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Football match
1980 African Cup of Nations Final
Event1980 African Cup of Nations
Nigeria Algeria
Nigeria Algeria
3 0
Date22 March 1980
VenueSurulere Stadium, Lagos
RefereeTesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia)
Attendance85,000
← 1978 1982 →

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

Nigeria 3–0 Algeria
Odegbami 2', 42'
Lawal 50'		 Report
Surulere Stadium, LagosAttendance: 85,000Referee: 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 downward-facing red arrow 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 upward-facing green arrow 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:
Brazil 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 downward-facing red arrow 66'
RW 16 Hocine Benmiloudi downward-facing red arrow 60'
Substitutions:
GK Abderrazak Harb
DF Abderrahmane Derouaz
DF Mahmoud Guendouz
DF Salah Larbès
MF Mohamed Ouamar Ghrib
FW Redouane Guemri upward-facing green arrow 60'
FW 7 Rabah Madjer upward-facing green arrow 66'
FW Smaïl Slimani
Manager:
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zdravko Rajkov
Algeria Mahieddine Khalef

Assistant referees:
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External links

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Notes
The 2021 and 2023 tournaments were actually held in 2022 and 2024 respectively.
There were no 1957 and 1959 qualifications as places were given by invitation only.
The "finals" articles for 1959 and 1976 are about the decisive matches of final group stages.
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