1998 K League Championship

1998 K League Championship is postseason championship playoff matches contested by the teams finishing from 1st to 4th in the 1998 K League. First Round is played over one leg, with 3rd playing 4th and winner playing with 2nd over two legs. Final is played over two legs with winner of semi-finals and 1st team.

Participation teams

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	WG	WP	L	GF	GA	GD
1.	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	31	18	9	1	2	6	33	22	+11
2.	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	28	18	8	1	2	7	37	25	+12
3.	Pohang Steelers	28	18	8	2	0	8	34	23	+11
4.	Chunnam Dragons	26	18	8	1	0	9	21	20	+1

First round

Pohang vs Chunnam

17 October 1998

15:30 KST

Pohang Steelers	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Chunnam 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 Joo-Po

Steelyard Stadium, Pohang

Attendance: 11,019

Semi-finals

Pohang vs Ulsan

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'

Steelyard Stadium, Pohang

Attendance: 17,216

Ulsan vs Pohang

24 October 1998

15:00 KST

Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	2 – 1	Pohang Steelers
Kim Hyun-Seok 71' Kim Byung-Ji 90'	Report	Park Tae-Ha 85'

Ulsan Civic Stadium, Ulsan

Attendance: 31,350

Final

Ulsan vs Suwon

28 October 1998

19:00 KST

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

Ulsan Civic Stadium, Ulsan

Attendance: 35,830

Suwon vs Ulsan

31 October 1998

15:00 KST

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

Suwon Civil Stadium, Suwon

Attendance: 36,456

Suwon Samsung Bluewings won the 1998 K League by the aggregate score of 1-0.

References

• K League news (in Korean)
• K League match report (in Korean)
• RSSSF.com