# 1998–99 Asian Club Championship

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 against Esteghlal and became Asian champions for the first time.

## First round
### West Asia

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 9–0$^1$ | Khidmat Rafah | 7–0 | 2–0 |
| Al-Ain | 7–2 | Oman | 5–2 | 2–0 |
| Al-Ansar | 3–3 (a) | Al-Arabi | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| West Riffa | 2–3 | Al-Wahda | 2–0 | 0–3(aet) |
| Al-Salmiya | 2–3 | Al-Hilal | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Köpetdag Aşgabat | 4–4$^2$ | FC Irtysh | 4–1 | 0–3 |
| Vakhsh Qurghonteppa | w/o$^3$ | FK Neftchy Farg'ona | | |
| Esteghlal | bye | | | |
$^1$ Both legs were played in Baghdad, Iraq by mutual agreement.
$^2$ FC Irtysh were ejected from the competition for using two ineligible players.
$^3$ FK Neftchy Farg'ona withdrew.

### East Asia

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Pohang Steelers | 6–0 | Cảng Sài Gòn | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Singapore Armed Forces | 2–4 | Selangor FA$^1$ | 1–4 | 1–0 |
| Instant-Dict FC | 0–7 | Júbilo Iwata | 0–3 | 0–4 |
| BEC Tero Sasana$^2$ | 6–1 | Three Star Club | 6–1 | n/p$^3$ |
| Dalian Wanda | 6–0 | East Bengal Club | 6–0 | 0–0 |
| Club Valencia | 0–6 | Busan Daewoo Royals | 0–2 | 0–4 |
| Allied Bank | w/o$^4$ | Saunders SC | | |
| Finance and Revenue | bye$^5$ | | | |
$^1$ Selangor FA were entered after Penang, who had beaten them for the championship, withdrew due to excessive travel costs.
$^2$ BEC Tero Sasana finished fourth, but were entered after the three clubs who finished above them for the championship withdrew due to excessive travel costs.
$^3$ The match was played over one leg by mutual agreement.
$^4$ Allied Bank Limited FC withdrew.
$^5$ Finance and Revenue were drawn against the representatives of Indonesia, where the 1997/98 season was abandoned and the championship withheld due to political and economic turmoil in the country.

## Round of 16
### West Asia

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 1–3 | Esteghlal | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Al-Ain | 3–2 | Al-Ansar | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Al-Wahda | 2–6 | Al-Hilal | 2–2 | 0–4 |
| Vakhsh Qurghonteppa | 0–6 | Köpetdag Aşgabat | 0–1 | 0–5 |

### East Asia

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Dalian Wanda | 3–1 | BEC Tero Sasana | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Júbilo Iwata | 4–0 | Finance and Revenue | 4–0 | n/p$^1$ |
| Saunders SC | 1–9 | Busan Daewoo Royals | 1–4 | 0–5 |
| Pohang Steelers | 10–1 | Selangor FA | 6–0 | 4–1 |
$^1$ The match was played over one leg by mutual agreement.

## Quarterfinals
### West Asia

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Al-Ain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
| Esteghlal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
| Al-Hilal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Köpetdag Aşgabat | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 |

### East Asia

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Dalian Wanda | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 |
| Júbilo Iwata | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Pohang Steelers | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Busan Daewoo Royals | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 |

## Awards

| Award | Player | Team |
| Most Valuable Player | Seydou Traoré | Al-Ain |
| Fair Play Award | — | Júbilo Iwata |