2015–16 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest
2015–16 season
Owner	Fawaz Al-Hasawi
Chairman	Fawaz Al-Hasawi
Manager	Dougie Freedman; (until 13 March); Paul Williams; (caretaker from 13 March to 13 May); Philippe Montanier; (from 27 June)
Stadium	The City Ground; West Bridgford; (Capacity: 30,445)
Championship	16th
FA Cup	Fourth Round
League Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Nélson Oliveira (9); All: Nélson Oliveira (9)
Highest home attendance	27,551 ; (vs. Leeds United, Football League Championship, 27 December)
Lowest home attendance	5,237 ; (vs. Walsall, Football League Cup first round, 11 August)

The 2015–16 season was Nottingham Forest's 150th season in existence and 8th consecutive season in the Championship since promotion in 2007–08.[1] The club also participated in the FA Cup and the Football League Cup. On the 13 March 2016, manager Dougie Freedman was sacked after Forest lost five of his final six games in charge. Freedman was replaced by first team coach Paul Williams, who was appointed for the remainder of the season.[2] The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

First team squad

As of 30 April 2016[3][4]

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Joined First Team	Player Contracted Until
Goalkeepers
1	Dorus de Vries	(1980-12-29) 29 December 1980	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2013	2017
26	Dimitar Evtimov	(1993-09-07) 7 September 1993	Chavdar Etropole	2011	2019
Defenders
2	Eric Lichaj	(1988-11-17) 17 November 1988	Aston Villa	2013	2018
3	Bojan Jokić	(1986-05-17) 17 May 1986	Villarreal	2016	2016
4	Michael Mancienne	(1988-01-08) 8 January 1988	Hamburg	2014	2017
5	Matt Mills	(1986-07-14) 14 July 1986	Bolton Wanderers	2015	2018
6	Kelvin Wilson	(1985-09-03) 3 September 1985	Celtic	2013	2016
13	Danny Fox	(1986-05-29) 29 May 1986	Southampton	2014	2017
25	Jack Hobbs	(1988-08-18) 18 August 1988	Hull City	2014	2018
31	Daniel Pinillos	(1992-10-22) 22 October 1992	Córdoba	2015	2017
Midfielders
8	Chris Cohen	(1987-03-05) 5 March 1987	Yeovil Town	2007	2017
10	Henri Lansbury	(1990-10-12) 12 October 1990	Arsenal	2012	2017
11	Andy Reid	(1982-07-29) 29 July 1982	Blackpool	2011	2016
15	Ryan Mendes	(1990-01-08) 8 January 1990	Lille	2015	2016
22	Gary Gardner	(1992-06-29) 29 June 1992	Aston Villa	2015	2016
24	David Vaughan	(1983-02-18) 18 February 1983	Sunderland	2014	2017
32	Robert Tesche	(1987-05-27) 27 May 1987	Hamburg	2014	2016
35	Oliver Burke	(1997-04-07) 7 April 1997	Academy Product	2015	2020
37	Jorge Grant	(1994-09-26) 26 September 1994	Academy Product	2013	2017
38	Ben Osborn	(1994-08-05) 5 August 1994	Academy Product	2012	2019
Forwards
7	Matty Fryatt	(1986-03-05) 5 March 1986	Hull City	2014	2017
9	Britt Assombalonga	(1992-12-06) 6 December 1992	Peterborough United	2014	2019
17	Nélson Oliveira	(1991-08-08) 8 August 1991	Benfica	2015	2016
18	Federico Macheda	(1991-08-22) 22 August 1991	Cardiff City	2016	2016
19	Jamie Ward	(1986-05-12) 12 May 1986	Derby County	2015	2019
23	Dexter Blackstock	(1986-05-20) 20 May 1986	Queens Park Rangers	2009	2017
29	Chris O'Grady	(1986-01-25) 25 January 1986	Brighton & Hove Albion	2015	2016

