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
Year | Asian Club Championship winners | Playoff format#Total points series | | Asian Cup Winners' Cup winners | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
1995 | Thai Farmers Bank | 3–4 | Yokohama Flügels | 1–1 | 2–3 |
1996 | Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma | 6–3 | Bellmare Hiratsuka | 5–3 | 1–0 |
1997 | Pohang Steelers | 1–2 | Al-Hilal | 0–1 | 1–1 |
1998 | Pohang Steelers | 1–1 | Al-Nassr | 1–1 | 0–0 |
1999 | Júbilo Iwata | 2–2 | Al-Ittihad | 1–0 | 1–2 |
2000 | Al-Hilal | 3–2 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 2–1 | 1–1 |
2001 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 4–3 | Al-Shabab | 2–2 | 2–1 |
2002 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 1–1 | Al-Hilal | 1–0 | 0–1 |
Records and statistics
By club
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 |
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 country
The following table lists countries by number of winners and runner-up in Asian Super Cup.No. | Nation | Winners | Runners-up |
1 | 3 | 3 | |
2 | 3 | 2 | |
3 | 2 | 2 | |
4 | 0 | 1 |
By representative
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 |