Full name | Abubakar Bukola Saraki Football Club |
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Ground |
Kwara State Stadium Ilorin, Nigeria |
Capacity | 18,000 |
Chairman | Seni Saraki |
Team Manager | A C C chukuemeka |
Technical Advisor | Erasmus Onu |
Coach | Henry Makinwa |
League | Nigeria Premier League |
2016 Nigeria National League | 1st (promoted) |
Website | absfc |
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.
In 2011, the team was renamed from Bukola Babes to ABS (Abubakar Bukola Saraki) FC.
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.