1998 K League Championship

The 1998 K League Championship was the fifth competition of the K League Championship, and was held to decide the 16th champions of the K League. It was contested between the top four clubs of the regular season. The first round was played as a single match between third place and fourth place of the regular season. The winners of the first round advanced to the semi-final, and played against runners-up of the regular season over two legs. The final progressed in the same way as the semi-final, and winners of the regular season qualified directly.

1998 K League Championship

Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Dates	17–31 October 1998
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Runners-up	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
Tournament statistics
Matches played	5
Goals scored	9 (1.8 per match)
Attendance	131,871 (26,374 per match)
Top scorer(s)	9 players (1 goal each)
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Qualified teams

Main article: 1998 K League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OW	PW	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	18	9	1	2	6	33	22	+11	31	Qualification for the playoffs final
2	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	18	8	1	2	7	37	26	+11	28	Qualification for the playoffs semi-final
3	Pohang Steelers	18	8	2	0	8	34	23	+11	28	Qualification for the playoffs first round
4	Jeonnam Dragons	18	8	1	0	9	21	20	+1	26

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: W) 3 points; WG) won with golden goal, 2 points; WP) won after penalty shoot-out, 1 point

Bracket

	First round					Semi-final							Final
						2	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i (p)	2	2	4 (4)
						1R	Pohang Steelers	3	1	4 (1)
	3	Pohang Steelers (p)	0 (5)
	4	Jeonnam Dragons	0 (3)
													SF	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	0	0	0
													1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1	0	1

First round

17 October 1998

15:30 KST

Pohang Steelers	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Jeonnam Dragons
	Report
Penalties
Ko Byung-woon Baek Seung-chul Kim Myung-gon Oh Myung-kwan Ahn Ik-soo	5–3	Roh Sang-rae Yoo Dong-woo Kim Dong-woo Oh Ju-po

Pohang Steel Yard, Pohang

Attendance: 11,019

Semi-final

First leg

21 October 1998

19:00 KST

Pohang Steelers	3–2	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
Kim Myung-gon 57' Choi Moon-sik 89' Baek Seung-chul 90+6'	Report	Jung Jeong-soo 16' Kim Jong-kun 90+3'

Pohang Steel Yard, Pohang

Attendance: 17,216

Second leg

24 October 1998

15:00 KST

Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Pohang Steelers
Kim Hyun-seok 71' Kim Byung-ji 90'	Report	Park Tae-ha 85'
Penalties
	4–1

Ulsan Stadium, Ulsan

Attendance: 31,350

4–4 on aggregate. Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i won 4–1 on penalties.

Final

First leg

28 October 1998

19:00 KST

Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	0–1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
	Report	Shin Hong-gi 61'

Ulsan Stadium, Ulsan

Attendance: 35,830

Second leg

31 October 1998

15:00 KST

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–0	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
	Report

Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon

Attendance: 36,456

Suwon Samsung Bluewings won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final table

Main article: 1998 K League

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (C)	Qualification for the Asian Club Championship
2	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
3	Pohang Steelers
4	Jeonnam Dragons

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

See also

• 1998 K League

External links

• News at K League (in Korean)
• Match report at K League (in Korean)
• RSSSF