1997–98 Asian Club Championship

The Asian Club Championship 1997-98 was the 17th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the AFC region (Asia). It determined that year's club champion of association football in Asia.

Pohang Steelers of South Korea won their 2nd consecutive Asian Champions title, beating Dalian Wanda 6-5 on penalties.

First round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sur Club	0-9	Al-Zawraa	0-5	0-4
Al-Ansar	3-1	Al-Arabi	2-1	1-0
Al-Wahda	w/o1	Al-Nasr
Al-Hilal	w/o2	Al-Rayyan
Metallurg Kadamjay	2-4	Dynamo Dushanbe	2-13	0-3
Al-Hilal	bye
Navbahor Namangan	bye
Nisa Aşgabat	bye
Persepolis FC	bye
Taraz Zhambyl	bye

¹ Al-Nasr withdrew.
² Al-Hilal withdrew.

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pohang Steelers	13-0	Mohammedan SC	11-0	2-0
Victory SC	4-3	Mahendra Police	3-2	1-1
Finance and Revenue	4-0	Saunders SC	1-0	3-0
Churchill Brothers	1-2	Đồng Tháp F.C.	0-1	1-1
Persebaya Surabaya	2-6	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	1-2	1-4
Kashima Antlers	8-2	Geylang United	6-1	2-1
Selangor FA	0-2	South China	0-0	0-2
Dalian Wanda	4-2	Bangkok Bank	4-2	0-0

Intermediate Round

Central Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Navbahor Namangan	4-2	Dynamo Dushanbe	3-0	1-2
Taraz Zhambyl	2-4	Nisa Aşgabat	2-2	0-2

Second round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ansar	4-0	Al-Wahda	2-0	2-0
Al-Zawraa	0-2	Persepolis FC	0-0	0-2
Al-Hilal	3-2	Al-Rayyan	3-2	0-0
Navbahor Namangan	8-3	Nisa Aşgabat	6-1	2-2

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pohang Steelers	15-0	Victory SC	3-0	12-0
Finance and Revenue	(a)4-4	Đồng Tháp F.C.	0-1	4-3
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	2-6	Kashima Antlers	1-5	1-1
South China	1-6	Dalian Wanda	0-4	1-2

Quarterfinals

West Asia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Persepolis FC	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
Al-Hilal	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
Navbahor Namangan	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
Al-Ansar	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

February 22, 1998	Al-Hilal	0–1	Persepolis FC	Lebanon

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February 22, 1998	Al-Ansar	0–0	Navbahor Namangan	Lebanon

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February 24, 1998	Al-Hilal	3–1	Navbahor Namangan	Lebanon

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February 24, 1998	Al-Ansar	0–1	Persepolis FC	Lebanon

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February 26, 1998	Persepolis FC	1–1	Navbahor Namangan	Lebanon

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February 26, 1998	Al-Ansar	1–3	Al-Hilal	Lebanon

East Asia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pohang Steelers	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
Dalian Wanda	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
Kashima Antlers	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
Finance and Revenue	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0

February 11, 1998	Dalian Wanda	4–1	Finance and Revenue	Ningbo, Zhejiang, China PR Attendance: 8,000
	Wang Tao  20' Hao Haidong  26'  36' Li Ming  46'		Win Aung  1'

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February 11, 1998	Pohang Steelers	2–1	Kashima Antlers	Ningbo, Zhejiang, China PR Attendance: 7,000
	Park Tae-Ha  36' Lee Dong-Guk  56'		Jorginho  58'

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February 13, 1998	Kashima Antlers	3–0	Finance and Revenue	Ningbo, Zhejiang, China PR Attendance: 7,000
	Toru Oruki  52' Takayuki Suzuki  88'  89'

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February 13, 1998	Pohang Steelers	1–2	Dalian Wanda	Ningbo, Zhejiang, China PR Attendance: 12,000
	Serhiy Konovalov  66'		Wu Chengying  74' Wei Yimin  79'

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February 15, 1998	Finance and Revenue	1–5	Pohang Steelers	Ningbo, Zhejiang, China PR Attendance: 22,000
	Aung Naining  55'		Baek Seung-Chul  15' Lee Dong-Guk  56' Serhiy Konovalov  60' Park Tae-Ha  81'  88'

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February 15, 1998	Dalian Wanda	1–2	Kashima Antlers	Ningbo, Zhejiang, China PR Attendance: 24,000
	Li Ming  70'		Yasuo Manaka  47'  75'

Semifinals

April 3, 1998	Persepolis FC	0–2	Dalian Wanda	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
			Wang Tao  32' Hao Haidong  63'

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April 3, 1998	Al-Hilal	0–1	Pohang Steelers	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
			Park Tae-Ha  45'

Third place match

April 5, 1998	Al-Hilal	4–1	Persepolis FC	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Final

April 5, 1998	Pohang Steelers	0–0 AET 6–5 pen	Dalian Wanda	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Champions

Asian Club Championship 1997-98 Pohang Steelers Second Title

References

• Asian Club Competitions 1998 at RSSSF.com