Kano Pillars F.C.

Kano Pillars

Full name	Kano Pillars Football Club
Nickname(s)	Masu Gida
Founded	1990
Ground	Sani Abacha Stadium Kano, Nigeria
Ground Capacity	25,000
Chairman	Alhaji Abba Galadima
Manager	Okey Emordi
League	Nigerian Premier League
2013	1st
Website	Club home page
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 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

• Nigerian Premier League

Champions (3): 2007-08, 2011-12, 2013

Runners-up (1): 2009-10

• Nigerian FA Cup

Runners-up (1): 1991

• Nigerian Super Cup

Runners-up (1): 2012

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 3 appearances

2009 - Semi-Finals

2011 - First Round

2013 - 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.

No. Position Player 1 GK Nobas Omoregie 2 DF Isaac Hélé Hélé 3 DF Joseph Atang Thompson 6 DF Babale Alaye 7 DF Shagari Shehu 8 DF Moses Ogaga 9 FW Mohammed Gambo 11 FW Kwame Amoah 12 MF Rabiu Muhammad 13 FW Victor Namo 14 MF Kingsley Elechi 15 FW Augustine Akpehe 16 MF Olabisi Adewu 18 DF Hillary Chukwu 19 FW Hassan Baballe Yahuza 20 FW Manir Ubale 22 GK Theophilus Afelo

No. Position Player 23 FW Bertrand Lekama 25 FW Dominic Duku 26 FW Sani Ahmed 27 MF Michael Okoyo 28 MF Abdullahi Abubakar 29 FW Jerome David 30 FW Aliyu Bawu 31 DF Nazifi Ammani 32 MF Alhaji Mohammed 33 FW Sunday Oboh 35 DF Harouna Ide 36 FW Habibu Yunusa 37 MF Munzali Yusuf 38 FW Anthony Kelechi 40 GK Sani Haliru - FW Victor Barnabas - FW Yusef Siman

Staff

Head Coach

• Okey Emordi

Technical Adviser

Chairman

• Alhaji Abba Galadima

Former players

Notable coaches

• Malik Jabir (2008–) (Technical Adviser)
• Ahmed Pele Abdu
• Ladan Bosso
• Baba Ganaru
• Kadiri Ikhana (1991), (1997–98), (2007–08)
• Ivo Sajh (2009)

References

External links

• Kano Pillars FC Official Website