1990 African Cup of Nations final

1990 African Cup of Nations Final

Event	1990 African Cup of Nations
Algeria Nigeria 1 0
Date	16 March 1990
Venue	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Referee	Jean-Fidèle Diramba (Gabon)
Attendance	105,032

The 1990 African Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on 16 March 1990, at the Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers, Algeria, to determine the winner of the 1990 African Cup of Nations. Algeria defeated Nigeria 1–0 with a lone goal from Chérif Oudjani in the 38th minute to win their first African Cup. The final was a repeat of the 1980 final in Lagos, which Nigeria won 3-0.

Road to the final

Algeria		Nigeria
Opponents	Results	Opponents	Results
Group stage
Nigeria	5-1	Algeria	1–5
Ivory Coast	3–0	Egypt	1–0
Egypt	2–0	Ivory Coast	1–0
Semi-finals
Senegal	1–0	Zambia	2–0

Match

Details

16 March 1990

16:00 UTC+1

Algeria	1–0	Nigeria
Oudjani 38'	Report

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers

Attendance: 105,032

Referee: Jean-Fidèle Diramba (Gabon)

Algeria

Nigeria

GK 22 Antar Osmani RB 5 Messaoud Aït Abderrahmane CB 4 Ali Benhalima CB 20 Fodil Megharia LB 15 Abdelhakim Serrar CM 14 Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani  85' CM 8 Djamel Amani  62' CM 18 Moussa Saïb RW 11 Rabah Madjer (c) CF 10 Chérif Oudjani  90' LW 9 Djamel Menad Substitutions: GK 16 Kamel Kadri DF 19 Tarek Lazizi MF 6 Mahieddine Meftah  85' FW 12 Nacer Bouiche FW 17 Mohamed Rahim  90' Manager: Abdelhamid Kermali

GK 1 Alloysius Agu (c) RB 4 Uche Okechukwu CB 19 Isaac Semitoje CB 13 Herbert Anijekwu LB 3 Andrew Uwe  13' CM 8 Moses Kpakor CM 6 Thompson Oliha  31' CM 10 Emmanuel Okocha RW 7 Ayodele Ogunlana  69' CF 9 Rashidi Yekini LW 17 Friday Elahor  44' Substitutions: GK 18 Christian Obi DF 2 Aminu Abdul  13' MF 11 Ademola Adeshina MF 20 Baldwin Bazuaye FW 14 Daniel Amokachi  69' Manager: Clemens Westerhof

Assistant referees: Abdelali Naciri (Morocco) Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)

External links

• Details at RSSSF