1980 African Cup of Nations final

1980 African Cup of Nations Final

Event	1980 African Cup of Nations
Nigeria Algeria 3 0
Date	22 March 1980
Venue	Surulere Stadium, Lagos
Referee	Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia)
Attendance	85,000

The 1980 African Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on 22 March 1980, at the National Stadium in Lagos, Nigeria, to determine the winner of the 1980 African Cup of Nations. Nigeria defeated Algeria 3–0 with two goals from Segun Odegbami and a goal from Muda Lawal, to win their first African Cup.

Road to the final

Nigeria		Algeria
Opponents	Results	Opponents	Results
Group stage
Tanzania	3–1	Ghana	0–0
Ivory Coast	0–0	Morocco	1–0
Egypt	1–0	Guinea	3–2
Semi-finals
Morocco	1–0	Egypt	2–2 (4–2 p)

Match

Details

22 March 1980

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Nigeria	3–0	Algeria
Odegbami 2', 42' Lawal 50'	Report

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia)

Nigeria

Algeria

GK 1 Best Ogedegbe RB 2 David Adiele CB 5 Christian Chukwu CB 6 Tunde Bamidele LB 8 Alloysius Atuegbu CM 10 Godwin Odiye  59' CM 9 Felix Owolabi AM 3 Okey Isima AM 7 Segun Odegbami CF 4 Muda Lawal CF 11 Adokiye Amiesimaka Substitutions: DF 22 Kadiri Ikhana  59' 12 Moses Effiong GK 13 Emmanuel Okala MF 14 Sylvanus Okpala 15 Ifeanyi Onyedika 16 Martin Eyo 17 John Orlando 18 Shefiu Mohammed 19 Charles Bassey MF 20 Henry Nwosu 21 Franck Onwuachi Manager: Otto Glória

GK 1 Mehdi Cerbah LB 3 Mustapha Kouici CB 4 Mohamed Khedis CB 19 Abdelkader Horr RB 5 Chaabane Merzekane CM 6 Bouzid Mahyouz CM 8 Ali Fergani CM 10 Lakhdar Belloumi LW 11 Salah Assad CF 9 Tedj Bensaoula  66' RW 16 Hocine Benmiloudi  60' Substitutions: GK Abderrazak Harb DF Abderrahmane Derouaz DF Mahmoud Guendouz DF Salah Larbès MF Mohamed Ouamar Ghrib FW Redouane Guemri  60' FW 7 Rabah Madjer  66' FW Smaïl Slimani Manager: Zdravko Rajkov Mahieddine Khalef

Assistant referees: ... ...

External links

• Final match details - dzfoot
• Final match details - 11v11
• Qualifications details - rsssf