Asian Cup Winners' Cup


The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation. The competition was started in 1991 as a tournament for all the domestic cup winners from countries affiliated to the AFC. The winners of the Cup Winners' Cup used to contest the Asian Super Cup against the winners of the Asian Club Championship. The most successful clubs in the competition are Al Hilal from Saudi Arabia and Nissan FC from Japan. In 2002, it merged with the Asian Club Championship to form the AFC Champions League.

Finals

Records and statistics

The following table lists countries by number of winners and runner-up in Asian Cup Winners' Cup.

By nation

#NationWinnersRunners-up
161
251
311
403
502
601
701
801
901

By club

The following table lists clubs by number of times winners and runners-up in Asian Cup Winners' Cup.
TeamWinnersRunners-UpYears WonYears Lost
Al-Hilal20
Yokohama F. Marinos120
Persepolis11
Al Nassr11
Al-Qadisiyah10
Yokohama Flügels210
Shonan Bellmare10
Al-Ittihad10
Shimizu S-Pulse10
Al Shabab10
Muharraq01
South China01
Al-Shaab01
Al-Talaba01
Nagoya Grampus Eight01
Suwon Samsung Bluewings01
Chunnam Dragons01
Al-Zawraa01
Dalian Shide01
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors01

1 including Nissan FC.
2 Yokohama Flügels was merged with Yokohama Marinos to Yokohama F. Marinos in 1999.

Winning coaches

The following table lists the winning coaches of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup.
YearClubCoach
1990–91 Persepolis Ali Parvin
1991–92 Nissan FC Hidehiko Shimizu
1992–93 Yokohama Marinos Hidehiko Shimizu
1993–94 Al-Qadisiyah Ján Pivarník
1994–95 Yokohama Flugels Antonio Carlos da Silva
1995–96 Bellmare Hiratsuka Shigeharu Ueki
1996–97 Al Hilal Mirko Jozić
1997–98 Al-Nassr Jean Fernandez
1998–99 Al-Ittihad Dimitri Davidovic
1999–2000 Shimizu S-Pulse Steve Perryman
2000–01 Al-Shabab Carlinhos
2001–02 Al Hilal Artur Jorge