The 1980 Africa Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on March 22, 1980 at the National Stadium in Lagos

Lagos

Lagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa...

, Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

, to determine the winner of the 1980 Africa Cup of Nations. Nigeria

Nigeria national football team

The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles or Green Eagles, is the national team of Nigeria and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation . The team has ranked as high as 5th in the FIFA World Rankings, in April 1994...

 defeated Algeria

Algeria national football team

The Algeria national football team , nicknamed الأفنــاك, Les Fennecs , represents Algeria in association football and is controlled by the Fédération Algérienne de Football. Algeria's home ground is the Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers and their head coach is Vahid Halilhodžić.Algeria has qualified...

 3–0 with two goals from Segun Odegbami

Segun Odegbami

Patrick Olusegun Odegbami, often shortened to Segun Odegbami is a retired Nigerian footballer who played as a forward....

 and a goal from Muda Lawal, to win their first African Cup.

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GK		Best Ogedegbe Best Ogedegbe Best Ogedegbe was a Nigerian football goalkeeper.-Career:He played with Shooting Stars F.C. most of his career, and was the goalkeeper when Shooting Stars won Nigeria's first continental trophy, the African Cup Winners Cup in 1976.-International career:Ogedegbe played for the Nigeria national...
RB		David Adiele
CB		Christian Chukwu Christian Chukwu Christian Chukwu Okoro is a Nigerian football former player and current coach. A defender in his playing days, he captained the Nigeria national team to its first win in the African Nations Cup.-Playing career:...
CB		Babatunde Bamidele
LB		Alloysius Atuegbu
CM		Godwin Odiye Godwin Odiye Godwin Odiye is a former Nigeria international football defender.-Career:Odiye began playing club football in Nigeria for non-league sides Nestle and National Bank of Lagos. In 1978, Odiye was recruited by University of San Francisco to play collegiate soccer...
CM		Felix Owolabi
MF		Okey Isima
MF		Segun Odegbami Segun Odegbami Patrick Olusegun Odegbami, often shortened to Segun Odegbami is a retired Nigerian footballer who played as a forward....
FW		Muda Lawal
FW		Adokie Amiesemeka
Substitutions:
DF		Kadiri Ikhana Kadiri Ikhana Kadiri Ikhana is a Nigerian football coach. He resigned from his position at Kano Pillars on 27 May 2008, citing corruption in the game. He had led Kano Pillars to their first ever league title a day earlier...
Manager:
Otto Gloria Otto Glória Otto Martins Glória was a Brazilian football coach. He had his greatest successes with SL Benfica in Lisbon, Portugal, which he guided to nine national trophies...

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ALGERIA: | GK Mehdi Cerbah

Mehdi Cerbah

Mehdi Cerbah is a retired Algeria international football player.Cerbah spent most of his career playing for Algerian sides USM Alger, JS Kabylie and RC Kouba. He played in Canada, playing one and one half seasons with NASL side Montreal Manic....

RB Chaabane Merzekane

Chaabane Merzekane

Chaabane Merzekane is a former Algerian footballer, who played as a defender. He was a key member of the Algerian National Team that took part in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, playing the full 90 minutes in all three of the teams games.Merzekane's first club was his neighborhood team, Onalait...

CB Abdelkader Horr

Abdelkader Horr

Abdelkader Horr is an Algerian football defender who played for Algeria in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. He also played for DNC Alger.-External links:*...

CB Mohamed Khedis

Mohamed Khedis

Mohamed Khedis was an Algerian international footballer. He played as a central defender. He represented Algeria in the 1980 Summer Olympics and participated in the qualification process for the 1982 FIFA World Cup. He died from a heart attack...

LB Mustafa Kouici

Mustafa Kouici

Mustafa Kouici is a former Algerian international footballer. A left back, he represented Algeria in the 1980 Summer Olympics, and was part of the squad for the 1982 FIFA World Cup, but he did not play in the finals.-External links:* at...

MF Bouzid Mahyouz

Bouzid Mahyouz

Bouzid Mahyouz is a former Algerian international footballer. He played as a right back. He represented Algeria in the 1980 Summer Olympics.-External links:* at...

MF Ali Fergani

Ali Fergani

Ali Fergani is an Algerian association football manager and former footballer. He is currently managing the Algeria A' national football team. He played at the midfield position as a playmaker.-Career:...

MF Lakhdar Belloumi

Lakhdar Belloumi

Lakhdar Belloumi is a former Algerian football player and manager. He is widely considered as the best Algerian player of all time and one of the best players in Africa and the world. He is said to have invented the Blind Pass...

  FW Salah Assad

Salah Assad

Salah Assad is a former Algerian football striker and manager.He played for RC Kouba, where he won an Algerian tournament in 1981 and one African Cup Winner's Cup, and in France for FC Mulhouse and Paris Saint-Germain FC...

FW Tedj Bensaoula

Tedj Bensaoula

Tedj Bensaoula is an Algerian football manager and former player. He currently manages CR Témouchent in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2.-Club career:...

  FW Hocine Benmiloudi Substitutions: FW Rabah Madjer

Rabah Madjer

Mustapha Rabah Madjer is a retired Algerian footballer.A skilled striker, he reached stardom as an F.C. Porto player during the 1980s, and is widely regarded as one of the best Algerian football players of all time. He is widely remembered for scoring on 77 minutes, an audacious back-heeled...

  FW Redouane Guemri  Manager:   Mahieddine Khalef

Mahieddine Khalef

Mahieddine Khalef is an Algerian football manager. Most notably he was the co-manager of the Algeria national football team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, together with Rachid Mekloufi.-References:...

 &   Zdravko Rajkov

Zdravko Rajkov

Zdravko Rajkov was a Serbian football player and later a football manager....

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