| Nottingham Forest 2022–23 | ||
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| Club information | ||
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| Manager |  Steve Cooper
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| Stadium | City Ground | |
| League Season information | ||
| Final League position | Premier League, TBD | |
| Cup placements | ||
| FA Cup | Third round, Lost 4–1 to Blackpool | |
| EFL Cup | Semi-finals, Lost 5–0 on aggregate to Man Utd | |
| Season statistics | ||
| Top goalscorer | Taiwo Awoniyi (4) | |
  
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The 2022–23 season was the 157th season in the existence of Nottingham Forest F.C. and the club's first season back in the top flight of English football since 1999. In addition to the domestic league, Nottingham Forest will participate in this season's editions of the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
Transfers[]
In[]
Transfers in[]
| Date | Position | Nationality | Player | From | Fee | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 June 2022 | GK | |
Ryan Hammond |  Millwall |
Free transfer | Under-23s |
| 25 June 2022 | FW |  |
Taiwo Awoniyi |  Union Berlin |
Undisclosed | First team |
| 3 July 2022 | DF |  |
Giulian Biancone |  Troyes |
Undisclosed | First team |
| 4 July 2022 | MF |  |
Joel Thompson |  Crusaders |
Undisclosed | Under-23s |
| 6 July 2022 | DF |  |
Moussa Niakhaté | Mainz 05 |
Undisclosed | First team |
| 10 July 2022 | DF | |
Omar Richards | Bayern Munich |
Undisclosed | First team |
| 11 July 2022 | DF |  |
Neco Williams | Liverpool |
Undisclosed | First team |
| 15 July 2022 | GK | |
Wayne Hennessey | Burnley |
Undisclosed | First team |
| 17 July 2022 | MF |  |
Brandon Aguilera |  Alajuelense |
Undisclosed | Under-23s |
| 20 July 2022 | DF | |
Harry Toffolo | Huddersfield Town |
Undisclosed | First team |
| 20 July 2022 | MF | |
Lewis O'Brien | Huddersfield Town |
Undisclosed | First team |
| 21 July 2022 | MF | |
Jesse Lingard | Unattached | Free transfer | First team |
| 31 July 2022 | MF |  |
Orel Mangala | VfB Stuttgart |
Undisclosed | First team |
| 13 August 2022 | FW | |
Emmanuel Dennis | Watford |
Undisclosed | First team |
| 13 August 2022 | MF | |
Cheikhou Kouyaté | Unattached | Free transfer | First team |
| 14 August 2022 | MF |  |
Remo Freuler |  Atalanta |
Undisclosed | First team |
| 19 August 2022 | MF | |
Morgan Gibbs-White | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Undisclosed | First team |
| 26 August 2022 | FW | Template:Country data SKO | Hwang Ui-jo | Bordeaux |
Undisclosed | First team |
| 1 September 2022 | DF |  |
Willy Boly | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Undisclosed | First team |
| 1 September 2022 | FW | |
Josh Bowler | Blackpool |
Undisclosed | First team |
| 7 September 2022 | DF | |
Serge Aurier | Unattached | Free transfer | First team |
| 20 September 2022 | GK |  |
Adnan Kanurić | Unattached | Free transfer | First team |
| 1 January 2023 | MF |  |
Gustavo Scarpa |  Palmeiras |
Free transfer | First team |
Loans in[]
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Player | From | Duration | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2022 | GK | |
Dean Henderson | Manchester United |
End of season | First team |
| 29 August 2022 | DF | |
Renan Lodi |  Atlético Madrid |
End of season | First team |
| 1 September 2022 | DF | |
Loïc Badé | Rennes |
3 January 2023 | First team |
Out[]
Transfers out[]
| Date | Position | Nationality | Player | To | Fee | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May 2022 | DF |  |
Rezart Rama |  Forge FC |
Released | Under-23s |
| 20 June 2022 | DF | |
Jayden Richardson |  Aberdeen |
Undisclosed | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2022 | MF | |
Josh Barnes | Basford United |
Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2022 | DF |  |
Gaëtan Bong | Free agent | Released | First team |
| 1 July 2022 | DF |  |
Baba Fernandes | Accrington Stanley |
Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | |
Tobias Figueiredo | Hull City |
Released | First team |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | |
Lewis Grabban |  Al-Ahli |
Released | First team |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | |
Carl Jenkinson |  Newcastle Jets |
Released | First team |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | |
Sam Sanders | York City |
Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2022 | MF |  |
Marcelo Saraiva | Antigua |
Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | |
Morgan Thomas-Sadler |  Denbigh Town |
Released | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2022 | GK | |
Joe Watkins | Free agent | Released | Under-23s |
| 5 July 2022 | GK |  |
Brice Samba | Lens |
Undisclosed | First team |
| 27 July 2022 | DF |  |
Nicholas Ioannou | Como |
Undisclosed | First team |
| 2 August 2022 | FW | |
Xande Silva | Dijon |
Undisclosed | First team |
| 5 August 2022 | FW |  |
