2023–24 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest 2023–24
Club information
Manager	Steve Cooper (until 19 December) Nuno Espírito Santo (from 20 December)
Stadium	City Ground
League Season information
Final League position	Premier League, TBD
Cup placements
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Second round
Season statistics
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The 2023–24 season was the 158th season in the history of Nottingham Forest and their second consecutive season in the Premier League. The club also competed in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

Kits

Home

Away

Third

Pre-season and friendlies

On 29 May, Forest announced their first pre-season friendly, against Notts County. A week later, a trip to Netherlands to face PSV Eindhoven was also confirmed. On 14 June, two more friendlies against European sides Rennes and Eintracht Frankfurt were also added. Two behind-closed-doors in Spain were next to be confirmed, against Valencia and Levante.

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

Friendly 15 July 2023	Notts County	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Nottingham
13:00 BST		Report	Hwang  46'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 16,163

Friendly 18 July 2023	Valencia	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Paterna, Spain
19:00 CEST 18:00 BST	Guerra  47'	Report		Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

Friendly 22 July 2023	Levante	1–2	Nottingham Forest	Buñol, Spain
11:00 CEST 10:00 BST	Cantero  25'	Report	Yates  1' Danilo  21' Awoniyi  45'	Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva de Buñol Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

Friendly 27 July 2023	Nottingham Forest	0–2	Leeds United	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST		Report	Bamford  66' Poveda  85'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 5,114 Referee: Craig Pawson

Friendly 30 July 2023	PSV Eindhoven	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Eindhoven, Netherlands
16:30 CEST 15:30 BST	Bakayoko  67'	Report		Stadium: Philips Stadion

Friendly 2 August 2023	Nottingham Forest	0–5	Rennes	Burton upon Trent
19:00 BST		Report	Bourigeaud  34' (pen.), 45' (pen.) Abline  52' Majer  55' Gouiri  88'	Stadium: St George's Park National Football Centre

Friendly 5 August 2023	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST 14:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League			Matchday 1		&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
FA Cup			Third round		&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
EFL Cup			Second round		&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
Total					&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	−0	—

Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway

Premier League

Main article: 2023–24 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
2	Manchester City  (C)	38	28	7	3	94	33	+61	91	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
1	Arsenal	38	28	5	5	91	29	+62	89
3	Liverpool	38	24	10	4	86	41	+45	82
4	Aston Villa	38	20	8	10	76	61	+15	68
5	Tottenham	38	20	6	12	74	61	+13	66	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Chelsea	38	18	9	11	77	63	+14	63	Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7	Newcastle Utd	38	18	6	14	85	62	+23	60
8	Manchester Utd	38	18	6	14	57	58	−1	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
9	West Ham Utd	38	14	10	14	60	74	−14	52
10	Crystal Palace	38	13	10	15	57	58	−1	49
11	Brighton	38	12	12	14	55	62	−7	48
12	Bournemouth	38	13	9	16	54	67	−13	48
13	Fulham	38	13	8	17	55	61	−6	47
14	Wolves	38	13	7	18	49	63	−14	46
15	Everton	38	13	9	16	40	51	−11	40
16	Brentford	38	10	9	19	56	65	−9	39
17	Nottm Forest	38	9	9	20	49	67	−18	32
18	Luton Town  (R)	38	6	8	24	52	85	−33	26	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Burnley  (R)	38	5	9	24	41	78	−37	24
20	Sheffield Utd  (R)	38	3	7	28	35	104	−69	16

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

• Everton were deducted eight points for breaching profitability and sustainability rules. They were originally deducted 10 points but this was reduced to six after an appeal. The club were then deducted an additional two points for further PSR breaches.
• Nottingham Forest were deducted 4 points for breaching profitability and sustainability rules. The club appealed the decision but were unsuccessful.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway

Matches

The Premier League fixtures were announced on 15 June 2023.

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

1 12 August 2023	Arsenal	v	Nottingham Forest	Holloway
12:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium

FA Cup

Main article: 2023–24 FA Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

EFL Cup

Main article: 2023–24 EFL Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

External links

• Official website

Nottingham Forest F.C. matches - 2023–24

2023–24 Premier League

Arsenal (a) · Sheffield United (h) · Newcastle United (a) · Arsenal (h) · Liverpool (h) · Burnley (a)

2023–24 FA Cup

Blackpool (h) · Blackpool (a) · Bristol City (a) · Bristol City (h) · Manchester United (h)

2023–24 EFL Cup

Burnley (h)