1998 Asian Super Cup

1998 Asian Super Cup
Event1998 Asian Super Cup
First leg
Date1 December 1998
VenuePohang Steel Yard, Pohang, South Korea
Second leg
Date5 December 1998
VenueKing Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The 1998 Asian Super Cup was the 4th Asian Super Cup, a football match played between the winners of the previous season's Asian Club Championship and Asian Cup Winners Cup competitions. The 1998 competition was contested by Pohang Steelers of South Korea, who won the 1997–98 Asian Club Championship, and Al-Nassr of Saudi Arabia, the winners of the 1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup.

Route to the Super Cup

Pohang Steelers

Opponents Round Score1 Pohang Steelers goalscorers
Mohammedan First round 13–0 N/A
Victory Second round 15–0 N/A
Kashima Antlers Quarterfinals 2–1 Park Tae-Ha 36', Lee Dong-Guk 56'
Dalian Wanda Quarterfinals 1–2 Serhiy Konovalov 66'
Finance and Revenue Quarterfinals 5–1 Baek Seung-Chul 15', Lee Dong-Guk 56', Serhiy Konovalov 60', Park Tae-Ha 81' 88'
Al-Hilal Semifinals 1–0 Park Tae-Ha 45'
Dalian Wanda Final 0–0 AET 6–5 pen

1Pohang Steelers goals always recorded first.

Al-Nassr

Opponents Round Score1 Al-Nassr goalscorers
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi Second round (w/o)2
Al-Ittihad Quarterfinals 3–2 Mamadou Sow ,Hussein Hadi , Mohaisen Al-Jam'an ,
Köpetdag Aşgabat Semifinals 2–1 Mohaisen Al-Jam'an 11', Majed Abdullah 39'
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Final 1–0 Hristo Stoichkov 9'

1 Al-Nassr goals always recorded first.
2 Al-Shabab Al-Arabi withdrew.

Game summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pohang Steelers 1–1 (a) Al-Nassr 1–1 0–0

First leg

Pohang Steelers1–1 Al-Nassr
Jeon Kyeong-Joon 45' Fahad Al-Bishi 35'
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

Second leg


 Asian Super Cup
1998 winners 
Al-Nassr
1st title

References