2016–17 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest
2016–17 season
OwnerFawaz Al-Hasawi
(until 18 May)
Evangelos Marinakis (80%)
Sokratis Kominakis (20%)[1]
(from 18 May)
ChairmanFawaz Al-Hasawi
(until 18 May)
Nicholas Randall QC
(from 18 May)
ManagerPhilippe Montanier
(until 14 January)
Gary Brazil
(caretaker from 14 January to 14 March)
Mark Warburton
(from 14 March)
StadiumCity Ground
West Bridgford
(Capacity: 0 from 8 July to 26 July[2]
24,357 from 26 July to 11 August[3]
30,445 from 11 August[4])
Championship21st
FA CupThird round
EFL CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Britt Assombalonga (14)
All: Britt Assombalonga (14)
Highest home attendance28,567
(vs. Arsenal, EFL Cup third round, 20 September)
Lowest home attendance15,770
(vs. Rotherham United, EFL Championship, 31 January)

The 2016–17 season was Nottingham Forest's 151st season in existence and 9th consecutive season in the Championship since promotion in 2007–08.[5] In addition to the Championship, the club participated in the FA Cup and the newly rebranded EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

On 18 May a change of ownership of Nottingham Forest Football Club from Fawaz Al-Hasawi to a Greek consortium, led by Olympiacos owner and shipping magnate Evangelos Marinakis, was completed as Fawaz Al-Hasawi sold 100% of his stake in the club for an undisclosed sum. Marinakis completed the deal in partnership with Sokratis Kominakis, and the duo immediately announced the appointments of leading sports lawyer Nicholas Randall QC as Chairman, Olympiacos' Managing Director Loannis Vrentzos as CEO, and David Cook, formerly of Celtic and Everton, as Chief Commercial Officer.[6][7]

First team squad

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As of 22 May 2017[8]
No. Name Nationality Date of birth (Age) Previous club Joined first-team Player contracted until
Goalkeepers
26 Dimitar Evtimov Bulgaria (1993-09-07) 7 September 1993 (age 31) Chavdar Etropole 2011 2019
30 Stephen Henderson Republic of Ireland (1988-05-02) 2 May 1988 (age 36) Charlton Athletic 2016 2019
38 Vladimir Stojković Serbia (1983-07-28) 28 July 1983 (age 41) Maccabi Haifa 2016 2018
43 Jordan Smith England (1994-12-08) 8 December 1994 (age 29) Academy product 2016 2020
Defenders
2 Eric Lichaj United States (1988-11-17) 17 November 1988 (age 35) Aston Villa 2013 2018
3 Daniel Pinillos Spain (1992-10-22) 22 October 1992 (age 31) Córdoba 2015 2017
4 Michael Mancienne England (1988-01-08) 8 January 1988 (age 36) Hamburg 2014 2019
5 Matt Mills England (1986-07-14) 14 July 1986 (age 38) Bolton Wanderers 2015 2018
6 Armand Traoré Senegal (1989-10-08) 8 October 1989 (age 35) Queens Park Rangers 2016 2019
13 Danny Fox Scotland (1986-05-29) 29 May 1986 (age 38) Southampton 2014 2018
17 Hildeberto Pereira Portugal (1996-03-02) 2 March 1996 (age 28) Benfica B 2016 2017
25 Jack Hobbs England (1988-08-18) 18 August 1988 (age 36) Hull City 2014 2018
27 Damien Perquis Poland (1984-04-10) 10 April 1984 (age 40) Toronto 2016 2018
28 Thomas Lam Finland (1993-12-18) 18 December 1993 (age 30) Zwolle 2016 2019
42 Joe Worrall England (1997-01-10) 10 January 1997 (age 27) Academy product 2016 2020
Midfielders
8 Chris Cohen England (1987-03-05) 5 March 1987 (age 37) Yeovil Town 2007 2018
10 João Teixeira Portugal (1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 (age 30) Benfica 2017 2017
11 Ben Osborn England (1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 (age 30) Academy product 2012 2020
15 Aaron Tshibola England (1995-01-02) 2 January 1995 (age 29) Aston Villa 2017 2017
18 Mustapha Carayol The Gambia (1988-09-04) 4 September 1988 (age 36) Middlesbrough 2016 2018
19 Jamie Ward Northern Ireland (1986-05-12) 12 May 1986 (age 38) Derby County 2015 2019
20 Licá Portugal (1988-09-08) 8 September 1988 (age 36) Porto 2016 2018
21 Gboly Ariyibi United States (1995-01-18) 18 January 1995 (age 29) Chesterfield 2017 2020
22 Pajtim Kasami Switzerland (1992-06-02) 2 June 1992 (age 32) Olympiacos 2016 2017
24 David Vaughan Wales (1983-02-18) 18 February 1983 (age 41) Sunderland 2014 2018
41 Matty Cash England (1997-08-07) 7 August 1997 (age 27) Academy Product 2016 2021
Strikers
7 Matty Fryatt England (1986-03-05) 5 March 1986 (age 38) Hull City 2014 2017
9 Britt Assombalonga Democratic Republic of the Congo (1992-12-06) 6 December 1992 (age 31) Peterborough United 2014 2021
12 Nicolao Dumitru Italy (1991-10-12) 12 October 1991 (age 33) Napoli 2016 2017
16 Zach Clough England (1995-03-08) 8 March 1995 (age 29) Bolton Wanderers 2017 2021
39 Apostolos Vellios Greece (1992-01-08) 8 January 1992 (age 32) Iraklis 1908 2016 2020
45 Ben Brereton England (1999-04-18) 18 April 1999 (age 25) Academy product 2017 2021
50 Ross McCormack Scotland (1986-08-18) 18 August 1986 (age 38) Aston Villa 2017 2017