New contracts

Date	Position	Name	Length of Contract	Player Contracted Until	Reference
29 July 2015	GK	Dimitar Evtimov	4 Years	2019	[5]
4 January 2016	DF	Jordan Gabriel	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	[6]
17 February 2016	MF	Chris Cohen	1 Year	2017	[7]
17 February 2016	MF	Oliver Burke	4.5 Years	2020	[8]
11 March 2016	MF	David Vaughan	1 Year	2017	[9]
12 March 2016	DF	Eric Lichaj	1 Year	2018	[10]

Player transfers

[lower-alpha 1]

Transfers in

First team
Date	Position	Name	From	Transfer Fee	Reference
1 July 2015	DF	Matt Mills	Free agent	Free transfer	[12]
2 July 2015	MF	Jamie Ward	Free agent	Free transfer	[13]
30 July 2015	DF	Daniel Pinillos	Free agent	Free transfer	[14]

Academy
Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Transfer Fee	Reference
14 January 2016	MF		Anel Ahmedhodžić	Malmö	Undisclosed	[15]

Loans in

Date	Position	Name	From	Loan Expired	Reference
20 August 2015	MF	Kyle Ebecilio	Twente	1 February 2016 [lower-alpha 2]	[17]
1 September 2015	ST	Chris O'Grady	Brighton & Hove Albion	30 June 2016	[18]
4 September 2015	MF	Ryan Mendes	Lille	30 June 2016	[19]
4 September 2015	ST	Nélson Oliveira	Benfica	30 June 2016	[20]
10 September 2015	MF	Jonny Williams	Crystal Palace	16 January 2016	[21]
24 October 2015	MF	Liam Trotter	Bolton Wanderers	4 January 2016	[22][23][24]
8 January 2016	DF	Bojan Jokić	Villareal	30 June 2016	[25]
8 January 2016	MF	Gary Gardner	Aston Villa	30 June 2016	[26]
15 March 2016	ST	Federico Macheda	Cardiff City	30 June 2016	[27]

Transfers out

First team
Date	Position	Name	To	Transfer Fee	Reference
16 June 2015	ST	Jamie Mackie	Queens Park Rangers	Free transfer	[28]
1 July 2015	DF	Danny Collins	Free agent (Later joined Rotherham United)[29]	Released	[30]
1 July 2015	DF	Greg Halford	Free agent (Later joined Rotherham United)[31]	Released	[30]
1 July 2015	DF	Dan Harding	Free agent (Later joined Eastleigh)[32]	Released	[30]
1 July 2015	DF	Louis Laing	Free agent (Later joined Motherwell)[33]	Released	[30]
30 July 2015	MF	Djamel Abdoun	Free agent (Later joined Veria)[34]	Contract Terminated	[35]
30 July 2015	MF	Radosław Majewski	Free agent (Later joined Veria)[36]	Contract Terminated	[35]
27 August 2015	MF	Stephen McLaughlin	Southend United	Undisclosed	[37]
1 September 2015	MF	Michail Antonio	West Ham United	Undisclosed[lower-alpha 3]	[39]

Academy
Date	Position	Name	To	Transfer Fee	Reference
1 July 2015	MF	Jack Blake	Free agent (Later joined Minnesota United)[40]	Released	[41]
1 July 2015	DF	Kieran Fenton	Free agent (Later joined Worksop Town)[42]	Released	[41]
1 July 2015	ST	Wilfried Gnahoré	Free agent (Later joined Hemel Hempstead Town)[43]	Released	[41]
1 July 2015	ST	Josh Macdonald	Free agent (Later joined Western Sydney Wanderers)[44]	Released	[41]
1 July 2015	GK	Aaron Myles	Free agent (Later joined Tolka Rovers)[45]	Released	[41]
1 July 2015	ST	Derrick Otim	Free agent (Later joined Xavier Musketeers)[46]	Released	[41]
1 July 2015	MF	Ilias Polimos	Free agent (Later joined Panthrakikos)[47]	Released	[41]
1 July 2015	MF	Edouard Schoenecker	Free agent (Later joined Carlton Town)[48]	Released	[41]
21 January 2016	DF	Roger Riera	Celta Vigo B[49]	Contract Terminated	[50]
23 May 2016	GK	Ross Durant	Ilkeston	Released	[51]
1 June 2016	DF	Andreas Karo	Apollon Limassol	Released	[52]

