1998–99 Asian Club Championship

The Asian Club Championship 1998-99 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.

Jubilo 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.

Contents

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 Club 5-2 2-0
Al-Ansar (a)3-3 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 Cang Sai Gon 2-0 4-0
Singapore Armed Forces 2-4 Selangor FA 1-4 1-0
Instant-Dict FC 0-7 Júbilo Iwata 0-3 0-4
BEC Tero Sasana1 6-1 Three Star Club 6-1 n/p2
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/o3 Saunders SC
Finance and Revenue bye4

1 BEC Tero Sasana were entered after Sinthana, who had beaten them for the championship, withdrew due to excessive travel costs.
2 The match was played over one leg by mutual agreement.
3 Allied Bank Limited FC withdrew.
4 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
February 25, 1999
 Al-Ain 6–1 Köpetdag Aşgabat Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Majed Hamad  5'  80'
Abdullah Shila  14'  41'
Abédi Pelé  55'
Helal Saeed  8?'		 Vladimir Bairamov  20'
February 25, 1999
 Al-Hilal 1–2 Esteghlal Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Bashar Abdullah  47' Farhad Majidi  13'
Sirous Dinmohammadi  40'
February 27, 1999
 Al-Ain 0–1 Esteghlal Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Alireza Akbarpour  70'
February 27, 1999
 Al-Hilal 4–2 Köpetdag Aşgabat Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Elijah Litana  17'
Nawaf Al-Temyat  21'
Abdullah Al-Dossary  41'
Sami Al-Jaber  62'(p)		 Azat Kuldjaqazov  14'
Vladimir Bairamov  31'
March 1, 1999
 Al-Ain 1–0 Al-Hilal Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Garib Harib  68'
March 1, 1999
 Esteghlal 0–1 Köpetdag Aşgabat Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Vladimir Khalikov  72'

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
February 10, 1999
 Júbilo Iwata 1–1 Pohang Steelers Chongqing, China PR
Masashi Nakayama  28' Park Sang-In  48'
February 10, 1999
 Dalian Wanda 2–2 Busan Daewoo Royals Chongqing, China PR
Hao Haidong  42'
Wang Peng  64'		 Ahn Jung-Hwan  45' (pen.)
Kim Jae-Young  81'
February 12, 1999
 Busan Daewoo Royals 1–1 Pohang Steelers Chongqing, China PR
Lee Sa-Vik  17' (o.g.) Park Sang-In  15'
February 12, 1999
 Dalian Wanda 2–0 Júbilo Iwata Chongqing, China PR
Hao Haidong  1', 74'
February 14, 1999
 Busan Daewoo Royals 0–2 Júbilo Iwata Chongqing, China PR
Daisuke Oku  63'
Toshiya Fujita  90'
February 14, 1999
 Dalian Wanda 1–1 Pohang Steelers Chongqing, China PR
Wang Peng  16' Abbas Obeid Jassim  60'

Semifinals

April 28, 1999
 Al-Ain 2–2
(aet, 2 PK 4)		 Júbilo Iwata Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran
Fahd Hasan  35'  66' Makoto Tanaka  15'
Toshiya Fujita  37'
April 28, 1999
 Dalian Wanda 3–4
(aet)		 Esteghlal Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran
Yan Song  60'  63'
Li Ming  77'		 Mahmoud Fekri  44'
Ali Mousavi  51'  108'
Alireza Akbarpour  84'

Third place match

April 30, 1999
 Al-Ain 3–2 Dalian Wanda Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran
Seydou Traoré  7'
Abédi Pelé  61'
Grarib Harib Farhan  80'		 Yan Song  23'
Vaclav Nemelek  44'

Final

April 30, 1999
 Júbilo Iwata 2–1 Esteghlal Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran
Hideto Suzuki  36'
Masashi Nakayama  45'		 Sirous Dinmohammadi  66'

Champions

Asian Club Championship 1998-99

Júbilo Iwata
First Title

References