Kano Pillars F.C.

Kano Pillars
Kano Pillars F.C. logo
Full nameKano Pillars Football Club
Nickname(s)Sai Masu Gida
Founded1990; 34 years ago (1990)
GroundSani Abacha Stadium
Kano
Capacity16,000[1]
ChairmanAlhaji Ali Nayara
ManagerCoach Usman Abdullah
LeagueNigeria Professional Football League
2023–24Nigeria Professional Football League, 11th of 20

Kano Pillars Football Club is a Nigerian professional football club based in Kano, northwestern Nigeria. They play in the Nigeria Professional Football League, the first-tier division in Nigerian football. They play their home games at Sani Abacha Stadium.

Kano Pillars FC was founded in 1990, the year the professional association football league started in Nigeria, and it is also among the oldest clubs in Nigerian history alongside Bendel Insurance and Enugu Rangers. It was an amalgamation of three amateur clubs in Kano State.

Kano Pillars are the most popular Nigerian Premier League club in Nigeria.[2]

  1. ^ "BBC News Online | Africa | Sport | Cup of Nations | Venue Guide | Kano". Archived from the original on 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  2. ^ https://www.noi-polls.com/post/6in10nigeriansfollowtheenglishpremierleague