Asian Super Cup


The Asian Super Cup was an annual 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 from Saudi Arabia and Suwon Samsung Bluewings from South Korea.
Since AFC's current trophies are divided qualitatively by groups of countries, an Asian Super Cup is not likely to be revived until the AFC Cup countries can match the quality of the AFC Champions League countries so both groups of countries can have qualifiers for both competitions.

Finals

YearAsian Club Championship
winners
Playoff format#Total points series |Asian Cup Winners' Cup
winners
1st leg2nd leg
1995Thai Farmers Bank 3–4 Yokohama Flügels1–12–3
1996Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma 6–3 Bellmare Hiratsuka5–31–0
1997Pohang Steelers 1–2 Al-Hilal0–11–1
1998Pohang Steelers 1–1 Al-Nassr1–10–0
1999Júbilo Iwata 2–2 Al-Ittihad1–01–2
2000Al-Hilal 3–2 Shimizu S-Pulse2–11–1
2001Suwon Samsung Bluewings 4–3 Al-Shabab2–22–1
2002Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–1
Al-Hilal1–00–1

Records and statistics

By club

The following table lists clubs by number of winners and runners-up in Asian Super Cup.
TeamWinnersRunners-upYears wonYears runners-up
Al-Hilal211997, 20002002
Suwon Samsung Bluewings202001, 2002-
Yokohama Flügels101995-
Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma101996-
Al-Nassr101998-
Júbilo Iwata101999-
Pohang Steelers02-1997, 1998
Thai Farmers Bank01-1995
Shonan Bellmare01-1996
Al-Ittihad01-1999
Shimizu S-Pulse01-2000
Al-Shabab01-2001

By country

The following table lists countries by number of winners and runner-up in Asian Super Cup.
No.NationWinnersRunners-up
133
232
322
401

By representative

By winning coaches

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