Kano Pillars
Kano Pillars F.C. logo
Full nameKano Pillars Football Club
Nickname(s)Sai Masu Gida
Founded1990 (1990)
GroundSani Abacha Stadium
Kano
Capacity16,000[1]
ChairmanAlhaji Babangida Umar Little
ManagerCoach Abdu Maikaba
LeagueNigeria National League
2021–22Nigeria Professional Football League, 19th of 20 (relegated)

Kano Pillars Football Club is a Nigerian professional football club based in Kano, North Western part of Nigeria. They play in the first tier division in Nigerian football, the Nigeria Professional Football 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.

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.[2]

They were relegated from NPFL on 16 July 2022 following the confirmation of a verdict against them for the deduction of 3 points, despite an appeal which the NFF committee disregarded against their complaint. The verdict on them was a penalty for what their former chairman did to match officials in their encounter with Dakkada FC[3]

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.

Achievements

Champions (4): 2007–08, 2011–12, 2013, 2014.
Runners-up (1): 2009–10.
Winners (2): 2019, 1953
Runners-up (2): 1991, 2018.
  • Nigerian super cup. 1.winners 2008.
  • "'Nigerian super four"'. (runners up)2.


Performance in CAF competitions

Kano Pillars arrival to Ahmadu Bello Stadium for a friendly match.
2009 – Semi-finals
2011 – First Round
2013 – First Round
2014 – Preliminary Round
2015 – First Round
2020 – Preliminary Round

Current players

As of 12 February 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Ghana GHA Ibrahim Iddrisu
2 DF Cameroon CMR Ngweni Ndassi
3 DF Nigeria NGA Sani Nasiru
4 MF Nigeria NGA Chinedu Ike
6 DF Nigeria NGA Musa Munkaila
8 MF Nigeria NGA Mustapha Salisu
9 FW Nigeria NGA Joseph Yanki
10 MF Nigeria NGA Rabiu Ali (Captain)
11 MF Nigeria NGA Chris Madaki
12 GK Nigeria NGA Joshua Enaholo
14 DF Nigeria NGA Emmanuel Anyanwu
16 FW Nigeria NGA Bright Silas
18 MF Nigeria NGA Kokoete Udo
19 FW Nigeria NGA Amia Kenneth Kumbur
20 FW Nigeria NGA Mustapha Jibrin
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Nigeria NGA Yusuf Seun
23 GK Nigeria NGA Suraj Ayeleso
24 FW Nigeria NGA David Ebuka
25 MF Nigeria NGA Aniekeme Okon
26 DF Nigeria NGA Chinedu Sunday Chukwu
27 DF Nigeria NGA Victor Dennis
28 FW Nigeria NGA Nwagua Nyima
29 MF Nigeria NGA Chibuike Ewenike
30 DF Nigeria NGA Fahad Usman
31 MF Nigeria NGA Yusuf Maigoro
33 DF Nigeria NGA Usman Abbas
34 FW Nigeria NGA Abbas Rabiu
36 MF Nigeria NGA Ali Abdullahi
38 FW Nigeria NGA Umar Shehu
— FW Nigeria NGA Saidu Salisu

Staff

Head Coach/Technical Adviser
  • Yaseer Sani Salisu El, Hakimee
Chairman
  • Babangida Umar Little
general manager
  • Umar Babangida (Little)
General Coordinator
  • Salisu Yaro
Kit Manager
  • Habibu Zubair Abubakar
Marketing Manager
  • Kano Pillars transportation car.
    Sani Lawal Mohammed

Notable coaches

Salisu Yusuf Okey Emordi Evans Ogenyi

Notable players

References

  1. ↑ "BBC News Online | Africa | Sport | Cup of Nations | Venue Guide | Kano".
  2. ↑ "LMC fines Pillars N7.5m over fans violence". Punch Newspapers. 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
  3. ↑ Pillars relegated after losing appeal (Goal.com)
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