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.

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	Template:Fbaicon Yokohama Flügels
1996	Template:Fbaicon Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma
1997	Template:Fbaicon Al-Hilal
1998	Template:Fbaicon Al-Nassr
1999	Template:Fbaicon Júbilo Iwata
2000	Template:Fbaicon Al-Hilal
2001	Template:Fbaicon Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2002	Template:Fbaicon 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	Template:Fba	Yokohama Flügels	1–1	Thai Farmers Bank	Template:Fba	Suphan Buri Provincial Stadium
			3–2			Mitsuzawa Stadium
	Yokohama Flügels won 4–3 on aggregate
1996	Template:Fba	Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma	5–3	Bellmare Hiratsuka	Template:Fba	Changwon Stadium
			1–0			Hiratsuka Stadium
	Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma won 6–3 on aggregate
1997	Template:Fba	Al-Hilal	1–0	Pohang Steelers	Template:Fba	King Fahd International Stadium
			1–1			Pohang Steel Yard
	Al-Hilal won 2–1 on aggregate
1998	Template:Fba	Al-Nassr	1–1	Pohang Steelers	Template:Fba	Pohang Steel Yard
			0–0			King Fahd International Stadium
	1–1 on aggregate; Al-Nassr won on the away goals rule
1999	Template:Fba	Júbilo Iwata	1–0	Al-Ittihad	Template:Fba	Júbilo Iwata Stadium
			1–2			Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium
	2–2 on aggregate; Júbilo Iwata won on the away goals rule
2000	Template:Fba	Al-Hilal	2–1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Template:Fba	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
			1–1			King Fahd International Stadium
	Al-Hilal won 3–2 on aggregate
2001	Template:Fba	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2–2	Al-Shabab	Template:Fba	Suwon Sports Complex
			2–1			Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium
	Suwon Samsung Bluewings won 4–3 on aggregate
2002	Template:Fba	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–0	Al-Hilal	Template:Fba	Suwon World Cup Stadium
			0–1 Template:Aet			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
Template:Flagicon Al-Hilal	2	1	1997, 2000	2002
Template:Flagicon Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2	0	2001, 2002	—
Template:Flagicon Yokohama Flügels	1	0	1995	—
Template:Flagicon Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma	1	0	1996	—
Template:Flagicon Al-Nassr	1	0	1998	—
Template:Flagicon Júbilo Iwata	1	0	1999	—
Template:Flagicon Pohang Steelers	0	2	—	1997, 1998
Template:Flagicon Thai Farmers Bank	0	1	—	1995
Template:Flagicon Shonan Bellmare	0	1	—	1996
Template:Flagicon Al-Ittihad	0	1	—	1999
Template:Flagicon Shimizu S-Pulse	0	1	—	2000
Template:Flagicon Al-Shabab	0	1	—	2001

By nation

Performance by nation

Nation	Winners	Runners-up	Total
Template:KSA	3	3	6
Template:KOR	3	2	5
Template:JPN	2	2	4
Template:THA	0	1	1

By method of qualification

Asian Super Cup winners by method of qualification

Cup	Winners	Runners-up
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By winning coaches

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

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

External links

• RSSSF – Asian Super Cup