1998 K League Championship

South Korea 17–31 October 1998 4 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 5 9 9 players (1 goal each) 1996 1999 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. Qualified teams 1998 K League Regular season 4 Bracket y 2 1/2/2 score First round Semi-final Final 3 Pohang Steelers 0 (5) 4 Jeonnam Dragons 0 (3) 2 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 2 2 4 (4) 1R Pohang Steelers 3 1 4 (1)  3 1 agg 4 (1)  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 yes Report Jeonnam Dragons Pohang Steel Yard, Pohang 11,019 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 Semi-final First leg 21 October 1998 19:00 KST Pohang Steelers 3–2 Report Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i Kim Myung-gon 57 Choi Moon-sik 89 Baek Seung-chul 90+6 Jung Jeong-soo 16 Kim Jong-kun 90+3 Pohang Steel Yard, Pohang 17,216 Second leg 24 October 1998 15:00 KST Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 2–1 yes Report Pohang Steelers Kim Hyun-seok 71 Kim Byung-ji 90 Park Tae-ha 85 4–1 Ulsan Stadium, Ulsan 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 Report Suwon Samsung Bluewings Shin Hong-gi 61 Ulsan Stadium, Ulsan 35,830 Second leg 31 October 1998 15:00 KST Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–0 Report Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon 36,456 Suwon Samsung Bluewings won 1–0 on aggregate. Final table 1998 K League Final table See also 1998 K League External links News at K League ko Match reportJuly 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes at K League ko RSSSF Category:K League Championship K