Loans out

Date	Position	Name	To	Loan Expired	Reference
1 July 2015	ST	Lars Veldwijk	Zwolle	30 June 2016	[53]
1 September 2015	ST	Jamie Paterson	Huddersfield Town	30 June 2016	[54]
22 January 2016	MF	Chris Burke	Rotherham United	30 June 2016	[55]
23 January 2016	MF	Deimantas Petravičius	Stevenage	21 February 2016	[56]
22 February 2016	DF	Jack Kelly	Hemel Hempstead Town	20 March 2016	[57]
24 March 2016	ST	Tyler Walker	Burton Albion	30 June 2016	[58]

Please note that this section includes players in or out from date commencing 10 June 2015; the date that the UK Summer transfer window opened.[11]
Ebecilio's loan was originally agreed to expire on 30 June 2016, but his loan was terminated early by mutual consent.[16]
Reported by the BBC to be £7,000,000.[38]

Pre-season friendlies

On 3 June 2015 Nottingham Forest confirmed their pre-season friendlies and plans for a tour of Sweden.[59]

8 July 2015 (2015-07-08) Friendly	OB	4–2	Nottingham Forest	Trelleborg
19:00 CEST	Zohore 38' (pen.) 65' Festersen 63' Greve 83'	Report	20' Blackstock 74' Paterson	Stadium: Vångavallen

12 July 2015 (2015-07-12) Friendly	Mjällby AIF	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Hällevik
18:00 CEST	Fadi 10'	Report	81' C. Burke	Stadium: Strandvallen Attendance: 1,026

14 July 2015 (2015-07-14) Friendly	FC Helsingør	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Helsingør
19:00 CEST	Koch 1' Olsen 64'	Report	88' Walker	Stadium: Helsingør Stadion Attendance: 747

17 July 2015 (2015-07-17) Friendly	Stevenage	0–3	Nottingham Forest	Stevenage
19:30 BST		Report	13' Mills 20' (pen.) Lansbury 88' Hobbs	Stadium: The Lamex Stadium Referee: Andy Woolmer

21 July 2015 (2015-07-21) Friendly	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Main 16'	Report	34' C. Burke	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 2,613 Referee: Darren England

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Friendly	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Swansea City	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Tesche 68'	Report	60' Ayew	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 4,285 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly	Nottingham Forest	3–3	Aston Villa	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Blackstock 1' Lansbury 81' Wilson 90'	Report	22' 52' 64' Sinclair	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 10,625 Referee: Steve Martin

Competitions

Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	14	16	16	53	58	−5	58
15	Blackburn Rovers	46	13	16	17	46	46	0	55
16	Nottingham Forest	46	13	16	17	43	47	−4	55
17	Reading	46	13	13	20	52	59	−7	52
18	Bristol City	46	13	13	20	54	71	−17	52

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

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
46	13	16	17	43	47	−4	55	7	8	8	25	26	−1	6	8	9	18	21	−3

Last updated: 8 May 2016.
Source: Nottingham Forest

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	W
Position	24	12	11	11	16	11	8	9	10	13	14	15	16	17	19	18	18	16	15	15	15	13	15	14	14	14	12	11	11	10	10	12	15	15	13	14	14	15	16	17	20	19	18	17	17	16

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source: Nottingham Forest
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[60]

7 August 2015 (2015-08-07) 1	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Falmer
19:45 BST	LuaLua 50'	Report		Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 24,623 Referee: Keith Stroud

