Asian Super Cup
Organising bodyAFC
Founded1995 (1995)
Abolished2002 (2002)
RegionAsia
Number of teams2
Most successful club(s)Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
(2 titles each)

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 in the competition are Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia and Suwon Samsung Bluewings of South Korea.

Finals

Year Asian Club Championship
winners
Agg. Asian Cup Winners' Cup
winners
1st leg 2nd leg
1995 Thai Farmers Bank Thailand 3–4 Japan Yokohama Flügels 1–1 2–3
1996 Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma South Korea 6–3 Japan Bellmare Hiratsuka 5–3 1–0
1997 Pohang Steelers South Korea 1–2 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 0–1 1–1
1998 Pohang Steelers South Korea 1–1 (a) Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 1–1 0–0
1999 Júbilo Iwata Japan 2–2 (a) Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 1–0 1–2
2000 Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 3–2 Japan Shimizu S-Pulse 2–1 1–1
2001 Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea 4–3 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 2–2 2–1
2002 Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea 1–1
(4–2 p)
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)

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
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal211997, 20002002
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings202001, 2002-
Japan Yokohama Flügels101995-
South Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma101996-
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr101998-
Japan Júbilo Iwata101999-
South Korea Pohang Steelers02-1997, 1998
Thailand Thai Farmers Bank01-1995
Japan Shonan Bellmare01-1996
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad01-1999
Japan Shimizu S-Pulse01-2000
Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab01-2001

By country

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

No. Nation Winners Runners-up
1  Saudi Arabia 3 3
2  South Korea 3 2
3  Japan 2 2
4  Thailand 0 1

By representative

Representative Winners Runners-up
Asian Club Championship
5
3
Asian Cup Winners' Cup
3
5

By winning coaches

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

YearClubCoach
1995 Japan Yokohama Flügels Brazil Antonio Carlos da Silva
1996 South Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma South Korea Lee Jang-soo
1997 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal Brazil José Oscar Bernardi
1998 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr Brazil José Dutra dos Santos
1999 Japan Júbilo Iwata Japan Takashi Kuwahara
2000 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal Romania Ilie Balaci
2001 South Korea Suwon Bluewings South Korea Kim Ho
2002 South Korea Suwon Bluewings South Korea Kim Ho
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