ABS F.C.
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| Full name | Abubakar Bukola Saraki Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 2004 as Bukola Babes | ||
| Ground | Kwara State Stadium Ilorin, Nigeria | ||
| Capacity | 18,000 | ||
| Chairman | Seni Saraki | ||
| Director of Football | Alloy Chukwuemeka | ||
| Technical Advisor | Sani Sarduana | ||
| Coach | Solihu Aremu | ||
| League | Nigeria National League | ||
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Abubakar Bukola Saraki FC is a Nigerian association football club from Ilorin, Nigeria. They were promoted to the Nigeria Premier League at the end of the 2009–10 season. They played their debut season's home games in Offa and Bauchi while the Kwara State Stadium was being renovated.
They were put up for sale in July 2011 and bought by outgoing Kwara State governor Bukola Saraki for 250,000,000 naira, making them and JUTH F.C. the only Premier League teams that are not state-owned.[1]
In 2011, the team was renamed from Bukola Babes to ABS (Abubakar Bukola Saraki) FC.
In 2016, the team returned to the Nigeria Professional Football League.[2]
Notable players
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Alalade Wasiu- Adeshina Gata
- Adeleye Tobi Joshua
- Abdulrahman Bashir
- Lordson Ichull
- Effiom Otu Bassey
- Etor Daniel
- Monday Samuel
- Thomas Zenke
- Abdullahi Oyedele
- Pascal Chimdindu Anorue
References
[edit]- ^ Bassey, Ime (August 13, 2011). "Adama puts Bukola Babes up for sale". Vanguard. Archived from the original on May 17, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
- ^ Ahmadu, Samuel (2016-11-10). "Abubakar Bukola Saraki FC return to Nigeria Professional Football League". Goal. Archived from the original on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
External links
[edit]- Abubakar Bukola Saraki FC at Global Sports Archive
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