1997–98 Asian Club Championship
# 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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |

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 | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Persepolis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 |
| Al-Hilal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| Navbahor Namangan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
| Al-Ansar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |

### East Asia

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pohang Steelers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 |
| Dalian Wanda | 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 |
