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 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 1 Selangor FA were entered after Penang, who had beaten them for the championship, withdrew due to excessive travel costs. 2 BEC Tero Sasana Police Tero Football Club (), formerly known as BEC-Tero Sasana, is a Thai professional football club based in Lak Si, Bangkok. The club finished runners-up in the inaugural AFC Champions League competition in 2003. BEC-Tero Sasana Football Club ... finished fourth, but were entered after t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Azadi Stadium
The Azadi Stadium (, ), opened as the Aryamehr Stadium (), is an all-seater football stadium in Tehran, Iran. The stadium was designed by Abdol Aziz Mirza Farman-Farmaian Architects and Associates (AFFA) with other parts of the sports complex based on plans by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, an American architectural, urban planning, and engineering firm. It was inaugurated on 17 October 1971 by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the late Shah of Iran; it is currently self-owned by Esteghlal and Persepolis. It is also the home stadium of the Iran national football team. It has a capacity of 78,116 spectators, as the result of conversion to all-seater stadium. The stadium is part of the larger Azadi Sport Complex. ''Aryamehr'' (meaning "Light of the Aryans") was the title of the Shah; it was renamed after the Iranian Revolution to ''Azadi'' (meaning "freedom" in Persian). It is the largest association football stadium in Western Asia. It was built to host the 1974 Asian Games and has hos ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Al-Ansar SC
Al Ansar Football Club () is a Association football, football club based in Tariq El Jdideh, a district in Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the . Formed in 1951, the club did not win its first Lebanese Premier League until 1988. They went on to set a world record by winning the league 11 seasons in a row. Ansar is the most successful club in the country, having won the Lebanese Premier League 14 times and the Lebanese FA Cup 15 times, both domestic records. They have also won the Lebanese Federation Cup twice, the Lebanese Elite Cup twice and the Lebanese Super Cup six times. Ansar's major rivalry is with Nejmeh SC, Nejmeh; dubbed the Beirut derby, it is the most anticipated game in Lebanon. The club is Sectarianism in Lebanon, primarily supported by the Lebanese Sunni Muslims, Sunni Muslim community; they had been funded by Rafic Hariri and Salim Diab until 2005. Nabil Badr has been the club's president and main patron since 2012. History Early history In 1948, a group ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Baghdad
Baghdad ( or ; , ) is the capital and List of largest cities of Iraq, largest city of Iraq, located along the Tigris in the central part of the country. With a population exceeding 7 million, it ranks among the List of largest cities in the Arab world, most populous cities in the Middle East and Arab world and forms 22% of the Demographics of Iraq, country's population. Spanning an area of approximately , Baghdad is the capital of its Baghdad Governorate, governorate and serves as Iraq's political, economic, and cultural hub. Founded in 762 AD by Al-Mansur, Baghdad was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate and became its most notable development project. The city evolved into a cultural and intellectual center of the Muslim world. This, in addition to housing several key academic institutions, including the House of Wisdom, as well as a multi-ethnic and multi-religious environment, garnered it a worldwide reputation as the "Center of Learning". For much of the Abbasid era, duri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FK Neftchy Farg'ona
F.C. Neftchi Fergana (, Uzbek Cyrillic: Нефтчи Фарғона футбол клуби) is an Uzbek professional football club based in Fergana. They play in the top division in Uzbekistani football and are multiple champions of Uzbekistan. History Neftchi was founded 1962 and appeared in the Soviet Second League (Central Asian Division) from 1962 to 1991 under the name ''Neftyanik Fergana''. In 1990, the club advanced to the Soviet First League, winning Soviet Second League, conference ''East''. In 1991 Soviet First League ''Neftchi'' ranked at 7th place which was club's highest achievement in Soviet football history. Since 1992, the club has been playing in the Uzbek League, and along with Pakhtakor Tashkent and Navbahor Namangan, continuously participated in all seasons of the Uzbek League without a break. Domestic history Continental record Rivalries Uzbek El Classico Traditionally there is always rivalry between two strongest teams in any League in club footba ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Walkover
John Baxter Taylor and William Robbins (athlete)">William Robbins to refuse to race in protest. A walkover, also W.O. or w/o (originally two words: "walk over"), is awarded to the opposing team/player, etc., if there are no other players available, or they have been disqualified, because the other contestants have forfeited or the other contestants have withdrawn from the contest. The term can apply in forfeit (sport)">forfeited or the other contestants have withdrawn from the contest. The term can apply in sport">forfeit (sport)">forfeited or the other contestants have withdrawn from the contest. The term can apply in sport, elections or other contexts where a victory can be achieved by default. The narrow and extended meanings of "walkover" as a single word are both found from 1829. Other sports-specific variations of the term exist, especially where walking is not involved: competitive rowing, for example, uses the term ''row over''. Sports The word originates from ho ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vakhsh Qurghonteppa
Vakhsh Bokhtar () formerly known as Khatlon Bokhtar is a professional football club based in Bokhtar, Tajikistan. They currently play in the top division of the country. History FC Vakhsh was founded in 1960. In Soviet times was the farm club of the core team of the Tajik SSR – Dushanbe based CSKA Pomir Dushanbe. From 1966 to 1984 the team played under the name of Pakhtakor. "Vakhsh" first became a champion of Tajikistan in 1961 and four years later the club won the Cup for the first time in Tajikistan. Footballers from Qurghonteppa for the first time took part in the USSR Championship in 1966, playing in the Central Asian zone of B League, when finished 16th out of 19 teams. Although from the following season the team improved their performance, in 1967 17th place (among 22 teams), in 1968 10th (out of 22), 1969 – 6th (out of 24) and in 1970 5th place (out of 18). Unfortunately, the further advancement of the team was stopped due to reorganization of the Soviet fo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FC Irtysh
