The 1986 African Cup of Nations final was a football match that took place on 21 March 1986 at the Cairo Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, to determine the winner of the 1986 African Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Egypt won the title for the third time by beating Cameroon 5–4 on penalties with the game ending 0–0.
Road to the final Egypt CameroonOpponentsResultsOpponentsResults Group stage0–13–22–01–12–03–2 Semi-finals1–01–0
Match details
Details
GK 1 Thabet El-BatalRB 2 Ali ShehataCB 5 Mohamed Omar CB 21 Hamada SedkiLB 3 Rabie YassinCM 8 Magdi Abdelghani SW 6 Ashraf KasemCM 12 Tahar Abouzid RW 7 Mostafa Abdou (c)CF 10 Mahmoud El KhatibLW 14 Gamal Abdel HamidSubstitutions:CM 4 Alaa Mayhoub LW 11 Tarek Yehia Manager: Mike Smith GK 1 Thomas N'Kono RB 5 Victor N'Dip CB 4 Ibrahim AoudouCB 6 Emmanuel Kundé (c)LB 3 Isaac SinkotRM 2 André Kana-Biyik CM 8 Emile M'Bouh CM 20 Grégoire M'BidaLM 11 Louis M'FédéCF 13 Ernest Ebongue CF 9 Roger Milla Substitutions:MF 7 Mamadou Oumarou Manager: Claude Le Roy
Assistant referees: Bester Kalombo (Malawi) Jean-Fidèle Diramba (Gabon)
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