1997 Asian Super Cup
| Event | 1996 Asian Super Cup | ||||||
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| First leg | |||||||
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| Date | 12 June 1997 | ||||||
| Second leg | |||||||
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| Date | 19 June 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
[edit]Pohang Steelers
[edit]| 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'
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 New Radiant |
Quarterfinals | 6–0 | Cho Jin-Ho 32' 49'(p) 83' 89', Serhiy Konovalov 34' 61'
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 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)
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1Pohang Steelers goals always recorded first.
Al Hilal
[edit]| 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'
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1 Al Hilal goals always recorded first.
2 Al Qadisiyah withdrew
3 Al Nasr withdrew after 1st leg
Game summary
[edit]| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Al Hilal 
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2–1 | Pohang Steelers
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1–0 | 1–1 |
First leg
[edit]| Al Hilal | 1–0 | Pohang Steelers |
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| Al-Jaber 32' |
Second leg
[edit]| Pohang Steelers | 1–1 | Al Hilal |
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| Seo Hyo-won 13' |
52' Al-Jaber |