crystal Palace F.C. league record by opponent
ClubHomeAwayTotalWin%FirstLastNote(s)
PldWDLPldWDLPldWDLGFGA
Aberdare Athletic 20112101411235025.00 1925–26 1926–27
Accrington Stanley 110011002200124100.00 1960–61 1960–61 [lower-alpha 1]
Aldershot 241662246414482210166956045.83 1932–33 1975–76
Arsenal 243813242616485142947101010.42 1969–70 2023–24
Aston Villa 211164213513421411174147033.33 1967–68 2023–24
Barnsley 3014511308715602212267378036.67 1921–22 2012–13
Barrow 321032016411195066.67 1958–59 1960–61
Birmingham City 22115622531444168205555036.36 1965–66 2012–13
Blackburn Rovers 21124521551142179165852040.48 1966–67 2012–13
Blackpool 14554142392878133343025.00 1921–22 2012–13
Bolton Wanderers 1878318171036815133651022.22 1964–65 2012–13
Bournemouth 392298396102378281931112119035.90 1932–33 2023–24 [lower-alpha 2]
Bradford City 12831126242414553718058.33 1922–23 2003–04
Bradford (Park Avenue) 74307115145451918035.71 1907–08 1962–63
Brentford 261664274716532013207478037.74 1906–07 2024–25
Brighton & Hove Albion 6128211261141433122423545163162034.43 1906–07 2023–24
Bristol City 372476375141874292124105100039.19 1921–22 2012–13
Bristol Rovers 36274536812167235162112497048.61 1906–07 1978–79
Burnley 24987246711481515186056031.25 1969–70 2023–24
Bury 11821113532211743324050.00 1921–22 1998–99
Cambridge United 41304121825175025.00 1978–79 1983–84
Cardiff City 352087351212117032201810676045.71 1913–14 2018–19
Carlisle United 13733131572688103942030.77 1958–59 1985–86
Charlton Athletic 281945287912562613177855046.43 1925–26 2012–13
Chelsea 27561628391655815324594014.55 1924–25 2024–25
Chester 52125104103161920030.00 1958–59 1976–77 [lower-alpha 3]
Chesterfield 30213201622267033.33 1974–75 1976–77
Colchester United 14455146442810994042035.71 1950–51 2007–08
Coventry City 5520191655151624110353540149168031.82 1908–09 2012–13
Crewe Alexandra 1054110442209833423045.00 1958–59 2005–06
Croydon Common 21012110421156050.00 1909–10 1914–15
Darlington 330032106510155083.33 1958–59 1960–61
Derby County 3214108326620642016286993031.25 1921–22 2012–13
Doncaster Rovers 64116222126332112050.00 1959–60 2011–12
Everton 24798244812481117204874022.92 1969–70 2023–24
Exeter City 38191453810111776292522118121038.16 1908–09 1957–58
Fulham 25898255911501318196073026.00 1906–07 2023–24
Fulham reserves 11001010211072050.00 1905–06 1905–06
Gateshead 62316222124531513033.33 1921–22 1959–60 [lower-alpha 4]
Gillingham 42221010421011218432213111093038.10 1906–07 2003–04 [lower-alpha 5]
Grays United 110011002200121100.00 1905–06 1905–06
Grimsby Town 1914051973938213146242055.26 1920–21 2002–03
Halifax Town 4130412182511312025.00 1961–62 1975–76
Hartlepool United 3111320163121412050.00 1958–59 1960–61
Hereford United 20202011403157000.00 1974–75 1975–76
Huddersfield Town 21611421867421417114350033.33 1964–65 2017–18
Hull City 25997256910501518175966030.00 1921–22 2016–17
Ipswich Town 40151510401192080262430121125032.50 1938–39 2012–13
Leeds United 2912125296419581816246373031.03 1921–22 2022–23
Leicester City 33167103371115662318258286034.85 1921–22 2022–23
Leyton 74217511149322712064.29 1905–06 1911–12
Leyton Orient 301893307815602517187374041.67 1921–22 1981–82 [lower-alpha 6]
Lincoln City 210120024103910025.00 1961–62 1976–77
Liverpool 245613245316481092943106020.83 1969–70 2023–24
Luton Town 34199634881868271724119112039.71 1906–07 2023–24
Manchester City 3288163278176415163363107023.44 1964–65 2023–24
Manchester United 276813275319541111325091020.37 1922–23 2023–24
Mansfield Town 981092431810533819055.56 1931–32 1977–78
Merthyr Town 972093331810533522055.56 1912–13 1929–30
Middlesbrough 21123621579421710155651040.48 1924–25 2016–17
Millwall 5324151453141425106382939134137035.85 1906–07 2012–13
Nelson 10101001201135000.00 1923–24 1923–24
Newcastle United 23869234514461211233657026.09 1964–65 2023–24
Newport County 27197127116105430131110956055.56 1919–20 1961–62
Northampton Town 45171414454142790212841116158023.33 1906–07 1976–77
Norwich City 6542101365151337130572350196165043.85 1906–07 2021–22
Nottingham Forest 277128276516541317245381024.07 1921–22 2023–24
Notts County 21105621867421811135854042.86 1921–22 1993–94
