2006–07 New Zealand Knights FC season

New Zealand Knights
2006–07 season
Manager	Paul Nevin
A-League	8th
Pre-Season Cup	8th
Top goalscorer	Noah Hickey and ; Neil Emblen (2)
Highest home attendance	7,304 (vs. Newcastle Jets, 27 August 2006)
Lowest home attendance	1,632 (vs. Central Coast Mariners, 28 September 2006)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2005–06

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Danny Milosevic
2	DF	ENG	Darren Bazeley
3	DF	SUI	Grégory Duruz
4	DF	NZL	Che Bunce
5	DF	AUS	Matthew Thai
6	MF	ENG	Neil Emblen
7	MF	AUS	Richard Johnson
8	MF	SCO	Scot Gemmill
9	FW	POR	Dani Rodrigues
10	FW	IRL	Sean Devine
11	MF	RSA	Jonti Richter
12	FW	AUS	Lionel Ramirez
13	MF	CIV	Jonas Salley
14	MF	GHA	Malik Buari
15	MF	AUS	Adam Casey
16	MF	NZL	Noah Hickey
17	DF	NED	Frank van Eijs
18	MF	NZL	Michael White
19	DF	AUS	Sime Kovacevic
20	GK	AUS	Michael Turnbull


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	AUS	Steven O'Dor
22	DF	AUS	John Tambouras
23	FW	AUS	Franco Parisi
24	MF	GHA	Hamza Mohammed
25	FW	NZL	Campbell Banks
26	MF	BRA	Fernando
27	MF	AUS	Dustin Wells
28	FW	CAN	Alen Marcina
29	MF	CHN	Li Yan
30	GK	NZL	Mark Paston
31	MF	CHN	Leilei Gao
32	MF	NZL	Jeff Fleming
33	DF	ENG	Dean Gordon
34	DF	ENG	Matt Carbon
35	MF	AUS	Justin Kiryu
36	FW	NZL	Kris Bright
37	DF	NZL	Cole Tinkler
38	MF	NZL	Sam Jasper
39	MF	NZL	Sam Messem
40	GK	NZL	Roy Bell

Transfers in

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

Transfers 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

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 v t e	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]	Qualification for Finals series
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:

^ Sydney FC were penalised three competition points following round 18 due to salary cap breaches which occurred during the 2005–06 season
^ 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 87' Bunce 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 8' 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

References

[table_hth_SFC0.81390290465853-1] Sydney FC were penalised three competition points following round 18 due to salary cap breaches which occurred during the 2005–06 season

[table_note_NZK0.81390290465853-2] New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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