Kano Pillars

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.

Contents 1 History 1.1 2009 Champions League 2 Achievements 3 Performance in CAF Competitions 4 Current Players 4.1 Staff 5 Former Players 6 Notable coaches 7 References 8 References

[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

• Nigerian Premier League: 1

2008

[edit] Performance in CAF Competitions

• CAF Champions League: 1 appearance

2009 - Semifinals

[edit] Current Players

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No. Position Player 1 GK Nobas Omoregie 3 DF Joseph Atang Thompson 4 FW Maurice Chigozie 6 DF Babale Alaye 7 DF Shagari Shehu 8 DF Moses Ogaga 9 FW Mohammed Gambo 10 FW Yaro Yaro 11 FW Kwame Amoah 12 MF Rabiu Muhammad 13 FW Victor Namo 14 MF Kingsley Elechi 15 FW Augustine Akpehe 16 MF Olabisi Adewu

No. Position Player 17 DF Abdulwaisu Showemimo 18 DF Hillary Chukwu 19 DF Bala Mohammed (Captain) 20 FW Bello Musa Kofarmata 21 MF Habibu Yunusa 22 GK Theophilus Afelo 23 FW Bertrand Lekama 24 MF Solomon Ogbaku 25 FW Dominic Duku 26 FW Sani Ahmed 28 MF Abdullahi Abubakar 29 FW Jerome David 30 FW Aliyu Bawu 32 MF Alhaji Mohammed

[edit] Staff

Head Coach

• Salisu Yusuf^[2]

Assistant Coach

• Mohammed Baba Ganaru

Technical Adviser

• Malik Jabir

Chairman

• Alhaji Muhammad Tukur Babangida

[edit] Former Players

Obinna Ajoku Akin Akinseinde Benedict Atule Abbas Auwalu (Solar) Rabiu Baita Abiodun Baruwa Ayuba Choji Ndubisi Chukunyere Abdulrazak Ekpoki

Abdul Iyodo Sani Kaita Francis Kumbur Suraju Lukman Obi Moneke Emmanuel Nwachi Emmanuel Omoyinmi Ahmadu Musa

Francis Okamo Isa Shariff Umar Zongo

[edit] Notable coaches

• Ahmed Pele Abdu
• Kadiri Ikhana
• Ivo Sajh

[edit] References

[edit] References

• Kano Pillars FC Official Website

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