New contracts

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Date Position Nationality Name Length of contract Player contracted until Reference
25 July 2016 DF Scotland Danny Fox 1 year 2018 [9]
5 August 2016 MF England Matty Cash 1 year 2019 [10]
5 August 2016 MF England Ben Osborn 1 year 2020 [11]
2 September 2016 ST Democratic Republic of the Congo Britt Assombalonga 2 years 2021 [12]
31 December 2016 ST England Ben Brereton Undisclosed Undisclosed [13]
27 February 2017 DF England Joe Worrall 3.5 years 2020 [14]
27 February 2017 MF England Ryan Yates 2 years 2019 [14]
3 March 2017 MF England Matty Cash 4 years 2021 [15]
4 April 2017 GK England Jordan Smith 3 years 2020 [16]
28 April 2017 DF England Michael Mancienne 2 years 2019 [17]
11 May 2017[a] MF England Chris Cohen 1 year 2018 [19]
22 May 2017 MF Wales David Vaughan 1 year 2018 [20]
12 June 2017 MF England Jorge Grant 3 years 2020 [21]
22 June 2017 ST England Ben Brereton 4 years 2021 [22]
  1. ^ Cohen's contract extension was reported as early as 7 May, but was not confirmed by the club until 11 May.[18]

Player transfers

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[a]

Transfers in

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First team
Date Position Nationality Name From Transfer fee Reference
29 June 2016 ST Greece Apostolos Vellios Iraklis 1908 Undisclosed[b] [26]
8 July 2016 DF Finland Thomas Lam Zwolle Free transfer [27]
22 July 2016 GK Republic of Ireland Stephen Henderson Charlton Athletic Free transfer [28]
22 July 2016 DF Poland Damien Perquis Free agent Free transfer [29]
1 August 2016 DF Senegal Armand Traoré Free agent Free transfer [30]
24 August 2016 GK Serbia Vladimir Stojković Maccabi Haifa Undisclosed [31]
31 August 2016 MF The Gambia Mustapha Carayol Middlesbrough Free transfer[32] [33]
31 August 2016 MF Portugal Licá Porto Undisclosed[c] [35]
7 September 2016 ST Denmark Nicklas Bendtner Free agent Free transfer [36]
31 January 2017 ST England Zach Clough Bolton Wanderers Undisclosed[d] [38]
31 January 2017 MF United States Gboly Ariyibi Chesterfield Undisclosed [39]
Academy
Date Position Nationality Name From Transfer fee Reference
21 June 2016 GK Latvia Rudolfs Soloha Riga Football School Undisclosed [40]
6 July 2016 MF England Rob Worrall Harrogate Town Nominal Fee [41]
28 July 2016 GK Australia Chris Marques Free agent Free transfer [42]
23 September 2016 ST England Lewis Walters Free agent Free transfer [43]

