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
Teams28
Final positions
Champions Júbilo Iwata (1st title)
Runners-up Esteghlal
Third place Al-Ain
Fourth place Dalian Wanda
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Goals scored184 (3.41 per match)
Best player(s) Seydou Traoré
Fair play award Júbilo Iwata

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

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

Bye: Esteghlal (Iran).

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

Bye: Finance and Revenue (Myanmar, drawn against the champions of Indonesia, where the 1997/98 season was abandoned due to political and economic turmoil in the country).

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.

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
Source:
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 1–2 Esteghlal
Bashar Abdullah  47' Farhad Majidi  13'
Sirous Dinmohammadi  40'
Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Al-Ain 0–1 Esteghlal
Alireza Akbarpour  70'
Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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 1–0 Al-Hilal
Garib Harib  68'
Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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
Source:
Júbilo Iwata 1–1 Pohang Steelers
Masashi Nakayama  28' Park Sang-in  48'
Dalian Wanda 2–2 Busan Daewoo Royals
Hao Haidong  42'
Wang Peng  64'		 Ahn Jung-Hwan  45' (pen.)
Kim Jae-Young  81'
Busan Daewoo Royals 1–1 Pohang Steelers
Lee Savik  17' (o.g.) Park Sang-in  15'
Dalian Wanda 2–0 Júbilo Iwata
Hao Haidong  1', 74'
Busan Daewoo Royals 0–2 Júbilo Iwata
Daisuke Oku  63'
Toshiya Fujita  90'
Dalian Wanda 1–1 Pohang Steelers
Wang Peng  16' Abbas Obeid Jassim  60'

Semifinals
Al-Ain 2–2
(aet, 2–4 PK)		 Júbilo Iwata
Fahd Hasan  35'  66' Makoto Tanaka  15'
Toshiya Fujita  37'
Dalian Wanda 3–4
(aet)		 Esteghlal
Yan Song  60'  63'
Li Ming  77'		 Mahmoud Fekri  44'
Ali Mousavi  51'  108'
Alireza Akbarpour  84'

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

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

Awards
Award[1] Player Team
Most Valuable Player Seydou Traoré Al-Ain
Fair Play Award — 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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