1980 African Cup of Nations final

1980 African Cup of Nations final 1980 African Cup of Nations Nigeria NGR 30px 3 Algeria ALG 30px 0 22 March 1980 Surulere Stadium Lagos Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia) 85,000 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 AlgeriaOpponentsResultsOpponentsResults Group stageTAN3–1GHA0–0CIV0–0MAR1–0EGY 19721–0GUI3–2 Semi-finalsMAR1–0EGY 19722–2 4–2 Match Details 22 March 1980 --:-- 1 NGR 3–0 Report ALG Odegbami 2 42Lawal 50 Surulere Stadium, Lagos 85,000 Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia) _whitelines _ngrcan80h _whitelines _adidas_white _3_stripes_white 347C17 347C17 347C17 347C17 347C17 Nigeria _greenborder _collargreen _greenborder _green_stripes _band_green FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Algeria GK 1 Best OgedegbeRB 2 David AdieleCB 5 Christian ChukwuCB 6 Tunde BamideleLB 8 Alloysius AtuegbuCM 10 Godwin Odiye 59CM 9 Felix OwolabiAM 3 Okey IsimaAM 7 Segun OdegbamiCF 4 Muda LawalCF 11 Adokiye AmiesimakaSubstitutions:DF 22 Kadiri Ikhana 59 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:BRA 1968 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 66RW 16Hocine Benmiloudi 60Substitutions:GK Abderrazak HarbDF Abderrahmane DerouazDF Mahmoud GuendouzDF Salah LarbèsMF Mohamed Ouamar GhribFW Redouane Guemri 60FW 7 Rabah Madjer 66FW Smaïl SlimaniManager:YUG Zdravko Rajkov ALG Mahieddine Khalef Assistant referees: ... ... External links Final match details - dzfoot Final match details - 11v11 Qualifications details - rsssf Final 1980 1980 1980 Category:1979–80 in Nigerian football Category:1979–80 in Algerian football Category:March 1980 sports events in Africa Category:1980s in Lagos Category:International sports competitions in Lagos Category:Football in Lagos Category:Football matches in Nigeria