2006–07 New Zealand Knights season

The New Zealand Knights participated in the 2006-07 A-League competition, finishing in eighth place.

New Zealand Knights F.C.

2006-07 season

Manager

Paul Nevin

Pre-Season Cup

8th

Top goalscorer

N. Hickey - 2
N. Emblen - 2

Highest home attendance

7,304 v Newcastle Jets on 27 August 2006

Lowest home attendance

1,632v Central Coast Mariners on 28 September 2006

← 2005-06

1 Players
- 1.1 First team squad
- 1.2 Transfers
  - 1.2.1 In
  - 1.2.2 Out
2 Matches
3 See also
4 References

Players

First team squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Danny Milosevic
2	DF	Darren Bazeley
3	DF	Grégory Duruz
4	DF	Che Bunce
5	DF	Steven O'Dor
6	MF	Neil Emblen
7	MF	Richard Johnson
8	MF	Scot Gemmill
9	FW	Dani Rodrigues
10	FW	Sean Devine
11	MF	Jonti Richter
12	GK	Mark Paston
13	MF	Jonas Salley
14	MF	Malik Buari
15	MF	Adam Casey
16	MF	Noah Hickey

No.	Position	Player
17	DF	Frank van Eijs
18	MF	Michael White
19	DF	Sime Kovacevic
20	GK	Michael Turnbull
21	FW	Alen Marcina
22	DF	John Tambouras
23	FW	Franco Parisi
24	MF	Hamza Mohammed
25	FW	Campbell Banks
26	MF	Fernando
27	MF	Dustin Wells
29	MF	Li Yan
31	MF	Leilei Gao
33	DF	Dean Gordon
46	MF	Jeff Fleming
	DF	Matt Carbon

Transfers

In

No.	Name	Pos.	Signed From	League	Transfer Fee
3	Grégory Duruz	DF	FC Thun	Swiss 1. Liga
4	Che Bunce	DF	Waikato FC	NZFC
5	Steven O'Dor	DF	South Melbourne FC	Victorian Premier League
7	Richard Johnson	FW	Newcastle Jets	A-League
8	Scot Gemmill	MF	Oxford United	Football League Two
11	Jonti Richter	MF	Queensland Roar	A-League
13	Jonas Salley	MF	South Melbourne FC	Victorian Premier League
14	Malik Buari	DF	Woking F.C.	Conference South
15	Adam Casey	FW	Wollongong Wolves	NSW Premier League
19	Sime Kovacevic	DF	Sunshine George Cross FC	Victorian Premier League
31	Leilei Gao	MF	Beijing Guoan F.C.		On Loan
33	Dean Gordon	DF	Auckland City FC	NZFC

Out

No.	Name	Pos.
7	Steve Fitzsimmons	DF
8	Ben Collett	MF
11	Zenon Caravella	MF
12	Cole Tinkler	DF
13	Jeremy Brockie	FW
14	Josh Maguire	MF
15	Joshua Rose	DF
18	Xiaobin Zhang	FW
19	Naoki Imaya	FW
20	Glen Moss	GK
21	Jeremy Christie	MF
22	Sam Jasper	MF
24	Kris Bright	DF
27	Roy Bell	GK

Matches

2006 A-League Pre-season Cup fixtures

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	BP
Sydney FC	12	4	3	1	0	7	2	2
Newcastle Jets	3	4	0	2	2	4	6	1
New Zealand Knights^[1]	3	4	0	3	1	2	3	0
Queensland Roar^[1]	3	4	0	3	1	2	3	0

Group Stage 16 July 2006	New Zealand Knights	1 : 1	Newcastle Jets	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
				Attendance: 804

Group Stage 22 July 2006	Queensland Roar	1 : 1	New Zealand Knights	Maroochydore Soccer Club, Maroochydore
				Attendance: 3,347

Group Stage 29 July 2006	New Zealand Knights	0 : 0	Sydney FC	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
				Attendance: 3,121

Bonus Round 4 August 2006	Adelaide United	1 : 0	New Zealand Knights	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
				Attendance: 12,006

Play-offs 11 August 2006	New Zealand Knights	0 : 1	Perth Glory	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
				Attendance: 1,104

2006-07 Hyundai A-League fixtures

Round 1 27 August 2006	New Zealand Knights	0 : 0	Newcastle Jets	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
				Attendance: 7,304 Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 2 2 September 2006	New Zealand Knights	1 : 0	Adelaide United	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
	Buari 84'			Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Peter Green

Round 3 10 September 2006	New Zealand Knights	0 : 3	Melbourne Victory	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
			Muscat 35' Thompson 22' Allsopp 9'	Attendance: 2,071 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 4 15 September 2006	Queensland Roar	5 : 0	New Zealand Knights	Suncorp Stadium
	Milicic 80' Lynch 72' Reinaldo 55' (pen.) McKay 7', 86'			Attendance: 15,517 Referee: Mark Shield

Round 5 21 September 2006	New Zealand Knights	0 : 1	Sydney FC	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
			Rudan 58'	Attendance: 2,764 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 6 28 September 2006	New Zealand Knights	0 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
	Duruz 87' Bunce 83'		Kwasnik 85' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,632 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 7 6 October 2006	Perth Glory	1 : 0	New Zealand Knights	Members Equity Stadium
	Young 37'			Attendance: 7,309 Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 8 14 October 2006	Newcastle Jets	3 : 0	New Zealand Knights	EnergyAustralia Stadium
	Rodriguez 90+1' Musialik 86' North 72'			Attendance: 5,275 Referee: Peter Green

