1997–98 Asian Club Championship

17th edition of premier club football tournament organized by the AFC May 2016 Asian Club Championship 1997–1998 ?? 1997 – April 1998 Hong Kong (final round) 29 KOR 1997 Pohang Steelers 2 CHN Dalian Wanda KSA Al-Hilal IRN Persepolis 58 187 Ahmed Al-Dokhiالدوخي أفضل لاعب في البطولة http://search.al-jazirah.com.sa/FLASHPDFARCH/1998/APR1998/06-04-1998-9321/9321-01501.jpg ar al-jazirah.com 2 September 2021 2 September 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210902140749/http://search.al-jazirah.com.sa/FLASHPDFARCH/1998/APR1998/06-04-1998-9321/9321-01501.jpg 1996–97 1998–99 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 Al-Hilal KSA Bye N/A — — Navbahor Namangan UZB Bye N/A — — Nisa Aşgabat TKM Bye N/A — — Persepolis IRN Bye N/A — — Taraz Zhambyl KAZ Bye N/A — — Sur OMA 0–9 Al-Zawraa IRQ 0–5 0–4 1991 Al-Ansar LIB 3–1 Al-Arabi KUW 2–1 1–0 Al-Wahda YEM w/o1 Al-Nasr UAE Riffa BHR w/o2 Al-Rayyan QAT 1972 Metallurg Kadamjay KGZ 2–4 Dynamo Dushanbe TJK 2–13 0–3 |} 1 Al-Nasr withdrew. 2 Riffa withdrew. 3 First leg also reported 1–2. East Asia Pohang Steelers KOR 13–0 Mohammedan SC BAN 11–0 2–0 1997 Victory SC MDV 4–3 Mahendra Police NEP 3–2 1–1 Finance and Revenue MYA 1974 4–0 Saunders SC SRI 1–0 3–0 Churchill Brothers IND 1–2 Đồng Tháp F.C. VIE 0–1 1–1 Persebaya Surabaya IDN 2–6 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i KOR 1–2 1–4 1997 Kashima Antlers JPN 8–2 Geylang United SIN 6–1 2–1 1870 Selangor FA MAS 0–2 South China HKG 0–0 0–2 Dalian Wanda CHN 4–2 Bangkok Bank THA 4–2 0–0 |} Intermediate Round Central Asia Navbahor Namangan UZB 4–2 Dynamo Dushanbe TJK 3–0 1–2 Taraz Zhambyl KAZ 2–4 Nisa Aşgabat TKM 2–2 0–2 1997 |} Second round West Asia Al-Ansar LIB 4–0 Al-Wahda YEM 2–0 2–0 Al-Zawraa IRQ 0–2 Persepolis IRN 0–0 0–2 1991 Al-Hilal KSA 3–2 Al-Rayyan QAT 3–2 0–0 Navbahor Namangan UZB 8–3 Nisa Aşgabat TKM 6–1 2–2 1997 |} East Asia Pohang Steelers KOR 15–0 Victory SC MDV 3–0 12–0 1997 Finance and Revenue MYA 1974 4–4 (a) Đồng Tháp F.C. VIE 0–1 4–3 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i KOR 2–6 Kashima Antlers JPN 1–5 1–1 1997 1870 South China HKG 1–6 Dalian Wanda CHN 0–4 1–2 |} Quarterfinals West Asia main WDL Q y PRS IRN Persepolis HIL KSA Al-Hilal NVB UZB Navbahor Namangan ANS LIB Al-Ansar H 2 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 6 3 0 2 1 2 4 0 1 2 1 4 green1 Advance to Semi-finals A A complete 22 February 1998 Al-Hilal KSA 0–1 IRN Persepolis Mehdi Mahdavikia Lebanon 22 February 1998 Al-Ansar LIB 0–0 UZB Navbahor Namangan Lebanon 24 February 1998 Al-Hilal KSA 3–1 UZB Navbahor Namangan Lebanon 24 February 1998 Al-Ansar LIB 0–1 IRN Persepolis Mehdi Mahdavikia Lebanon 26 February 1998 Persepolis IRN 1–1 UZB Navbahor Namangan Alireza Emamifar Lebanon 26 February 1998 Al-Ansar LIB 1–3 KSA Al-Hilal Sami Al-Jaber 15 Shreeda Nawaf Al-Temyat Lebanon Russamee Jindamai (Thailand) East Asia main WDL Q n POH KOR 1997 Pohang Steelers DAL CHN Dalian Wanda KAS JPN 1870 Kashima Antlers F&R MYA 1974 Finance and Revenue 2 0 1 8 4 2 0 1 7 4 H 2 0 1 6 3 0 0 3 2 12 green1 Advance to Semi-finals A A complete 11 February 1998 Dalian Wanda CHN 4–1 MYA 1974 Finance and Revenue Wang Tao 20 Hao Haidong 26 36 Li Ming 46 Win Aung 1 Ningbo, Zhejiang, China PR 8,000 11 February 1998 Pohang Steelers KOR 1997 2–1 JPN 1870 Kashima Antlers Park Tae-Ha 36 Lee Dong-Gook 56 Jorginho 58 Ningbo, Zhejiang, China PR 7,000 13 February 1998 Kashima Antlers JPN 1870 3–0 MYA 1974 Finance and Revenue Toru Oniki 52 Takayuki Suzuki 88 89 Ningbo, Zhejiang, China PR 7,000 13 February 1998 Pohang Steelers KOR 1997 1–2 CHN Dalian Wanda Serhiy Konovalov 66 Wu Chengying 74 Wei Yimin 79 Ningbo, Zhejiang, China PR 12,000 15 February 1998 Finance and Revenue MYA 1974 1–5 KOR 1997 Pohang Steelers Aung Naining 55 Baek Seung-Chul 15 Lee Dong-Gook 56 Serhiy Konovalov 60 Park Tae-Ha 81 88 Ningbo, Zhejiang, China PR 22,000 15 February 1998 Dalian Wanda CHN 1–2 JPN 1870 Kashima Antlers Li Ming 70 Yasuo Manaka 47 75 Ningbo, Zhejiang, China PR 24,000 Knockout Stage Bracket N4 white-space:nowrap yes high yes Semi-finals Final Third place play-off 3 April – Hong Kong IRN Persepolis 0 CHN Dalian Wanda 2 3 April – Hong Kong KOR 1997 Pohang Steelers 1 KSA Al-Hilal 0 5 April – Hong Kong CHN Dalian Wanda 0 (5) KOR 1997 Pohang Steelers 0 (6) 5 April – Hong Kong IRN Persepolis 1 KSA Al-Hilal 4 Semi-finals 3 April 1998 Persepolis IRN 0–2 CHN Dalian Wanda Wang Tao 32 Hao Haidong 63 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 3 April 1998 Pohang Steelers KOR 1997 1–0 KSA Al-Hilal Park Tae-ha 45 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Third place match 5 April 1998 Persepolis IRN 1–4 KSA Al-Hilal Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Final 5 April 1998 Dalian Wanda CHN 0–0 yes 5–6 KOR 1997 Pohang Steelers Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong References Asian Club Competitions 1998 at RSSSF.com championsleague 1997–98 Club Championship