List of New Zealand Knights FC players explained

New Zealand Knights Football Club was a New Zealand professional football club based in Auckland. The club was formed in 2004, and played their first competitive match in July 2005 when they participated in the 2005 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup. The club played its home matches at North Harbour Stadium. The Knights was dissolved in 2007, following two seasons of football.

New Zealand Knights' record appearance-maker was Darren Bazeley, with 47 appearances over 2 seasons, ahead of Noah Hickey with 43.

List of players

• Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, including A-League and Pre-Season Challenge Cup matches.
• Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut for the club.

Table headers

• Nationality – If a player played international football, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth.
• New Zealand Knights career – The year of the player's first appearance for New Zealand Knights to the year of his last appearance.
• Starts – The number of games started.
• Sub – The number of games played as a substitute.
• Total – The total number of games played, both as a starter and as a substitute.

Position key

GK	Goalkeeper
DF	Defender
MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward
U	Utility player

List of New Zealand Knights FC players

Name	Nationality	Position	New Zealand Knights career	Starts	Subs	Total	Goals	Ref
				Appearances
			2005	10	0	10	0	^[1]
			2005–2006	18	3	21	0	^[2]
			2005–2006	23	10	33	3	^[3]
			2005–2007	34	3	37	3	^[4]
			2005	11	3	14	1	^[5]
			2005	11	0	11	0	^[6]
			2005–2006	23	0	23	0	^[7]
			2005–2006	12	3	15	1	^[8]
			2005–2007	21	3	24	1	^[9]
			2005–2006	11	2	13	0	^[10]
			2005	11	1	12	4	^[11]
			2005–2007	36	7	43	2	^[12]
Zhang Xiaobin			2005–2006	4	11	15	1	^[13]
			2005–2006	8	2	10	0	^[14]
			2005–2006	15	0	15	0	^[15]
			2005–2006	9	5	14	4	^[16]
			2005–2006	8	6	14	0	^[17]
			2005–2007	45	2	47	1	^[18]
			2005–2006	8	2	10	1	^[19]
			2005–2006	20	1	21	0	^[20]
			2005–2006	6	5	11	0	^[21]
			2005–2006	9	3	12	0	^[22]
			2006	1	1	2	0	^[23]
			2006–2007	19	6	25	2	^[24]
			2006–2007	22	0	22	1	^[25]
			2006–2007	14	4	18	0	^[26]
			2006	15	2	17	0	^[27]
			2006–2007	17	7	24	1	^[28]
			2006–2007	15	0	15	0	^[29]
			2006	8	0	8	0	^[30]
			2006–2007	3	11	14	0	^[31]
			2006	15	1	16	0	^[32]
			2006	5	8	13	0	^[33]
			2006	9	0	9	1	^[34]
			2006–2007	19	1	20	0	^[35]
			2006	2	0	2	0	^[36]
			2006	0	1	1	0	^[37]
			2006	1	1	2	0	^[38]
			2006	1	1	2	0	^[39]
			2006	2	3	5	0	^[40]
			2006	6	0	6	0	^[41]
			2006–2007	8	0	8	2	^[42]
			2006–2007	10	0	10	0	^[43]
			2006–2007	6	0	6	0	^[44]
Gao Leilei			2006–2007	6	1	7	1	^[45]
			2006	1	0	1	0	^[46]
			2006–2007	3	0	3	0	^[47]
Li Yan			2006–2007	0	2	2	0	^[48]

Club captains

Two players held the position of captain of the New Zealand Knights between 2005 and 2007. The first club captain was Danny Hay, who led the side in 2005.^[49] The longest-serving captain was Darren Bazeley, who was captain from 2005 to 2007 after taking over from Hay.^[50]

Dates	Name	Notes
2005	Danny Hay
2005–2007	Darren Bazeley	Longest-serving captain in Knights' history

Notes

• A utility player is one who is considered to play in more than one position.

Notes and References

1. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Ronnie Bull.
2. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Ben Collett.
3. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Sean Devine.
4. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Neil Emblen.
5. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Steve Fitzsimmons.
6. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Danny Hay.
7. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Danny Milosevic.
8. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Joshua Rose.
9. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. John Tambouras.
10. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Cole Tinkler.
11. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Simon Yeo.
12. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Noah Hickey.
13. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Xiaobin Zhang.
14. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Glen Moss.
15. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Frank van Eijs.
16. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Jeremy Brockie.
17. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Joshua Maguire.
18. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Darren Bazeley.
19. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Jeremy Christie.
20. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Zenon Caravella.
21. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Naoki Imaya.
22. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Kris Bright.
23. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Sam Jasper.
24. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Malik Buari.
25. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Che Bunce.
26. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Scot Gemmill.
27. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Sime Kovacevic.
28. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Jonti Richter.
29. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Jonas Salley.
30. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Michael Turnbull.
31. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Michael White.
32. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Gregory Duruz.
33. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Adam Casey.
34. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Daniel Rodrigues.
35. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Richard Johnson.
36. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Ivan Necevski.
37. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Franco Parisi.
38. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Campbell Banks.
39. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Hamza Mohammed.
40. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Fernando de Moraes.
41. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Dustin Wells.
42. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Alen Marcina.
43. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Mark Paston.
44. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Dean Gordon.
45. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Leilei Gao.
46. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Jeff Fleming.
47. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Steven O'Dor.
48. Web site: ALeagueStats.com. 21 March 2015. Li Yan.
49. News: Knights cut skipper Hay. 23 December 2005. The World Game. 21 March 2015.
50. News: Hyundai A-League set for big start. 26 August 2006. Football Federation Australia.