Nuno da Costa | Auxerre |
Undisclosed | First team |
| 15 August 2022 | FW | |
Joe Lolley | Sydney FC |
Undisclosed | First team |
Loans out[]
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Player | To | Duration | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 June 2022 | DF |  |
Mohamed Dräger |  Luzern |
End of season | First team |
| 2 July 2022 | GK |  |
Ethan Horvath | Luton Town |
End of season | First team |
| 8 July 2022 | MF | |
Tyrese Fornah | Reading |
End of season | First team |
| 9 July 2022 | FW | |
Will Swan | Mansfield Town |
End of Season | Under-23s |
| 13 July 2022 | DF | |
Jonathan Panzo | Coventry City |
End of season | First team |
| 14 July 2022 | DF | |
Fin Back | Carlisle United |
End of season | Under-23s |
| 16 July 2022 | DF | |
Riley Harbottle | Mansfield Town |
End of season | Under-23s |
| 17 July 2022 | MF | |
Brandon Aguilera | Guanacasteca |
Six months | Under-23s |
| 4 August 2022 | MF |  |
Braian Ojeda |  Real Salt Lake |
End of season | First Team |
| 5 August 2022 | DF |  |
Richie Laryea | Toronto FC |
End of season | First Team |
| 12 August 2022 | GK |  |
Nicky Hogarth | Falkirk |
3 January 2023 | Under-23s |
| 26 August 2022 | FW | Template:Country data SKO | Hwang Ui-jo |  Olympiacos |
End of season | First Team |
| 29 August 2022 | FW | |
Alex Mighten | Sheffield Wednesday |
End of season | First Team |
| 1 September 2022 | FW | |
Josh Bowler | Olympiacos |
5 January 2023 | First Team |
| 5 January 2023 | FW | |
Josh Bowler | Blackpool |
End of season | First Team |
New contracts[]
| Date | Position | Nationality | Player | Contract Length | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 June 2022 | DF | |
Riley Harbottle | Two years | Under-23s |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | |
Brennan Johnson | Four years | First team |
| 4 July 2022 | FW | |
Dale Taylor | Three years | Under-23s |
| 7 July 2022 | DF | |
Pharrell Johnson | Two years | Under-18s |
| 7 December 2022 | DF | |
Aaron Donnelly | Under-23s | |
| 7 December 2022 | MF | |
Jamie McDonnell | Under-23s |
Kits[]
          Home
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     Away
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     Third
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Competitions[]
Overview[]
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Premier League | 6 August 2022 | 28 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 34 | −21 | 22.22 | |
| FA Cup | 7 January 2023 | Third round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | ||
| EFL Cup | 23 August 2022 | Second round | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 100.00 | ||
| Total | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 33.33 | ||||
Last updated: 4 January 2023
Source: Soccerway
Premier League[]
- Main article: 2022–23 Premier League
League table[]
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester City (C) | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 94 | 33 | +61 | 89 | |
| 2 | Arsenal | 38 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 88 | 43 | +45 | 84 | |
| 3 | Manchester United | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 75 | |
| 4 | Newcastle United | 38 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 68 | 33 | +35 | 71 | |
| 5 | Liverpool | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 75 | 47 | +28 | 67 | |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 72 | 53 | +19 | 62 | |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 61 | |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 70 | 63 | +7 | 60 | |
| 9 | Brentford | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 59 | |
| 10 | Fulham | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 52 | |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 45 | |
| 12 | Chelsea | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 44 | |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 41 | |
| 14 | West Ham United | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 40 | |
| 15 | Bournemouth | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 37 | 71 | −34 | 39 | |
| 16 | Nottingham Forest | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 68 | −30 | 38 | |
| 17 | Everton | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 36 | |
| 18 | Leicester City (R) | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 51 | 68 | −17 | 34 | EFL Championship |
| 19 | Leeds United (R) | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 48 | 78 | −30 | 31 | |
| 20 | Southampton (R) | 38 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 36 | 73 | −37 | 25 |
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament
Notes
- Since both finalists of the 2022–23 FA Cup, Manchester City and Manchester United, qualified for the Champions League as a result of their league positions, the second Europa League group stage berth allocated to England was transferred to the sixth-placed team.