Round 9 22 October 2006	Adelaide United	4 : 2	New Zealand Knights	Hindmarsh Stadium
	Dodd 84' Petta 56' Veart 36' Burns 23'		van Dommele 71' (o.g.) Hickey 65'	Attendance: 11,600 Referee: Angelo Nardi

Round 10 27 October 2006	New Zealand Knights	0 : 4	Melbourne Victory	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
			Allsopp 72' Caceres 59' Thompson 57' Fred 9'	Attendance: 2,357 Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 11 5 November 2006	New Zealand Knights	1 : 0	Queensland Roar	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
	Ognenovski 7' (o.g.)			Attendance: 2,675 Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 12 10 November 2006	Sydney FC	4 : 0	New Zealand Knights	Aussie Stadium
	Petrovski 37', 53' Zdrillic 65' Carney 89'			Attendance: 9,871 Referee: Angelo Nardi

Round 13 19 November 2006	New Zealand Knights	0 : 2	Central Coast Mariners	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
			Mori 65' Mrdja 90+5'	Attendance: 2,139 Referee: Peter Green

Round 14 26 November 2006	Perth Glory	4 : 1	New Zealand Knights	Members Equity Stadium
	Harnwell 10', 42', 60' Despotovski 83'		Hickey 3' Salley 8', 33'	Attendance: 6,251 Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 15 3 December 2006	New Zealand Knights	1 : 1	Newcastle Jets	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
	Marcina 29' (pen.)		Griffiths 13'	Attendance: 2,039 Referee: Peter O’Leary

Round 16 10 December 2006	Adelaide United	1 : 1	New Zealand Knights	Hindmarsh Stadium
	Owens 72'		Gao 18'	Attendance: 11,548 Referee: Angelo Nardi

Round 17 17 December 2006	Melbourne Victory	4 : 0	New Zealand Knights	Olympic Park
	Allsopp 35', 45' Caceres 39' Thompson 45+3'			Attendance: 15,563 Referee: Angelo Nardi

Round 18 29 December 2006	New Zealand Knights	3 : 1	Queensland Roar	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
	Tambouras 14' Emblen 52' Marcina 56'		Milicic 80'	Attendance: 1,903 Referee: Peter O’Leary

Round 19 7 January 2007	Sydney FC	0 : 1	New Zealand Knights	Aussie Stadium
			Bunce 16'	Attendance: 16,040 Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 20 11 January 2007	Central Coast Mariners	0 : 0	New Zealand Knights	Bluetongue Stadium
				Attendance: 10,637 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 21 21 January 2007	New Zealand Knights	2 : 0	Perth Glory	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
	Emblen 32' Buari 40'			Attendance: 4,936 Referee: Kevin Docherty

Ladder

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Melbourne Victory	21	14	3	4	41	20	+21	45
Adelaide United	21	10	3	8	32	27	+5	33
Newcastle Jets	21	8	6	7	32	30	+2	30
Sydney FC	21	8	8	5	29	19	+10	29
Queensland Roar	21	8	5	8	25	27	-2	29
Central Coast Mariners	21	6	6	9	22	26	-4	24
Perth Glory	21	5	5	11	24	30	-6	20
New Zealand Knights	21	5	4	12	13	39	-26	19

Soccer in Australia

Football Federation Australia

National teams	Men (Olympic team U23 · Under-20 · Under-17) · Women · Women's Under-20

Current national leagues	A-League · Youth League · W-League

Former leagues	National Soccer League · National Soccer Youth League · Women's National Soccer League

Cup competitions	Australian Cup (defunct) • FFA Cup (proposed)

Domestic leagues	Australian Capital Territory • New South Wales (Northern, Southern) • Queensland • South Australia • Tasmania (Northern, Southern) • Victoria • Western Australia

A-League

Champions · Records · Foreign players · Players

Seasons	2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12

Grand Finals	2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011

2011–12 Clubs	Adelaide United · Brisbane Roar · Central Coast Mariners · Gold Coast United · Melbourne Heart · Melbourne Victory · Newcastle Jets · Perth Glory · Sydney FC · Wellington Phoenix

Former Clubs	New Zealand Knights · North Queensland Fury

Associated competitions	W-League · National Youth League · A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup (defunct) · AFC Champions League · FFA Cup (proposed)

New Zealand Knights

Formerly Football Kingz

The Club	Home: North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand

Seasons	NSL: 1999–2000 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002-03 · 2003–04 A-League: 2005–06 · 2006–07

2006–07 in Australian football

« 2004–05

2007–08 »

Domestic leagues

A-League (Pre-Season Challenge Cup, Grand Final)

Asian competitions

AFC Champions League

National team

Men's	Results ('06, '07) · 2006 FIFA World Cup (Group F) · 2007 AFC Asian Cup

Women's	2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup · 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

Club seasons

A-League

Adelaide United · Central Coast Mariners · Melbourne Victory · New Zealand Knights · Newcastle Jets · Perth Glory · Queensland Roar · Sydney FC

References

^ ^a ^b As the New Zealand Knights and Queensland Roar were tied on points, goal difference, goals for, goals against, and points earned in the "Bonus Round", the sixth degree of disambiguity, number of red cards received, was used. See official A-League press release for more details.

7th place Play-off 18 August 2006	New Zealand Knights	1 : 2	Queensland Roar	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland