| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | ?? 1997 – April 1998 |
| Teams | 29 |
| Venue | Hong Kong (final round) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Pohang Steelers (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Dalian Wanda |
| Third place |  Al-Hilal |
| Fourth place |  Persepolis |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 58 |
| Goals scored | 187 (3.22 per match) |
| Best player | Ahmed Al-Dokhi[1] |
1998–99 → | |
The1997–98Asian Club Championship was the 17th edition of the annual international club football competition held in theAFC region (Asia). It determined that year's club champion ofassociation football inAsia.
Pohang Steelers ofSouth Korea won their 2nd consecutive Asian Champions title, beatingDalian Wanda 6–5 on penalties.
| 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/o1 |  Al-Nasr | ||
Riffa | w/o2 |  Al-Rayyan | ||
Metallurg Kadamjay | 2–4 |  Dynamo Dushanbe | 2–13 | 0–3 |
1Al-Nasr withdrew.
2Riffa withdrew.
3 First leg also reported 1–2.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persepolis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Advance toSemi-finals |
| 2 | Al-Hilal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Navbahor Namangan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Al-Ansar(H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pohang Steelers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Advance toSemi-finals |
| Dalian Wanda(H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | |
| Kashima Antlers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
| Finance and Revenue | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |
| Dalian Wanda | 4–1 | Finance and Revenue |
|---|---|---|
Wang Tao 20'Hao Haidong 26' 36'Li Ming 46' | Win Aung 1' |
| Kashima Antlers | 3–0 | Finance and Revenue |
|---|---|---|
| Toru Oniki 52' Takayuki Suzuki 88' 89' |
| Finance and Revenue | 1–5 | Pohang Steelers |
|---|---|---|
| Aung Naining 55' | Baek Seung-Chul 15' Lee Dong-Gook 56'Serhiy Konovalov 60'Park Tae-Ha 81' 88' |
| Dalian Wanda | 1–2 | Kashima Antlers |
|---|---|---|
| Li Ming 70' | Yasuo Manaka 47' 75' |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 3 April –Hong Kong | ||||||
| Persepolis | 0 | |||||
| 5 April –Hong Kong | ||||||
| Dalian Wanda | 2 | |||||
| Dalian Wanda | 0 (5) | |||||
| 3 April –Hong Kong | ||||||
| Pohang Steelers(p) | 0 (6) | |||||
| Pohang Steelers | 1 | |||||
| Al-Hilal | 0 | |||||
| Third place play-off | ||||||
| 5 April –Hong Kong | ||||||
| Persepolis | 1 | |||||
| Al-Hilal | 4 | |||||
