1998–99 Asian Club Championship

1998–1999 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates August 1998 – April 1999
Teams 28
Final positions
Champions Japan Júbilo Iwata (1st title)
Runners-up Iran Esteghlal
Third place United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Fourth place China 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 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. 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 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 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. 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

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 320172+56
Iran Esteghlal 320132+16
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 31025503
Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat 3102410−63

25 February 1999
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 6–1 Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat
Majed Hamad  5'  80'
Abdullah Shila  14'  41'
Abédi Pelé  55'
Helal Saeed  8?'
Vladimir Bairamov  20'




1 March 1999
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 1–0 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Garib Harib  68'

1 March 1999
Esteghlal Iran 0–1 Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat
Vladimir Khalikov  72'

East Asia

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
China Dalian Wanda 312053+25
Japan Júbilo Iwata 31113304
South Korea Pohang Steelers 30303303
South Korea Busan Daewoo Royals 302135−22





Semifinals

28 April 1999
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 2–2
(aet, 2–4 PK)
Japan Júbilo Iwata
Fahd Hasan  35'  66' Makoto Tanaka  15'
Toshiya Fujita  37'

28 April 1999
Dalian Wanda China 3–4
(aet)
Iran 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

30 April 1999
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 3–2 China Dalian Wanda
Seydou Traoré  7'
Abédi Pelé  61'
Grarib Harib Farhan  80'
Yan Song  23'
Vaclav Nemelek  44'

Final

Champions

1998–99 Asian Club Championship
Japan
Júbilo Iwata
First Title

References

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