- 2006–07 New Zealand Knights season
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The New Zealand Knights participated in the 2006-07 A-League competition, finishing in eighth place.
New Zealand Knights F.C. 2006-07 season Manager 
Paul NevinPre-Season Cup 8th Top goalscorer 
N. Hickey - 2
N. Emblen - 2Highest home attendance 7,304 v Newcastle Jets on 27 August 2006 Lowest home attendance 1,632v Central Coast Mariners on 28 September 2006 ← 2005-06 Contents
Players
First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been 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 3 Grégory Duruz DF FC Thun Swiss 1. Liga 4 Che Bunce DF Waikato FC NZFC 5 Steven O'Dor DF South Melbourne FC Victorian Premier League 7 Richard Johnson FW Newcastle Jets A-League 8 Scot Gemmill MF Oxford United Football League Two 11 Jonti Richter MF Queensland Roar A-League 13 Jonas Salley MF South Melbourne FC Victorian Premier League 14 Malik Buari DF Woking F.C. Conference South 15 Adam Casey FW Wollongong Wolves NSW Premier League 19 Sime Kovacevic DF Sunshine George Cross FC Victorian Premier League 31 Leilei Gao MF Beijing Guoan F.C. On Loan 33 Dean Gordon DF Auckland City FC NZFC Out
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 Matches
2006 A-League Pre-season Cup fixtures
See also: 2006 A-League Pre-Season CupTeam Pts Pld W D L GF GA BP Sydney FC 12 4 3 1 0 7 2 2 Newcastle Jets 3 4 0 2 2 4 6 1 New Zealand Knights[1] 3 4 0 3 1 2 3 0 Queensland Roar[1] 3 4 0 3 1 2 3 0 Group Stage 16 July 2006 New Zealand Knights 
1 : 1 
Newcastle JetsNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 804 Group Stage 22 July 2006 Queensland Roar 
1 : 1 New Zealand KnightsMaroochydore Soccer Club, Maroochydore Attendance: 3,347 Group Stage 29 July 2006 New Zealand Knights 0 : 0 
Sydney FCNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 3,121 Bonus Round 4 August 2006 Adelaide United 
1 : 0 New Zealand KnightsHindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 12,006 Play-offs 11 August 2006 New Zealand Knights 0 : 1 
Perth GloryNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 1,104 7th place Play-off 18 August 2006 New Zealand Knights 1 : 2 Queensland RoarNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland 2006-07 Hyundai A-League fixtures
Round 1 27 August 2006 New Zealand Knights 0 : 0 Newcastle JetsNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 7,304
Referee: Simon PrzydaczRound 2 2 September 2006 New Zealand Knights 1 : 0 Adelaide UnitedNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Buari 
84'Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Peter GreenRound 3 10 September 2006 New Zealand Knights 0 : 3 
Melbourne VictoryNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Muscat 35'
Thompson 22'
Allsopp 9'Attendance: 2,071
Referee: Matthew BreezeRound 4 15 September 2006 Queensland Roar 5 : 0 New Zealand KnightsSuncorp Stadium Milicic 80'
Lynch 72'
Reinaldo 55' (pen.)
McKay 7', 86'Attendance: 15,517
Referee: Mark ShieldRound 5 21 September 2006 New Zealand Knights 0 : 1 Sydney FCNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Rudan 58'Attendance: 2,764
Referee: Ben WilliamsRound 6 28 September 2006 New Zealand Knights 0 : 1 
Central Coast MarinersNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Duruz 
87'
Bunce 83'Kwasnik 85' (pen.)Attendance: 1,632
Referee: Peter O'LearyRound 7 6 October 2006 Perth Glory 1 : 0 New Zealand KnightsMembers Equity Stadium Young 37'Attendance: 7,309
Referee: Craig ZetterRound 8 14 October 2006 Newcastle Jets 3 : 0 New Zealand KnightsEnergyAustralia Stadium Rodriguez 90+1'
Musialik 86'
North 72'Attendance: 5,275
Referee: Peter GreenRound 9 22 October 2006 Adelaide 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 NardiRound 10 27 October 2006 New Zealand Knights 0 : 4 Melbourne VictoryNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Allsopp 72'
Caceres 59'
Thompson 57'
Fred 9'Attendance: 2,357
Referee: Simon PrzydaczRound 11 5 November 2006 New Zealand Knights 1 : 0 Queensland RoarNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Ognenovski 7' (o.g.)Attendance: 2,675
Referee: Craig ZetterRound 12 10 November 2006 Sydney FC 4 : 0 New Zealand KnightsAussie Stadium Petrovski 37', 53'
Zdrillic 65'
Carney 89'Attendance: 9,871
Referee: Angelo NardiRound 13 19 November 2006 New Zealand Knights 0 : 2 Central Coast MarinersNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Mori 65'
Mrdja 90+5'Attendance: 2,139
Referee: Peter GreenRound 14 26 November 2006 Perth Glory 4 : 1 New Zealand KnightsMembers Equity Stadium Harnwell 10', 42', 60'
Despotovski 83'Hickey 3'
Salley
8', 33'Attendance: 6,251
Referee: Simon PrzydaczRound 15 3 December 2006 New Zealand Knights 1 : 1 Newcastle JetsNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Marcina 29' (pen.)Griffiths 13'Attendance: 2,039
Referee: Peter O’LearyRound 16 10 December 2006 Adelaide United 1 : 1 New Zealand KnightsHindmarsh Stadium Owens 72'Gao 18'Attendance: 11,548
Referee: Angelo NardiRound 17 17 December 2006 Melbourne Victory 4 : 0 New Zealand KnightsOlympic Park Allsopp 35', 45'
Caceres 39'
Thompson 45+3'Attendance: 15,563
Referee: Angelo NardiRound 18 29 December 2006 New Zealand Knights 3 : 1 Queensland RoarNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Tambouras 14'
Emblen 52'
Marcina 56'Milicic 80'Attendance: 1,903
Referee: Peter O’LearyRound 19 7 January 2007 Sydney FC 0 : 1 New Zealand KnightsAussie Stadium Bunce 16'Attendance: 16,040
Referee: Simon PrzydaczRound 20 11 January 2007 Central Coast Mariners 0 : 0 New Zealand KnightsBluetongue Stadium Attendance: 10,637
Referee: Ben WilliamsRound 21 21 January 2007 New Zealand Knights 2 : 0 Perth GloryNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Emblen 32'
Buari 40'Attendance: 4,936
Referee: Kevin DochertyLadder
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Melbourne Victory 21 14 3 4 41 20 +21 45 Adelaide United 21 10 3 8 32 27 +5 33 Newcastle Jets 21 8 6 7 32 30 +2 30 Sydney FC 21 8 8 5 29 19 +10 29 Queensland Roar 21 8 5 8 25 27 -2 29 Central Coast Mariners 21 6 6 9 22 26 -4 24 Perth Glory 21 5 5 11 24 30 -6 20 New Zealand Knights 21 5 4 12 13 39 -26 19 See also
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- ^ a b As the New Zealand Knights and Queensland Roar were tied on points, goal difference, goals for, goals against, and points earned in the "Bonus Round", the sixth degree of disambiguity, number of red cards received, was used. See official A-League press release for more details.
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