1996 Arab Super Cup

1996 Arab Super Cup

بطولة النخبة العربية للأندية 1996
Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Dates	30 April – 4 May
Teams	3 (from UAFA confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in Tunis host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Espérance de Tunis (1st title)
Runners-up	Al-Riyadh
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	4 (1.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hassen Gabsi (2 goals)
Best player(s)	Hassen Gabsi
Best goalkeeper	Chokri El Ouaer
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The 1996 Arab Super Cup was an international club competition played by the winners and runners up of the Arab Club Champions Cup and Arab Cup Winners' Cup. It was the third edition of the tournament to be played. Espérance de Tunis were crowned champions, with Saudi Arabian outfit Al-Riyadh runner up. Also represented were Al-Hilal, also of Saudi Arabia. It is unclear why Al-Riyadh took part in the competition as they weren't represented as either champions or runners up of the Arab Club Champions Cup or Arab Cup Winners' Cup.^[1]

Teams[]

Team	Qualification	Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
Al-Hilal	Winners of the 1995 Arab Club Champions Cup	2 (1992, 1995)
Espérance de Tunis	Runners-up of the 1995 Arab Club Champions Cup
Al-Riyadh	Semi-finalist of the 1995 Arab Cup Winners' Cup

Results and standings[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Espérance de Tunis	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Al-Riyadh	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
Al-Hilal	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1

30 April 1996

Espérance de Tunis	1 – 1	Al-Riyadh
Gabsi

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Al-Riyadh	0 – 0	Al-Hilal

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

4 May 1996

Al-Hilal	0 – 2	Espérance de Tunis
		Gabsi  43' Thabet  83'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Attendance: 40.000

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

Awards[]

• Fairplay team: Al-Riyadh

References[]

External links[]

• Arab Super Cup 1996 - rsssf.com