1997 Asian Super Cup

1997 Asian Super Cup

Event	1996 Asian Super Cup
Pohang Steelers Al Hilal 1 2
First leg
Pohang Steelers Al Hilal 0 1
Date	June 12, 1997
Second leg
Al Hilal Pohang Steelers 1 1
Date	June 19, 1997
Venue	Steelyard Stadium, Pohang, South Korea

The 1997 Asian Super Cup was the 3rd Asian Super Cup, a football match played between the winners of the previous season's Asian Club Championship and Asian Cup Winners Cup competitions. The 1997 competition was contested by Pohang Steelers of South Korea, who won the 1996–97 Asian Club Championship, and Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia, the winners of the 1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup.

Route to the Super Cup

Pohang Steelers

Opponents	Round	Score^1	Pohang Steelers goalscorers
PSM Makassar	First round	4–1	?
Thai Farmers Bank	Second round	5–1	?
Yokohama Marinos	Quarterfinals	2–2	Lee Young-Sang  48', Rade Bogdanovic  75'
New Radiant	Quarterfinals	6–0	Cho Jin-Ho  32'  49'(p)  83'  89', Serhiy Konovalov  34'  61'
Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma	Quarterfinals	0–0
Persepolis	Semifinals	3–1	?
Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma	finals	2–1 (AET)	Park Tae-Ha  78', Park Ji-Ho  117'(p)

¹Pohang Steelers goals always recorded first.

Al Hilal

Opponents	Round	Score^1	Al Hilal goalscorers
Al Qadisiyah	First round	(w/o)^2	?
Al Arabi	Second round	7–0	?
Al Nasr	Quarterfinals	5–0 (w/o)^3	?
Esteghlal	Semifinals	0–0 (AET, 5 PK 4)
Nagoya Grampus Eight	Final	3–0	Al Jaber  16', Al Thunayan  75', Bassir  82'

¹ Al Hilal goals always recorded first.
² Al Qadisiyah withdrew
³ Al Nasr withdrew after 1st leg

Game summary

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al Hilal	2–1	Pohang Steelers	1–0	1–1

First Game

Al Hilal v Pohang Steelers

June 12, 1997

Al Hilal	1–0	Pohang Steelers
Al-Jaber  32'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Second Game

Pohang Steelers v Al Hilal

June 19, 1997

Pohang Steelers	1–1	Al Hilal
?  13'		50' Al-Jaber

Steel Yard, Pohang, South Korea

Champions

Asian Super Cup 1997 Al Hilal FC First Title

References

• Asian Super Cup 1997