1990 African Cup of Nations final
# 1990 African Cup of Nations final

The 1990 African Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on 16 March 1990, at the Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers, Algeria, to determine the winner of the 1990 African Cup of Nations. Algeria defeated Nigeria 1–0 with a lone goal from Chérif Oudjani in the 38th minute to win their first African Cup. The final was a repeat of the 1980 final in Lagos, which Nigeria won 3-0.

## Road to the final

| Algeria | Algeria | Nigeria | Nigeria |
| - | - | - | - |
| Opponents | Results | Opponents | Results |
| Group stage ||||
| Nigeria | 5-1 | Algeria | 1–5 |
| Ivory Coast | 3–0 | Egypt | 1–0 |
| Egypt | 2–0 | Ivory Coast | 1–0 |
| Semi-finals ||||
| Senegal | 1–0 | Zambia | 2–0 |

## Match

### Details

| Algeria | Nigeria |
| - | - |
| GK | 22 | Antar Osmani |
| RB | 5 | Messaoud Aït Abderrahmane |
| CB | 4 | Ali Benhalima |
| CB | 20 | Fodil Megharia |
| LB | 15 | Abdelhakim Serrar |
| CM | 14 | Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani | | 85' |
| CM | 8 | Djamel Amani | 62' |
| CM | 18 | Moussa Saïb |
| RW | 11 | Rabah Madjer (c) |
| CF | 10 | Chérif Oudjani | | 90' |
| LW | 9 | Djamel Menad |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 16 | Kamel Kadri |
| DF | 19 | Tarek Lazizi |
| MF | 6 | Mahieddine Meftah | | 85' |
| FW | 12 | Nacer Bouiche |
| FW | 17 | Mohamed Rahim | | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Abdelhamid Kermali ||
| GK | 1 | Alloysius Agu (c) |
| RB | 4 | Uche Okechukwu |
| CB | 19 | Isaac Semitoje |
| CB | 13 | Herbert Anijekwu |
| LB | 3 | Andrew Uwe | | 13' |
| CM | 8 | Moses Kpakor |
| CM | 6 | Thompson Oliha | 31' |
| CM | 10 | Emmanuel Okocha |
| RW | 7 | Ayodele Ogunlana | | 69' |
| CF | 9 | Rashidi Yekini |
| LW | 17 | Friday Elahor | 44' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 18 | Christian Obi |
| DF | 2 | Aminu Abdul | | 13' |
| MF | 11 | Ademola Adeshina |
| MF | 20 | Baldwin Bazuaye |
| FW | 14 | Daniel Amokachi | | 69' |
| Manager: ||
| Clemens Westerhof ||

* Assistant referees:
* Abdelali Naciri (Morocco)
* Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)
