Asian Super Cup

The Asian Super Cup was an annual football competition between the winners of the Asian Club Championship and the Asian Cup Winners' Cup.

Asian Super Cup
Asian Super Cup Logo.svg
Organising bodyAFC
Founded1995; 28 years ago (1995)
Abolished2002; 21 years ago (2002)
RegionAsia
Number of teams2
Most successful club(s)Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
(2 titles each)

The competition started in 1995, but came to an end in 2002 after both major AFC tournaments were merged into the AFC Champions League. The most successful clubs in the competition are Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia and Suwon Samsung Bluewings of South Korea.

FinalsEdit

Year Asian Club Championship
winners
Agg. Asian Cup Winners' Cup
winners
1st leg 2nd leg
1995 Thai Farmers Bank   3–4   Yokohama Flügels 1–1 2–3
1996 Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma   6–3   Bellmare Hiratsuka 5–3 1–0
1997 Pohang Steelers   1–2   Al-Hilal 0–1 1–1
1998 Pohang Steelers   1–1 (a)   Al-Nassr 1–1 0–0
1999 Júbilo Iwata   2–2 (a)   Al-Ittihad 1–0 1–2
2000 Al-Hilal   3–2   Shimizu S-Pulse 2–1 1–1
2001 Suwon Samsung Bluewings   4–3   Al-Shabab 2–2 2–1
2002 Suwon Samsung Bluewings   1–1
(4–2 p)
  Al-Hilal 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)

Records and statisticsEdit

By clubEdit

The following table lists clubs by number of winners and runners-up in Asian Super Cup.

Team Winners Runners-up Years won Years runners-up
  Al-Hilal 2 1 1997, 2000 2002
  Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2 0 2001, 2002 -
  Yokohama Flügels 1 0 1995 -
  Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma 1 0 1996 -
  Al-Nassr 1 0 1998 -
  Júbilo Iwata 1 0 1999 -
  Pohang Steelers 0 2 - 1997, 1998
  Thai Farmers Bank 0 1 - 1995
  Shonan Bellmare 0 1 - 1996
  Al-Ittihad 0 1 - 1999
  Shimizu S-Pulse 0 1 - 2000
  Al-Shabab 0 1 - 2001

By countryEdit

The following table lists countries by number of winners and runners-up in Asian Super Cup.

No. Nation Winners Runners-up
1   Saudi Arabia 3 3
2   South Korea 3 2
3   Japan 2 2
4   Thailand 0 1

By representativeEdit

Representative Winners Runners-up
Asian Club Championship
5
3
Asian Cup Winners' Cup
3
5

By winning coachesEdit

The following table lists the winning coaches of the Asian Super Cup.

Year Club Coach
1995   Yokohama Flügels   Antonio Carlos da Silva
1996   Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma   Lee Jang-soo
1997   Al-Hilal   José Oscar Bernardi
1998   Al-Nassr   José Dutra dos Santos
1999   Júbilo Iwata   Takashi Kuwahara
2000   Al-Hilal   Ilie Balaci
2001   Suwon Bluewings   Kim Ho
2002   Suwon Bluewings   Kim Ho

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