1998–99 Asian Club Championship

The Asian Club Championship 1998-99 was the 18th 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.

Jubilo Iwata of Japan won the final and became Asian champions for the first time, and becoming the third Japanese club to win the Asian championship.

First round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	9-01	Khidmat Rafah	7-0	2-0
Al-Ain	7-2	Oman Club	5-2	2-0
Al-Ansar	(a)3-3	Al-Arabi	1-0	2-3
West Riffa	2-3	Al-Wahda	2-0	0-3(aet)
Al-Salmiya	2-3	Al-Hilal	0-0	2-3
Köpetdag Aşgabat	4-42	FC Irtysh	4-1	0-3
Vakhsh Qurghonteppa	w/o3	FK Neftchy Farg'ona
Esteghlal	bye

¹ Both legs were played in Baghdad, Iraq by mutual agreement.
² FC Irtysh were ejected from the competition for using two ineligible players.
³ FK Neftchy Farg'ona withdrew.

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pohang Steelers	6-0	Cang Sai Gon	2-0	4-0
Singapore Armed Forces	2-4	Selangor FA	1-4	1-0
Instant-Dict FC	0-7	Júbilo Iwata	0-3	0-4
BEC Tero Sasana1	6-1	Three Star Club	6-1	n/p2
Dalian Wanda	6-0	East Bengal Club	6-0	0-0
Club Valencia	0-6	Busan Daewoo Royals	0-2	0-4
Allied Bank	w/o3	Saunders SC
Finance and Revenue	bye4

¹ BEC Tero Sasana were entered after Sinthana, who had beaten them for the championship, withdrew due to excessive travel costs.
² The match was played over one leg by mutual agreement.
³ Allied Bank Limited FC withdrew.
⁴ Finance and Revenue had been drawn against the representatives of Indonesia, where the 1997/98 season was abandoned due to political and economic trouble in the country.

Second round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1-3	Esteghlal	1-1	0-2
Al-Ain	3-2	Al-Ansar	3-1	0-1
Al-Wahda	2-6	Al-Hilal	2-2	0-4
Vakhsh Qurghonteppa	0-6	Köpetdag Aşgabat	0-1	0-5

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dalian Wanda	3-1	BEC Tero Sasana	3-0	0-1
Júbilo Iwata	4-0	Finance and Revenue	4-0	n/p1
Saunders SC	1-9	Busan Daewoo Royals	1-4	0-5
Pohang Steelers	10-1	Selangor FA	6-0	4-1

¹ The match was played over one leg by mutual agreement.

Quarterfinals

West Asia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Ain	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
Esteghlal	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
Al-Hilal	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
Köpetdag Aşgabat	3	1	0	2	4	10	−6	3

February 25, 1999	Al-Ain	6–1	Köpetdag Aşgabat	Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
	Majed Hamad  5'  80' Abdullah Shila  14'  41' Abédi Pelé  55' Helal Saeed  8?'		Vladimir Bairamov  20'

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February 25, 1999	Al-Hilal	1–2	Esteghlal	Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
	Bashar Abdullah  47'		Farhad Majidi  13' Sirous Dinmohammadi  40'

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February 27, 1999	Al-Ain	0–1	Esteghlal	Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
			Alireza Akbarpour  70'

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February 27, 1999	Al-Hilal	4–2	Köpetdag Aşgabat	Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
	Elijah Litana  17' Nawaf Al-Temyat  21' Abdullah Al-Dossary  41' Sami Al-Jaber  62'(p)		Azat Kuldjaqazov  14' Vladimir Bairamov  31'

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March 1, 1999	Al-Ain	1–0	Al-Hilal	Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
	Garib Harib  68'

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March 1, 1999	Esteghlal	0–1	Köpetdag Aşgabat	Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
			Vladimir Khalikov  72'

East Asia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dalian Wanda	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
Júbilo Iwata	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Pohang Steelers	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
Busan Daewoo Royals	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2

February 10, 1999	Júbilo Iwata	1–1	Pohang Steelers	Chongqing, China PR
	Masashi Nakayama  28'		Park Sang-In  48'

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February 10, 1999	Dalian Wanda	2–2	Busan Daewoo Royals	Chongqing, China PR
	Hao Haidong  42' Wang Peng  64'		Ahn Jung-Hwan  45' (pen.) Kim Jae-Young  81'

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February 12, 1999	Busan Daewoo Royals	1–1	Pohang Steelers	Chongqing, China PR
	Lee Sa-Vik  17' (o.g.)		Park Sang-In  15'

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February 12, 1999	Dalian Wanda	2–0	Júbilo Iwata	Chongqing, China PR
	Hao Haidong  1', 74'

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February 14, 1999	Busan Daewoo Royals	0–2	Júbilo Iwata	Chongqing, China PR
			Daisuke Oku  63' Toshiya Fujita  90'

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February 14, 1999	Dalian Wanda	1–1	Pohang Steelers	Chongqing, China PR
	Wang Peng  16'		Abbas Obeid Jassim  60'

Semifinals

April 28, 1999	Al-Ain	2–2 (aet, 2 PK 4)	Júbilo Iwata	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran
	Fahd Hasan  35'  66'		Makoto Tanaka  15' Toshiya Fujita  37'

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April 28, 1999	Dalian Wanda	3–4 (aet)	Esteghlal	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran
	Yan Song  60'  63' Li Ming  77'		Mahmoud Fekri  44' Ali Mousavi  51'  108' Alireza Akbarpour  84'

Third place match

April 30, 1999	Al-Ain	3–2	Dalian Wanda	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran
	Seydou Traoré  7' Abédi Pelé  61' Grarib Harib Farhan  80'		Yan Song  23' Vaclav Nemelek  44'

Final

April 30, 1999	Júbilo Iwata	2–1	Esteghlal	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran
	Hideto Suzuki  36' Masashi Nakayama  45'		Sirous Dinmohammadi  66'

Champions

Asian Club Championship 1998-99 Júbilo Iwata First Title

References

• Asian Club Competitions 1999 at RSSSF.com