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ABS FC
Full nameAbubakar Bukola Saraki Football Club
GroundKwara State Stadium
Ilorin, Nigeria
Capacity18,000
ChairmanSeni Saraki
Team ManagerNigeria A C C chukuemeka
Technical AdvisorNigeria Erasmus Onu
CoachHenry Makinwa
LeagueNigeria Premier League
2016 Nigeria National League1st (promoted)
Websitehttp://absfc.com

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

References