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.

Route to the Super Cup

Pohang Steelers

Opponents	Round	Score1	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	Final	2–1 (AET)	Park Tae-Ha 78', Park Ji-Ho 117'(p)

¹Pohang Steelers goals always recorded first.

Al Hilal

Opponents	Round	Score1	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al Hilal	2–1	Pohang Steelers	1–0	1–1

First leg

12 June 1997

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

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

Second leg

19 June 1997

Pohang Steelers	1–1	Al Hilal
Seo Hyo-won 13'		52' Al-Jaber

Steelyard Stadium, Pohang

Referee: Lu Jun (China)

References

• Asian Super Cup 1997