1997–98 Asian Club Championship

1997–1998 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates?? 1997 – April 1998
Teams29
Venue(s)Hong Kong (final round)
Final positions
ChampionsSouth Korea Pohang Steelers (2nd title)
Runners-upChina Dalian Wanda
Third placeSaudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Fourth placeIran Persepolis
Tournament statistics
Matches played58
Goals scored187 (3.22 per match)
Best player(s)Saudi Arabia Ahmed Al-Dokhi[1]

The 1997–98 Asian Club Championship was the 17th 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.

Pohang Steelers of South Korea won their 2nd consecutive Asian Champions title, beating Dalian Wanda 6–5 on penalties.

First round

West Asia

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia Bye N/A — —
Navbahor Namangan Uzbekistan Bye N/A — —
Nisa Aşgabat Turkmenistan Bye N/A — —
Persepolis Iran Bye N/A — —
Taraz Zhambyl Kazakhstan Bye N/A — —
Sur Oman 0–9 Iraq Al-Zawraa 0–5 0–4
Al-Ansar Lebanon 3–1 Kuwait Al-Arabi 2–1 1–0
Al-Wahda Yemen w/o1 United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr
Riffa Bahrain w/o2 Qatar Al-Rayyan
Metallurg Kadamjay Kyrgyzstan 2–4 Tajikistan Dynamo Dushanbe 2–13 0–3

1 Al-Nasr withdrew.
2 Riffa withdrew.
3 First leg also reported 1–2.

East Asia

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pohang Steelers South Korea 13–0 Bangladesh Mohammedan SC 11–0 2–0
Victory SC Maldives 4–3 Nepal Mahendra Police 3–2 1–1
Finance and Revenue Myanmar 4–0 Sri Lanka Saunders SC 1–0 3–0
Churchill Brothers India 1–2 Vietnam Đồng Tháp F.C. 0–1 1–1
Persebaya Surabaya Indonesia 2–6 South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 1–2 1–4
Kashima Antlers Japan 8–2 Singapore Geylang United 6–1 2–1
Selangor FA Malaysia 0–2 Hong Kong South China 0–0 0–2
Dalian Wanda China 4–2 Thailand Bangkok Bank 4–2 0–0

Intermediate Round

Central Asia

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Navbahor Namangan Uzbekistan 4–2 Tajikistan Dynamo Dushanbe 3–0 1–2
Taraz Zhambyl Kazakhstan 2–4 Turkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat 2–2 0–2

Second round

West Asia

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ansar Lebanon 4–0 Yemen Al-Wahda 2–0 2–0
Al-Zawraa Iraq 0–2 Iran Persepolis 0–0 0–2
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 3–2 Qatar Al-Rayyan 3–2 0–0
Navbahor Namangan Uzbekistan 8–3 Turkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat 6–1 2–2

East Asia

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pohang Steelers South Korea 15–0 Maldives Victory SC 3–0 12–0
Finance and Revenue Myanmar 4–4 (a) Vietnam Đồng Tháp F.C. 0–1 4–3
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i South Korea 2–6 Japan Kashima Antlers 1–5 1–1
South China Hong Kong 1–6 China Dalian Wanda 0–4 1–2

Quarterfinals

West Asia

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Iran Persepolis 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3 Uzbekistan Navbahor Namangan 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
4 Lebanon Al-Ansar (H) 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source:
(H) Hosts
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia0–1Iran Persepolis
Mehdi Mahdavikia
Al-Ansar Lebanon0–0Uzbekistan Navbahor Namangan
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia3–1Uzbekistan Navbahor Namangan
Al-Ansar Lebanon0–1Iran Persepolis
Mehdi Mahdavikia
Persepolis Iran1–1Uzbekistan Navbahor Namangan
Alireza Emamifar
Al-Ansar Lebanon1–3Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal

East Asia

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
South Korea Pohang Steelers 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6 Advance to Semi-finals
China Dalian Wanda (H) 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
Japan Kashima Antlers 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
Myanmar Finance and Revenue 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Source:
(H) Hosts
Dalian Wanda China4–1Myanmar Finance and Revenue
Wang Tao 20'
Hao Haidong 26' 36'
Li Ming 46'		 Win Aung 1'
Attendance: 8,000
Pohang Steelers South Korea2–1Japan Kashima Antlers
Park Tae-Ha 36'
Lee Dong-Gook 56'		 Jorginho 58'
Attendance: 7,000
Kashima Antlers Japan3–0Myanmar Finance and Revenue
Toru Oniki 52'
Takayuki Suzuki 88' 89'
Attendance: 7,000
Pohang Steelers South Korea1–2China Dalian Wanda
Serhiy Konovalov 66' Wu Chengying 74'
Wei Yimin 79'
Attendance: 12,000
Finance and Revenue Myanmar1–5South Korea Pohang Steelers
Aung Naining 55' Baek Seung-Chul 15'
Lee Dong-Gook 56'
Serhiy Konovalov 60'
Park Tae-Ha 81' 88'
Attendance: 22,000
Dalian Wanda China1–2Japan Kashima Antlers
Li Ming 70' Yasuo Manaka 47' 75'
Attendance: 24,000

Knockout Stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 April – Hong Kong
 
 
Iran Persepolis0
 
5 April – Hong Kong
 
China Dalian Wanda 2
 
China Dalian Wanda0 (5)
 
3 April – Hong Kong
 
South Korea Pohang Steelers (p)0 (6)
 
South Korea Pohang Steelers1
 
 
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 0
 
Third place play-off
 
 
5 April – Hong Kong
 
 
Iran Persepolis 1
 
 
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 4

Semi-finals

Persepolis Iran0–2China Dalian Wanda
Wang Tao 32'
Hao Haidong 63'
Pohang Steelers South Korea1–0Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Park Tae-Ha 45'

Third place match

Persepolis Iran1–4Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal

Final

Dalian Wanda China0–0 (a.e.t.)South Korea Pohang Steelers
Penalties
5–6

References

  1. ^ "الدوخي أفضل لاعب في البطولة". al-jazirah.com (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
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