New Zealand Knights FC Season 2006-07
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The New Zealand Knights participated in the 2006-07 A-League competition
, finishing in eighth place.
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A-League 2006-07
The 2006–07 A-League season was the second season of the Australian football competition, the A-League. Football Federation Australia hoped to build on the success of the first season and on the interest generated by the Socceroos competing in the 2006 FIFA World Cup...
, finishing in eighth place.
First team squad
In
| No. | Name | Nat. | Pos. | Signed From | League | Transfer Fee |
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| 3 | Grégory Duruz Gregory Duruz Grégory Duruz is a Swiss football player. He is currently without a club.-Career:Duruz has extensive experience in European competition. He has played UEFA Champions League matches against Juventus, Manchester United and Valencia. He has represented Switzerland at U16, U18, U20 and U21 level. He... |
 Switzerland |
DF | FC Thun FC Thun FC Thun 1898 is a Swiss football team from the Bernese Oberland town of Thun. The club currently plays in the Swiss Super League after being promoted in the 2009/10 season. The club plays at the Arena Thun which accommodates a total of 10,300 supporters, both seated and standing... |
Swiss 1. Liga Swiss 1. Liga (football) 1. Liga is the third tier of the Swiss Football League. The division is split into three groups of 16 teams, by geographical region.-Regional Format:... |
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| 4 | Che Bunce Che Bunce Che Bunce is a New Zealand association football player who is currently the player-coach for Waikato FC in the NZFC.-Club career:... |
 New Zealand |
DF | Waikato FC Waikato FC Waikato Football Club, currently known as Yardhouse Waikato Football Club due to sponsorship agreements, is a football club based in Hamilton, New Zealand. The club was founded in 2004 and currently play in the ASB Premiership... |
NZFC New Zealand Football Championship The New Zealand Football Championship is the national association football league in New Zealand. It is a professional/semi-professional status Association football sports Franchise league that is operated by New Zealand Football... |
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| 5 | Steven O'Dor Steven O'Dor Steven O'Dor in Melbourne is an Australian football player, who plays for South Melbourne FC in the Victorian Premier League.-Club career:... |
 Australia |
DF | South Melbourne FC South Melbourne FC South Melbourne FC is a football club based in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Considered the most successful association football club in Australia, they have won four national championships, a string of Victorian State League titles, and represented Oceania in the 2000 FIFA Club World... |
Victorian Premier League Victorian Premier League The Victorian Premier League is the highest State level association football competition in Victoria, Australia, and second highest nationally after the A-League... |
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| 7 | Richard Johnson Richard Johnson (footballer) Richard Johnson is an Australian former football player.-Club career:When still a teenager Johnson moved to England to seek a professional football contract. He joined the youth ranks of Watford, and made his league début in the closing stages of the 1991/92 season... |
Australia |
FW | Newcastle Jets | A-League A-League The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company... |
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| 8 | Scot Gemmill Scot Gemmill Scotland 'Scot' Gemmill is a Scottish ex professional association footballer who is now a UEFA A Licensed Coach. He is currently helping to coach the Scotland Under 19 Team. He played as a midfielder, most recently for the New Zealand Knights... |
 Scotland |
MF | Oxford United | Football League Two Football League Two Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system.... |
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| 11 | Jonti Richter Jonti Richter Jonathan Richter is an Australian professional football player currently playing for Queensland State League side Brisbane Strikers, where he plays as a midfielder.- Northern Spirit:... |
Australia |
MF | Queensland Roar | A-League A-League The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company... |
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| 13 | Jonas Salley Jonas Salley Gyawe Jonas Salley is an Australian football midfielder who plays for Gold Coast United in the Hyundai A-League, on loan from Chengdu Blades F.C. in the Chinese Super League.-Club career:... |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
MF | South Melbourne FC South Melbourne FC South Melbourne FC is a football club based in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Considered the most successful association football club in Australia, they have won four national championships, a string of Victorian State League titles, and represented Oceania in the 2000 FIFA Club World... |
Victorian Premier League Victorian Premier League The Victorian Premier League is the highest State level association football competition in Victoria, Australia, and second highest nationally after the A-League... |
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| 14 | Malik Buari Malik Buari Malik Buari is a Ghanaian football midfielder and left-sided defender. He currently plays for the Combined Counties League team Chessington & Hook United.- Career :... |
 Ghana |
DF | Woking F.C. Woking F.C. Woking Football Club is a football club from in Woking, Surrey, England, formed in 1889. They are playing in the Conference South in the 2011–12 season. For the 2011/2012 season, Woking are sharing their ground with Conference National club Hayes & Yeading United.-Promotion to the... |
Conference South Conference South Conference South is one of the second divisions of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National... |
