Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 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 bugun fanareti da Masar a shekarar 1986
, wata ƙungiyar da ta fi rinjaye a wannan lokacin ita ce Aljeriya, tare da bayyanar da suka yi a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1982 da ta 1986, ƙasar Arewacin Afirka ta yi rashin nasara a wasan karshe da mai masaukin baki Najeriya a gasar 1980 wanda ya ba wa Super Eagles damar kama 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.