1998–99 Asian Club Championship

1998-1999 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates	Aug 1998 – Apr 1999
Teams	28
Final positions
Champions	Júbilo Iwata (1st title)
Runners-up	Esteghlal
Third place	Al-Ain
Fourth place	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.

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.

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
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 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 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	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Ain	3	2	1	7	2	+5	6
Esteghlal	3	2	1	3	2	+1	6
Al-Hilal	3	1	2	5	5	0	3
Köpetdag Aşgabat	3	1	2	4	10	−6	3

Al-Ain v Köpetdag Aşgabat

February 25, 1999

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 v Esteghlal

February 25, 1999

Al-Hilal	1–2	Esteghlal
Bashar Abdullah 47'		Farhad Majidi 13' Sirous Dinmohammadi 40'

Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Al-Ain v Esteghlal

February 27, 1999

Al-Ain	0–1	Esteghlal
		Alireza Akbarpour 70'

Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Al-Hilal v Köpetdag Aşgabat

February 27, 1999

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 v Al-Hilal

March 1, 1999

Al-Ain	1–0	Al-Hilal
Garib Harib 68'

Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Esteghlal v Köpetdag Aşgabat

March 1, 1999

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

Júbilo Iwata v Pohang Steelers

February 10, 1999

Júbilo Iwata	1–1	Pohang Steelers
Masashi Nakayama 28'		Park Sang-In 48'

Chongqing, China PR

Dalian Wanda v Busan Daewoo Royals

February 10, 1999

Dalian Wanda	2–2	Busan Daewoo Royals
Hao Haidong 42' Wang Peng 64'		Ahn Jung-Hwan 45' (pen.) Kim Jae-Young 81'

Chongqing, China PR

Busan Daewoo Royals v Pohang Steelers

February 12, 1999

Busan Daewoo Royals	1–1	Pohang Steelers
Lee Sa-Vik 17' (o.g.)		Park Sang-In 15'

Chongqing, China PR

Dalian Wanda v Júbilo Iwata

February 12, 1999

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

Chongqing, China PR

Busan Daewoo Royals v Júbilo Iwata

February 14, 1999

Busan Daewoo Royals	0–2	Júbilo Iwata
		Daisuke Oku 63' Toshiya Fujita 90'

Chongqing, China PR

Dalian Wanda v Pohang Steelers

February 14, 1999

Dalian Wanda	1–1	Pohang Steelers
Wang Peng 16'		Abbas Obeid Jassim 60'

Chongqing, China PR

Semifinals

Al-Ain v Júbilo Iwata

April 28, 1999

Al-Ain	2–2 ^{(aet, 2-4 PK)}	Júbilo Iwata
Fahd Hasan 35' 66'		Makoto Tanaka 15' Toshiya Fujita 37'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran

Dalian Wanda v Esteghlal

April 28, 1999

Dalian Wanda	3–4 ^(aet)	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

Al-Ain v Dalian Wanda

April 30, 1999

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

Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran

Final

Júbilo Iwata v Esteghlal

April 30, 1999

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

Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Attendance: 125,000 (+30,000 behind the doors)

Champions

1998-99 Asian Club Championship

Júbilo Iwata
First Title

References

Asian Club Competitions 1999 at RSSSF.com

Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League

Asian Champion Club Tournament era, 1967–1971

Seasons	1967 1969 1970 1971

Finals	1967 1969 1970 1971

Asian Club Championship era, 1985–2002

Seasons	1985 1986 1987 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02

Finals	1985 1986 1987 1989 1990 1991 1991 1993 1994 1995 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Champions League era, 2002–present

Seasons

Finals

2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

Other merges with the Champions League

Asian Cup Winners' Cup, 1990–2002

Seasons	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02

Asian Super Cup, 1995–2002

Seasons	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

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