Loans in

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Date Position Nationality Name From Loan Expired Reference
22 July 2016 DF Portugal Hildeberto Pereira Benfica B End of Season [44]
3 August 2016 MF Switzerland Pajtim Kasami Olympiacos End of Season [45]
31 August 2016 ST Italy Nicolao Dumitru Napoli End of Season [33]
30 January 2017 MF England Aaron Tshibola Aston Villa End of Season [46]
31 January 2017 MF Portugal João Teixeira Benfica End of Season [47]
31 January 2017 ST Scotland Ross McCormack Aston Villa End of Season [48]

Transfers out

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First team
Date Position Nationality Name To Transfer fee Reference
1 July 2016 MF Scotland Chris Burke Free agent (Later joined Ross County)[49] Released [50]
1 July 2016 MF Republic of Ireland Andy Reid Retired[51] [50]
1 July 2016 MF Germany Robert Tesche Birmingham City[52] Released [50]
1 July 2016 DF England Kelvin Wilson Free agent (Later joined Rotherham United)[53] Released [50]
13 August 2016 GK Netherlands Dorus de Vries Celtic Undisclosed [54]
27 August 2016 ST England Jamie Paterson Bristol City Undisclosed [55]
28 August 2016 MF Scotland Oliver Burke RB Leipzig Undisclosed[e] [57]
31 August 2016 ST South Africa Lars Veldwijk K.V. Kortrijk Undisclosed [58]
1 September 2016 ST Antigua and Barbuda Dexter Blackstock Free agent (Later joined Rotherham United)[59] Contract terminated [60]
20 January 2017 MF England Henri Lansbury Aston Villa Undisclosed[f] [63]
6 March 2017 ST Denmark Nicklas Bendtner Rosenborg Undisclosed [64]
Academy
Date Position Nationality Name To Transfer Fee Reference
15 June 2016 ST Bulgaria Nikolay Todorov Heart of Midlothian Released [65]
1 July 2016 MF England Liam Adams Free agent (Later joined Boston United)[66] Released [50]
1 July 2016 ST England Aidan Austin Free agent (Later joined AFC Sudbury)[67] Released [50]
1 July 2016 GK Republic of Ireland Joe Boyd Free agent (Later joined Carson–Newman Eagles)[68] Released [50]
1 July 2016 MF New Zealand Dylan Burns Free agent (Later joined Tasman United)[69] Released [50]
1 July 2016 GK England Richard Dearle Free agent (Later joined Embry–Riddle Eagles)[70] Released [50]
1 July 2016 DF Republic of Ireland Ismael Diallo Free agent (Later joined Dudley Town)[71] Released [50]
1 July 2016 MF England Tom Gamblen Free agent Released [50]
1 July 2016 DF England Jack Kelly Free agent (Later joined Hemel Hempstead Town)[72] Released [50]
1 July 2016 MF England Josh Rees Free agent (Later joined Chelmsford City)[73] Released [50]
1 July 2016 ST England Luke Thomas Free agent Released [50]
1 July 2016 ST England Kasheme Walton Free agent Released [50]
31 August 2016 MF Lithuania Deimantas Petravičius Zagłębie Lubin Free transfer [74]
5 June 2017 MF Northern Ireland Kyle McClean St Johnstone Released [75]

Loans out

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Date loaned Position Nationality Name To Loan expired Reference
29 July 2016 ST Republic of Ireland Gerry McDonagh Wrexham 13 January 2017[76][77] [78]
26 August 2016 MF England Ryan Yates Barrow 9 January 2017[79][77] [80]
31 August 2016 GK Bulgaria Dimitar Evtimov Olhanense 13 January 2017[77] [81]
31 August 2016 DF Scotland Alex Iacovitti Mansfield Town 13 January 2017[77] [82]
31 August 2016 ST England Tyler Walker Stevenage 13 January 2017[77] [83]
31 August 2016 MF Northern Ireland Jamie Ward Burton Albion 20 January 2017[84] [85]
25 November 2016 GK Sweden Tim Erlandsson Barrow 25 December 2016 [86]
17 January 2017 ST England Tyler Walker Port Vale End of season [87]
20 January 2017 GK Sweden Tim Erlandsson AFC Eskilstuna End of Allsvenskan season [88]
21 January 2017 ST Republic of Ireland Gerry McDonagh Cambridge United End of season [89]
31 January 2017 MF England Jorge Grant Notts County End of season [90]
31 January 2017 MF England Ryan Yates Shrewsbury Town End of season [90]
6 February 2017 MF Portugal Licá Estoril End of season [91]
24 February 2017 ST England James Thorne Macclesfield Town 24 March 2017 [92]
23 March 2017 GK England Jordan Wright Alfreton Town End of season [93]
  1. ^ Please note that this section includes players in or out from date commencing 9 June 2016; the date that the UK Summer transfer window opened.[23]
  2. ^ The Nottingham Post reported Vellios' fee to be €1,200,000; approximately £950,000 in Pound Sterling.[24][25]
  3. ^ The Nottingham Post reported Licá's transfer fee to have been £300,000.[34]
  4. ^ Clough's transfer fee was reported by the Nottingham Post to be greater than £3,000,000.[37]
  5. ^ Burke's transfer fee was reported by the BBC to be £13,000,000; a record fee for a Scottish player and a club record sale for Nottingham Forest Football Club.[56]
  6. ^ Lansbury's transfer fee was reported by the Nottingham Post and Sky Sports to have been £3,000,000.[61][62]

Pre-season friendlies

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9 July 2016 (2016-07-09) Friendly Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Nottingham Forest Enfield
Son 3'
Carroll 7'
Pritchard 88'		 Report
12 July 2016 (2016-07-12) Friendly Millwall 1–2 Nottingham Forest Portugal
Philpot ?' Report 18' Blackstock
49' Burke
15 July 2016 (2016-07-15) Friendly Braga 0–3 Nottingham Forest Portugal
19:30 CEST Report 51' Lansbury
73' Iacovitti
90' Burke		 Stadium: Estádio da Nora
19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) Friendly Port Vale 0–2 Nottingham Forest Burslem
19:45 CEST Report 40' Mills
56' Assombalonga		 Stadium: Vale Park
23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Friendly Notts County 1–2 Nottingham Forest Nottingham
15:00 BST Rodman 65' Report 57' Osborn
77' Paterson		 Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 9,007
30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Friendly Nottingham Forest 1–2 Hull City West Bridgford
15:00 Burke 87' Report 5' 17' Diomande Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 3,777
Referee: Lee Collins

Competitions

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Championship

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Main article: 2016–17 EFL Championship

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
19 Birmingham City 46 13 14 19 45 64 −19 53
20 Burton Albion 46 13 13 20 49 63 −14 52
21 Nottingham Forest 46 14 9 23 62 72 −10 51
22 Blackburn Rovers (R) 46 12 15 19 53 65 −12 51 Relegation to EFL League One
23 Wigan Athletic (R) 46 10 12 24 40 57 −17 42
Source: English Football League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6) Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7) Play-off.
(R) Relegated


Result summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 14 9 23 62 72  −10 51 12 4 7 42 30  +12 2 5 16 20 42  −22

Last updated: 31 August 2017.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by matchday

