1997–98 Asian Club Championship

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1997–1998 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates?? 1997 – April 1998
Teams29
Final positions
ChampionsIndonesia Persebaya Surabaya (1st title)
Runners-upChina Dalian Wanda
Third placeSaudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Fourth placeIran Persepolis
Tournament statistics
Matches played58
Goals scored187 (3.22 per match)

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.

Persebaya Surabaya of Indonesia won the final and became Asian champions for the first time.

First round[]

West Asia[]

Team 1 Agg. 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[]

Team 1 Agg. 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 Indonesia Persebaya Surabaya
Churchill Brothers India 1–2 Vietnam Đồng Tháp F.C. 0–1 1–1
Saunders SC Sri Lanka South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
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. 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. 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pohang Steelers South Korea 15–0 Maldives Victory SC 3–0 12–0
Persebaya Surabaya Indonesia Vietnam Đồng Tháp F.C.
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[]

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 Goal
Al-Ansar Lebanon0–0Uzbekistan Navbahor Namangan
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia3–1Uzbekistan Navbahor Namangan
Al-Ansar Lebanon0–1Iran Persepolis
Mehdi Mahdavikia Goal
Persepolis Iran1–1Uzbekistan Navbahor Namangan
Alireza Emamifar Goal
Al-Ansar Lebanon1–3Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal

East Asia[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Indonesia Persebaya Surabaya 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
China Dalian Wanda 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
South Korea Pohang Steelers 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
Japan Kashima Antlers 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
Source:[citation needed]
Dalian Wanda China2–2Indonesia Persebaya Surabaya
Jacksen F. Tiago Goal 76'
Eri Irianto Goal 90'
Pohang Steelers South Korea2–1Japan Kashima Antlers
Park Tae-Ha Goal 36'
Lee Dong-Gook Goal 56'		 Jorginho Goal 58'
Kashima Antlers Japan0–1Indonesia Persebaya Surabaya
Danilo Fernando Goal 73'
Pohang Steelers South Korea1–2China Dalian Wanda
Serhiy Konovalov Goal 66' Wu Chengying Goal 74'
Wei Yimin Goal 79'
Persebaya Surabaya Indonesia2–1South Korea Pohang Steelers
Jacksen F. Tiago Goal 27'
Danilo Fernando Goal 85'
Dalian Wanda China1–2Japan Kashima Antlers
Li Ming Goal 70' Yasuo Manaka Goal 47' Goal 75'

Semifinals[]

Persepolis Iran0–2China Dalian Wanda
Wang Tao Goal 32'
Hao Haidong Goal 63'
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia2–3Indonesia Persebaya Surabaya
Jacksen F. Tiago Goal 41'
Goal 69'
Danilo Fernando Goal 84'

Third place match[]

Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia4–1Iran Persepolis
Reza Shahroudi Goal

Final[]

Persebaya Surabaya Indonesia1–0China Dalian Wanda
Aji Santoso Goal 60' (pen.)

References[]

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