This thread is for the current NPFL champions, the leader of the Nigerian league, the best club in the NPFL, the most entertaining club in the NPFL, you just can't discard this club when talking about the Nigerian league. they remain the best.

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 semifinals before being eliminated against fellow Nigerian team Heartland F.C.
[edit]Achievements

Nigerian Premier League: 2
2008, 2012.
National Second Division: 1
1995.
Nigerian FA Cup: 0
Nigerian Super Cup: 0
[edit]Performance in CAF competitions

CAF Champions League: 2 appearances
2009 - Semi-Finals
2011 - First Round

Club's website: http://kanopillars.com/


Founded in 1990 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 Akademisk Boldklub in Denmark. It was registered as a limited liability company with the Corporate Affairs Commission of Nigeria, and then registered with the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) as a professional football club.

Current Players

No. Position Player
1 GK Nobas Omoregie
2 DF Isaac Hélé Hélé
3 DF Joseph Atang Thompson
6 DF Babale Alaye
7 DF Shagari Shehu
8 DF Moses Ogaga
9 FW Mohammed Gambo
11 FW Kwame Amoah
12 MF Rabiu Muhammad
13 FW Victor Namo
14 MF Kingsley Elechi
14 MF Reuben Gabriel
15 FW Augustine Akpehe
16 MF Olabisi Adewu
18 DF Hillary Chukwu
19 FW Hassan Baballe Yahuza
20 FW Manir Ubale
22 GK Theophilus Afelo
No. Position Player
23 FW Bertrand Lekama
25 FW Dominic Duku
26 FW Sani Ahmed
27 MF Michael Okoyo
28 MF Abdullahi Abubakar
29 FW Jerome David
30 FW Aliyu Bawu
31 DF Nazifi Ammani
32 MF Alhaji Mohammed
33 FW Sunday Oboh
35 DF Harouna Ide
36 FW Habibu Yunusa
37 MF Munzali Yusuf
38 FW Anthony Kelechi
40 GK Sani Haliru
- DF Papa Idris
- FW Victor Barnabas
- FW Yusef Siman
Staff
Head Coach
Mohammed Baba Ganaru
Technical Adviser
Chairman
Alhaji Abba Galadima

Former players

Umar Zongo
Obinna Ajoku
Akin Akinsehinde
Benedict Atule
Rabiu Baita
Abiodun Baruwa
Ayuba Choji
Ndubisi "Wo-Wo" Chukunyere
Abdulrazak Ekpoki
Arinze Ewenike
Abdul Iyodo
Sani Kaita
Bello Musa Kofarmata
Francis Kumbur
Suraju Lukman
Yakubu Rabiu Mallam
Obi Moneke
Ahmed Musa
Emmanuel Nwachi
Sunday Oboh
Francis Okamo
Solomon Okpako
Emmanuel Omoyinmi
Abdulwasiu Showemimo
Abbas "Solar" Auwalu

Notable coaches

Malik Jabir (2008–) (Technical Adviser)
Ahmed Pele Abdu
Ladan Bosso
Baba Ganaru
Kadiri Ikhana (1991), (1997–98), (2007–08)
Ivo Sajh (2009)

Last season's table.




New season's stats: (2012/2013)

Next 2 Fixtures Venue
20/03 vs Bayelsa United Home
24/03 vs Akwa United Away

Last 2 Results
10/03 Wikki Tourists 0 - 1 Kano Pillars
02/03 Olympique Bangui 0 - 0 Kano Pillars

Clips of previous matches they have played

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=IL&feature=related&hl=en&v=0wLIVp0s4yQ


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBGs-Ti6M-A


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTYW2VclFjE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=EnoTG_RDJtw

Am I first?

bigboyk: Am I first?

Yes, you are
Kudos to honeric for creating this thread.

Now very interested in the NPL dz season

Very formidable team

sai kano pillars, mazu gida

thats my team men!!! We have a team,money,refs,fans history and not 4geting that we also have the best stadium in the league and also the best website

CFCfan:

Yes, you are
Kudos to honeric for creating this thread.

Yes! Nice thread. To celebrate my achievement, please order for your favourite drink. Drink's on me.

Afam4eva: [size=14pt]Kano Pillars were the first club in the history of Nigeria to win a league in the board room. Thumbs up to pillars.[/size]

, i don laff tire, blame dolphins for not honoring a game in bauchi. well i have to admit the decision favored them because there was no way they would have won at sunshine stars which was their final must win game. after the decision, the game wasn't important anymore.

Ko da me ka zo an fika

Afam4eva: [size=14pt]Kano Pillars were the first club in the history of Nigeria to win a league in the board room. Thumbs up to pillars.[/size]

Stop whining, you need to grow up, they were as good as winning the league until Ocean boys palava came up. they won matches they needed to win. Rangers got a 3 points walk over from ocean boys because ocean boys didn't honor games, hence the reason it affected their points as soon as all Ocean boys's games were canceled by the board and automatic relegation was given to them.

