How costly it would be for AGF to crash out of the Champions League against Lech Poznan

[p]The Danes have their back to the wall and are left with a mountain to climb after they suffered a painful 1-4 defeat in Randers a fortnight ago, and it could prove a very costly affair for the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aarhus/OOXnKGbO/"]Aarhus[/a] team to crash out of the competition if they fail to complete a miraculous turnaround in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lech-poznan/OpNH7Ouf/"]Poznan[/a].[/p][p]If AGF miss out on the lucrative UEFA Champions League league phase and end up in the UEFA Europa League instead, the club will lose a guaranteed starting fee of at least €14.31 million.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fc-copenhagen/hSPZwbEh/"]FC Copenhagen[/a], who participated in the Champions League last season, also received around €13 million in TV revenue. In addition, financial rewards are based on performance in the league phase, and a win is rewarded by €2,1 million. FC Copenhagen’s complete earnings for the 2025/26 season were around €39 million despite the fact that they didn't reach the playoff phase in the Champions League.[/p][p]In addition, it should also be mentioned that clubs eliminated in the Champions League play-off round (the final qualification round before the main tournament) receive a consolation payment of €4.29 million.[/p][embed guid="718f0159-2fe6-4d51-b85a-034061c6066e" url="https://x.com/JoshuaDegree/status/2082341446238007316" social-type="twitter" /][p]The potential earnings change significantly when you drop down to the second-tier tournament, the Europa League. Each team that qualifies for the UEFA Europa League league phase receives a guaranteed starting fee of €4.31 million, while each win is worth €450.000[/p][p]Last season, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/midtjylland/8GZDmdbB/"]FC Midtjylland[/a] received €4,8 million in TV revenue, and "the Wolves" ended up earning a total of around €17,1 million for their impressive performance in the Europa League, where they reached the Round of 16 before crashing out against Nottingham Forest. [/p][p]The Conference League can well be described as UEFA’s "minnows" tournament. The major European clubs that occasionally drop down into this competition derive little benefit from the revenue, whereas the earnings can still be valuable for Danish clubs.[/p][p]Qualifying for the league phase brings in €3.17 million—an award not far off that of the Europa League. The same applies to performance-based income, with €400.000 awarded for a win.[/p][p]On the other hand, TV revenue in this tournament is modest; the amount depends on Denmark’s total contribution to the TV pool and the specific team's five-year coefficient.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/aarhus-OOXnKGbO/lech-poznan-OpNH7Ouf/?mid=OMG5sIDO"]AGF's clash against Lech Poznan starts at 19.00 CET.[/a] [/p]