New Zealand Knights Football Club was a New Zealand professional football club based in Auckland. The club was formed in 2004, and played their first competitive match in July 2005 when they participated in the 2005 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup. The club played its home matches at North Harbour Stadium. The Knights was dissolved in 2007, following two seasons of football.

New Zealand Knights' record appearance-maker was Darren Bazeley, with 47 appearances over 2 seasons, ahead of Noah Hickey with 43.

• Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, including A-League and Pre-Season Challenge Cup matches.
• Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut for the club.

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• Nationality – If a player played international football, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth.
• New Zealand Knights career – The year of the player's first appearance for New Zealand Knights to the year of his last appearance.
• Starts – The number of games started.
• Sub – The number of games played as a substitute.
• Total – The total number of games played, both as a starter and as a substitute.

List of New Zealand Knights FC players

Name	Nationality	Position	New Zealand Knights career	Starts	Subs	Total	Goals	Ref
				Appearances
Ronnie Bull	England	DF	2005	10	0	10	0	[1]
Ben Collett	England	MF	2005–2006	18	3	21	0	[2]
Sean Devine	Ireland	FW	2005–2006	23	10	33	3	[3]
Neil Emblen	England	MF	2005–2007	34	3	37	3	[4]
Steve Fitzsimmons	Australia	U	2005	11	3	14	1	[5]
Danny Hay	New Zealand	DF	2005	11	0	11	0	[6]
Danny Milosevic	Australia	GK	2005–2006	23	0	23	0	[7]
Joshua Rose	Australia	DF	2005–2006	12	3	15	1	[8]
John Tambouras	Australia	DF	2005–2007	21	3	24	1	[9]
Cole Tinkler	New Zealand	DF	2005–2006	11	2	13	0	[10]
Simon Yeo	England	FW	2005	11	1	12	4	[11]
Noah Hickey	New Zealand	MF	2005–2007	36	7	43	2	[12]
Zhang Xiaobin	China	MF	2005–2006	4	11	15	1	[13]
Glen Moss	New Zealand	GK	2005–2006	8	2	10	0	[14]
Frank van Eijs	Netherlands	DF	2005–2006	15	0	15	0	[15]
Jeremy Brockie	New Zealand	FW	2005–2006	9	5	14	4	[16]
Josh Maguire	Australia	MF	2005–2006	8	6	14	0	[17]
Darren Bazeley	England	DF	2005–2007	45	2	47	1	[18]
Jeremy Christie	New Zealand	U	2005–2006	8	2	10	1	[19]
Zenon Caravella	Australia	MF	2005–2006	20	1	21	0	[20]
Naoki Imaya	Japan	U	2005–2006	6	5	11	0	[21]
Kris Bright	New Zealand	FW	2005–2006	9	3	12	0	[22]
Sam Jasper	New Zealand	MF	2006	1	1	2	0	[23]
Malik Buari	England	MF	2006–2007	19	6	25	2	[24]
Che Bunce	New Zealand	DF	2006–2007	22	0	22	1	[25]
Scot Gemmill	Scotland	MF	2006–2007	14	4	18	0	[26]
Sime Kovacevic	Australia	DF	2006	15	2	17	0	[27]
Jonti Richter	Australia	FW	2006–2007	17	7	24	1	[28]
Jonas Salley	Ivory Coast	MF	2006–2007	15	0	15	0	[29]
Michael Turnbull	Australia	GK	2006	8	0	8	0	[30]
Michael White	New Zealand	U	2006–2007	3	11	14	0	[31]
Grégory Duruz	Switzerland	DF	2006	15	1	16	0	[32]
Adam Casey	Australia	FW	2006	5	8	13	0	[33]
Dani Rodrigues	Portugal	MF	2006	9	0	9	1	[34]
Richard Johnson	Australia	MF	2006–2007	19	1	20	0	[35]
Ivan Necevski	Australia	GK	2006	2	0	2	0	[36]
Franco Parisi	Australia	FW	2006	0	1	1	0	[37]
Campbell Banks	New Zealand	FW	2006	1	1	2	0	[38]
Hamza Mohammed	Ghana	MF	2006	1	1	2	0	[39]
Fernando de Moraes	Australia	MF	2006	2	3	5	0	[40]
Dustin Wells	Australia	MF	2006	6	0	6	0	[41]
Alen Marcina	Canada	FW	2006–2007	8	0	8	2	[42]
Mark Paston	New Zealand	GK	2006–2007	10	0	10	0	[43]
Dean Gordon	England	DF	2006–2007	6	0	6	0	[44]
Gao Leilei	China	MF	2006–2007	6	1	7	1	[45]
Jeff Fleming	New Zealand	MF	2006	1	0	1	0	[46]
Steven O'Dor	Australia	DF	2006–2007	3	0	3	0	[47]
Li Yan	China	MF	2006–2007	0	2	2	0	[48]

Two players held the position of captain of the New Zealand Knights between 2005 and 2007. The first club captain was Danny Hay, who led the side in 2005.^[49] The longest-serving captain was Darren Bazeley, who was captain from 2005 to 2007 after taking over from Hay.^[50]

Dates	Name	Notes
2005	Danny Hay[49]
2005–2007	Darren Bazeley[50]	Longest-serving captain in Knights' history

• ^ A utility player is one who is considered to play in more than one position.