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.	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.	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.	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

Al-Ain v Köpetdag Aşgabat

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

Al-Hilal v Esteghlal

25 February 1999

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

Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Al-Ain v Esteghlal

27 February 1999

Al-Ain	0–1	Esteghlal
		Alireza Akbarpour  70'

Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Al-Hilal v Köpetdag Aşgabat

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

Al-Ain v Al-Hilal

1 March 1999

Al-Ain	1–0	Al-Hilal
Garib Harib  68'

Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Esteghlal v Köpetdag Aşgabat

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

Júbilo Iwata v Pohang Steelers

10 February 1999

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

Chongqing, China PR

Dalian Wanda v Busan Daewoo Royals

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

Busan Daewoo Royals v Pohang Steelers

12 February 1999

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

Chongqing, China PR

Dalian Wanda v Júbilo Iwata

12 February 1999

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

Chongqing, China PR

Busan Daewoo Royals v Júbilo Iwata

14 February 1999

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

Chongqing, China PR

Dalian Wanda v Pohang Steelers

14 February 1999

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

Chongqing, China PR

Semifinals

Al-Ain v Júbilo Iwata

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

Dalian Wanda v Esteghlal

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

Al-Ain v Dalian Wanda

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

Júbilo Iwata v Esteghlal

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