2006–07 New Zealand Knights FC season

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

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 GK Danny Milosevic
2 DF Darren Bazeley
3 DF Grégory Duruz
4 DF Che Bunce
5 DF Steven O'Dor
6 MF Neil Emblen
7 MF Richard Johnson
8 MF Scot Gemmill
9 FW Dani Rodrigues
10 FW Sean Devine
11 MF Jonti Richter
12 GK Mark Paston
13 MF Jonas Salley
14 MF Malik Buari
15 MF Adam Casey
16 MF Noah Hickey
No. Position Player
17 DF Frank van Eijs
18 MF Michael White
19 DF Sime Kovacevic
20 GK Michael Turnbull
21 FW Alen Marcina
22 DF John Tambouras
23 FW Franco Parisi
24 MF Hamza Mohammed
25 FW Campbell Banks
26 MF Fernando
27 MF Dustin Wells
29 MF Li Yan
31 MF Leilei Gao
33 DF Dean Gordon
46 MF Jeff Fleming
DF Matt Carbon

Transfers in
No. Name Nat. Pos. Signed From League Transfer Fee
3Grégory DuruzDF FC ThunSwiss Super League
4Che BunceDF Waikato FCNZFC
5Steven O'DorDF South MelbourneVictorian Premier League
7Richard JohnsonFW Newcastle United JetsA-League
8Scot GemmillMF Oxford UnitedEnglish Football League Two
11Jonti RichterMF Queensland RoarA-League
13Jonas SalleyMF South MelbourneVictorian Premier League
14Malik BuariDF WokingEnglish Conference South
15Adam CaseyFW Wollongong WolvesNSW Premier League
19Sime KovacevicDF Sunshine George CrossVictorian Premier League
31Leilei GaoMF Beijing GuoanLoan
33Dean GordonDF Auckland CityNZFC

Transfers out
No. Name Nat. Pos.
7Steve FitzsimmonsDF
8Ben CollettMF
11Zenon CaravellaMF
12Cole TinklerDF
13Jeremy BrockieFW
14Josh MaguireMF
15Joshua RoseDF
18Xiaobin ZhangFW
19Naoki ImayaFW
20Glen MossGK
21Jeremy ChristieMF
22Sam JasperMF
24Kris BrightDF
27Roy BellGK

Competitions

Pre-season
16 July 2006 Group StageNew Zealand Knights 1 : 1 Newcastle JetsNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 804
22 July 2006 Group StageQueensland Roar 1 : 1 New Zealand KnightsMaroochydore Soccer Club, Maroochydore
Attendance: 3,347
29 July 2006 Group StageNew Zealand Knights 0 : 0 Sydney FCNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 3,121
4 August 2006 Bonus RoundAdelaide United 1 : 0 New Zealand KnightsHindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Attendance: 12,006
11 August 2006 Play-offsNew Zealand Knights 0 : 1 Perth GloryNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 1,104
18 August 2006 7th place Play-offNew Zealand Knights 1 : 2 Queensland RoarNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland

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 Finals Series and 2008 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Adelaide United 21 10 3 8 32 27 +5 33
3 Newcastle Jets 21 8 6 7 32 30 +2 30 Finals Series
4 Sydney FC 21 8 8 5 29 19 +10 29[lower-alpha 1]
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 2] 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) Champion.
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 1New Zealand Knights 0 : 0 Newcastle JetsNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 7,304
Referee: Simon Przydacz
2 September 2006 Round 2New Zealand Knights 1 : 0 Adelaide UnitedNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Buari  84' Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Peter Green
10 September 2006 Round 3New Zealand Knights 0 : 3 Melbourne VictoryNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Muscat  35'
Thompson  22'
Allsopp  9'		 Attendance: 2,071
Referee: Matthew Breeze
15 September 2006 Round 4Queensland Roar 5 : 0 New Zealand KnightsSuncorp Stadium
Milicic  80'
Lynch  72'
Reinaldo  55' (pen.)
McKay  7', 86'		 Attendance: 15,517
Referee: Mark Shield
21 September 2006 Round 5New Zealand Knights 0 : 1 Sydney FCNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Rudan  58' Attendance: 2,764
Referee: Ben Williams
28 September 2006 Round 6New Zealand Knights 0 : 1 Central Coast MarinersNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Duruz  87'
Bunce  83'		 Kwasnik  85' (pen.) Attendance: 1,632
Referee: Peter O'Leary
6 October 2006 Round 7Perth Glory 1 : 0 New Zealand KnightsMembers Equity Stadium
Young  37' Attendance: 7,309
Referee: Craig Zetter
14 October 2006 Round 8Newcastle Jets 3 : 0 New Zealand KnightsEnergyAustralia Stadium
Rodriguez  90+1'
Musialik  86'
North  72'		 Attendance: 5,275
Referee: Peter Green
22 October 2006 Round 9Adelaide United 4 : 2 New Zealand KnightsHindmarsh 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 10New Zealand Knights 0 : 4 Melbourne VictoryNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Allsopp  72'
Caceres  59'
Thompson  57'
Fred  9'		 Attendance: 2,357
Referee: Simon Przydacz
5 November 2006 Round 11New Zealand Knights 1 : 0 Queensland RoarNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Ognenovski  7' (o.g.) Attendance: 2,675
Referee: Craig Zetter
10 November 2006 Round 12Sydney FC 4 : 0 New Zealand KnightsAussie Stadium
Petrovski  37', 53'
Zdrillic  65'
Carney  89'		 Attendance: 9,871
Referee: Angelo Nardi
19 November 2006 Round 13New Zealand Knights 0 : 2 Central Coast MarinersNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Mori  65'
Mrdja  90+5'		 Attendance: 2,139
Referee: Peter Green
26 November 2006 Round 14Perth Glory 4 : 1 New Zealand KnightsMembers Equity Stadium
Harnwell  10', 42', 60'
Despotovski  83'		 Hickey  3'
Salley  8'  33'		 Attendance: 6,251
Referee: Simon Przydacz
3 December 2006 Round 15New Zealand Knights 1 : 1 Newcastle JetsNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Marcina  29' (pen.) Griffiths  13' Attendance: 2,039
Referee: Peter O’Leary
10 December 2006 Round 16Adelaide United 1 : 1 New Zealand KnightsHindmarsh Stadium
Owens  72' Gao  18' Attendance: 11,548
Referee: Angelo Nardi
17 December 2006 Round 17Melbourne Victory 4 : 0 New Zealand KnightsOlympic Park
Allsopp  35', 45'
Caceres  39'
Thompson  45+3'		 Attendance: 15,563
Referee: Angelo Nardi
29 December 2006 Round 18New Zealand Knights 3 : 1 Queensland RoarNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Tambouras  14'
Emblen  52'
Marcina  56'		 Milicic  80' Attendance: 1,903
Referee: Peter O’Leary
7 January 2007 Round 19Sydney FC 0 : 1 New Zealand KnightsAussie Stadium
Bunce  16' Attendance: 16,040
Referee: Simon Przydacz
11 January 2007 Round 20Central Coast Mariners 0 : 0 New Zealand KnightsBluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 10,637
Referee: Ben Williams
21 January 2007 Round 21New Zealand Knights 2 : 0 Perth GloryNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Emblen  32'
Buari  40'		 Attendance: 4,936
Referee: Kevin Docherty

References
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