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

The 2006–07 New Zealand Knights FC season was the clubs 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. Position Player
1 Australia GK Danny Milosevic
2 England DF Darren Bazeley
3 Switzerland DF Grégory Duruz
4 New Zealand DF Che Bunce
5 Australia DF Steven O'Dor
6 England MF Neil Emblen
7 Australia MF Richard Johnson
8 Scotland MF Scot Gemmill
9 Portugal FW Dani Rodrigues
10 Republic of Ireland FW Sean Devine
11 South Africa MF Jonti Richter
12 New Zealand GK Mark Paston
13 Ivory Coast MF Jonas Salley
14 Ghana MF Malik Buari
15 Australia MF Adam Casey
16 New Zealand MF Noah Hickey
No. Position Player
17 Netherlands DF Frank van Eijs
18 New Zealand MF Michael White
19 Australia DF Sime Kovacevic
20 Australia GK Michael Turnbull
21 Canada FW Alen Marcina
22 Australia DF John Tambouras
23 Australia FW Franco Parisi
24 Ghana MF Hamza Mohammed
25 New Zealand FW Campbell Banks
26 Brazil MF Fernando
27 Australia MF Dustin Wells
29 China MF Li Yan
31 China MF Leilei Gao
33 England DF Dean Gordon
46 New Zealand MF Jeff Fleming
England DF Matt Carbon

Transfers in

No. Name Nat. Pos. Signed From League Transfer Fee
3Grégory DuruzSwitzerlandDFSwitzerland FC ThunSwiss Super League
4Che BunceNew ZealandDFNew Zealand Waikato FCNZFC
5Steven O'DorAustraliaDFAustralia South MelbourneVictorian Premier League
7Richard JohnsonAustraliaFWAustralia Newcastle United JetsA-League
8Scot GemmillScotlandMFEngland Oxford UnitedEnglish Football League Two
11Jonti RichterAustraliaMFAustralia Queensland RoarA-League
13Jonas SalleyIvory CoastMFAustralia South MelbourneVictorian Premier League
14Malik BuariGhanaDFEngland WokingEnglish Conference South
15Adam CaseyAustraliaFWAustralia Wollongong WolvesNSW Premier League
19Sime KovacevicAustraliaDFAustralia Sunshine George CrossVictorian Premier League
31Leilei GaoChinaMFChina Beijing GuoanLoan
33Dean GordonEnglandDFNew Zealand Auckland CityNZFC

Transfers out

No. Name Nat. Pos.
7Steve FitzsimmonsAustraliaDF
8Ben CollettEnglandMF
11Zenon CaravellaAustraliaMF
12Cole TinklerNew ZealandDF
13Jeremy BrockieNew ZealandFW
14Josh MaguireAustraliaMF
15Joshua RoseAustraliaDF
18Xiaobin ZhangChinaFW
19Naoki ImayaJapanFW
20Glen MossNew ZealandGK
21Jeremy ChristieNew ZealandMF
22Sam JasperNew ZealandMF
24Kris BrightNew ZealandDF
27Roy BellGK

Competitions

Pre-season

A-League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Melbourne Victory (C) 21 14 3 4 41 20 +21 45 2008 AFC Champions League Group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Adelaide United 21 10 3 8 32 27 +5 33
3 Newcastle Jets 21 8 6 7 32 30 +2 30 2007 A-League Finals Series[lower-alpha 2]
4 Sydney FC 21 8 8 5 29 19 +10 29[lower-alpha 3]
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[lower-alpha 4] 21 5 4 12 13 39 −26 19 Disbanded at end of season
Updated to match(es) played on 21 January 2007. Source: theworldgame.sbs.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. ↑ First place qualifies for the 2008 AFC Champions League Group stage.
    Winning the 2007 A-League Grand Final earns qualification for the 2008 AFC Champions League Group stage, unless the Grand Final winners are also first place, in which case the Grand Final runner up qualifies.
  2. ↑ First place through to fourth place qualify for the 2007 A-League Finals Series.
  3. ↑ Sydney FC were penalised three competition points following round 18 due to salary cap breaches which occurred during the 2005–06 season
  4. ↑ New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the 2008 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

References

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