ABS F.C.

ABS FC
Full name Abubakar Bukola Saraki Football Club
Ground Kwara State Stadium
Ilorin, Nigeria
Ground Capacity 18,000
Chairman Seni Saraki
Team Manager Nigeria Abdul Adama
Technical Advisor Nigeria Erasmus Onu
Coach Yomi Godwin Elijah
League Nigeria National League
2013 18th (relegated)
Website Club home page

Abubakar Bukola Saraki FC is a Nigerian association football club from Ilorin, Nigeria. They were promoted to the Nigeria Premier League at the end of the 2009-10 season. They played their debut season's home games in Offa and Bauchi while the Kwara State Stadium was being renovated. They were put up for sale in July 2011 and bought by outgoing Kwara State governor Bukola Saraki for 250,000,000 naira, making them and JUTH F.C. the only Premier League teams that are not state-owned.[1]

In 2011, the team was renamed from Bukola Babes to ABS (Abubakar Bukola Saraki) FC. [2]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Suraju Mohammed
2 DF Akeem Onigbari
3 DF Henry Magnus
4 MF Ali Muphy
5 DF Fade Adebayo
6 DF Obi Bassey
7 Seun Olufadi
8 FW Akeem Gata
9 FW Akeem Audu
10 MF Oluwasyi Oselu
11 Sobowale Olalekan
12 DF Abubakar Yusuf
No. Position Player
13 GK Ayeyemi James
14 Bashir Mumini
17 MF Austine Kessy
18 DF Rashad Adedunwo
19 MF David Quine
22 Femi Eku'le
25 FW Abati Oluwatayo
31 MF Andrew Abalogwu
33 DF Seun Sogbesan
40 DF Salami Awobajo


External links

References

  1. ↑ Cash boost for Bukola babes
  2. ↑ Bukola Babes refute sale of club
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