Kano Pillars F.C.

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.

"Kano Pillars" redirects here. For the basketball club, see Kano Pillars BC.
Kano Pillars
Full nameKano Pillars Football Club
Nickname(s)Sai Masu Gida
Founded1990 (1990)
GroundSani Abacha Stadium
Kano
Capacity16,000[1]
ChairmanAlhaji Surajo Yahaya Jambul
ManagerIbrahim A. Musa
LeagueNigeria Professional Football League
2020–21Nigeria Professional Football League, 6th of 20
WebsiteClub website

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.

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
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.

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
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 25 December 2021

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

Staff
Head Coach/Technical Adviser
  • Lionel Emmanuel Soccoia
Chairman
  • Tukur Babangida
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
  • 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
  1. "BBC News Online | Africa | Sport | Cup of Nations | Venue Guide | Kano".

2. https://punchng.com/lmc-fines-pillars-n7-5m-over-fans-violence/[1]


  1. "LMC fines Pillars N7.5m over fans violence". Punch Newspapers. 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
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