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2006–07 New Zealand Knights FC season

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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.

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)

Players edit

Squad edit

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 edit

No. Name Nat. 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 edit

No. Name Nat. 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 edit

Pre-season edit

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 edit

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   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 edit

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