Azikwe Cup 1965-1967

Trophy named after Nnamdi Azikwe, then head of state of Nigeria and one of its founding fathers.

Two-legged annual tournament between Ghana and Nigeria, which can be considered the successor tournament of the Jalco Cup and the Nkrumah Cup (which involved more countries). For the sake of completeness, encounters between Ghana and Nigeria held between the last Jalco Cup (1959) and first Azikwe Cup (1965) are listed here as well.

Palmares

Year Winners            
1960-1964 matches between Ghana and Nigeria
1965 Ghana       
1966 Ghana (played early 1967)
1967 Ghana 

Number of Wins

Ghana      3

Total Record

Ghana       6  4  2  0  15- 5 10
Nigeria     6  0  2  4   5-15  2

1960-1964

27- 8-1960 Accra
Ghana      4-1 Nigeria      [World Cup Qualifier]

10- 9-1960 Lagos
Nigeria    2-2 Ghana        [World Cup Qualifier]

 9-10-1960 Lagos
Nigeria    0-3 Ghana        [Nkrumah Cup Final]

29-10-1960 Lagos
Nigeria    1-1 Ghana        [Independence Cup]

 8- 4-1961 Lagos
Nigeria    0-0 Ghana        [African Nations Cup Qualifier]

30- 4-1961 Accra
Ghana      2-2 Nigeria      [African Nations Cup Qualifier]

17-12-1961 Accra
Ghana      5-1 Nigeria

10-11-1962 Lagos
Nigeria    0-0 Ghana

23- 2-1963 Accra
Ghana      5-0 Nigeria      [Nkrumah Cup Semifinal]

1965

30-10-1965 Lagos
Nigeria    0-4 Ghana
 7-11-1965 Accra
Ghana      3-0 Nigeria

Ghana won 7-0 on aggregate

1966

28- 1-1967 Lagos
Nigeria    2-2 Ghana
  [Lawrence Omeokachie 15, 69; Addo Odamettey (2 pen); half-time 1-2]
12- 2-1967 Accra (Municipal Sports Stadium)
Ghana      2-0 Nigeria
  [Osei Kofi 21, 30; att: 35,000 (record crowd)]

Ghana won 4-2 on aggregate

1967

21-10-1967 Accra
Ghana      2-1 Nigeria
23-12-1967 Lagos
Nigeria    2-2 Ghana

Ghana won 4-3 on aggregate

About this document

Source: [Oke 00]

Prepared and maintained by Barrie Courtney for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Barrie Courtney (BzCourtney@aol.com)
Last updated: 6 Jul 2003