Crystal Palace Merchandise

Crystal Palace Football Club is an English professional football club based in Selhurst, South London, that plays in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. The club was founded in 1905 at the famous Crystal Palace Exhibition building by the owners of the FA Cup Final stadium, the FA Cup Final Sports Ground Company. They were one of the original 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888 and played their home games at the FA Cup Final stadium until 1915, when they were forced to move out due to the outbreak of the First World War. They then moved to their current home ground, Selhurst Park, in 1924. The club has been based in South London since its formation.

Crystal Palace have been English champions twice, in 1890–91 and 1953–54, and have been runners-up twice, in 1937 and 1990. The club has also won the FA Cup once, in 1916, and were runners-up in 1998. The club's traditional kit colours are claret and blue, their home ground is Selhurst Park in the London Borough of Croydon and they have a long-standing rivalry with Brighton & Hove Albion.

The club's supporters formed the Crystal Palace Supporters' Trust in 2005. Palace have a partnership with the All India Football Federation and have sent several of their players on loan to Indian clubs. In the 2005–06 season, the club signed a sponsorship deal with Air Asia.