1997 Afro-Asian Club Championship

1997 Afro-Asian Club Championship
	Zamalek won on away goals
First leg
Date	16 November 1997
Venue	Pohang Steel Yard, Pohang
Referee	Masayoshi Okada (Japan)
Second leg
Date	5 December 1997
Venue	Cairo Stadium, Cairo
Referee	Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
	← 1996 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

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)