Oldham Athletic 20134320441240178155851042.50 1923–24 1996–97
Oxford United 853085121610422716062.50 1968–69 1998–99
Peterborough United 1163211164227962629031.82 1960–61 2012–13
Plymouth Argyle 33167103398166625152689101037.88 1906–07 2009–10
Port Vale 238105236413461414185067030.43 1921–22 1999–2000
Portsmouth 35216835512187026182610388037.14 1906–07 2011–12
Portsmouth reserves 11001010211021050.00 1905–06 1905–06
Preston North End 201442203710401711124438042.50 1964–65 2010–11
Queens Park Rangers 5522181555171226110393041112123035.45 1906–07 2014–15
Reading 461817114610122492282935133154030.43 1906–07 2011–12
Reading reserves 11001100220040100.00 1905–06 1905–06
Rochdale 220020114211107050.00 1959–60 1960–61
Rotherham County 22002011421185050.00 1921–22 1922–23
Rotherham United 11650115242211743325050.00 1964–65 2003–04
Scunthorpe United 310231116213510033.33 2007–08 2010–11
Sheffield United 2813692811611562412206858042.86 1968–69 2023–24
Sheffield Wednesday 251294253616501515205864030.00 1921–22 2012–13 [lower-alpha 7]
Shrewsbury Town 21777213108421017155758023.81 1951–52 1988–89
Southampton 5022111750121226100342343135148034.00 1906–07 2022–23
Southampton reserves 10011100210154050.00 1905–06 1905–06
Southend United 42231274212102084352227144131041.67 1908–09 2006–07
Southern United 11001100220050100.00 1905–06 1905–06
Southport 321031116321148050.00 1958–59 1960–61
St Leonards United 11001100220061100.00 1905–06 1905–06
Stockport County 95409432189723523050.00 1922–23 2001–02
Stoke City 3018483010911602813198567046.67 1911–12 2017–18 [lower-alpha 8]
Sunderland 18103518387361311123934036.11 1969–70 2016–17
Swansea City 14536142662879122937025.00 1919–20 2017–18 [lower-alpha 9]
Swindon Town 4928129499152598372734164142037.76 1906–07 1999–2000
Swindon Town reserves 11001100220051100.00 1905–06 1905–06
Thames 22002200440093100.00 1930–31 1931–32
Torquay United 2716832767145422151710582040.74 1927–28 1961–62
Tottenham Hotspur 27461727471654813334189014.81 1906–07 2023–24
Tranmere Rovers 84318413168442219050.00 1974–75 2000–01
Walsall 30232530514116028161610776046.67 1927–28 2003–04
Watford 6537111765181730130552847202174042.31 1906–07 2021–22
Watford reserves 11001100220071100.00 1905–06 1905–06
West Bromwich Albion 281189288713561915227269033.93 1969–70 2020–21
West Ham United 339121232913106518252289107027.69 1906–07 2024–25
West Ham United reserves 11001010211031050.00 1905–06 1905–06
Wigan Athletic 10101001201116000.00 2003–04 2003–04
Wimbledon 12714124442411583735045.83 1984–85 2003–04 [lower-alpha 10]
Wolverhampton Wanderers 32131093210616642316258279035.94 1921–22 2023–24
Workington 311131116222106033.33 1958–59 1960–61
Wrexham 871085301612403415075.00 1960–61 1981–82
Wycombe Wanderers 11001100220081100.00 1905–06 1905–06
York City 32103111632163050.00 1958–59 1976–77

Notes

  1. This Accrington Stanley was the one that existed between 1891 and 1966. The Accrington Stanley F.C. founded in 1968 is a different club.
  2. Bournemouth statistics include matches played against the club under its former name of Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic.
  3. Chester were renamed Chester City in 1983 and dissolved in 2010. The Chester F.C. founded in 2010 is a different club.
  4. Gateshead statistics include matches played against the club under its former name of South Shields.
  5. Gillingham statistics include matches played against the club under its former name of New Brompton.
  6. Leyton Orient statistics include matches played against the club under its former name of Clapton Orient.
  7. Sheffield Wednesday statistics include matches played against the club under its former name of The Wednesday.
  8. Stoke City statistics include matches played against the club under its former name of Stoke.
  9. Swansea City statistics include matches played against the club under its former name of Swansea Town.
  10. Wimbledon relocated to Milton Keynes in 2003, and were rebranded as Milton Keynes Dons F.C. a year later. That club renounced all claims to Wimbledon's history in 2007, since then it has regarded itself as a new club founded in 2004.

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