1998–99 Asian Club Championship

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.

1998–1999 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
DatesAugust 1998 – April 1999
Teams32
Final positions
ChampionsJapan Júbilo Iwata (1st title)
Runners-upIran Esteghlal
Third placeUnited Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Fourth placeChina Dalian Wanda
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Goals scored184 (3.41 per match)
Best player(s)Burkina Faso Seydou Traoré
Fair play awardJapan Júbilo Iwata

Júbilo Iwata of Japan won the final and became Asian champions for the first time.

First round

West Asia
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq 9–01 State of Palestine Khidmat Rafah 7–0 2–0
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 7–2 Oman Oman 5–2 2–0
Al-Ansar Lebanon 3–3 (a) Qatar Al-Arabi 1–0 2–3
West Riffa Bahrain 2–3 Yemen Al-Wahda 2–0 0–3(aet)
Al-Salmiya Kuwait 2–3 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 0–0 2–3
Köpetdag Aşgabat Turkmenistan 4–42 Kazakhstan FC Irtysh 4–1 0–3
Vakhsh Qurghonteppa Tajikistan w/o3 Uzbekistan FK Neftchy Farg'ona
Esteghlal Iran 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 South Korea 6–0 Vietnam Cảng Sài Gòn 2–0 4–0
Singapore Armed Forces Singapore 2–4 Malaysia Selangor FA1 1–4 1–0
Instant-Dict FC Hong Kong 0–7 Japan Júbilo Iwata 0–3 0–4
BEC Tero Sasana2 Thailand 6–1 Nepal Three Star Club 6–1 n/p3
Dalian Wanda China 6–0 India East Bengal Club 6–0 0–0
Club Valencia Maldives 0–6 South Korea Busan Daewoo Royals 0–2 0–4
Allied Bank Pakistan w/o4 Sri Lanka Saunders SC
Finance and Revenue Myanmar bye5

1 Selangor FA were entered after Penang, who had beaten them for the championship, withdrew due to excessive travel costs.
2 BEC Tero Sasana finished fourth, but were entered after the three clubs who finished above 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 were drawn against the representatives of Indonesia, where the 1997/98 season was abandoned and the championship withheld due to political and economic turmoil in the country.

Round of 16

West Asia
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq 1–3 Iran Esteghlal 1–1 0–2
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 3–2 Lebanon Al-Ansar 3–1 0–1
Al-Wahda Yemen 2–6 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 2–2 0–4
Vakhsh Qurghonteppa Tajikistan 0–6 Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat 0–1 0–5

East Asia
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dalian Wanda China 3–1 Thailand BEC Tero Sasana 3–0 0–1
Júbilo Iwata Japan 4–0 Myanmar Finance and Revenue 4–0 n/p1
Saunders SC Sri Lanka 1–9 South Korea Busan Daewoo Royals 1–4 0–5
Pohang Steelers South Korea 10–1 Malaysia 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
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
Iran Esteghlal 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat 3 1 0 2 4 10 −6 3
Source:
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates6–1Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat
Majed Hamad 5' 80'
Abdullah Shila 14' 41'
Abédi Pelé 55'
Helal Saeed 8?'		 Vladimir Bairamov 20'
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia1–2Iran Esteghlal
Bashar Abdullah 47' Farhad Majidi 13'
Sirous Dinmohammadi 40'
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates0–1Iran Esteghlal
Alireza Akbarpour 70'
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia4–2Turkmenistan 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 United Arab Emirates1–0Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Garib Harib 68'
Esteghlal Iran0–1Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat
Vladimir Khalikov 72'

East Asia

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
China Dalian Wanda 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5
Japan Júbilo Iwata 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
South Korea Pohang Steelers 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
South Korea Busan Daewoo Royals 3 0 2 1 3 5 −2 2
Source:
Júbilo Iwata Japan1–1South Korea Pohang Steelers
Masashi Nakayama 28' Park Sang-in 48'
Dalian Wanda China2–2South Korea Busan Daewoo Royals
Hao Haidong 42'
Wang Peng 64'		 Ahn Jung-Hwan 45' (pen.)
Kim Jae-Young 81'
Busan Daewoo Royals South Korea1–1South Korea Pohang Steelers
Lee Savik 17' (o.g.) Park Sang-in 15'
Dalian Wanda China2–0Japan Júbilo Iwata
Hao Haidong 1', 74'
Busan Daewoo Royals South Korea0–2Japan Júbilo Iwata
Daisuke Oku 63'
Toshiya Fujita 90'
Dalian Wanda China1–1South Korea Pohang Steelers
Wang Peng 16' Abbas Obeid Jassim 60'

Semifinals
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates2–2
(aet, 2–4 PK)		Japan Júbilo Iwata
Fahd Hasan 35' 66' Makoto Tanaka 15'
Toshiya Fujita 37'
Dalian Wanda China3–4
(aet)		Iran Esteghlal
Yan Song 60' 63'
Li Ming 77'		 Mahmoud Fekri 44'
Ali Mousavi 51' 108'
Alireza Akbarpour 84'

Third place match
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates3–2China Dalian Wanda
Seydou Traoré 7'
Abédi Pelé 61'
Grarib Harib Farhan 80'		 Yan Song 23'
Václav Němeček 44'

Final
Júbilo Iwata Japan2–1Iran Esteghlal
Hideto Suzuki 36'
Masashi Nakayama 45'		 Sirous Dinmohammadi 66'
Attendance: 121,000

Awards
Award[1] Player Team
Most Valuable Player Burkina Faso Seydou Traoré United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Fair Play Award — Japan Júbilo Iwata

References
  1. "Asian Club Championship 18th Edition 1998/99". Asian Football Confederation. 22 April 1999. Archived from the original on 22 April 1999.
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