 The Knights defeated Jubilo Iwata and more significantly Yokohama Flügels who were the Asian Super Cup champions at the time.The Knights defended its NSL title the following year, despite having lost a number of players during the off-season; Mark Viduka to Dinamo Zagreb, Steve Horvat to Hajduk Split, Krešimir Marušić also returning to Croatia and the loss of their coach Mirko Bazic.Mirko Bazic was replaced by former Knights player Ian Dobson.