Legia Warszawa and Jagiellonia Białystok players had different moods after Thursday's Conference League matches. People of Warsaw despite an away defeat 1:3 (0:2) against Djurgardens IF they advanced to the 1/8 finals of the competition. However, after a home draw with Olimpija Ljubljana, the Polish champions did not advance and will fight in the play-offs. – On Thursday evening, at the Chorten Arena in Białystok, there were fireworks only during the break, behind the stadium and for the outgoing president, Wojciech Pertkiewicz. On the pitch, a very poor football spectacle ended in a goalless draw. Overall, there was not much to be happy about, which is why even the fans were unable to console their disappointed fans players after the last whistle – wrote Jakub Seweryn, a journalist at Sport.pl.
This is not a joke. This is how much Polish clubs earned in the Conference League
Legia Warszawa and Jagiellonia Białystok players can enjoy a lot of money after the league phase of the Conference League. Both teams earned EUR 3.17 million just for participating in the competition. UEFA pays 400,000 for winning the league stage. euro, and for a draw 133,000. euro. Legia won EUR 1.6 million for four victories. In addition, she received PLN 840,000. euro for taking seventh place, and 800,000. for advancing to the 1/8 finals and PLN 400,000. bonus for teams from places 1-8. However, this amount also includes money from the 10-year UEFA ranking and television rights. In total, Legia Warszawa has already earned EUR 10.054 million this season, i.e. over PLN 42 million.
Jagiellonia Białystok has earned slightly less so far. The Polish champions received a total of approximately EUR 8 million, i.e. over PLN 32 million.
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Advancing to the quarter-finals of the Conference League is EUR 1.3 million, promotion to the semi-finals is EUR 2.5 million, and being in the final guarantees EUR 4 million.
Legia Warszawa is already in the 1/8 finals of the Conference League, and it will know its potential rival in this phase in the draw on Friday. Jagiellonia Białystok will draw an opponent in the play-offs for the 1/8 finals. The drawing starts at 13. Live coverage of the draw on Sport.pl and in the Sport.pl LIVE mobile application.