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Kano Pillars
Kano Pillars FC.png
Full name Kano Pillars Football Club
Founded 1990
Ground Sani Abacha Stadium
Kano, Nigeria
(Capacity: 25,000)
Chairman Alhaji Muhammad Tukur Babangida
Manager Salisu Yusuf
League Nigerian Premier League
Home colours
Away colours

Kano Pillars Football Club is a Nigerian football club based in Kano. They play in the top division in Nigerian football, the Nigerian Premier League. Their home stadium is Sani Abacha Stadium. Kano Pillars FC was founded in the year 1990, the year professional league was started in Nigeria. It was an amalgamation of three amateur clubs in Kano State which gave birth to Kano Pillars FC.

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[edit] History

Founded in 1990 from the combination of WRECA FC, Kano Golden Stars and Bank of the North FC, Kano Pillars achieved outstanding success by winning the 2007/08 Nigerian Premier League. Kano Pillars produced players like Abiodun Baruwa who has since played for Swiss, Austrian, Welsh and British Clubs and Sani Kaita who later plays for Sparta Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Another Prominent player is Ahmed Garba 'Yaro Yaro' who later plays for Akademisk Boldklub in Denmark. It was registered as a limited liability company with the Corporate Affairs Commission of Nigeria, and then registered with the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) as a professional football club.

[edit] 2009 Champions League

They are also nicknamed "Ahly Killers" as they scored 2 magnificent goals in Egypt and drew with Al-Ahly Cairo in Egypt 2-2 and 1-1 in Nigeria, so the Ahly killers went to the Group Stage in the African Champions League on the away goals rule. They made it to the semifinals before being eliminated against Heartland F.C.

[edit] Achievements

2008

[edit] Performance in CAF Competitions

2009 - Semifinals

[edit] Current Players

[1]

No. Position Player
1 Nigeria GK Nobas Omoregie
3 Nigeria DF Joseph Atang Thompson
4 Nigeria FW Maurice Chigozie
6 Nigeria DF Babale Alaye
7 Nigeria DF Shagari Shehu
8 Nigeria DF Moses Ogaga
9 Nigeria FW Mohammed Gambo
10 Nigeria FW Yaro Yaro
11 Ghana FW Kwame Amoah
12 Nigeria MF Rabiu Muhammad
13 Nigeria FW Victor Namo
14 Nigeria MF Kingsley Elechi
15 Nigeria FW Augustine Akpehe
16 Nigeria MF Olabisi Adewu
No. Position Player
17 Nigeria DF Abdulwaisu Showemimo
18 Nigeria DF Hillary Chukwu
19 Nigeria DF Bala Mohammed (Captain)
20 Nigeria FW Bello Musa Kofarmata
21 Nigeria MF Habibu Yunusa
22 Nigeria GK Theophilus Afelo
23 Nigeria FW Bertrand Lekama
24 Ghana MF Solomon Ogbaku
25 Nigeria FW Dominic Duku
26 Nigeria FW Sani Ahmed
28 Nigeria MF Abdullahi Abubakar
29 Nigeria FW Jerome David
30 Nigeria FW Aliyu Bawu
32 Nigeria MF Alhaji Mohammed

[edit] Staff

Head Coach
  • Salisu Yusuf[2]
Assistant Coach
  • Mohammed Baba Ganaru
Technical Adviser
Chairman
  • Alhaji Muhammad Tukur Babangida

[edit] Former Players

  • Francis Okamo
  • Isa Shariff
  • Umar Zongo

[edit] Notable coaches

[edit] References

[edit] References




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