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

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West Asia

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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

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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 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

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West Asia

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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

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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

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West Asia

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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: [citation needed]
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  0–1  Esteghlal
Alireza Akbarpour   70'


Al-Ain  1–0  Al-Hilal
Garib Harib   68'

East Asia

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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: [citation needed]



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


Semifinals

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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

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Final

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Awards

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Award[1] Player Team
Most Valuable Player   Seydou Traoré   Al-Ain
Fair Play Award   Júbilo Iwata

References

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