CAF, NFF Celebrate Super Eagles' 1st AFCON Title

  CAF, NFF Celebrate Super Eagles' 1st AFCON Title By Niyi Busari The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, and the Confederation of African Football, CAF, celebrated the Nigeria's first African Cup of Nations title won in Nigeria in 1980, BSNSports.com.ng reports. The continent's football governing body and the NFF shared the 41-year remembrance on their official Twitter accounts. While CAF shared the video of the final match with memorable goals against Algeria, the NFF shared the pictures of the entire team and the then Nigeria president, Shehu Shagari looked on as the team captain lifted the trophy. https://twitter.com/CAF_Online/status/1374020969610809345?s=19 "🗓 #OTD in 1980: 🏆 @NGSuperEagles claimed their first #TotalAFCON title with the competition’s top scorer Segun Odegbami shinning. 💫 Historic. 🇳🇬 https://t.co/6GrxVEOH8e" https://twitter.com/thenff/status/1374036473977176065?s=19 "OTD in 1980. A brace from the @Mathematical7 and one from Muda Babatunde Lawal vs Algeria ensured the @NGSuperEagles claim first Afcon title on home soil. https://t.co/OAlXwlqSeE" The 1980 African Cup of Nations was the 12th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations , the soccer championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Nigeria. Just like in 1978, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Nigeria won its first championship, beating Algeria in the final 3−0 with two goals from Segun Odegbami and one from Muda Lawal. A total of 16 matches were played and 33 goals recorded with 8 participating countries in the 12th edition that was hosted from 8 March to 22.