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Rotherham United	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Mills 45' Antonio 61'	Report	13' Collins	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 19,885 Referee: Darren Bond

18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Charlton Athletic	West Bridgford
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 17,801 Referee: Darren Drysdale

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Horwich
15:00 BST	Dobbie 90'	Report	81' Vaughan	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 16,410 Referee: Carl Boyeson

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 5	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Cardiff City	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Antonio 86'	Report	23' Jones 49' Mason	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 18,762 Referee: Oliver Langford

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 6	QPR	1–2	Nottingham Forest	Hammersmith and Fulham
12:30 BST	Austin 66' Green 72'	Report	75' (pen.) Lansbury 82' Oliveira	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 15,424 Referee: Keith Hill

15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) 7	Birmingham City	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Birmingham
19:45 BST		Report	54' Blackstock	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 16,609 Referee: Mark Heywood

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Middlesbrough	West Bridgford
12:30 BST	Mills 7'	Report	3' Nugent 32' Ayala	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 20,993 Referee: Lee Mason

24 September 2015 (2015-09-24) 9	Huddersfield Town	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Huddersfield
19:45 BST	Huws 84'	Report	23' Mendes	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 11,299 Referee: Graham Salisbury

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 10	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Hull City	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Mills 87'	Report	41' Hernández	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 20,985 Referee: Nigel Miller

16 October 2015 (2015-10-16) 11	Bristol City	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Bristol
19:45 BST	Wilbraham 4' 11'	Report		Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 15,285 Referee: Lee Mason

20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 12	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Burnley	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Lichaj 73' Lansbury 75'	Report	90' Taylor	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 17,721 Referee: Stuart Attwell

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 13	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Ipswich Town	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Trotter 90'	Report	75' Parr	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 19,616 Referee: Paul Tierney

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 14	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Forestieri 68'	Report		Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 22,465 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

3 November 2015 (2015-11-03) 15	Preston North End	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Preston
19:45 BST	Doyle 2'	Report		Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 10,216 Referee: Tony Harrington

6 November 2015 (2015-11-06) 16	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Derby County	West Bridgford
19:30 BST	Oliveira 5'	Report		Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 25,114 Referee: Simon Hooper

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 17	Brentford	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Hounslow
15:00 BST	Canós 63' Dean 71' Hofmann 90'	Report	74' Lansbury	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,403 Referee: Brendan Malone

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 18	Nottingham Forest	3–1	Reading	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	O'Grady 20' Oliveira 31' 49' Hobbs 42' 64'	Report	14' Vydra	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 18,128 Referee: Keith Hill

5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) 19	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Fulham	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Mills 45' 78' O'Grady 52'	Report		Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 18,377 Referee: Carl Boyeson

11 December 2015 (2015-12-11) 20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Ebanks-Landell 15'	Report	80' Blackstock	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Keith Stroud

14 December 2015 (2015-12-14) 21	Blackburn Rovers	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Blackburn
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,002 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 22	Nottingham Forest	2–1	MK Dons	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Oliveira 2' Mendes 16'	Report	81' Murphy	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 19,975 Referee: Simon Hooper

27 December 2015 (2015-12-27) 23	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Leeds United	West Bridgford
16:00 BST	Oliveira 17'	Report	80' Byram	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,551 Referee: James Linington

29 December 2015 (2015-12-29) 24	Cardiff City	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Gunnarsson 13'	Report	9' O. Burke	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 15,461 Referee: Tim Robinson

2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 25	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Greenwich
15:00 BST	Makienok 70'	Report	44' Osborn	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 16,090 Referee: Trevor Kettle

12 January 2016 (2016-01-12) 26	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Birmingham City	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Mills 30' Vaughan 74'	Report	24' Toral	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 18,342 Referee: Mark Brown

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 27	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Bolton Wanderers	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Oliveira 12' (pen.) O. Burke 16' Ward 83'	Report	12' Amos	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 18,465 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 28	Middlesbrough	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST		Report	70' Ward	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,975 Referee: Fred Graham