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| 15 | Adam Casey Adam Casey Adam Casey is an Australian professional football player who currently plays for Dandaloo FC in the Illawarra Premier League.-Club career:... |
Australia |
FW | Wollongong Wolves Wollongong Wolves The South Coast Wolves Football Club is an Australian Association football club based in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia currently playing in the NSW Premier League.The club was formed in 2009 as a not for profit organisation, run and owned by the community since the financial... |
NSW Premier League | |
| 19 | Sime Kovacevic Sime Kovacevic Sime Kovacevic is a football player who currently plays for Altona Magic in Victoria's Division 1-References:... |
Australia |
DF | Sunshine George Cross FC Sunshine George Cross FC Sunshine George Cross Football Club is an Australian football club from Sunshine, a western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and plays in the Victorian State League Division 1. Sunshine George Cross have played at Chaplin Reserve after agreement was reached with Sunshine City Soccer Club... |
Victorian Premier League Victorian Premier League The Victorian Premier League is the highest State level association football competition in Victoria, Australia, and second highest nationally after the A-League... |
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| 31 | Leilei Gao Gao Leilei Gao Leilei is a former Chinese footballer.-China:Gao began his professional career with Wuhan in 1998, before moving to Beijing Guoan in 1999. It was with Beijing Guoan that Gao first gained the public notice of Chinese football community when he scored an equalizer against Liaoning in the last... |
 People's Republic of China |
MF | Beijing Guoan F.C. | On Loan | |
| 33 | Dean Gordon Dean Gordon Dean Dwight Gordon is a former English professional footballer who played in the position of left back between 1991 and 2009 in his native England as well as Cyprus and New Zealand... |
 England |
DF | Auckland City FC Auckland City FC Auckland City Football Club is a football club based in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city. The club competes in the eight-team ASB Premiership which is the highest level of domestic football in the country... |
NZFC New Zealand Football Championship The New Zealand Football Championship is the national association football league in New Zealand. It is a professional/semi-professional status Association football sports Franchise league that is operated by New Zealand Football... |
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| No. | Name | Nat. | Pos. |
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| 7 | Steve Fitzsimmons Steve Fitzsimmons Steve Fitzsimmons is an Australian professional football player who plays as a Right back for in the A-League.-Club career:... |
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| 8 | Ben Collett Ben Collett Benjamin "Ben" Collett is an English former association footballer who played as a central midfielder for Manchester United, New Zealand Knights and AGOVV Apeldoorn... |
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| 11 | Zenon Caravella Zenon Caravella Zenon Caravella is an Australian football midfielder who plays for .-Club career:After the demise of the NSL in Caravella played for Sydney Olympic in the NSW Premier League becoming one of their best players... |
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MF |
| 12 | Cole Tinkler Cole Tinkler Cole Allen Wilson Tinkler is a New Zealand professional footballer, who last played for Sengkang-Punggol Football Club in the S-League and is currently contracted to Sydney club APIA Leichhardt Tigers who play in the New South Wales Premier League.-Career:Tinkler played as a right full back for... |
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| 13 | Jeremy Brockie Jeremy Brockie Jeremy Russell Brockie is a New Zealand football player who was recently signed by the Newcastle Jets in the Hyundai A-League... |
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| 14 | Josh Maguire Josh Maguire Joshua Maguire is an Australian football player who currently plays as a central midfielder for Sporting Clube de Goa on loan from Persebaya after some previous stints at New Zealand Knights and Universitatea Craiova.... |
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MF |
| 15 | Joshua Rose Joshua Rose Joshua Rose is an Australian football player who currently plays for the Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:... |
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| 18 | Xiaobin Zhang | |
FW |
| 19 | Naoki Imaya Naoki Imaya Naoki Imaya was a Japanese footballer who played as a midfielder or forward.-Career:As a child he moved to Sydney Australia with his parents at age 10. He played for various Australian clubs before moving to Switzerland... |
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FW |
| 20 | Glen Moss Glen Moss Glen Moss is a New Zealand association football goalkeeper who currently plays for A-League club Gold Coast United, and has represented New Zealand at international level.-Return to the A-League:... |
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GK |
| 21 | Jeremy Christie Jeremy Christie Jeremy Christie is a New Zealand international footballer currently playing for FC Tampa Bay in the North American Soccer League.Christie can play in central midfield or as a defender... |
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MF |
| 22 | Sam Jasper Sam Jasper Sam Jasper is a football player from New Zealand who is currently with Canterbury United, having previously played for New Zealand Knights in the A-League.... |
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| 24 | Kris Bright Kris Bright Kris Bright is a New Zealand association football player who plays for Balzan Youths in Malta as a striker. Bright has represented New Zealand at U15, U16, U-17, U-20, and All Whites level.-Career:... |
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| 27 | Roy Bell | GK | |
2006 A-League Pre-season Cup fixtures
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | BP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |