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: GK CB CB CB RM CM CM LM CM CF CF Substitutes:Manager:
Zamalek: GK Nader El-SayedRB Ayman Abdel-AzizCB Sami El-Sheshini CB Medhat Abdel-HadyCB Mohamed El-KotLB Tarek MostafaCF 12 Ismail Youssef (c)CM Essam Marei MF Akram Abdel-Majeed CM Ahmed AbdullahCF Substitutes:CB Yehia Nabil MD Ahmed Metwali MF 17 Mohamed Sabry Manager: Ruud Krol
Second leg
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:
References
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