26 January 2016 (2016-01-26) 29	Nottingham Forest	0–0	QPR	West Bridgford
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 17,030 Referee: Paul Tierney

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 30	Leeds United	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Leeds
15:00 BST		Report	60' Oliveira	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 24,079[61] Referee: Scott Duncan

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 31	Nottingham Forest	0–2	Huddersfield Town	West Bridgford
15:00 BST		Report	14' (o.g.) Mills 84' Billing	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 19,984 Referee: Darren Deadman

23 February 2016 (2016-02-23) 32	Burnley	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Burnley
19:45 BST	Vokes 68'	Report		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 15,517 Referee: Andrew Madley

27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 33	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Bristol City	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Osborn 30'	Report	41' Kodjia 70' Flint	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 20,551 Referee: David Webb

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 34	Ipswich Town	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Pringle 63'	Report		Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 20,658 Referee: Andy Woolmer

8 March 2016 (2016-03-08) 35	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Preston North End	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Oliveira 37'	Report		Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 16,747 Referee: Mark Brown

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 36	Nottingham Forest	0–3	Sheffield Wednesday	West Bridgford
15:00 BST		Report	30' McGeady 62' Hooper 77' Bannan 85' Matias	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 20,690 Referee: Graham Scott

15 March 2016 (2016-03-15) 37	Hull City	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST	Aluko 73'	Report	28' Gardner	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 15,663 Referee: Andy Davies

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 38	Derby County	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Derby
12:30 BST	Olsson 79'	Report		Stadium: iPro Stadium Attendance: 33,010 Referee: Keith Stroud

2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 39	Nottingham Forest	0–3	Brentford	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Lichaj 77'	Report	49' Vibe 65' Yennaris 87' Canós	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 19,444 Referee: Peter Bankes

5 April 2016 (2016-04-05) 40	Reading	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Reading
20:00 BST	Vydra 68' Norwood 81'	Report	41' Osborn	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,678 Referee: Dean Whitestone

11 April 2016 (2016-04-11) 41	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Blackstock 50'	Report	27' Dunk 90' Sidwell	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 17,642 Referee: Andy Davies

16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 42	Rotherham United	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Rotherham
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 11,503 Referee: Simon Hooper

19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) 43	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	West Bridgford
19:45 GMT	Blackstock 15'	Report	22' Graham	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 16,449 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 44	Fulham	1–3	Nottingham Forest	Hammersmith and Fulham
15:00 GMT	Smith 62'	Report	23' Tesche 44' (pen.) 70' Lansbury	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 18,253 Referee: Rob Lewis

30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 45	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Gardner 68'	Report	58' Mason	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 22,291 Referee: Iain Williamson

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 46	MK Dons	1–2	Nottingham Forest	Milton Keynes
12:30 GMT	Maynard 19'	Report	8' Cohen 37' Fox 74' Assombalonga	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 15,486 Referee: Steve Martin

FA Cup

9 January 2016 (2016-01-09) Third round	Nottingham Forest	1–0	QPR	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Ward 23'	Report		Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 14,197 Referee: Oliver Langford

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) Fourth round	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Watford	West Bridgford
15:00 BST		Report	89' Ighalo	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 24,703 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Football League Cup

11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) First round	Nottingham Forest	3–4	Walsall	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Walker 32' Antonio 81' 90'	Report	11' 14' 90' (pen.) Bradshaw 79' Sawyers	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 5,237 Referee: Darren Handley

