# 1997–98 Asian Club Championship

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 | Bye | N/A | — | — |
| Navbahor Namangan | Bye | N/A | — | — |
| Nisa Aşgabat | Bye | N/A | — | — |
| Persepolis | Bye | N/A | — | — |
| Taraz Zhambyl | Bye | N/A | — | — |
| Sur | 0–9 | Al-Zawraa | 0–5 | 0–4 |
| Al-Ansar | 3–1 | Al-Arabi | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Wahda | w/o$^1$ | Al-Nasr | | |
| Riffa | w/o$^2$ | Al-Rayyan | | |
| Metallurg Kadamjay | 2–4 | Dynamo Dushanbe | 2–1$^3$ | 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 | 13–0 | Mohammedan SC | 11–0 | 2–0 |
| Victory SC | 4–3 | Mahendra Police | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Finance and Revenue | 4–0 | Saunders SC | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Churchill Brothers | 1–2 | Đồng Tháp F.C. | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Persebaya Surabaya | 2–6 | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | 1–2 | 1–4 |
| Kashima Antlers | 8–2 | Geylang United | 6–1 | 2–1 |
| Selangor FA | 0–2 | South China | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Dalian Wanda | 4–2 | Bangkok Bank | 4–2 | 0–0 |

## Intermediate Round
### Central Asia

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

## Second round
### West Asia

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Al-Ansar | 4–0 | Al-Wahda | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Al-Zawraa | 0–2 | Persepolis | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Al-Hilal | 3–2 | Al-Rayyan | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Navbahor Namangan | 8–3 | Nisa Aşgabat | 6–1 | 2–2 |

### East Asia

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

## Quarterfinals
### West Asia

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Persepolis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Al-Hilal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Navbahor Namangan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Al-Ansar (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |

### East Asia

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Pohang Steelers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| Dalian Wanda (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| Kashima Antlers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
| Finance and Revenue | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 | |

## Knockout Stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 3 April – Hong Kong | 3 April – Hong Kong |
| Persepolis | 0 |
| Persepolis | 0 | 5 April – Hong Kong | 5 April – Hong Kong |
| Dalian Wanda | 2 | 5 April – Hong Kong | 5 April – Hong Kong |
| Dalian Wanda | 2 | Dalian Wanda | 0 (5) |
| 3 April – Hong Kong | 3 April – Hong Kong | | Dalian Wanda | 0 (5) |
| 3 April – Hong Kong | 3 April – Hong Kong | Pohang Steelers (p) | 0 (6) |
| Pohang Steelers | 1 | Pohang Steelers (p) | 0 (6) |
| Al-Hilal | 0 | | |
| Al-Hilal | 0 | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | 5 April – Hong Kong | 5 April – Hong Kong |
| | | Persepolis | 1 |
| | | Al-Hilal | 4 |