- Since the winners of the 2022–23 EFL Cup, Manchester United, qualified for the Champions League, the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the EFL Cup winners was transferred to the highest-placed Premier League team not already qualified for European competition, the seventh-placed team.
Matches[]
The Premier League fixtures were released on 16 June 2022 for the forthcoming season.
FA Cup[]
- Main article: 2022–23 FA Cup
The Reds were drawn away to Blackpool in the third round.
| Third round 7 January 2023 | Blackpool | 4–1 | Nottingham Forest | Blackpool | |
| 15:00 GMT | Ekpiteta  17'Poveda 64'Hamilton 71'Yates 87'
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Report | Yates 90+2'
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Stadium: Bloomfield Road Referee: James Linington |
EFL Cup[]
- Main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup
Forest entered the competition in the second round and were drawn away to Grimsby Town. Another away tie, against Blackburn Rovers was drawn in the fourth round. In the quarter-finals, Nottingham Forest would travel to face Wolverhampton Wanderers.
| Second round 23 August 2022 | Grimsby Town | 0–3 | Nottingham Forest | Cleethorpes | |
| 19:45 BST | Report | Yates 18' Surridge 35', 77'
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Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 8,418 Referee: Seb Stockbridge |
| Third round 9 November 2022 | Nottingham Forest | 2–0 | Tottenham Hotspur | West Bridgford | |
| 19:45 GMT | Lodi 50' Lingard 57'Mangala   68', 75'
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Report | Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 28,384 Referee: Peter Bankes |
| Fourth round 21 December 2022 | Blackburn Rovers | 1–4 | Nottingham Forest | Blackburn | |
| 19:45 GMT | Wharton 44'
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Report | Johnson 13' (pen.), 90+2' Lingard 53'Awoniyi 79'
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Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 15,138 Referee: Robert Jones |
| Quarter-finals 10 January 2023 | Nottingham Forest | 1–1 (4–3 pen)
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Wolverhampton Wanderers | West Bridgford | |
| 19:45 GMT | Boly 18'
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Report | Jiménez 64'
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Stadium: City Ground Referee: Graham Scott | |
| Penalties | |||||
Surridge  Freuler  Worrall Gibbs-White Colback-White
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Neves Podence Nunes Cunha Hodge
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| 25 January 2023 | Nottingham Forest | 0–3 | Manchester United | West Bridgford | |
| 20:00 GMT | Report | Rashford 6' Weghorst 45'Fernandes 89'
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Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 29,325 Referee: Michael Oliver |
| 1 February 2023 | Manchester United | 2–0 (5–0 agg.)
