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

Other players under contract[]

No. Position Player
Flag of Republic of Ireland MF Harry Arter

Out on loan[]

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

External links[]

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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)
Nottingham Forest F.C. match images - 2023–24
2023–24 Premier League
Arsenal (a) · Arsenal (h)
2023–24 FA Cup
2023–24 League Cup
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