FC Irtysh () is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar. Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Premier league in 1993 (as ''Ansat''), 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2003. The club was also founding members of the top league and never relegated to lower levels before being dissolved in 2020. It entered Kazakhstan Second League in 2024 and was promoted to Kazakhstan First League for 2025. Irtysh had participated in the AFC Champions League a number of times, reaching the semi-finals in 2001 (the final year of Kazakhstan's AFC affiliation), and played in UEFA Champions League qualifying round in 2003. History On 9 August 2017, Dimitar Dimitrov resigned as manager of the club, with Sergei Klimov being appointed in a caretaker capacity the next day. Vyacheslav Hroznyi was appointed as the club's permanent manager on 17 August 2017, leaving the club at the end of the 2017 season. On 21 December 2017, Gerard Nus was appointed as the new manager of Irtysh Pavlodar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Köpetdag Aşgabat
The Köpet Dag, Kopet Dagh, or Koppeh Dagh (; ), also known as the Turkmen-Khorasan Mountain Range, is a mountain range on the border between Turkmenistan and Iran that extends about along the border southeast of the Caspian Sea, stretching northwest-southeast from near the Caspian Sea in the northwest to the Harirud River in the southeast. In the southwest it borders on the parallel eastern endings of the Alborz mountains being together part of the much larger Alpide belt. The highest peak of the range in Turkmenistan is the Mount Rizeh (Kuh-e Rizeh), located at the southwest of the capital Ashgabat and stands at . The highest Iranian summit is Mount Quchan (Kuh-e Quchan) at . Etymology Vambery conjectured that ''köpet'' originates from the Turkmen language where "köp" means "a lot" or "many" and the word "dag" means "mountain" or "peak". He thus translated Köpetdag as "Many mountains (peaks)". He and others noted that in Persian ''koppeh'' means "pile" or "heap", and the w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Al-Hilal FC
Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club (), simply known as Al-Hilal, is a professional multi-sports club based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Their Association football, football team competes in the Saudi Pro League. In Arabic, Al-Hilal means "the Crescent Moon". Founded on 16 October 1957, Al-Hilal are one of three teams to have List of unrelegated association football clubs#Never relegated, participated in all seasons of the Saudi Pro League since its establishment in 1976. They are List of football clubs by competitive honours won, the most decorated club in Asia, winning 70 official trophies. In domestic competitions, Al-Hilal have won a record 19 league titles, a record 13 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Crown Prince Cup titles, a record seven Saudi Federation Cup titles, eleven Kings Cup (Saudi Arabia), King Cup titles, a record five Saudi Super Cup, Super Cup titles, as well as the Saudi Founder's Cup. Continentally, Al-Hilal have won a record eight Asian Football Confederation trophies — the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Al-Salmiya
Al-Salmiya Sporting Club () is a Kuwaiti professional football club in Salmiya. They have won the Kuwaiti Premier League four times, most recently in 2000. They were founded in 1964 and the club covers a total area of 94 thousand square metres comprising ten sports: football, volleyball, table tennis, tennis, squash, fencing, judo, taekwondo, karate and athletics. Stadium Al-Salmiya plays their home games at Thamir Stadium in Salmiya. The stadium was opened in 2004. It has a capacity of 16,105 spectators. Crests and colours Crests The club crest is inspired by location of Salmiya on the map of Kuwait, with green representing the land, while the color blue represents the sea. Colours Al-Salmiya's home kit is all sky blue shirts and white shorts, while their away kit is all white shirts and sky blue shorts. Honours Domestic * VIVA Premier League: 4 **Winners: 1980–81, 1994–95, 1997–98, 1999–00 *Kuwait Emir Cup: 2 **Winners: 1992–93, 2000–01 *Kuwait Crown Cu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Extra Time
Overtime (OT) or extra time (ET) is an additional period of play to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only if the game is required to have a clear winner, as in single-elimination tournaments where only one team or players can advance to the next round or win the tournament and replays are not allowed. The rules of overtime or extra time vary between sports and even different competitions. Some may employ " sudden death", where the first player or team who scores immediately wins the game. In others, play continues until a specified time has elapsed, and only then is the winner declared. If the contest remains tied after the extra session, depending on the rules, the match may immediately end as a draw, additional periods may be played, or a different tiebreaking procedure such as a penalty shootout may be used instead. Association football Knock-out contests (inc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Al-Wahda (San'a')
Al-Wehda Sports & Cultural Club () is a Yemeni professional football club based in Sana'a. Founded in 1954 as Al-Wahda, it has won the Yemeni League four times since 1990. Al-Wehda has a fierce rivalry with Al-Ahli Club Sana'a. Honours *Yemeni League: 1 (before 1990) ::1978/79 *Yemeni League: 4 (since 1990) ::1994/95, 1996/97, 1997/98, 2001/02 * Prince Nassem's Cup: 2 Performance in AFC competitions * AFC Champions League: 4 appearances ::1998, 1999, 2000, 2004 See also * List of football clubs in Yemen Yemeni League Clubs 2nd Level * Al-Eli Hamudi (Hadiboh) * Al-Wufaa (Aden) * Al-Wahda (Aden) * May 22 San'a' * Salam (al-Garfa) * Al-Shula * Shabah Al Jeel {{Asia topic, List of football clubs in Yemen Football clubs Football Foo ... External links Team's profileon Kooora Sport in Sanaa Football clubs in Yemen Association football clubs established in 1954 1954 establishments in Asia Establishments in the Kingdom of Yemen {{Yemen-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |