1997 Asian Super Cup

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.

1997 Asian Super Cup

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

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

12 June 1997

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

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Second Game

19 June 1997

Pohang Steelers	1–1	Al Hilal
Seo Hyo-won  13'		50' Al-Jaber

Steel Yard, Pohang, South Korea

References

• Asian Super Cup 1997