Asian Cup Winners' Cup

The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an Asian football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was chronologically the second seasonal inter-Asian club competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The tournament was started in 1990–91 and ran for 12 seasons, with the final edition held in 2001–02, after which it was discontinued to form the AFC Champions League. The winners of the Cup Winners' Cup used to contest the Asian Super Cup against the winners of the Asian Club Championship. The most successful clubs in the competition were Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia and Yokohama F. Marinos from Japan with two titles each.

History

Winners

Season	Winners
1990–91	Template:Fbaicon Persepolis
1991–92	Template:Fbaicon Nissan FC
1992–93	Template:Fbaicon Yokohama Marinos
1993–94	Template:Fbaicon Al-Qadsiah
1994–95	Template:Fbaicon Yokohama Flügels
1995-96	Template:Fbaicon Bellmare Hiratsuka
1996–97	Template:Fbaicon Al-Hilal
1997–98	Template:Fbaicon Al-Nassr
1998–99	Template:Fbaicon Al-Ittihad
1999–2000	Template:Fbaicon Shimizu S-Pulse
2000–01	Template:Fbaicon Al-Shabab
2001–02	Template:Fbaicon Al-Hilal

The competition was founded at the beginning of 1990 by the Asian Football Confederation, following the example of UEFA, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. For the first edition, seventeen clubs took part and Iranian club of Persepolis were the first winners, after defeating Bahraini Al-Muharraq in the final. Al-Hilal won the last championship in 2001–02, defeating Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.

Records and statistics

Performances by club

Performances in the Asian Cup Winners' Cup by club

Club	Title(s)	Runners-up	Seasons won	Seasons runner-up
Template:Flagicon Al-Hilal	2	0	1996–97, 2001–02	Template:Sdash
Template:Flagicon Yokohama F. Marinos1	2	0	1991–92, 1992–93	Template:Sdash
Template:Flagicon Persepolis	1	1	1990–91	1992–93
Template:Flagicon Al-Nassr	1	1	1997–98	1991–92
Template:Flagicon Al-Qadsiah FC	1	0	1993–94	Template:Sdash
Template:Flagicon Yokohama Flügels2	1	0	1994–95	Template:Sdash
Template:Flagicon Shonan Bellmare	1	0	1995–96	Template:Sdash
Template:Flagicon Al-Ittihad	1	0	1998–99	Template:Sdash
Template:Flagicon Shimizu S-Pulse	1	0	1999–2000	Template:Sdash
Template:Flagicon Al-Shabab	1	0	2000–01	Template:Sdash
Template:Flagicon Al-Muharraq	0	1	Template:Sdash	1990–91
Template:Flagicon South China	0	1	Template:Sdash	1993–94
Template:Flagicon Al-Shaab	0	1	Template:Sdash	1994–95
Template:Flagicon Al-Talaba	0	1	Template:Sdash	1995–96
Template:Flagicon Nagoya Grampus	0	1	Template:Sdash	1996–97
Template:Flagicon Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0	1	Template:Sdash	1997–98
Template:Flagicon Jeonnam Dragons	0	1	Template:Sdash	1998–99
Template:Flagicon Al-Zawraa	0	1	Template:Sdash	1999–2000
Template:Flagicon Dalian Shide	0	1	Template:Sdash	2000–01
Template:Flagicon Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0	1	Template:Sdash	2001–02

¹ including Nissan FC.
² Yokohama Flügels was merged with Yokohama Marinos to Yokohama F. Marinos in 1999.

Performances by nation

Performances in finals

Nation	Titles	Runners-up	Total
Saudi Arabia	6	1	7
Japan	5	1	6
Iran	1	1	2
South Korea	0	3	3
Iraq	0	2	2
Bahrain	0	1	1
China	0	1	1
Hong Kong	0	1	1
United Arab Emirates	0	1	1

Performances by coach

The following table lists the winning managers of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup.

Year	Club	Coach
1990–91	Template:Flagicon Persepolis	Template:Flagicon Ali Parvin
1991–92	Template:Flagicon Nissan FC	Template:Flagicon Hidehiko Shimizu
1992–93	Template:Flagicon Yokohama Marinos	Template:Flagicon Hidehiko Shimizu
1993–94	Template:Flagicon Al-Qadisiyah	Template:Flagicon Ján Pivarník
1994–95	Template:Flagicon Yokohama Flugels	Template:Flagicon Antonio Carlos da Silva
1995–96	Template:Flagicon Bellmare Hiratsuka	Template:Flagicon Shigeharu Ueki
1996–97	Template:Flagicon Al Hilal	Template:Flagicon Mirko Jozić
1997–98	Template:Flagicon Al-Nassr	Template:Flagicon Dusan Uhrin
1998–99	Template:Flagicon Al-Ittihad	Template:Flagicon Dimitri Davidović
1999–2000	Template:Flagicon Shimizu S-Pulse	Template:Flagicon Steve Perryman
2000–01	Template:Flagicon Al-Shabab	Template:Flagicon Carlinhos
2001–02	Template:Flagicon Al Hilal	Template:Flagicon Artur Jorge

See also

• List of Asian Cup Winners' Cup finals

External links

• Asian Cup Winners Cup – RSSSF