New Zealand Knights FC, formerly the Auckland KingzFootball Club, is the only professional football (soccer) team in New Zealand.
They joined the Australian National Soccer League in 1999 and were ranked 8th of 16 in 1999/2000 season, 8th of 14 in 2000/01, and 13th of 13 in 2001/02.
The club was known as FootballKingz until 2004, and adopted the name of Auckland Kingz on joining the newly formed Australian A-League.