1997 Afro-Asian Club Championship Explained

1997 Afro-Asian Club Championship
Team1:Pohang Steelers
Team1association:
Team1score:2
Team2:Zamalek
Team2association:
Team2score:2
Details:Zamalek won on away goals
Firstleg:First leg
Team1score1:2
Team2score1:1
Date1:16 November 1997
Stadium1:Pohang Steel Yard
City1:Pohang
Referee1:Masayoshi Okada (Japan)
Secondleg:Second leg
Team1score2:0
Team2score2:1
Date2:5 December 1997
Stadium2:Cairo Stadium
City2:Cairo
Referee2:Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
Previous:1996
Next:1998

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

TeamQualificationPrevious participation (bold indicates winners)
Pohang Steelers1996–97 Asian Club Championship winnerNone
Zamalek1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs winner1987, 1994

Match details

First leg

Pohang Steelers:
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GK
CB
CB
CB
RM
CM
CM
LM
CM
CF
CF
Substitutes:
Manager:
Zamalek:
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GK Nader El-Sayed
RB Ayman Abdel-Aziz
CB
CB Medhat Abdel-Hady
CB Mohamed El-Kot
LB Tarek Mostafa
CF 12 Ismail Youssef (c)
CM
MF
CM Ahmed Abdullah
CF
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CB
MD
MF 17
Manager:
Ruud Krol

Second leg

Zamalek:
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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
FW
FW
Substitutions:
RW
MD
MD
Manager:
Ruud Krol
Pohang Steelers:
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GK
CB
CB
CB
RM
CM
CM
LM
CM
CF
CF
Substitutes:
Manager:

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