Asian Super Cup

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Asian Super Cup
Founded 1995
Abolished 2002
Region Asia (AFC)
Number of teams 2
Most successful club(s) Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
(2 titles)

The Asian Super Cup was an annual competition between the winners of the Asian Champions Cup 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 Asian 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.

Asian Super Cup Finals

Season Winner Score Runner-up
1995 Yokohama Flügels
Japan
4 - 3
(aggregate)
Thai Farmers Bank
Thailand
1996 Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma
South Korea
6 - 3
(aggregate)
Bellmare Hiratsuka
Japan
1997 Al Hilal
Saudi Arabia
2 - 1
(aggregate)
Pohang Steelers
South Korea
1998 Al-Nassr
Saudi Arabia
1 - 1
(aggregate, by away goals rule)
Pohang Steelers
South Korea
1999 Júbilo Iwata
Japan
2 - 2
(aggregate, by away goals rule)
Al-Ittihad
Saudi Arabia
2000 Al Hilal
Saudi Arabia
3 - 2
(aggregate)
Shimizu S-Pulse
Japan
2001 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
South Korea
4 - 3
(aggregate)
Al-Shabab
Saudi Arabia
2002 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
South Korea
1 - 1
(aggregate, 4-2pens)
Al Hilal
Saudi Arabia

Asian Super Cup records and statistics

By clubs

The following table lists clubs by number of winners and runners-up in Asian Super Cup.

Team Winners Runners-up Years won Years runners-up
Saudi Arabia Al Hilal 2 1 1997, 2000 2002
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2 0 2001, 2002 -
Japan Júbilo Iwata 1 0 1999 -
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 1 0 1998 -
South Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma 1 0 1996 -
Japan Yokohama Flügels 1 0 1995 -
South Korea Pohang Steelers 0 2 - 1997, 1998
Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 0 1 - 2001
Japan Shimizu S-Pulse 0 1 - 2000
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 0 1 - 1999
Japan Shonan Bellmare 0 1 - 1996
Thailand Thai Farmers Bank 0 1 - 1995

By country

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

# Nation Winners Runners-up
1  Saudi Arabia 3 3
2 South Korea Korea Republic 3 2
3  Japan 2 2
4  Thailand 0 1

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