ABS F.C.

ABS FC
Full name Abubakar Bukola Saraki Football Club
Ground Kwara State Stadium
Ilorin, Nigeria
Capacity 18,000
Chairman Seni Saraki
Team Manager Nigeria A C C chukuemeka
Technical Advisor Nigeria Erasmus Onu
Coach Henry Makinwa
League Nigeria Premier League
2016 Nigeria National League 1st (promoted)
Website Club website

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. [2]

Current squad

As of 29 January 2017

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Nigeria GK Dogo Soliu
3 Nigeria Abdullahi Ferinyaro
4 Nigeria Emmanuel Ugbo
5 Nigeria DF Ernest Governor
6 Nigeria Ahmed Ibrahim
9 Nigeria Ossy Martins
10 Nigeria Ibrahim Abdullahi
11 Nigeria Chukwuebuka Anaekwe
12 Nigeria GK Boje Abdullahi
13 Nigeria Adeshina Gata
No. Position Player
14 Nigeria MF Samuel Oyedeji
17 Nigeria Metu Chigozirim
18 Nigeria MF Abubakar Chindo
19 Nigeria Wasiu Alalade
20 Nigeria Effiong Bassey
24 Nigeria Arinze Oyota
26 Nigeria Franklin Anthony
28 Nigeria Stone Evbuomawan
30 Nigeria FW Mohammed Mohammed
34 Nigeria Kehinde Ayinde
35 Nigeria Chinedu Ajanah

References

  1. ↑ Cash boost for Bukola babes
  2. ↑ Bukola Babes refute sale of club
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