1990 African Cup of Nations

1990 African Cup of Nations

كأس الأمم الأفريقية لكرة القدم 1990 (Arabic) 1990 Coupe d'Afrique des Nations (French)
African Cup of Nations 1990 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
Dates	2 March – 16 March
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Algeria (1st title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Zambia
Fourth place	Senegal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	30 (1.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Djamel Menad (4 goals)
Best player	Rabah Madjer
← 1988 1992 →

The 1990 African Cup of Nations was the 17th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Algeria. Just like in 1988, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Algeria won its first championship, beating Nigeria in the final 1-0.

Venues

Algiers	Annaba
Stade 5 Juillet 1962	Stade 19 Mai 1956
Capacity: 95,000	Capacity: 56,000

Squads

Main article: 1990 African Cup of Nations squads

Qualified teams

Main article: 1990 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Participating nations

Algeria (hosts) Cameroon (holders) Côte d'Ivoire Egypt

Kenya Nigeria Senegal Zambia

Final tournament

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Algeria	6	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9
Nigeria	4	3	2	0	1	3	5	-2
Côte d'Ivoire	2	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2
Egypt	0	3	0	0	3	1	6	-5

2 March 1990	Algeria	5 – 1	Nigeria	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)
	Madjer  36', 58' Menad  69', 72' Amani  88'	Report	Okocha  82'

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3 March 1990	Côte d'Ivoire	3 – 1	Egypt	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
	A. Traoré  53', 60' Maguy  73'		Abdel Rahman  75'

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5 March 1990	Algeria	3 – 0	Côte d'Ivoire	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)
	Menad  23' Cherif El-Ouazzani  81' Oudjani  82'	Report

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5 March 1990	Nigeria	1 – 0	Egypt	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
	Yekini  8'

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8 March 1990	Nigeria	1 – 0	Côte d'Ivoire	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
	Yekini  3'

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8 March 1990	Algeria	2 – 0	Egypt	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers Attendance: 85,000 Referee: Eganaden Cadressen (Mauritius)
	Amani  39' Saïb  43'	Report

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Zambia	5	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2
Senegal	4	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2
Cameroon	2	3	1	0	2	2	3	-1
Kenya	1	3	0	1	2	0	3	-3

3 March 1990	Zambia	1 – 0	Cameroon	Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
	Chikabala  58'

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3 March 1990	Senegal	0 – 0	Kenya	Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba

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6 March 1990	Zambia	1 – 0	Kenya	Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
	Makwaza  40'

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6 March 1990	Senegal	2 – 0	Cameroon	Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
	Diallo  45' N'Dao  56'

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9 March 1990	Zambia	0 – 0	Senegal	Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba

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9 March 1990	Cameroon	2 – 0	Kenya	Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
	Maboang  28', 69'

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 March – Annaba
	Zambia	0
	Nigeria	2
					16 February – Algiers
					Algeria	1
					Nigeria	0
					Third place
	12 March – Algiers			15 February – Algiers
	Algeria	2		Zambia	1
	Senegal	1			Senegal	0

Semi-finals

12 March 1990	Zambia	0 – 2	Nigeria	Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
			Okechukwu  18' Yekini  77'

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12 March 1990	Algeria	2 – 1	Senegal	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)
	Menad  4' Amani  62'	Report	Serrar  20' (o.g.)

Third Place Play-off

15 March 1990	Zambia	1 – 0	Senegal	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
	Chikabala  73'

Final

Main article: 1990 Africa Cup of Nations Final

16 March 1990	Algeria	1 – 0	Nigeria	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Jean-Fidele Diramba (Gabon)
	Oudjani  38'	Report

Africa Cup of Nations 1990 Champions
Algeria 1st title

Top scorers

4 goals

• Djamel Menad

3 goals

• Djamel Amani

• Rashidi Yekini

2 goals

• Rabah Madjer
• Chérif Oudjani

• Emmanuel Maboang
• Abdoulaye Traoré

• Webster Chikabala

1 goal

• Tahar Cherif El-Ouazzani
• Moussa Saïb
• Serge Maguy

• Adel Abdel Rahman
• Uche Okechukwu
• Emmanuel Okocha

• Mamadou Diallo
• Moussa N'Dao
• Linos Makwaza

Own goal

• Abdelhakim Serrar (against Senegal)

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Antar Osmani	Ali Benhalima André Kana-Biyik Arsène Hobou Samuel Chomba	Djamel Amani Rabah Madjer Tahar Cherif El-Ouazzani Moses Kpakor	Djamel Menad Webster Chikabala

External links

• Details at RSSSF