Asian Super Cup

Asian Super Cup

Organising body	AFC
Founded	1995 (1995)
Abolished	2002 (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

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 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 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

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

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