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 AlgeriaOpponentsResultsOpponentsResults Group stage3–10–00–01–01–03–2 Semi-finals1–02–2
Match Details
GK 1 Best OgedegbeRB 2 David AdieleCB 5 Christian ChukwuCB 6 Tunde BamideleLB 8 Alloysius AtuegbuCM 10 Godwin Odiye CM 9 Felix OwolabiAM 3 Okey IsimaAM 7 Segun OdegbamiCF 4 Muda LawalCF 11 Adokiye AmiesimakaSubstitutions:DF 22 Kadiri Ikhana 12 Moses EffiongGK 13 Emmanuel OkalaMF 14 Sylvanus Okpala 15 Ifeanyi Onyedika 16 Martin Eyo 17 John Orlando 18 Shefiu Mohammed 19 Charles BasseyMF 20 Henry Nwosu 21 Franck OnwuachiManager: Otto Glória GK 1 Mehdi CerbahLB 3 Mustapha KouiciCB 4 Mohamed KhedisCB 19Abdelkader HorrRB 5 Chaabane MerzekaneCM 6 Bouzid MahyouzCM 8 Ali FerganiCM 10Lakhdar BelloumiLW 11Salah AssadCF 9 Tedj Bensaoula RW 16Hocine Benmiloudi Substitutions:GK Abderrazak HarbDF Abderrahmane DerouazDF Mahmoud GuendouzDF Salah LarbèsMF Mohamed Ouamar GhribFW Redouane Guemri FW 7 Rabah Madjer FW Smaïl SlimaniManager: Zdravko Rajkov Mahieddine Khalef
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