Kano Pillars F.C.
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| Full name | Kano Pillars Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Sani Abacha Stadium Kano, Nigeria (Capacity 25,000) |
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| League | Nigerian Premier League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006/07 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 the year 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. The Clubs are WRECA FC, Kano Golden Stars, and Bank of the North FC.
It was registered as a limited liability company with the Corporate Affairs Commission of Nigeria, and then registered with the Nigerian Football Association NFA as a professional football club.
1993 FA Cup - 2nd Position Represented Nigeria in West African Football Union WAFU. Have reached the Quarter Finals of FA Cup three times.
Players such as Ahmad Garba Yaro Yaro and Sani Kaita, were invited to Super Eagles
| Nigerian Premier League 2007/08 | |
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| Enugu Rangers | Heartland | Kano Pillars | Kware Utd | Wikki Tourists | Niger Tornadoes | Ocean Boys | Prime | Akwa Utd | Bayelsa Utd | Bendel Insurance | Enyimba | Gombe Utd | Lobi Stars | Nasarawa Utd | Zamfara Utd | Sharks | Shooting Stars | Jigawa Golden Stars | JUTH FC | |