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Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAAHHAHAH
ResultWLLWWDDLLDLWLLLDWWWLDLLLLDWLWWLLLDWLLDDLWLLWLW
Position416191171010131515181515192020181713161617181820201919191618181919181820202020192021202121
Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2017. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 1 Nottingham Forest 4–3 Burton Albion West Bridgford
15:00 BST Assombalonga 23' 77'
Lam 45'
Burke 49'		 Report 27' Akins
30' Dyer
90' Naylor		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 23,012 (1,652 away)
Referee: Andy Woolmer
12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 2 Brighton & Hove Albion 3–0 Nottingham Forest Falmer
19:45 BST Knockaert 36'
Murray 68' 82'		 Report Stadium: Falmer Stadium
Attendance: 25,748 (1,235 away)
Referee: Andrew Madley
16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 3 Brentford 1–0 Nottingham Forest Hounslow
19:45 BST Hogan 28' Report Yellow card 60' Yellow-red card 87' Perquis Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 10,004 (1,614 away)
Referee: Tim Robinson
20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) 4 Nottingham Forest 4–3 Wigan Athletic West Bridgford
15:00 BST Assombalonga 6'
Burke 53' 78'
Lam 90'		 Report 11' Jacobs
65' 86' Grigg		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 17,750 (980 away)
Referee: James Linington
27 August 2016 (2016-08-27) 5 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Leeds United West Bridgford
15:00 BST Kasami 16'
Perquis 71'
Burke 90'		 Report 83' Phillips Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 20,995 (1,925 away)
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
11 September 2016 6 Aston Villa 2–2 Nottingham Forest Birmingham
13:15 BST McCormack 72'
Gestede 74'		 Report 57' Vellios
87' Lansbury
Yellow card 86' Yellow-red card 88' Pereira		 Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 30,619 (2,869 away)
Referee: Simon Hooper
14 September 2016 7 Rotherham United 2–2 Nottingham Forest Rotherham
19:45 BST Taylor 30' 87' Report 76' Mills
85' Vellios		 Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium
Attendance: 10,243 (2,138 away)
Referee: Peter Bankes
17 September 2016 8 Nottingham Forest 1–2 Norwich City West Bridgford
15:00 BST Vellios 40' Report 52' Howson
66' Dorrans		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 20,323 (1,924 away)
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
25 September 2016 9 Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 Nottingham Forest Sheffield
15:00 BST Lee 65' 90' Report 35' Lansbury Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 27,350 (2,617 away)
Referee: Kevin Friend
27 September 2016 10 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Fulham West Bridgford
19:45 BST Bendtner 60' Report 72' Cairney Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 17,388 (453 away)
Referee: Darren Bond
1 October 2016 11 Bristol City 2–1 Nottingham Forest Bristol
15:00 BST Abraham 65'
Paterson 68'		 Report 33' Vellios Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 18,922 (1,429 away)
Referee: Scott Duncan
14 October 2016 12 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Birmingham City West Bridgford
19:45 BST Lichaj 33'
Vellios 63'
Pereira 83'		 Report 71' Jutkiewicz Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 19,208 (1,957 away)
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
18 October 2016 13 Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Nottingham Forest Blackburn
19:45 BST Gallagher 11' 44' Report 90' Perquis
Yellow card 9' Yellow-red card 90' Pereira		 Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 10,462 (868 away)
Referee: Tim Robinson
22 October 2016 14 Nottingham Forest 1–2 Cardiff City West Bridgford
17:30 BST Lam Red card 58'
Lansbury 90' (pen.)		 Report 28' Gunnarsson
39' Ralls		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 16,539 (347 away)
Referee: Andy Woolmer
29 October 2016 15 Reading 2–0 Nottingham Forest Reading
15:00 BST McCleary 10'
Gunter 62'		 Report Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 17,093 (1,805 away)
Referee: Andy Davies
5 November 2016 16 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Queens Park Rangers West Bridgford
15:00 GMT Assombalonga 38'
Pereira Yellow card 65' Yellow-red card 71'		 Report Yellow card 11' Yellow-red card 34' Henry
85' Sylla		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 20,043 (1,431 away)
Referee: Keith Stroud
19 November 2016 17 Ipswich Town 0–2 Nottingham Forest Ipswich
17:30 GMT Report 1' 45' Assombalonga Stadium: Portman Road Stadium
Attendance: 15,417 (1,477 away)
Referee: Peter Bankes
25 November 2016 18 Barnsley 2–5 Nottingham Forest Barnsley
19:45 GMT Winnall 5'
Watkins 14' Red card 66'		 Report 13' 45' 82' (pen.) Lansbury
24' Vellios
63' Osborn		 Stadium: Oakwell Stadium
Attendance: 13,180 (1,165 away)
Referee: Oliver Langford
2 December 2016 19 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Newcastle United West Bridgford
19:45 GMT Bendtner 52'
Lascelles 86' (o.g.)		 Report Red card 33' Shelvey
45' Ritchie
Red card 45' Dummett		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 21,317 (1,866 away)
Referee: Steve Martin
11 December 2016 20 Derby County 3–0 Nottingham Forest Derby
12:00 GMT
Bendtner 33' (o.g.)
Ince 55'
Hughes 64'		 Report Stadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 32,600 (3,115 away)
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
14 December 2016 21 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Preston North End West Bridgford
19:45 GMT Maxwell 68' (o.g.) Report 45' Makienok Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 15,864 (709 away)
Referee: Tony Harrington
17 December 2016 22 Nottingham Forest 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers West Bridgford
