Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Tsakanin 1980 da 1990, Kamaru ta yi nasarar kaiwa wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin Afirka sau uku a jere, inda ta lashe gasar sau biyu a 1984 da 1988 kuma ta yi rashin nasara sau daya a bugun fanareti a kan Masar a shekarar 1986.
Gasar 1980 da ta baiwa Super Eagles damar lashe gasar zakarunsu ta farko. Bayan bugun 1980, Aljeriya ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe na kowane bugun ban da na 1986 har sai da suka lashe gasar a 1990. Gasar ta hudu ta Ghana ta zo ne a gasar cin kofin 1982 inda suka doke Libya mai masaukin baki a wasan karshe. Wasan ya ƙare a wasan 1<unk>1 bayan mintuna 120 kuma Ghana ta lashe bugun penariti don zama zakarun.