1997 Asian Super Cup

1997 Asian Super Cup
Event 1996 Asian Super Cup
First leg
Date June 12, 1997
Second leg
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

For more details on this topic, see 1996–97 Asian Club Championship.
Opponents Round Score1 Pohang Steelers goalscorers
Indonesia PSM Makassar First round 41 ?
Thailand Thai Farmers Bank Second round 51 ?
Japan Yokohama Marinos Quarterfinals 22 Lee Young-Sang  48', Rade Bogdanovic  75'
Maldives New Radiant Quarterfinals 60 Cho Jin-Ho  32'  49'(p)  83'  89', Serhiy Konovalov  34'  61'
South Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma Quarterfinals 00
Iran Persepolis Semifinals 31 ?
South Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma finals 21 (AET) Park Tae-Ha  78', Park Ji-Ho  117'(p)

1Pohang Steelers goals always recorded first.

Al Hilal

For more details on this topic, see 1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup.
Opponents Round Score1 Al Hilal goalscorers
Bahrain Al Qadisiyah First round (w/o)2 ?
Kuwait Al Arabi Second round 70 ?
Oman Al Nasr Quarterfinals 50 (w/o)3 ?
Iran Esteghlal Semifinals 00 (AET, 5 PK 4)
Japan Nagoya Grampus Eight Final 30 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 Saudi Arabia 2–1 South Korea Pohang Steelers 1–0 1–1

First Game

Second Game

Champions

Asian Super Cup 1997
Saudi Arabia
Al Hilal FC
First Title

References

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