1998–99 Asian Club Championship

1998–1999 Asian Club Championship
The Azadi Stadium in Tehran,Iran hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesAugust 1998 – April 1999
Teams32
Venue(s)Final host: Azadi Stadium,Tehran,Iran
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 playerBurkina Faso Seydou Traoré
Fair play awardJapan Júbilo Iwata

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 against Esteghlal and became Asian champions for the first time.

First round

West Asia

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq9–01Palestine Khidmat Rafah7–02–0
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates7–2Oman Oman5–22–0
Al-Ansar Lebanon3–3 (a)Qatar Al-Arabi1–02–3
West Riffa Bahrain2–3Yemen Al-Wahda2–00–3(aet)
Al-Salmiya Kuwait2–3Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal0–02–3
Köpetdag Aşgabat Turkmenistan4–42Kazakhstan FC Irtysh4–10–3
Vakhsh Qurghonteppa Tajikistanw/o3Uzbekistan FK Neftchy Farg'ona
Esteghlal Iranbye

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 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Pohang Steelers South Korea6–0Vietnam Cảng Sài Gòn2–04–0
Singapore Armed Forces Singapore2–4Malaysia Selangor FA11–41–0
Instant-Dict FC Hong Kong0–7Japan Júbilo Iwata0–30–4
BEC Tero Sasana2 Thailand6–1Nepal Three Star Club6–1n/p3
Dalian Wanda China6–0India East Bengal Club6–00–0
Club Valencia Maldives0–6South Korea Busan Daewoo Royals0–20–4
Allied Bank Pakistanw/o4Sri Lanka Saunders SC
Finance and Revenue Myanmarbye5

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

West Asia

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq1–3Iran Esteghlal1–10–2
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates3–2Lebanon Al-Ansar3–10–1
Al-Wahda Yemen2–6Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal2–20–4
Vakhsh Qurghonteppa Tajikistan0–6Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat0–10–5

East Asia

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Dalian Wanda China3–1Thailand BEC Tero Sasana3–00–1
Júbilo Iwata Japan4–0Myanmar Finance and Revenue4–0n/p1
Saunders SC Sri Lanka1–9South Korea Busan Daewoo Royals1–40–5
Pohang Steelers South Korea10–1Malaysia Selangor FA6–04–1

1 The match was played over one leg by mutual agreement.

Quarterfinals

West Asia

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain320172+56
Iran Esteghlal320132+16
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal31025503
Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat3102410−63
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates6–1Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat
Majed Hamad 5' 80'
Abdullah Shila 14' 41'
Abédi Pelé 55'
Helal Saeed 8?'		Vladimir Bairamov 20'
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia1–2Iran Esteghlal
Bashar Abdullah 47'Farhad Majidi 13'
Sirous Dinmohammadi 40'
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates0–1Iran Esteghlal
Alireza Akbarpour 70'
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia4–2Turkmenistan 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 United Arab Emirates1–0Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Garib Harib 68'
Esteghlal Iran0–1Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat
Vladimir Khalikov 72'

East Asia

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
China Dalian Wanda312053+25
Japan Júbilo Iwata31113304
South Korea Pohang Steelers30303303
South Korea Busan Daewoo Royals302135−22
Source: [citation needed]
Júbilo Iwata Japan1–1South Korea Pohang Steelers
Masashi Nakayama 28'Park Sang-in 48'
Dalian Wanda China2–2South Korea Busan Daewoo Royals
Hao Haidong 42'
Wang Peng 64'		Ahn Jung-Hwan 45' (pen.)
Kim Jae-Young 81'
Busan Daewoo Royals South Korea1–1South Korea Pohang Steelers
Lee Savik 17' (o.g.)Park Sang-in 15'
Dalian Wanda China2–0Japan Júbilo Iwata
Hao Haidong 1', 74'
Busan Daewoo Royals South Korea0–2Japan Júbilo Iwata
Daisuke Oku 63'
Toshiya Fujita 90'
Dalian Wanda China1–1South Korea Pohang Steelers
Wang Peng 16'Abbas Obeid Jassim 60'

Semifinals

Al-Ain United Arab Emirates2–2
(aet, 2–4 PK)		Japan Júbilo Iwata
Fahd Hasan 35' 66'Makoto Tanaka 15'
Toshiya Fujita 37'
Dalian Wanda China3–4
(aet)		Iran Esteghlal
Yan Song 60' 63'
Li Ming 77'		Mahmoud Fekri 44'
Ali Mousavi 51' 108'
Alireza Akbarpour 84'

Third place match

Al-Ain United Arab Emirates3–2China Dalian Wanda
Seydou Traoré 7'
Abédi Pelé 61'
Grarib Harib Farhan 80'		Yan Song 23'
Václav Němeček 44'

Final

Júbilo Iwata Japan2–1Iran Esteghlal
Hideto Suzuki 36'
Masashi Nakayama 45'		Sirous Dinmohammadi 66'
Attendance: 121,000[1]

Awards

Award[1]PlayerTeam
Most Valuable PlayerBurkina Faso Seydou TraoréUnited Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Fair Play Award—Japan 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.
  • Asian Club Competitions 1999 at RSSSF.com
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