15:00 GMT Report 40' Costa
79' Cavaleiro		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 19,037 (1,923 away)
Referee: Graham Scott
26 December 2016 23 Huddersfield Town 2–1 Nottingham Forest Huddersfield
15:00 GMT Stojković 53' (o.g.)
Mancienne 57' (o.g.)		 Report 25' Pereira
Yellow card 52' Yellow-red card 89' Mancienne		 Stadium: John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 22,100 (1,902 away)
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
30 December 2016 24 Newcastle United 3–1 Nottingham Forest Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45 GMT Ritchie 4'
Gayle 63' 80'		 Report 29' Dumitru
Yellow card 59' Yellow-red card 60' Mills		 Stadium: St. James' Park
Attendance: 52,228 (2,305 away)
Referee: Keith Stroud
2 January 2017 25 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Barnsley West Bridgford
15:00 GMT Report 89' Hourihane Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 22,105 (1,876 away)
Referee: James Linington
14 January 2017 26 Birmingham City 0–0 Nottingham Forest Birmingham
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 18,041 (1,474 away)
Referee: Peter Bankes
21 January 2017 27 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Bristol City West Bridgford
15:00 GMT Osborn 67' Report Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 17,418 (981 away)
Referee: Darren Bond
25 January 2017 28 Leeds United 2–0 Nottingham Forest Leeds
19:45 GMT Wood 55'
Doukara 74'		 Report Stadium: Elland Road Stadium
Attendance: 24,838 (567 away)
Referee: Tony Harrington
31 January 2017 29 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Rotherham United West Bridgford
19:45 GMT Assombalonga 50' (pen.) 71' Report Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 15,770 (393 away)
Referee: Simon Hooper
4 February 2017 30 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Aston Villa West Bridgford
17:30 GMT Assombalonga 42'
Brereton 90'		 Report 19' Kodjia
Yellow card 31' Yellow-red card 78' Grealish		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 19,866 (1,946 away)
Referee: Paul Tierney
11 February 2017 31 Norwich City 5–1 Nottingham Forest Norwich
15:00 GMT Howson 10'
Murphy 16'
Hoolahan 18'
Pritchard 61' 89'		 Report Yellow card 45' Yellow-red card 70' Lichaj
75' McCormack		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 26,861 (1,514 away)
Referee: Scott Duncan
14 February 2017 32 Fulham 3–2 Nottingham Forest Hammersmith and Fulham
19:45 GMT Cairney 30'
Piazon 33'
Hobbs 72' (o.g.)		 Report 2' Kasami
47' Brereton		 Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 15,365 (1,248 away)
Referee: James Linington
18 February 2017 33 Nottingham Forest 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday West Bridgford
15:00 GMT Osborn 60' Report 28' Abdi
53' Forestieri		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 20,164 (1,922 away)
Referee: Andrew Madley
25 February 2017 34 Wigan Athletic 0–0 Nottingham Forest Wigan
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 11,254 (1,438 away)
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
4 March 2017 35 Nottingham Forest 3–0 Brighton & Hove Albion West Bridgford
15:00 GMT Clough 60' 90' (pen.)
Osborn 89'		 Report Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 22,020 (1,919 away)
Referee: Oliver Langford
7 March 2017 36 Nottingham Forest 2–3 Brentford West Bridgford
19:45 GMT Brereton 82'
Clough 90'		 Report 17' 55' Vibe
68' Jota		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 16,903 (432 away)
Referee: Tim Robinson
11 March 2017 37 Burton Albion 1–0 Nottingham Forest Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT Woodrow 26' Report Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 6,115 (1,698 away)
Referee: Keith Stroud
18 March 2017 38 Nottingham Forest 2–2 Derby County West Bridgford
13:00 GMT Clough 5'
Pinillos 90'		 Report 48' Vydra
53' Nugent		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 26,665 (1,951 away)
Referee: Peter Bankes
1 April 2017 39 Preston North End 1–1 Nottingham Forest Preston
15:00 BST McGeady 53' Report 22' Assombalonga Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 12,459 (1,539 away)
Referee: Darren Bond
4 April 2017 40 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Nottingham Forest Wolverhampton
19:45 BST Dicko 62' Report Yellow card 56' Yellow-red card 90' Fox Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 21,408 (1,260 away)
Referee: James Linington
8 April 2017 41 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Huddersfield Town West Bridgford
15:00 BST Lichaj 32'
Ward 57'		 Report Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 20,411 (1,950 away)
Referee: Tim Robinson
14 April 2017 42 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Blackburn Rovers West Bridgford
15:00 BST Report 78' Hoban Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 26,279 (1,638 away)
Referee: Roger East
17 April 2017 43 Cardiff City 1–0 Nottingham Forest Cardiff
15:00 BST Gunnarsson 70' Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 16,413 (643 away)
Referee: Andrew Madley
22 April 2017 44 Nottingham Forest 3–2 Reading West Bridgford
15:00 BST Assombalonga 31' 47'
Carayol 54'		 Report 58' 74' Kermorgant Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 20,323 (1,014 away)
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
29 April 2017 45 Queens Park Rangers 2–0 Nottingham Forest Hammersmith and Fulham
15:00 BST Washington 49'
Lynch 60'		 Report Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 16,474 (1,791 away)
Referee: James Linington
7 May 2017 46 Nottingham Forest 3–0 Ipswich Town West Bridgford
12:00 BST Assombalonga 43' (pen.) 69'
Cohen 57'		 Report Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,249 (1,477 away)
Referee: Andy Davies

