New Zealand Knights FC

Ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta New Zealand Knights (wanda aka kafa daga Ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Kingz a shekara ta 2004) ita ce kaɗai ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙwararru a New Zealand kafin ta daina aiki. Ƙungiyar da ke zaune a Auckland, New Zealand, ta buga wasa a gasar A-League, babbar gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Ostiraliya kuma tun daga lokacin aka maye gurbinta da Wellington Phoenix .

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 Kingz da NSL 1999–2004 
Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Kingz FC (wanda aka tallata a matsayin "Auckland Kingz" a cikin Ostiraliya) ta shiga gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasa ta Ostiraliya a shekarar 1999 kuma ta ci gaba da wasa a kakar wasa biyar ta ƙarshe ta NSL, inda ta kasa samun damar shiga gasar share fagen shiga gasar a kowace kakar wasa. Da farko ƙungiyar ta yi amfani da rubutun "Kings", amma an canza wannan zuwa Kingz bayan ta sami barazanar doka daga ƙungiyar ƙwallon kwando ta Sydney Kings.

 Sake fasalin Kingz na ƙwallon ƙafa zuwa Knights na New Zealand 
An wargaza alamar Football Kingz a shekarar 2004 kuma aka sake tsara ta zuwa New Zealand Knights a matsayin sabuwar ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasar Ostiraliya da ake kira A-League . Binciken kasuwa da ƙungiyar ta gudanar, don tantance yuwuwar sabuwar alama ga ƙungiyar, ya nuna cewa kashi 76% na waɗanda suka amsa sun goyi bayan sauya suna. Lokacin da aka mayar da hankali kan waɗanda suka kai shekaru 35 zuwa ƙasa da haka, kashi na goyon bayan sauyi ya karu zuwa kashi 90%. Bugu da ƙari, an yi wa sunan "Knights" tambayoyi mafi kyau a cikin binciken, wanda ya fi kowane zaɓi girma da kashi 30%. 

 Komawar Auckland zuwa Gasar A-League 
Duk da makomar Football Kingz FC da New Zealand Knights, akwai ci gaba da fatan a cikin al'ummar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Auckland na yiwuwar komawa ga New Zealand Knights, ko wata ƙungiyar da ke Auckland, don sake shiga gasar A-League .  Ƙarfafa taron jama'a na 20,078 a watan Nuwamba na 2011 lokacin da Wellington Phoenix ta buga wasa da Adelaide United  da kuma 11,566 a watan Janairun 2013 lokacin da Wellington Phoenix ta buga wasa da Perth Glory,  duk an yi su ne a Eden Park, wanda ya ƙara ƙarfafa yunƙurin ƙara ƙungiyar New Zealand ta biyu a gasar A-League.

A watan Maris na 2023, ƙungiyar kwararru ta Australian Professional Leagues, hukumar da ke kula da ƙungiyar A-League Men, ta tabbatar da shirin faɗaɗa sabbin ƙungiyoyi da za su kasance a Canberra da Auckland. Bill Foley, wanda ya kafa ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Black Knight, wacce ke da ƙungiyar Premier League AFC Bournemouth a gasar Premier kuma mai sha'awar FC Lorient kuma mamallakin ƙungiyar Vegas Golden Knights ta ƙungiyar National Hockey League ta Amurka, an ba shi lasisin Auckland.  Ƙungiyarsa, Auckland FC ta fara fafatawa tun daga kakar wasa ta A-League ta 2024-25. 

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