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1998-99 Asian Club Championship

1998–1999 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates August 1998 – April 1999
Teams 28
Final positions
Champions Japan Júbilo Iwata (1st title)
Runners-up Iran Esteghlal
Third place United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Fourth place China 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.

Júbilo 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.

1 Both legs were played in Baghdad, Iraq by mutual agreement.
2FC Irtysh were ejected from the competition for using two ineligible players.
3FK Neftchy Farg'ona withdrew.

1Selangor FA were entered after Penang, who had withdrew due to economic trouble in the country.
2BEC 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.
4Allied 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.

1 The match was played over one leg by mutual agreement.


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