Kammala wannan jumla: Tsakanin 1980 da 1990, Kamaru ta yi nasarar kaiwa wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin Afirka sau uku a jere, ta lashe gasar sau biyu a 1984 da 1988 kuma ta yi rashin nasara sau daya a kan hukuncin da aka yanke wa Masar a gasar cin kofin Afirka.
A gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1986, wata kungiyar da ta yi fice a wannan lokacin ita ce Aljeriya, tare da bayyanar da suka yi a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1982 da ta 1986, kasar ta Arewacin Afirka ta yi rashin nasara a wasan karshe da Najeriya a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1980 wanda ya baiwa Super Eagles damar daukar kofin zakarunsu na 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.