1990 African Cup of Nations

The 1990 African Cup of Nations was the 17th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football 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.

Qualified teams


The 8 qualified teams are:
 * Notes

Venues
The competition was played in two venues in Algiers and Annaba.

Match officials

 * Referees
 * 🇨🇲 Laurent Petcha (Cameroon)
 * 🇪🇬 Mohamed Hussam El-Dine (Egypt)
 * 🇬🇦 Jean-Fidèle Diramba (Gabon)
 * Badou Jasseh (Gambia)
 * 🇲🇱 Idrissa Traoré (Mali)
 * Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)
 * Eganaden Cadressen (Mauritius)
 * 🇲🇦 Abdellali Naciri (Morocco)
 * 🇸🇳 Badara Sène (Senegal)
 * Ally Hafidhi (Tanzania)
 * Mawukpona Hounnake-Kouassi (Togo)
 * 🇹🇳 Naji Jouini (Tunisia)


 * Invited referees
 * 🇯🇵 Shizuo Takada (Japan)
 * 🇸🇾 Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

Player of the Tournament

 * 1 Rabah Madjer (76 pts)
 * 2 Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani
 * 3 Djamel Menad
 * – Rashidi Yekini
 * – Webster Chikabala

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 Chérif 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)