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 9 May 2016[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Dorus de Vries	48	0	45	0	2	0	1	0
2	DF		Eric Lichaj	46	1	43	1	1+1	0	1	0
3	DF		Bojan Jokić	21	0	19+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
4	DF		Michael Mancienne	33	0	29+2	0	1	0	1	0
5	DF		Matt Mills	42	5	42	5	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Kelvin Wilson	17	0	11+3	0	2	0	1	0
7	ST		Matty Fryatt[lower-alpha 3]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Chris Cohen	17	1	11+4	1	2	0	0	0
9	ST		Britt Assombalonga	4	1	0+4	1	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Henri Lansbury	29	4	26+2	4	0+1	0	0	0
11	MF		Andy Reid[lower-alpha 4]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Danny Fox	11	0	8+2	0	0	0	1	0
14	MF		Kyle Ebecilio	5	0	3+2	0	0	0	0	0
14	ST		Lars Veldwijk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Ryan Mendes	32	2	26+6	2	0	0	0	0
17	ST		Nélson Oliveira	29	9	24+4	9	0+1	0	0	0
18	MF		Michail Antonio	5	4	4	2	0	0	0+1	2
18	ST		Federico Macheda	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Liam Trotter	9	1	5+4	1	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Jamie Ward	34	3	20+11	2	2	1	1	0
20	MF		Jonny Williams	10	0	4+6	0	0	0	0	0
21	ST		Jamie Paterson	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
22	MF		Gary Gardner	22	2	18+2	2	2	0	0	0
23	ST		Dexter Blackstock	32	4	12+17	4	2	0	0+1	0
24	MF		David Vaughan	37	1	31+4	1	1	0	1	0
25	DF		Jack Hobbs	23	0	18+2	0	2	0	1	0
26	GK		Dimitar Evtimov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Chris Burke	10	0	7+2	0	0	0	1	0
29	ST		Chris O'Grady	21	2	15+6	2	0	0	0	0
31	DF		Daniel Pinillos	19	0	19	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF		Robert Tesche	25	1	17+7	1	1	0	0	0
34	ST		Tyler Walker	15	1	5+9	0	0	0	1	1
35	MF		Oliver Burke	21	2	6+12	2	2	0	0+1	0
37	MF		Jorge Grant	11	0	2+8	0	1	0	0	0
38	MF		Ben Osborn	38	3	32+4	3	1+1	0	0	0
39	ST		Nikolay Todorov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	DF		Alex Iacovitti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	ST		Gerry McDonagh	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
42	DF		Joe Worrall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	GK		Ross Durrant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF		Deimantas Petravičius	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
45	FW		Ben Brereton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	DF		Jordan Gabriel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	MF		Toby Edser	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	GK		Jordan Wright	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Players whose names are in italics spent time on loan at other clubs during the course of the season.
Players whose names appear emboldened left the club on a permanent basis having appeared in a competitive fixture this season.
An injury to Fryatt's Achilles tendon, sustained in March 2015, prevented him from playing this season.[62]
An injury to Reid's groin, sustained in October 2014, prevented him from playing this season.[63]

Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

Goal scorers

As of 9 May 2016

Rank	No.	Position	Player	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	17	Striker	Nélson Oliveira	9	0	0	9
2	5	Defender	Matt Mills	5	0	0	5
3	10	Midfielder	Henri Lansbury	4	0	0	4
	18	Midfielder	Michail Antonio	2	0	2	4
	23	Striker	Dexter Blackstock	4	0	0	4
4	19	Midfielder	Jamie Ward	2	1	0	3
4	38	Midfielder	Ben Osborn	3	0	0	3
5	15	Midfielder	Ryan Mendes	2	0	0	2
	22	Midfielder	Gary Gardner	2	0	0	2
	29	Striker	Chris O'Grady	2	0	0	2
	35	Midfielder	Oliver Burke	2	0	0	2
6	2	Defender	Eric Lichaj	1	0	0	1
	8	Midfielder	Chris Cohen	1	0	0	1
	9	Striker	Britt Assombalonga	1	0	0	1
	18	Midfielder	Liam Trotter	1	0	0	1
	24	Midfielder	David Vaughan	1	0	0	1
	32	Midfielder	Robert Tesche	1	0	0	1
	34	Striker	Tyler Walker	0	0	1	1
TOTAL				43	1	3	47

Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

Disciplinary record

As of 9 May 2016

No.	Position	Player
No.	Position	Player	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
2	Defender	Eric Lichaj	11	1	1	0	0	0	12	1
5	Defender	Matt Mills	11	1	0	0	0	0	11	1
24	Midfielder	David Vaughan	9	1	0	0	0	0	9	1
4	Defender	Michael Mancienne	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
15	Midfielder	Ryan Mendes	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
10	Midfielder	Henri Lansbury	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
17	Striker	Nélson Oliveira	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
19	Midfielder	Jamie Ward	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
23	Striker	Dexter Blackstock	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
25	Defender	Jack Hobbs	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	1
3	Defender	Bojan Jokić	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
22	Midfielder	Gary Gardner	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
32	Midfielder	Robert Tesche	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
38	Midfielder	Ben Osborn	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1	Goalkeeper	Dorus de Vries	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
37	Midfielder	Jorge Grant	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	Defender	Danny Fox	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
6	Defender	Kelvin Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8	Midfielder	Chris Cohen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	Striker	Britt Assombalonga	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	Midfielder	Jonny Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	Midfielder	Chris Burke	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29	Striker	Chris O'Grady	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
34	Striker	Tyler Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
TOTAL			89	6	2	0	2	0	93	6

Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

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[12] Please note that this section includes players in or out from date commencing 10 June 2015; the date that the UK Summer transfer window opened.[11]

[18] Ebecilio's loan was originally agreed to expire on 30 June 2016, but his loan was terminated early by mutual consent.[16]

[41] Reported by the BBC to be £7,000,000.[38]

[65] Players whose names are in italics spent time on loan at other clubs during the course of the season.

[66] Players whose names appear emboldened left the club on a permanent basis having appeared in a competitive fixture this season.

[68] An injury to Fryatt's Achilles tendon, sustained in March 2015, prevented him from playing this season.[62]

[70] An injury to Reid's groin, sustained in October 2014, prevented him from playing this season.[63]

[1] "History". Statto. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-04-12.

[2] "Dougie Freedman". Nottingham Forest F.C. 13 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

[3] "Meet the Forest Squad". Nottingham Forest F.C. 13 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2012-08-11. Retrieved 2015-07-01.

[4] "Squad numbers announced". Nottingham Forest F.C. 7 August 2015.

[5] "Evtimov extends contract". Nottingham Forest F.C. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

[6] "Gabriel signs professional contract". Nottingham Forest F.C. 4 January 2016.

[7] "New contract for Cohen". Nottingham Forest F.C. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

[8] "Burke signs new deal". Nottingham Forest F.C. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

[9] "Federico Macheda: Cardiff striker joins Nottingham Forest on loan". BBC Sport. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.

[10] "Lichaj extends contract". Nottingham Forest F.C. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

[11] "Summer 2015 transfer window open for business". Sky Sports. 10 June 2015.

[13] "Matt Mills completes signing at Nottingham Forest". Nottingham Forest F.C. 1 July 2015.

[14] "Nottingham Forest complete free transfer signing of Northern Ireland midfielder Jamie Ward". Nottingham Forest F.C. 2 July 2015.

[15] "Reds sign Spaniard". Nottingham Forest F.C. 30 July 2015.

[16] "Officiellt: Anel Ahmedhodzic till Nottingham Forest" (in Swedish). Fotbolltransfers.com. 14 January 2016.

[17] "Kyle Ebecilio". Nottingham Forest F.C. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.

[19] "Reds land Dutch midfielder". Nottingham Forest F.C. 20 August 2015.

[20] "O'Grady arrives on Trentside". Nottingham Forest F.C. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

[21] "Mendes makes his move". Nottingham Forest F.C. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.

[22] "Portuguese striker signs". Nottingham Forest F.C. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.

[23] "Forest sign Williams". Nottingham Forest F.C. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.

