Asian Super Cup

Organising body	AFC
Founded	1995 ; 29 years ago  ( 1995 )
Abolished	2002 ; 22 years ago  ( 2002 )
Region	Asia
Number of teams	2
Most successful club(s)	Al-Hilal 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 [ edit ]

Asian Super Cup Winners

Key :      Qualified as ACC winner      Qualified as ACWC winner Abbreviations : ACC  = Asian Club Championship ACWC = Asian Cup Winners' Cup
Season	Winner (between ACC and ACWC winners)
1995	Yokohama Flugels
1996	Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma
1997	Al-Hilal
1998	Al-Nassr
1999	Jubilo Iwata
2000	Al-Hilal
2001	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2002	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 Chmpionship 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 [ edit ]

• 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 Flugels	1?1	Thai Farmers Bank	Thailand	Suphan Buri Provincial Stadium , Suphan Buri, Thailand
			3?2			Mitsuzawa Stadium , Yokohama, Japan
	Yokohama Flugels 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	Jubilo Iwata	1?0	Al-Ittihad	Saudi Arabia	Jubilo Iwata Stadium , Iwata, Japan
			1?2			Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium , Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
	2?2 on aggregate; Jubilo 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 [ edit ]

Winners [ edit ]

Performance in the Asian Super Cup by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Al-Hilal	2	1	1997 , 2000	2002
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2	0	2001 , 2002	?
Yokohama Flugels	1	0	1995	?
Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma	1	0	1996	?
Al-Nassr	1	0	1998	?
Jubilo 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 nation [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

By winning coaches [ edit ]

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

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

External links [ edit ]

• RSSSF ? Asian Super Cup