1999–2000 Asian Club Championship

1999–2000 Asian Club Championship
	King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh; hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates	15 August 1999 – 22 April 2000
Teams	28
Final positions
Champions	Al-Hilal (2nd title)
Runners-up	Júbilo Iwata
Third place	Persepolis
Fourth place	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	151 (3.43 per match)
Best player	Sérgio Ricardo
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 Asian Club Championship was the 19th 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.

Al-Hilal defeated defending champions Júbilo Iwata 3–2 in the final, which was held at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to win their second continental title.^[2] They became the first team from West Asia to win the tournament since PAS Tehran's victory in 1993. As winners, Al-Hilal earned the right to play against the 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup winners Shimizu S-Pulse in the 2000 Asian Super Cup, and automatically qualified for the 2000–01 Asian Club Championship.

First round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Asia
Al-Wahda	3–3 (a)	Al-Sadd	2–2	1–1
FC Irtysh	9–5	FC Pakhtakor Tashkent	7–0	2–5
Varzob Dushanbe	5–1	Dinamo Bishkek	4–0	1–1
Al-Qadisiya	w/o^[a]	Al-Wahda	—^[a]	—^[a]
East Asia
Mohun Bagan	2–1	Muktijoddha Sangsad	2–1	0–0
Singapore Armed Forces	11–3	Royal Dolphins	8–1	3–2
GD Lam Pak	1–9	Sinthana	0–2	1–7
PSIS Semarang	4–9	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2–3	2–6
Dalian Wanda	w/o^[b]	Kashima Antlers	—^[b]	—^[b]
Happy Valley	w/o^[c]	Thể Công	—^[c]	—^[c]
Valencia	Bye^[d]	N/A	—^[d]	—^[d]
Júbilo Iwata	Bye	N/A	—	—

Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Al-Qadisiya withdrew.
^ ^a ^b ^c Dalian Wanda withdrew.
^ ^a ^b ^c Happy Valley withdrew.
^ ^a ^b ^c The Nepalese FA did not enter a team.

Second round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Asia
Persepolis	3–0	Al-Ansar	3–0	0–0
Al-Shorta	5–0	Al-Wahda	5–0	0–0
Al-Sadd	1–3	Al-Hilal	0–1	1–2
FC Irtysh	5–0	Varzob Dushanbe	4–0	1–0
East Asia
Júbilo Iwata	8–0	Mohun Bagan	8–0	Canc.^[a]
Valencia	0–16	Kashima Antlers	Canc.^[b]	0–16
Singapore Armed Forces	2–3	Sinthana	1–1	1–2
Thể Công	1–7	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–1	0–6

Notes:

^ The second leg was cancelled as Mohun Bagan refused to host Jubilo Iwata; they were fined $3000 and banned from AFC competitions for one year.
^ The first leg was cancelled due to the poor pitch conditions.

Quarter-finals

West Asia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Hilal (H)	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Advance to semi-finals
2	Persepolis	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5	Advance to semi-finals
3	Al-Shorta	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	FC Irtysh	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

7 February 2000

Al-Hilal	2–0	FC Irtysh
Al-Jumaan 40' Al-Houwaidi 50'

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

7 February 2000

Persepolis	0–0	Al-Shorta

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

9 February 2000

Al-Shorta	0–1	Al-Hilal
		Al-Jumaan 67'

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

9 February 2000

Persepolis	1–0	FC Irtysh
Hasheminasab 78'

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

11 February 2000

Al-Shorta	3–2	FC Irtysh
Mahmoud 50' Jeayer 64', 89'		Miroshichenko 27' Mendes 85' (pen.)

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

11 February 2000

Al-Hilal	0–0	Persepolis

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

East Asia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Júbilo Iwata	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9	Advance to semi-finals
2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4	Advance to semi-finals
3	Kashima Antlers	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
4	Sinthana	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

Source:

25 February 2000

Kashima Antlers	1–1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Ogasawara 81'		Park Kun-ha 44'

Kagoshima, Japan

25 February 2000

Júbilo Iwata	2–0	Sinthana
Radchenko 73', 90'

Kagoshima, Japan

27 February 2000

Júbilo Iwata	1–0	Kashima Antlers
Oku 21'

Kagoshima, Japan

27 February 2000

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	4–0	Sinthana
Lee Gi-beom 4' Shin Hong-gi 19' (pen.) Park Kun-ha 38' Paraknhyevych 90'

Kagoshima, Japan

29 February 2000

Júbilo Iwata	1–0	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Fujita 19'

Kagoshima, Japan

29 February 2000

Kashima Antlers	3–0	Sinthana
Hirase 14' Nakata 32' Motoyama 88'

Kagoshima, Japan

Semi-finals

20 April 2000

Al-Hilal	1–0	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Ricardo 11'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Referee: Lu Jun (China)

20 April 2000

Júbilo Iwata	2–0	Persepolis
Takahara 67' Nakayama 90'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Third place match

22 April 2000

Persepolis	1–0	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Karimi 75'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Final

22 April 2000

Al-Hilal	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Júbilo Iwata
Ricardo 3', 89', 102'		Nakayama 18' Takahara 19'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Selearajen Subramaniam (Malaysia)

References

^ "مالي الدنيا وشاغل الناس خطف الكأس". al-jazirah.com (in Arabic). 24 April 2000. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "Asian Club Championship Flashback: Al Hilal v Jubilo Iwata (1999-2000)". Asian Football Confederation. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2026.

Asian Club Competitions 2000 at RSSSF.com

[table_note_agg_4_0.094294525726835-3] Al-Qadisiya withdrew.

[table_note_agg_9_0.094294525726835-4] Dalian Wanda withdrew.

[table_note_agg_10_0.094294525726835-5] Happy Valley withdrew.

[table_note_agg_11_0.094294525726835-6] The Nepalese FA did not enter a team.

[table_note_leg2_5_0.32185128532436-7] The second leg was cancelled as Mohun Bagan refused to host Jubilo Iwata; they were fined $3000 and banned from AFC competitions for one year.

[table_note_leg1_6_0.32185128532436-8] The first leg was cancelled due to the poor pitch conditions.

[1] "مالي الدنيا وشاغل الناس خطف الكأس". al-jazirah.com (in Arabic). 24 April 2000. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[2] "Asian Club Championship Flashback: Al Hilal v Jubilo Iwata (1999-2000)". Asian Football Confederation. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2026.

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