[24] "Liam Trotter signs". Nottingham Forest F.C. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.

[25] "Trotter extends City Ground stay". Nottingham Forest F.C. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.

[26] "Trotter extends stay". Nottingham Forest F.C. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

[27] "Reds complete Jokic signing". Nottingham Forest F.C. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.

[28] "Gary's back". Nottingham Forest F.C. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.

[29] "Reds complete Macheda loan". Nottingham Forest F.C. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

[30] "Mackie makes Rangers switch". Nottingham Forest F.C. 16 June 2015.

[31] "Collins completes Millers move". Rotherham United F.C. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

[Four_depart-32] "Four depart". Nottingham Forest F.C. 1 July 2015.

[33] "Halford is signing number seven". Rotherham United F.C. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

[34] "Eastleigh sign Dan Harding". Eastleigh F.C. 6 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-06-15. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

[35] "Louis Laing signs on again". Motherwell Football Club Official Website. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

[36] "Ποδοσφαιριστής της Βέροιας ο Djamal Abdoun" (in Greek). Veria F.C. 5 August 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

[Majewski_Abdoun_Depart-37] "Majewski and Abdoun depart". Nottingham Forest F.C. 30 July 2015.

[38] "Ποδοσφαιριστής της Βέροιας ο Radosław Majewski" (in Greek). Veria F.C. 7 August 2015. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

[39] "McLaughlin joins Southend". Nottingham Forest F.C. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

[40] "Antonio, Song, Moses and Jelavic join West Ham on deadline day". BBC Sport. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.

[42] "Antonio joins West Ham". Nottingham Forest F.C. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

[43] "Jack Blake signs with Loons". Minnesota United F.C. 26 May 2016.

[The_Football_League_Retained_List-44] "The Football League Retained List". EFL. 12 June 2015.

[45] "Player Profile: Kieran Fenton". Worksop Town F.C. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.

[46] "1st XI: Wilfried Gnahoré". Hemel Hempstead Town F.C. Retrieved 9 January 2017.

[47] "Josh Macdonald signs for Wanderers". Western Sydney Wanderers FC. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2017.

[48] "Tolka Rovers manager Doyle adds seven new faces to squad". Tolka Rovers F.C. 18 July 2015.

[49] "#11 Derrick Otim". Xavier Athletics. Retrieved 9 January 2017.

[50] "Ilias Polimos". UEFA.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.

[51] "Saturday's Transfer List". The Evo-Stik League. Retrieved 9 January 2017.

[52] "Roger Riera, novo reforzo para o Celta B" (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 20 January 2016. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.

[53] "Riera departs". Nottingham Forest F.C. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[54] "Nottingham Forest goalkeeper signs for Ilkeston". Nottingham Post. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.

[55] "Andreas Karo". Apollon Limassol Official Site. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

[56] "Lars Veldwijk: Nottingham Forest striker seals FC Zwolle loan move". BBC Sport. 1 July 2015.

[57] "Paterson departs". Nottingham Forest F.C. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

[58] "Burke makes Millers move". Nottingham Forest F.C. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.

[59] "Stevenage sign Deimantas Petravicius and Offrande Zanzala". BBC Sport. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.

[60] "Nottingham Forest defender joins Hemel Hempstead Town on loan". Nottingham Forest F.C. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.

[61] "Walker joins Burton". Nottingham Forest F.C. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

[62] "Sweden friendlies". Nottingham Forest F.C. 3 June 2015.

[63] "Nottingham Forest's 2015-16 Sky Bet Championship fixtures released". Nottingham Forest F.C. 17 June 2015.

[64] "Leeds United 0-1 Nottingham Forest". BBC Sport. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.

[67] "Sarah_Clapson published Striker Matty Fryatt leaves Nottingham Forest after injury…". collectorfans.wordpress.com. 7 May 2017.

[69] "Andy Reid: Nottingham Forest midfielder announces his retirement". BBC Sport. 29 July 2016.