1997–98 Asian Club Championship

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1997–1998 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates?? 1997 – April 1998
Teams29
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[edit]

West Asia[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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

Byes: Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia), Navbahor Namangan (Uzbekistan), Nisa Aşgabat (Turkmenistan), Persepolis FC (Iran), Taraz Zhambyl (Kazakhstan).

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

East Asia[edit]

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[edit]

Central Asia[edit]

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[edit]

West Asia[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

West Asia[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Iran Persepolis 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
Uzbekistan Navbahor Namangan 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
Lebanon Al-Ansar 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
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[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
South Korea Pohang Steelers 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
China Dalian Wanda 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: [citation needed]
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

Semifinals[edit]

Persepolis Iran0–2China Dalian Wanda
Wang Tao 32'
Hao Haidong 63'
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia0–1South Korea Pohang Steelers
Park Tae-Ha 45'

Third place match[edit]

Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia4–1Iran Persepolis

Final[edit]

Pohang Steelers South Korea0–0
(AET, 6–5 PK)		China Dalian Wanda

References[edit]

  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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