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

Organiser(s)	AFC
Founded	1995; 30 years ago (1995)
Abolished	2002; 23 years ago (2002)
Region	Asia
Teams	2
Most championships	Al-Hilal 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 are Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia and Suwon Samsung Bluewings of South Korea.

History

Key:      Qualified as ACC winner      Qualified as ACWC winner Abbreviations: ACC  = Asian Club Championship ACWC = Asian Cup Winners' Cup
Season	Winner
1995	Yokohama Flügels
1996	Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma
1997	Al-Hilal
1998	Al-Nassr
1999	Júbilo Iwata
2000	Al-Hilal
2001	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2002	Suwon Samsung Bluewings

The Asian Super Cup was started 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 Championship lost in this competition: in 1995, 1997 and 1998.

Matches

Key

	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
			3–2			Mitsuzawa Stadium
	Yokohama Flügels won 4–3 on aggregate
1996	South Korea	Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma	5–3	Bellmare Hiratsuka	Japan	Changwon Stadium
			1–0			Hiratsuka Stadium
	Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma won 6–3 on aggregate
1997	Saudi Arabia	Al-Hilal	1–0	Pohang Steelers	South Korea	King Fahd International Stadium
			1–1			Pohang Steel Yard
	Al-Hilal won 2–1 on aggregate
1998	Saudi Arabia	Al-Nassr	1–1	Pohang Steelers	South Korea	Pohang Steel Yard
			0–0			King Fahd International Stadium
	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
			1–2			Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium
	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
			1–1			King Fahd International Stadium
	Al-Hilal won 3–2 on aggregate
2001	South Korea	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2–2	Al-Shabab	Saudi Arabia	Suwon Sports Complex
			2–1			Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium
	Suwon Samsung Bluewings won 4–3 on aggregate
2002	South Korea	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–0	Al-Hilal	Saudi Arabia	Suwon World Cup Stadium
			0–1 (a.e.t.)			King Fahd International Stadium
	1–1 on aggregate; Suwon Samsung Bluewings won 4–2 on penalty shoot-out

Records and statistics

Winners

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 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 nation

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

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

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

External links

• RSSSF – Asian Super Cup