The arrival in Badawa...
BUFFALO Football Club was created in Kano. It
grew up from the popular area
of Badawa.
It all started in 1996 when M. Luc LAGOUCHE (Mister Luc
as he is called around), teacher at the French school in Kano went to Badawa for
the very 1st time to visit his cook’s family. It was not common at all to see a "baturé"
("white man" in Hausa language) riding a bicycle in such a place with a
bad reputation of
violence, drug dealers and prostitutes.
Bit by Bit, "Mister Luc" was able to establish communication and build a
good rapport
with the teenagers living around the area; they spent most times speaking about
football. Naturally they began to play together. Every evening, more and more
young people joined in the game. As the team began to grow, they decided to
clear a big field in the bush in order to play in better conditions.
Buffalo Football Club is born...
The first official matches...
The players started to play in small competitions
inside the area.
February 1998, the members of the club registered Buffalo with the Kano State
Football Association. The team began in Division 3, after many victories, the
club was promoted to the Kano State Division 1, in 1999, the highest level in Kano State.
The following season (1999/2000), the seniors qualified to be on
the National
Amateur League of Nigeria.
They attended
directly the Amateur National 2 and represented Kano State in this championship for the
season 2000/2001.
From this level the club has been
challenging the best teams from the different states
in the North of the country.
The
nice adventure has started...
Sport achievements in national level
- 2001: 5th of National 2, first participation in national level
- 2002: 1st of the National Amateur Division 2 League
Promotion in Pro League
No home lose, best attack and the best scorer from Buffalo!!!
Buffalo will take care of the feeder teams and the Grassroots level.
Press impact and rewards
- Since 2001: Regular articles in the local papers
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Jan.
2001: 2 pages in the French magazine "Télérama"
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June
2002: Interviews on French radios RTL and RFI (world cup)
- June 2002: 2 pages in French national newspaper "Liberation"
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Nov
2002
then April 2005: 4 pages in Nigerian big paper "The Guardian"
- July 2002: One of our players "Golden Boot" at one tournament in Italy
- Dec 2002: Elected Club of the year in Kano State.
- Sept 2003: Buffalo played a Friendly match against Nigeria U-23
- Oct 2003: Winner of the National 1 Super League, best amateur team in Nigeria
- Feb, March 2004 and March 2005 :3 articles in the French magazine "So foot"
- Oct 2004: Coach and 1 player went to France to discover football there
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Nov 2004: Coach and 2 players selected in
U-17 National team
12 pages in the biggest French sport magazine "l'Equipe"!!! - Feb 2005: 2 players go to Turquey for the Meridian Cup with Nigeria U17
- May 2005: 1 player and coach go to Gambia for the CAN Cadet
- Feb 2006: 4 players of BUFFALO joined Premiere League clubs in Nigeria
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March 2006: 3
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- June 2007: 2 former players go to Canada for the Junior World Cup
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Sept 2007: 2 players of FC Abuja win the
U17
Word Cup with Golden Eaglets
One player is the highest goal scorer and the 2nd best player in Korea -
May 2008:
5 former Buffalo players win Premiere league trophy
with Kano
Pillars for the 1st time of history. - July 2010: Our coach Abdu became champion on Nigeria with Enyimba.
G.H
The founder of the club in
the middle of the youth in Badawa, Kano
T.D
The buffalo, the symbol of
the club, because of the crops of cows who used to cross our field at the
beginning and in the memory of Bob Marley and his "Buffalo soldiers"
BUFFALO, best amateur team of Nigeria in 2003