1998–99 Asian Club Championship

1998–1999 Asian Club Championship

Tournament details
Dates	August 1998 – April 1999
Teams	28
Final positions
Champions	Júbilo Iwata (1st title)
Runners-up	Esteghlal
Third place	Al-Ain
Fourth place	Dalian Wanda
Tournament statistics
Matches played	54
Goals scored	184 (3.41 per match)

The 1998–99 Asian Club Championship 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.

Júbilo 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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	9–01	Khidmat Rafah	7–0	2–0
Al-Ain	7–2	Oman	5–2	2–0
Al-Ansar	3–3 (a)	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pohang Steelers	6–0	Cảng Sài Gòn	2–0	4–0
Singapore Armed Forces	2–4	Selangor FA1	1–4	1–0
Instant-Dict FC	0–7	Júbilo Iwata	0–3	0–4
BEC Tero Sasana2	6–1	Three Star Club	6–1	n/p3
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/o4	Saunders SC
Finance and Revenue	bye5

¹ Selangor FA were entered after Penang, who had withdrew due to economic trouble in the country.
² BEC Tero Sasana were entered after Sinthana, who had beaten them for the championship, withdrew due to excessive travel costs.
³ The match was played over one leg by mutual agreement.
⁴ Allied Bank Limited FC withdrew.
⁵ 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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

25 February 1999

Al-Ain	6–1	Köpetdag Aşgabat
Majed Hamad 5' 80' Abdullah Shila 14' 41' Abédi Pelé 55' Helal Saeed 8?'		Vladimir Bairamov 20'

Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE

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25 February 1999

Al-Hilal	1–2	Esteghlal
Bashar Abdullah 47'		Farhad Majidi 13' Sirous Dinmohammadi 40'

Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE

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27 February 1999

Al-Ain	0–1	Esteghlal
		Alireza Akbarpour 70'

Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE

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27 February 1999

Al-Hilal	4–2	Köpetdag Aşgabat
Elijah Litana 17' Nawaf Al-Temyat 21' Abdullah Al-Dossary 41' Sami Al-Jaber 62' (pen.)		Azat Kuldjaqazov 14' Vladimir Bairamov 31'

Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE

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1 March 1999

Al-Ain	1–0	Al-Hilal
Garib Harib 68'

Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE

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1 March 1999

Esteghlal	0–1	Köpetdag Aşgabat
		Vladimir Khalikov 72'

Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE

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

10 February 1999

Júbilo Iwata	1–1	Pohang Steelers
Masashi Nakayama 28'		Park Sang-In 48'

Chongqing, China PR

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10 February 1999

Dalian Wanda	2–2	Busan Daewoo Royals
Hao Haidong 42' Wang Peng 64'		Ahn Jung-Hwan 45' (pen.) Kim Jae-Young 81'

Chongqing, China PR

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12 February 1999

Busan Daewoo Royals	1–1	Pohang Steelers
Lee Sa-Vik 17' (o.g.)		Park Sang-In 15'

Chongqing, China PR

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12 February 1999

Dalian Wanda	2–0	Júbilo Iwata
Hao Haidong 1', 74'

Chongqing, China PR

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14 February 1999

Busan Daewoo Royals	0–2	Júbilo Iwata
		Daisuke Oku 63' Toshiya Fujita 90'

Chongqing, China PR

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14 February 1999

Dalian Wanda	1–1	Pohang Steelers
Wang Peng 16'		Abbas Obeid Jassim 60'

Chongqing, China PR

Semifinals

28 April 1999

Al-Ain	2–2 (aet, 2–4 PK)	Júbilo Iwata
Fahd Hasan 35' 66'		Makoto Tanaka 15' Toshiya Fujita 37'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran

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28 April 1999

Dalian Wanda	3–4 (aet)	Esteghlal
Yan Song 60' 63' Li Ming 77'		Mahmoud Fekri 44' Ali Mousavi 51' 108' Alireza Akbarpour 84'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Attendance: 100,000

Third place match

30 April 1999

Al-Ain	3–2	Dalian Wanda
Seydou Traoré 7' Abédi Pelé 61' Grarib Harib Farhan 80'		Yan Song 23' Vaclav Nemelek 44'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran

Final

30 April 1999

Júbilo Iwata	2–1	Esteghlal
Hideto Suzuki 36' Masashi Nakayama 45'		Sirous Dinmohammadi 66'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Attendance: 125,000 (+30,000 behind the doors)

Champions

1998–99 Asian Club Championship Júbilo Iwata First Title

References

• Asian Club Competitions 1999 at RSSSF.com