Kano Pillars F.C.
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.
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.
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 fellow Nigerian team Heartland F.C.
Achievements
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- 2008
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- 1995
Performance in CAF competitions
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- 2009 - Semi-Finals
- 2011 - First Round
Current Players
[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Position |
Player |
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FW |
Yusef Siman |
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DF |
Papa Idris |
| 21 |
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MF |
Habibu Yunusa |
| 22 |
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GK |
Theophilus Afelo |
| 23 |
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FW |
Bertrand Lekama |
| 24 |
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MF |
Solomon Okpako |
| 25 |
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FW |
Dominic Duku |
| 26 |
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FW |
Sani Ahmed |
| 27 |
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MF |
Michael Okoyo |
| 28 |
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MF |
Abdullahi Abubakar |
| 29 |
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FW |
Jerome David |
| 30 |
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FW |
Aliyu Bawu |
| 31 |
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DF |
Nazifi Ammani |
| 32 |
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MF |
Alhaji Mohammed |
| 33 |
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FW |
Sunday Oboh |
| 34 |
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MF |
Gabriel Rueben |
| 35 |
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DF |
Harouna Ide |
| 36 |
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FW |
Habibu Yunusa |
| 37 |
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MF |
Munzali Yusuf |
| 38 |
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FW |
Anthony Kelechi |
| 40 |
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GK |
Sani Haliru |
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Staff
- Head Coach
- Assistant Coach
- Technical Adviser
- Chairman
- Alhaji Muhammad Tukur Babangida
Former players
Notable coaches
References
External links