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Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest FC
Full name Nottingham Forest Football Club
Nickname(s) Forest
The Reds
NFFC
The Tricky Trees
Foresters
Super Reds
Short name Nott'm Forest
Notts Forest
Founded 1865
Ground The City Ground
(Capacity: 30,445)
Owner Flag of Greece Evangelos Marinakis
Chairman Flag of England Nicholas Randall KC
Manager Flag of Portugal Nuno Espírito Santo
Current League Premier League 
2022–23 Premier League, 16th
Website Club home page
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Football current event Current season

Nottingham Forest Football Club, often referred to as Forest, are a professional football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Founded in 1865, Forest are considered to be the oldest football league club since the relegation of Notts County to the National League in 2019. Since 1898 Forest have played their home matches at the City Ground. They currently compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league system.

Forest have won one League title, two FA Cups, four League Cups, one FA Charity Shield, two European Cups, and one UEFA Super Cup. The club has competed in the top two tiers of English football since their admission to the Football League, except for five seasons spent in the third tier. Their most successful period was under the management of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

In Clough's last decade at the club, Forest won the 1989 and 1990 League Cups and were losing finalists in the 1991 FA Cup Final, before relegation from the Premier League in 1993. Upon an immediate return Forest finished third in the Premier League in 1995, before the club suffered relegation again in 1997 and, after a brief return, once more in 1999. Forest have not been back in the Premier League since.

Forest contest the Nottingham derby with city rivals Notts County, however, as Forest have predominantly played in higher leagues than their neighbours fixtures between the two clubs have been rare in recent history. The club's fiercest rivalry is with Derby County, with whom they contest the East Midlands derby.

Stadium[]

City Ground[]

Main article: City Ground

Since 1898 Nottingham Forest have played their home games at the City Ground in West Bridgford, on the banks of the River Trent. Prior to moving to the City Ground, Forest played their home games at Forest Recreation Ground, then Trent Bridge, and finally the purpose-built Town Ground. Since 1994 the City Ground has been all-seater, a preparation that was made in time for the ground to be a venue for Euro 96, and currently has a capacity of 30,445.

The City Ground is 300 yards away from Notts County's Meadow Lane stadium on the opposite side of the Trent, meaning the two grounds are the closest professional football stadia geographically in England. In 1898 the City Ground was within the boundaries of Nottingham, which had been given city status the year before and gave rise to the name of the stadium, however a boundary change in the 1950s means that the City Ground now stands just outside of the city's boundaries in the town of West Bridgford.

On 28 February 2019 Nottingham Forest announced plans to redevelop the City Ground and surrounding area, including the "creation of a new, world-class Peter Taylor Stand". It is expected this will increase the capacity of the stadium to 38,000, making it the largest football stadium in the East Midlands. The club are hopeful that building work can begin at the end of the 2019-20 season.

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 23 February 2024
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Flag of United States Matt Turner
3 DF Flag of Portugal Nuno Tavares (on loan from Arsenal)
6 MF Flag of Ivory Coast Ibrahim Sangaré
7 DF Flag of Wales Neco Williams
8 MF Flag of Senegal Cheikhou Kouyaté
9 FW Flag of Nigeria Taiwo Awoniyi
10 MF Flag of England Morgan Gibbs-White
11 FW Flag of New Zealand Chris Wood
13 GK Flag of Wales Wayne Hennessey
14 FW Flag of England Callum Hudson-Odoi
15 DF Flag of England Harry Toffolo
16 MF Flag of Argentina Nicolás Domínguez
18 DF Flag of Brazil Felipe
19 DF Flag of Senegal Moussa Niakhaté
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Flag of United States Gio Reyna (on loan from Borussia Dortmund)
21 FW Flag of Sweden Anthony Elanga
22 MF Flag of England Ryan Yates (captain)
23 GK Flag of Greece Odysseas Vlachodimos
26 GK Flag of Belgium Matz Sels
27 FW Flag of Belgium Divock Origi (on loan from AC Milan)
28 MF Flag of Brazil Danilo
29 DF Flag of Argentina Gonzalo Montiel (on loan from Sevilla)
30 DF Flag of Ivory Coast Willy Boly
32 DF Flag of Republic of Ireland Andrew Omobamidele
37 FW Flag of Portugal Rodrigo Ribeiro (on loan from Sporting CP)
40 DF Flag of Brazil Murillo
43 DF Flag of Nigeria Ola Aina
48 MF Flag of France Ateef Konaté

