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Asian Super Cup

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Asian Super Cup
Organising bodyAFC
Founded1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Abolished2002; 22 years ago (2002)
RegionAsia
Number of teams2
Most successful club(s)Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
(2 titles each)

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

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.

History

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Key:
     Qualified as ACC winner
     Qualified as ACWC winner
Abbreviations:
ACC  = Asian Club Championship
ACWC = Asian Cup Winners' Cup
Asian Super Cup Winners
Season Winner
(between ACC and ACWC winners)
1995 Japan Yokohama Flügels
1996 South Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma
1997 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
1998 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
1999 Japan Júbilo Iwata
2000 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
2001 South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2002 South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings

The Asian Super Cup started and organized in 1995 by the AFC, it was played in two legs. The Asian Super cup pitted the winner of the Asian Club Championship against the winner of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup. In 2002, the Asian Club Championship and the Asian Cup Winners' Cup merged to form the AFC Champions League, as a result, the Asian Super Cup was discontinued. On only three occasions, the winner of the Club Chmapionship lost in this competition: in 1995, 1997 and 1998.

Matches

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Key
Winner won after extra time or penalty shoot-out
Winner of Asian Club Championship
Winner of Asian Cup Winners' Cup
  • The "Year" column refers to the year the Super Cup was held, and links to the article about that match.
  • The two-legged finals are listed in the order they were played.


Asian Super Cup matches
Year Nation Winners Score Runners-up Nation Venue
Two-legged format
1995  Japan Yokohama Flügels 1–1 Thai Farmers Bank  Thailand Suphan Buri Provincial Stadium, Suphan Buri, Thailand
3–2 Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama, Japan
Yokohama Flügels won 4–3 on aggregate.
1996  South Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma 5–3 Bellmare Hiratsuka  Japan Changwon Stadium, Changwon, South Korea
1–0 Hiratsuka Stadium, Hiratsuka, Japan
Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma won 6–3 on aggregate.
1997  Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 1–0 Pohang Steelers  South Korea King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1–1 Pohang Steel Yard, Pohang, South Korea
Al-Hilal won 2–1 on aggregate.
1998  Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 1–1 Pohang Steelers  South Korea Pohang Steel Yard, Pohang, South Korea
0–0 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1–1 on aggregate; Al-Nassr won on the away goals rule.
1999  Japan Júbilo Iwata 1–0 Al-Ittihad  Saudi Arabia Júbilo Iwata Stadium, Iwata, Japan
1–2 Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2–2 on aggregate; Júbilo Iwata won on the away goals rule.
2000  Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 2–1 Shimizu S-Pulse  Japan Nihondaira Sports Stadium, Shimizu-ku, Japan
1–1 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Al-Hilal won 3–2 on aggregate.
2001  South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2–2 Al-Shabab  Saudi Arabia Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon, South Korea
2–1 Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Suwon Samsung Bluewings won 4–3 on aggregate.
2002  South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–0 Al-Hilal  Saudi Arabia Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea
0–1 (a.e.t.) King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1–1 on aggregate; Suwon Samsung Bluewings won 4–2 on the penalty shoot-out.

Records and statistics

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Winners

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Performance in the Asian Super Cup by club
Club Winners Runners-up Years won Years runners-up
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 2 1 1997, 2000 2002
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2 0 2001, 2002
Japan Yokohama Flügels 1 0 1995
South Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma 1 0 1996
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 1 0 1998
Japan Júbilo Iwata 1 0 1999
South Korea Pohang Steelers 0 2 1997, 1998
Thailand Thai Farmers Bank 0 1 1995
Japan Shonan Bellmare 0 1 1996
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 0 1 1999
Japan Shimizu S-Pulse 0 1 2000
Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 0 1 2001

By nation

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Performance by nation
Nation Winners Runners-up Total
 Saudi Arabia 3 3 6
 South Korea 3 2 5
 Japan 2 2 4
 Thailand 0 1 1

By method of qualification

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Asian Super Cup winners by method of qualification
Cup Winners Runners-up
Asian Club Championship
5
3
Asian Cup Winners' Cup
3
5

By winning coaches

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

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