Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner said his players had given fans a "moment for their life" by beating Manchester City 1-0 to win the first major trophy in the club's history.
Eberechi Eze scored in the first half at Wembley on Saturday and Palace dug deep against Pep Guardiola's men to get over the line and secure a first full venture into European football.
"We wanted to write history," said Glasner. "I think now we wrote really a big chapter in history."
The Austrian said the players had stuck together after a terrible start to the season, when they won just one of their first 13 league games.