1997 Afro-Asian Club Championship
# 1997 Afro-Asian Club Championship

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

| 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

| 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