Other players under contract[]

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Flag of Republic of Ireland Harry Arter

Out on loan[]

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Flag of England Fin Back (at Carlisle United)
DF Flag of Northern Ireland Aaron Donnelly (at Dundee)
DF Flag of France Loïc Mbe Soh (at Almere City)
DF Flag of Scotland Scott McKenna (at FC Copenhagen)
DF Flag of England Jonathan Panzo (at Standard Liège)
DF Flag of England Omar Richards (at Olympiacos)
DF Flag of England Joe Worrall (at Beşiktaş)
MF Flag of Costa Rica Brandon Aguilera (at Bristol Rovers)
MF Flag of Switzerland Remo Freuler (at Bologna)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Flag of Belgium Orel Mangala (at Lyon)
MF Flag of England Lewis O'Brien (at Middlesbrough)
FW Flag of England Josh Bowler (at Cardiff City)
FW Flag of Nigeria Emmanuel Dennis (at Watford)
FW Flag of South Korea Hwang Ui-jo (at Alanyaspor)
FW Flag of Sweden Julian Larsson (at Morecambe)
FW Flag of England Alex Mighten (at Port Vale)
FW Flag of Northern Ireland Dale Taylor (at Wycombe Wanderers)

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Nottingham Forest F.C. squad - 2023–24

Turner •  Biancone •  Tavares •  Worrall (c) •  Mangala •  Sangaré •  Williams •  Kouyaté •  Awoniyi •  10 Gibbs-White •  11 Wood •  12 Santos •  13 Hennessey •  14 Hudson-Odoi •  15 Toffolo •  16 Domínguez •  17 Mighten •  18 Felipe •  19 Niakhaté •  21 Elanga •  22 Yates •  23 Vlachodimos •  24 Aurier •  25 Dennis •  26 McKenna •  28 Danilo •  29 Montiel •  30 Boly •  32 Omobamidele •  34 Horvath •  38 G. Shelvey •  40 Murillo •  41 Aguilera •  43 Aina •   Origi •   J. Shelvey • 

Manager:  Flag of Portugal Nuno Espírito Santo
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Nottingham Forest F.C. seasons

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Nottingham Forest Football Club - Managers

Radford (1889–97) • Haslam (1897–(1909) • Earp (1909–12) • Masters (1912–25) • Baynes (1925–29) • Hardy (1930–31) • Watson (1931–36) • Wightman (1936–39) • Walker (1939–60) • Beattie (1960–63) • Carey (1963–68) • Gillies (1969–72) • Mackay (1972–73) • Brown (1973–75) • Clough (1975–93) • Clark (1993–96) • Pearce (1996–97) • Bassett (1997–99) • Adams (1999) • Atkinson (1999) • Platt (1999–2001) • Hart (2001–04) • Kinnear (2004) • Harford (2004–05) • Megson (2005–06) • Barlow & McParland (2006) • Calderwood (2006–08) • Pemberton (2008–09) • Davies (2009–11) • McClaren (2011) • Kelly (2011) • Cotterill (2011–12) • O'Driscoll (2012) • McLeish (2012–13) • Davies (2013–14) • Brazil (2014) • Pearce (2014–15) • Freedman (2015–16) • Williamsc (2016) • Montanier (2016–17) • Brazilc (2017) • Warburton (2017) • Brazilc (2017–18) • Karanka (2018–(19) • Irelandc (2019) • O'Neill (2019) • Lamouchi (2019–20) • Hughton (2020–21) • Reidc (2021) • Cooper (2021–23) • Santo (2023–) •

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Nottingham Forest F.C. squad seasons

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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)
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2023–24 Premier League
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2023–24 FA Cup
2023–24 League Cup
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