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Nottingham Forest | Trafford | |
| 20:00 GMT | Fred 76' Martial 73'
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Report | Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 72,315 Referee: Peter Bankes |
Players[]
- As of 4 January 2023
| Squad no. | Player | Nationality | Date of birth (age) | Previous club | Joined first team | Contract expires | Appearances | Goals | |||
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| 1 | Dean Henderson |
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12 March 1997 | Manchester United
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2022 | 2023 | 18 | 0 | |||
| 12 | Jordan Smith |
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8 December 1994 | Nottingham Forest Academy | 2016 | 2023 | 53 | 0 | |||
| 13 | Wayne Hennessey |
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24 January 1987 | Burnley
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2022 | 2024 | 3 | 0 | |||
| — | Adnan Kanurić |
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8 August 2000 |  Sarajevo
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2022 | 2023 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Defenders | |||||||||||
| 2 | Giulian Biancone |
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31 March 2000 | Troyes
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2022 | 2025 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 3 | Steve Cook |
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19 April 1991 | Bournemouth
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2022 | 2024 | 33 | 0 | |||
| 4 | Joe Worrall (captain) |
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10 January 1997 | Nottingham Forest Academy | 2016 | 2024 | 199 | 4 | |||
| 6 | Loïc Mbe Soh |
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13 June 2001 | Paris Saint-Germain
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2020 | 2024 | 12 | 1 | |||
| 7 | Neco Williams |
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13 April 2001 | Liverpool
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2022 | 2026 | 20 | 0 | |||
| 15 | Harry Toffolo |
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19 August 1995 | Huddersfield Town
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2022 | 2026 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 19 | Moussa Niakhaté |
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8 March 1996 | Mainz 05
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2022 | 2025 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 24 | Serge Aurier |
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24 December 1992 | Villarreal
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2022 | 2023 | 11 | 1 | |||
| 26 | Scott McKenna |
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12 November 1996 | Aberdeen
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2020 | 2024 | 126 | 5 | |||
| 27 | Omar Richards |
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15 February 1998 | Bayern Munich
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2022 | 2026 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 30 | Willy Boly |
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3 February 1991 | Wolverhampton Wanderers
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2022 | 2024 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 32 | Renan Lodi |
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8 April 1998 | Atlético Madrid
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2022 | 2023 | 11 | 1 | |||
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| 5 | Orel Mangala |
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18 March 1998 | VfB Stuttgart
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2022 | 2026 | 12 | 0 | |||
| 8 | Jack Colback |
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24 October 1989 | Newcastle United
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2020 | 2023 | 126 | 8 | |||
| 10 | Morgan Gibbs-White |
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27 January 2000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers
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2022 | 2027 | 16 | 2 | |||
| 11 | Jesse Lingard |
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15 December 1992 | Manchester United
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2022 | 2023 | 16 | 2 | |||
| 14 | Lewis O'Brien |
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14 October 1998 | Huddersfield Town
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2022 | 2026 | 14 | 1 | |||
| 18 | Cafú |
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26 February 1993 | Olympiacos
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2020 | 2023 | 55 | 1 | |||
| 21 | Cheikhou Kouyaté |
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21 December 1989 | Crystal Palace
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2022 | 2024 | 13 | 1 | |||
| 22 | Ryan Yates (vice-captain) |
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21 November 1997 | Nottingham Forest Academy | 2016 | 2025 | 151 | 16 | |||
| 23 | Remo Freuler |
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15 April 1992 | Atalanta
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2022 | 2025 | 16 | 0 | |||
| 31 | Gustavo Scarpa |
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5 January 1994 | Palmeiras
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2022 | 2026 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Forwards | |||||||||||
| 9 | Taiwo Awoniyi |
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12 August 1997 | Union Berlin
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2022 | 2027 | 19 | 5 | |||
| 16 | Sam Surridge |
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28 July 1998 | Stoke City
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2022 | 2024 | 37 | 10 | |||
| 20 | Brennan Johnson |
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23 May 2001 | Nottingham Forest Academy | 2019 | 2026 | 79 | 23 | |||
| 25 | Emmanuel Dennis |
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15 November 1997 | Watford
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2022 | 2026 | 12 | 1 | |||
| 33 | Lyle Taylor | 
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29 March 1990 | Charlton Athletic
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2020 | 2023 | 57 | 7 | |||
Coaching team[]
| Position | Name |
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| Head coach | Steve Cooper
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| Assistant coaches | Steve Rands
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| Goalkeeping coach | Danny Alcock
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External links[]
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