FA Cup

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Forest entered the 2016–17 FA Cup at the third round, and were drawn to play Wigan Athletic at the DW Stadium on 7 January 2017.

7 January 2017 Third round Wigan Athletic 2–0 Nottingham Forest Wigan
15:00 BST Grigg 45'
Wildschut 57'		 Report Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 5,163
Referee: Oliver Langford

EFL Cup

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On Wednesday 22 June 2016, The Football League released the opening fixtures list for the 2016–17 EFL Cup. Forest opened their campaign away at League Two side Doncaster Rovers.[94]

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) First round Doncaster Rovers 1–2 Nottingham Forest Doncaster
19:45 BST Mandeville 70' Report 10' Vaughan
90' Ward		 Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 5,160
Referee: Andy Haines
23 August 2016 Second round Millwall 1–2 Nottingham Forest Southwark
19:45 BST Williams 77' Report 35' Paterson
87' Veldwijk		 Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 4,009
Referee: Gavin Ward
20 September 2016 Third round Nottingham Forest 0–4 Arsenal West Bridgford
19:45 BST 23' Xhaka
60' 71' Pérez
90' Oxlade-Chamberlain		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,567
Referee: Paul Tierney

Season statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of match played 7 May 2017[95][a][b]
No. Pos Nat Player Total EFL Championship Emirates FA Cup EFL Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Netherlands NED Dorus de Vries 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF United States USA Eric Lichaj 45 2 39+2 2 1 0 3 0
3 DF Spain ESP Daniel Pinillos 16 1 14+2 1 0 0 0 0
4 DF England ENG Michael Mancienne 30 0 24+4 0 1 0 1 0
5 DF England ENG Matt Mills 30 1 24+3 1 0 0 3 0
6 DF Senegal SEN Armand Traoré 13 0 9+3 0 0 0 1 0
7 ST England ENG Matty Fryatt[c] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF England ENG Chris Cohen 22 1 20 1 0 0 2 0
9 ST Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Britt Assombalonga 33 14 20+12 14 1 0 0 0
10 MF England ENG Henri Lansbury 19 6 16+1 6 0 0 2 0
10 MF Portugal POR João Teixeira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF England ENG Ben Osborn 49 4 45+1 4 1 0 1+1 0
12 ST Italy ITA Nicolao Dumitru 12 1 6+4 1 1 0 1 0
13 DF Scotland SCO Danny Fox 23 0 22+1 0 0 0 0 0
14 ST Denmark DEN Nicklas Bendtner 17 2 7+8 2 1 0 1 0
14 ST South Africa RSA Lars Veldwijk 3 1 1 0 0 0 1+1 1
15 MF England ENG Aaron Tshibola 4 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0
16 ST England ENG Zach Clough 14 4 9+5 4 0 0 0 0
17 DF Portugal POR Hildeberto Pereira 25 2 16+6 2 1 0 1+1 0
18 MF The Gambia GAM Mustapha Carayol 21 1 13+6 1 0+1 0 0+1 0
19 MF Northern Ireland NIR Jamie Ward 20 2 13+5 1 0 0 2 1
20 MF Portugal POR Licá 7 0 2+3 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
21 MF United States USA Gboly Ariyibi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 ST England ENG Jamie Paterson 3 1 0+1 0 0 0 2 1
22 MF Switzerland SUI Pajtim Kasami 27 2 19+6 2 0 0 1+1 0
24 MF Wales WAL David Vaughan 33 1 25+6 0 0 0 2 1
25 DF England ENG Jack Hobbs 9 0 8 0 1 0 0 0
26 GK Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Evtimov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF Poland POL Damien Perquis 19 2 17 2 0 0 2 0
28 DF Finland FIN Thomas Lam 21 2 11+8 2 1 0 1 0
30 GK Ireland EIR Stephen Henderson 15 0 11+1 0 1 0 2 0
34 ST England ENG Tyler Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 MF Scotland SCO Oliver Burke 7 4 4+1 4 0 0 1+1 0
37 MF England ENG Jorge Grant 6 0 4+2 0 0 0 0 0
38 GK Serbia SRB Vladimir Stojković 21 0 20 0 0 0 1 0
39 ST Greece GRE Apostolos Vellios 31 6 12+16 6 0+1 0 1+1 0
40 DF Scotland SCO Alex Iacovitti 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
41 MF England ENG Matty Cash 30 0 18+10 0 1 0 0+1 0
42 DF England ENG Joe Worrall 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0
43 GK England ENG Jordan Smith 15 0 14+1 0 0 0 0 0
44 MF England ENG Ryan Yates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 ST England ENG Ben Brereton 18 3 13+5 3 0 0 0 0
46 DF Scotland SCO Jordan Gabriel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 ST England ENG James Thorne 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
48 DF Sweden SWE Anel Ahmedhodžić 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
49 MF England ENG Toby Edser 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 ST Scotland SCO Ross McCormack 7 1 3+4 1 0 0 0 0
  1. ^ Players whose names are in italics spent time on loan at other clubs during the course of the season.
  2. ^ Players whose names appear emboldened left the club on a permanent basis having appeared in a competitive fixture this season.
  3. ^ An injury to Fryatt's Achilles tendon, sustained in March 2015, prevented him from playing this season.[96]

