1997 Afro-Asian Club Championship

1997 Afro-Asian Club Championship

Pohang Steelers Zamalek 2 2
Zamalek won on away goals
First leg
Pohang Steelers Zamalek 2 1
Date	16 November 1997
Venue	Pohang Steel Yard, Pohang
Referee	Masayoshi Okada (Japan)
Second leg
Zamalek Pohang Steelers 1 0
Date	5 December 1997
Venue	Cairo Stadium, Cairo
Referee	Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
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The 1997 Afro-Asian Club Championship, was the 10th Afro-Asian Club Championship competition endorsed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and Asian Football Confederation (AFC), contested between the winners of the African Champions' Cup and the Asian Club Championship.

The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Korean team Pohang Steel the 1996–97 Asian Club Championship winner. and Egyptian team Zamalek, the 1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs winner, The first leg was hosted by Pohang Steel at the Pohang Steel Yard in Pohang on 16 November 1997, while the second leg was hosted by Zamalek at Cairo Stadium in Cairo on 5 December 1997.

Aggregate was 2–2, Zamalek won on away goals, became the first (and only) club to win the Championship for 2 times.

Teams

Team	Qualification	Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
Pohang Steelers	1996–97 Asian Club Championship winner	None
Zamalek	1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs winner	1987 , 1994

Match details

First leg

16 November 1997

20:00 KST

Pohang Steelers	2–1	Zamalek
Hwang Sun-hong 7' Park Tae-ha 53'		Mostafa 77'

Pohang Steel Yard, Pohang

Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

Pohang Steelers

Zamalek

Pohang Steelers: GK CB CB CB RM CM CM LM CM CF CF Substitutes: Manager:

Zamalek: GK Nader El-Sayed RB Ayman Abdel-Aziz CB Sami El-Sheshini  ?' CB Medhat Abdel-Hady CB Mohamed El-Kot LB Tarek Mostafa CF 12 Ismail Youssef (c) CM Essam Marei  ?' MF Akram Abdel-Majeed  ?' CM Ahmed Abdullah CF Substitutes: CB Yehia Nabil  ?' MD Ahmed Metwali  ?' MF 17 Mohamed Sabry  ?' Manager: Ruud Krol

Second leg

5 December 1997

20:45 GMT+2

Zamalek	1–0	Pohang Steelers
Sabry 19'

Cairo Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)

Zamalek

Pohang Steelers

Zamalek: GK Nader El-Sayed CB Ayman Abdel-Aziz CB Sayed Hanafi LB Medhat Abdel-Hady CM Yehia Nabil CM Mohamed El-Kot RW 12 Ismail Youssef (c) AM 14 Osama Nabieh AM 17 Mohamed Sabry  ?' FW Akram Abdel-Majeed  ?' FW Ahmed Abdullah  ?' Substitutions: RW Tarek Mostafa  ?' MD Ahmed Metwali  ?' MD Essam Marei  ?' Manager: Ruud Krol

Pohang Steelers: GK CB CB CB RM CM CM LM CM CF CF Substitutes: Manager:

1997 Afro-Asian Club Championship winners
Zamalek Second title

External links

• https://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/ZamalekAfroAsian.html#1997
• http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=5515
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VoaIDx0GRU&list=TLo3J9cwtI9iwxvvobrdUITlfa5lBCGDNq