So Afam, grow up and stop this your tribal attack on Pillars.

honeric01:

Stop whining, you need to grow up, they were as good as winning the league until Ocean boys palava came up. they won matches they needed to win. Rangers got a 3 points walk over from ocean boys before they didn't honor the game, hence the reason it affected their points as soon as all Ocean boys's games were canceled by the board and automatic relegated was given to them.

So Afam, grow up and stop this your tribal attack on Pillars.

Come again pls...when did football become tribal?

Afam4eva:
Come again pls...when did football become tribal?

Afam4eva:
For some reason, i feel Northerners [/b]know how to pull the crowd.

Afam4eva:
[b]Why you no go prefer Kano pillars jersey

I am no baby bro, you don't have to spell milk before i know you want some. so let Pillars be abegi.

honeric01:





I am no baby bro, you don't have to spell milk before i know you want some. so let Pillars be abegi.

I think you're becoming childish. How does any of my utterance suggest that i'm tribalistic against pillars? So, if i don't support a club it means that i'm tribal against them. It's because of people like you that Nigeria is the way it is. Everything for you people is tribal. I wonder if a man U fan says something about a Barca fan, it will also be seen as tribal. Just admit that you have goofed and move on. This is laughable. SMH

Afam4eva:
I think you're becoming childish. How does any of my utterance suggest that i'm tribalistic against pillars? So, if i don't support a club it means that i'm tribal against them. It's because of people like you that Nigeria is the way it is. Everything for you people is tribal. I wonder if a man U fan says something about a Barca fan, it will also be seen as tribal. Just admit that you have goofed and move on. This is laughable. SMH

Man, you can't hide your tribalist nature and anytime you type, it's written all over it. this is not about not supporting a club afterall,there are 18 more clubs in the league but which one is "northerner", "board room politics" bla bla bla? you're actually the one who's sounding tribal, i am from the south, yet i support pillars, so that has canceled any tribal allegation you have on me unlike you who's trying to paint Pillar's triumph with negative vices. just drop it, it won't get you far!

BTW, Before Pillars is from the northern part does not make them northerners because we have southerners in the team so stop referring to them as "northerners", it's divisive.

honeric01:

Man, you can't hide your tribalist nature and anytime you type, it's written all over it. this is not about not supporting a club afterall,they are 18 more clubs in the league but which one is "northerner", "board room politics" bla bla bla? you're actually the way who's so tribal, i am from the south, yet i support pillars, so that has canceled any tribal allegation you have on me unlike you who's trying to paint Pillar's triumph with negative vices. just drop it, it won't get you far!

BTW, Before Pillars is from the northern part does not make them northerners because we have southerners in the team so stop referring to them as "northerners", it's divisive.

It's a shame that you construe my innocent comment to be tribal. Isn't it commonsensical that because kano Pillars won the league ahead of my team the last time that i should be against them? Are all the other 17 teams, Igbo teams? You see that you've goofed once again. You can contrue anything you like about my comments but God knows that as far as football is concerned, i support my own and pray that my rival loses.

Afam4eva:
It's a shame that you construe my innocent comment to be tribal. Isn't it commonsensical that because kano Pillars won the league ahead of my team the last time that i should be against them? Are all the other 17 teams, Igbo teams? You see that you've goofed once again. You can contrue anything you like about my comments but God knows that as far as football is concerned, i support my own and pray that my rival loses.

Then please make this strictly football and stop the "northerner" stuff abeg.

honeric01:

Then please make this strictly football and stop the "northerner" stuff abeg.

And where did you see northerner in my statement?

Afam4eva:
And where did you see northerner in my statement?

You no dey see again ni abi dem use aboliki rub you for face? it's in your quote. anyways, let's move forward, it's not worth it.

Mr honeric01,

Kano Pillers motto should be MASU GIDA not the way you put.

Thank you.

Fact Box
2012 Champions: Kano Pillars
2012 Top Scorer: Sibi Gwar (Niger Tornadoes) - 16 goals
2012 Federation Cup Winners: Heartland 2-1 Lobi Stars
Most League Championships: Enyimba FC ,Enugu Rangers(6 titles)
2011 Nigeria FA Cup winners: Heartland 1-0 Enyimba
Most FA Cup titles: Shooting Stars (8 titles)

chakula: Mr honeric01,

Kano Pillers motto should be MASU GIDA not the way you put.

Thank you.

Lol, my bad, i have corrected it, please what does it mean?

honeric01:

You no dey see again ni abi dem use aboliki rub you for face? it's in your quote. anyways, let's move forward, it's not worth it.

You make an allegation and you can't provide proof to back it up. next time don't start what you can't finish.

Mr. Honeric kindly do the honorable thing by shutting up, it is o.k if you want to promote your thread but you mus'nt make it tribal before it gains attention.

Afam4eva:
You make an allegation and you can't provide proof to back it up. next time don't start what you can't finish.

Afam4eva::

For some reason, i feel Northerners [/b]know how to pull the crowd.

Just let it slide.

Agrika: Mr. Honeric kindly do the honorable thing by shutting up, it is o.k if you want to promote your thread but you mus'nt make it tribal before it gains attention.

Kindly keep your mouth shut if you do not know the genesis of what is on ground, it's better you watch from afar or comment when you're asked. it's not my thread, it's a thread for every Pillars supporter.