Goal scorers

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As of match played 7 May 2017[95]
Rank No. Position Player EFL Championship Emirates FA Cup EFL Cup Total
1 9 Striker Britt Assombalonga 14 0 0 14
2 10 Midfielder Henri Lansbury 6 0 0 6
39 Striker Apostolos Vellios 6 0 0 6
3 11 Midfielder Ben Osborn 4 0 0 4
16 Striker Zach Clough 4 0 0 4
35 Midfielder Oliver Burke 4 0 0 4
4 45 Striker Ben Brereton 3 0 0 3
5 2 Defender Eric Lichaj 2 0 0 2
14 Striker Nicklas Bendtner 2 0 0 2
17 Defender Hildeberto Pereira 2 0 0 2
19 Midfielder Jamie Ward 1 0 1 2
22 Midfielder Pajtim Kasami 2 0 0 2
27 Defender Damien Perquis 2 0 0 2
28 Defender Thomas Lam 2 0 0 2
Own goals 2 0 0 2
6 3 Defender Daniel Pinillos 1 0 0 1
5 Defender Matt Mills 1 0 0 1
8 Midfielder Chris Cohen 1 0 0 1
12 Striker Nicolao Dumitru 1 0 0 1
14 Striker Lars Veldwijk 0 0 1 1
18 Midfielder Mustapha Carayol 1 0 0 1
21 Striker Jamie Paterson 0 0 1 1
24 Midfielder David Vaughan 0 0 1 1
50 Striker Ross McCormack 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 62 0 4 66

Disciplinary record

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As of match played 7 May 2017 [95]
No. Position Player EFL Championship Emirates FA Cup EFL Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
17 Defender Hildeberto Pereira 7 3 1 0 1 0 9 3
2 Defender Eric Lichaj 9 1 0 0 0 0 9 1
13 Defender Danny Fox 9 1 0 0 0 0 9 1
10 Midfielder Henri Lansbury 8 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
5 Defender Matt Mills 8 1 0 0 0 0 8 1
11 Midfielder Ben Osborn 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
28 Defender Thomas Lam 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
19 Midfielder Jamie Ward 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
8 Midfielder Chris Cohen 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
24 Midfielder David Vaughan 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
39 Striker Apostolos Vellios 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
41 Midfielder Matty Cash 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
4 Defender Michael Mancienne 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
27 Defender Damien Perquis 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
22 Midfielder Pajtim Kasami 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
25 Defender Jack Hobbs 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
6 Defender Armand Traoré 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2 Defender Daniel Pinillos 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 Striker Nicolao Dumitru 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 Striker Nicklas Bendtner 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
15 Midfielder Aaron Tshibola 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
30 Goalkeeper Stephen Henderson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
35 Midfielder Oliver Burke 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
38 Goalkeeper Vladimir Stojković 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
40 Defender Alex Iacovitti 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
42 Defender Joe Worrall 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
45 Striker Ben Brereton 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
47 Striker James Thorne 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TOTAL 95 9 2 0 7 0 104 9

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