Kano Pillars F.C.
Full name | Kano Pillars Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Sai Masu Gida | ||
Founded | 1990 | ||
Ground | Sani Abacha Stadium Kano | ||
Capacity | 16,000[1] | ||
Chairman | Alhaji Surajo Yahaya Jambul | ||
Manager | Ibrahim A. Musa | ||
League | Nigeria Professional Football League | ||
2020–21 | Nigeria Professional Football League, 6th of 20 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Kano Pillars Football Club is a Nigerian professional 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 in which the professional association football league started in Nigeria. It was an amalgamation of three amateur clubs in Kano State.
History[]
Founded in 1990, By Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima former chairman Nigeria Football Association and former sport commissioner of Kano, 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 AB in Denmark and a notable player from Kano Pillars FC is Ahmed Musa who played for Leicester City in the English Premier league after joining from CSKA Moscow. It was registered as a limited liability company with the Corporate Affairs Commission, Nigeria, and then registered with the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) as a professional football club. The Kano Pillars drew an average home league attendance of 10,000 in the 2016 league season.
June 2021, in the 2020/2021 NPFL season, Kano Pillars were fined a whopping sum of ₦7,500,000.00 for failing to follow the orders of the LMC and NFF, which prohibited fans from viewing live games in the stadium. Fans disrupted a top table clash between Akwa United and Kano Pillars. The game ended 0-0 after it was concluded the following day. [1]
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 semi-finals before being eliminated against fellow Nigerian team Heartland.
- league trophies: kano pillars won their first league title in 2008
- 2012: pillars won their second league title ahead of enyimba
- 2013: kano pillars won a second successful title ahead of ahead of enyimba again
- 2014: pillars joined heartland and enyimba in winning three league titles in a row
Achievements[]
- Nigerian Premier League
- Champions (4): 2007–08, 2011–12, 2013, 2014.
- Runners-up (1): 2009–10.
- Nigerian FA Cup
- Winners (2): 2019, 1953
- Runners-up (2): 1991, 2018.
- Nigerian super cup. 1.winners 2008.
- "'Nigerian super four"'. (runners up)2.
longest unbeaten run ended when they lost to Julius Berger FC Ended after 12 years with loss to Nasarawa United August 2015.
Performance in CAF competitions[]
- CAF Champions League: 6 appearances
- CAF Confederation Cup: 0 appearance
Current players[]
As of 25 December 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Staff[]
- Head Coach/Technical Adviser
- Chairman
- Tukur Babangida
- general manager
- Umar Babangida (Little)
- General Coordinator
- Salisu Yaro
- Kit Manager
- Habibu Zubair Abubakar
- Marketing Manager
- Sani Lawal Mohammed
Notable coaches[]
- Malik Jabir (2008–) (Technical Adviser)
- Ahmed Pele Abdu
- Ladan Bosso
- Baba Ganaru
- Kadiri Ikhana (1991), (1997–98), (2007–08), (2016–date)
- Ivo Sajh (2009)
Notable players[]
References[]
2. https://punchng.com/lmc-fines-pillars-n7-5m-over-fans-violence/[1]
External links[]
- ^ "LMC fines Pillars N7.5m over fans violence". Punch Newspapers. 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
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