2006–07 New Zealand Knights FC season

New Zealand Knights
2006–07 season
ManagerPaul Nevin
A-League8th
Pre-Season Cup8th
Top goalscorerNoah Hickey and
Neil Emblen (2)
Highest home attendance7,304 (vs. Newcastle Jets, 27 August 2006)
Lowest home attendance1,632 (vs. Central Coast Mariners, 28 September 2006)

The 2006–07 New Zealand Knights FC season was the club's second season in the Australian A-League. The club finishing in eighth place.

Players

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Danny Milosevic
2 DF England ENG Darren Bazeley
3 DF Switzerland SUI Grégory Duruz
4 DF New Zealand NZL Che Bunce
5 DF Australia AUS Matthew Thai
6 MF England ENG Neil Emblen
7 MF Australia AUS Richard Johnson
8 MF Scotland SCO Scot Gemmill
9 FW Portugal POR Dani Rodrigues
10 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Sean Devine
11 MF South Africa RSA Jonti Richter
12 FW Australia AUS Lionel Ramirez
13 MF Ivory Coast CIV Jonas Salley
14 MF Ghana GHA Malik Buari
15 MF Australia AUS Adam Casey
16 MF New Zealand NZL Noah Hickey
17 DF Netherlands NED Frank van Eijs
18 MF New Zealand NZL Michael White
19 DF Australia AUS Sime Kovacevic
20 GK Australia AUS Michael Turnbull
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Australia AUS Steven O'Dor
22 DF Australia AUS John Tambouras
23 FW Australia AUS Franco Parisi
24 MF Ghana GHA Hamza Mohammed
25 FW New Zealand NZL Campbell Banks
26 MF Brazil BRA Fernando
27 MF Australia AUS Dustin Wells
28 FW Canada CAN Alen Marcina
29 MF China CHN Li Yan
30 GK New Zealand NZL Mark Paston
31 MF China CHN Leilei Gao
32 MF New Zealand NZL Jeff Fleming
33 DF England ENG Dean Gordon
34 DF England ENG Matt Carbon
35 MF Australia AUS Justin Kiryu
36 FW New Zealand NZL Kris Bright
37 DF New Zealand NZL Cole Tinkler
38 MF New Zealand NZL Sam Jasper
39 MF New Zealand NZL Sam Messem
40 GK New Zealand NZL Roy Bell

Transfers in

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

Transfers out

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

Competitions

Pre-season

16 July 2006 Group Stage New Zealand Knights 1 : 1 Newcastle Jets North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 804
22 July 2006 Group Stage Queensland Roar 1 : 1 New Zealand Knights Maroochydore Soccer Club, Maroochydore
Attendance: 3,347
29 July 2006 Group Stage New Zealand Knights 0 : 0 Sydney FC North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 3,121
4 August 2006 Bonus Round Adelaide United 1 : 0 New Zealand Knights Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Attendance: 12,006
11 August 2006 Play-offs New Zealand Knights 0 : 1 Perth Glory North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 1,104
18 August 2006 7th place Play-off New Zealand Knights 1 : 2 Queensland Roar North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

A-League

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne Victory (C) 21 14 3 4 41 20 +21 45 Qualification for 2008 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Adelaide United 21 10 3 8 32 27 +5 33
3 Newcastle Jets 21 8 6 7 32 30 +2 30 Qualification for Finals series
4 Sydney FC 21 8 8 5 29 19 +10 29[a]
5 Queensland Roar 21 8 5 8 25 27 −2 29
6 Central Coast Mariners 21 6 6 9 22 26 −4 24
7 Perth Glory 21 5 5 11 24 30 −6 20
8 New Zealand Knights[b] 21 5 4 12 13 39 −26 19 Disbanded at end of season
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Sydney FC were penalised three competition points following round 18 due to salary cap breaches which occurred during the 2005–06 season
  2. ^ New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
27 August 2006 Round 1 New Zealand Knights 0 : 0 Newcastle Jets North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 7,304
Referee: Simon Przydacz
2 September 2006 Round 2 New Zealand Knights 1 : 0 Adelaide United North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Buari 84' Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Peter Green
10 September 2006 Round 3 New Zealand Knights 0 : 3 Melbourne Victory North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Muscat 35'
Thompson 22'
Allsopp 9'		 Attendance: 2,071
Referee: Matthew Breeze
15 September 2006 Round 4 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
21 September 2006 Round 5 New Zealand Knights 0 : 1 Sydney FC North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Rudan 58' Attendance: 2,764
Referee: Ben Williams
28 September 2006 Round 6 New Zealand Knights 0 : 1 Central Coast Mariners North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Duruz Red card 87'
Bunce Red card 83'		 Kwasnik 85' (pen.) Attendance: 1,632
Referee: Peter O'Leary
6 October 2006 Round 7 Perth Glory 1 : 0 New Zealand Knights Members Equity Stadium
Young 37' Attendance: 7,309
Referee: Craig Zetter
14 October 2006 Round 8 Newcastle Jets 3 : 0 New Zealand Knights EnergyAustralia Stadium
Rodriguez 90+1'
Musialik 86'
North 72'		 Attendance: 5,275
Referee: Peter Green
22 October 2006 Round 9 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
27 October 2006 Round 10 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
5 November 2006 Round 11 New Zealand Knights 1 : 0 Queensland Roar North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Ognenovski 7' (o.g.) Attendance: 2,675
Referee: Craig Zetter
10 November 2006 Round 12 Sydney FC 4 : 0 New Zealand Knights Aussie Stadium
Petrovski 37', 53'
Zdrillic 65'
Carney 89'		 Attendance: 9,871
Referee: Angelo Nardi
19 November 2006 Round 13 New Zealand Knights 0 : 2 Central Coast Mariners North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Mori 65'
Mrdja 90+5'		 Attendance: 2,139
Referee: Peter Green
26 November 2006 Round 14 Perth Glory 4 : 1 New Zealand Knights Members Equity Stadium
Harnwell 10', 42', 60'
Despotovski 83'		 Hickey 3'
Salley Yellow card 8' Yellow-red card 33'		 Attendance: 6,251
Referee: Simon Przydacz
3 December 2006 Round 15 New Zealand Knights 1 : 1 Newcastle Jets North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Marcina 29' (pen.) Griffiths 13' Attendance: 2,039
Referee: Peter O’Leary
10 December 2006 Round 16 Adelaide United 1 : 1 New Zealand Knights Hindmarsh Stadium
Owens 72' Gao 18' Attendance: 11,548
Referee: Angelo Nardi
17 December 2006 Round 17 Melbourne Victory 4 : 0 New Zealand Knights Olympic Park
Allsopp 35', 45'
Caceres 39'
Thompson 45+3'		 Attendance: 15,563
Referee: Angelo Nardi
29 December 2006 Round 18 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
7 January 2007 Round 19 Sydney FC 0 : 1 New Zealand Knights Aussie Stadium
Bunce 16' Attendance: 16,040
Referee: Simon Przydacz
11 January 2007 Round 20 Central Coast Mariners 0 : 0 New Zealand Knights Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 10,637
Referee: Ben Williams
21 January 2007 Round 21 New Zealand Knights 2 : 0 Perth Glory North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Emblen 32'
Buari 40'		 Attendance: 4,936
Referee: Kevin Docherty

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