Ulsan’s Park Yong-woo scored a 94th-minute own goal in front of nearly 18,000 delirious home fans at Sultan Ibrahim Stadium to give JDT a dramatic win in their final Group I match and send the South Koreans crashing out of the competition.

Japanese champions Kawasaki Frontale leapfrogged Ulsan to finish second with a 1-0 win over China’s Guangzhou, who lost all their group games in Malaysia after fielding an inexperienced team.

Kawasaki, who have won the J-League four times in the last five years, are now left sweating on results elsewhere to stay in the tournament as one of the best second-place sides.

JDT and Ulsan both looked to be heading for a first-round exit – with Kawasaki going through instead – with their decisive clash deadlocked at 1-1 going into injury-time.

Both teams hit the post in a frantic finale before Park stuck out a leg to deflect the ball past his own goalkeeper in the fourth minute of stoppage-time.

The goal sparked wild celebrations among the JDT players, who have dominated the Super League over the past decade but had never progressed past the Asian Champions League group stage.