2016–17 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

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.

Nottingham Forest

2016–17 season
Owner	Fawaz Al-Hasawi (until 18 May) Evangelos Marinakis (80%) Sokratis Kominakis (20%)[1] (from 18 May)
Chairman	Fawaz Al-Hasawi (until 18 May) Nicholas Randall QC (from 18 May)
Manager	Philippe Montanier (until 14 January) Gary Brazil (caretaker from 14 January to 14 March) Mark Warburton (from 14 March)
Stadium	City 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])
Championship	21st
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Britt Assombalonga (14) All: Britt Assombalonga (14)
Highest home attendance	28,567 (vs. Arsenal, EFL Cup third round, 20 September)
Lowest home attendance	15,770 (vs. Rotherham United, EFL Championship, 31 January)
Home colours Away colours
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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

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	BUL	(1993-09-07) 7 September 1993 (age 31)	Chavdar Etropole	2011	2019
30	Stephen Henderson	IRE	(1988-05-02) 2 May 1988 (age 37)	Charlton Athletic	2016	2019
38	Vladimir Stojković	SRB	(1983-07-28) 28 July 1983 (age 42)	Maccabi Haifa	2016	2018
43	Jordan Smith	ENG	(1994-12-08) 8 December 1994 (age 30)	Academy product	2016	2020
Defenders
2	Eric Lichaj	USA	(1988-11-17) 17 November 1988 (age 36)	Aston Villa	2013	2018
3	Daniel Pinillos	ESP	(1992-10-22) 22 October 1992 (age 32)	Córdoba	2015	2017
4	Michael Mancienne	ENG	(1988-01-08) 8 January 1988 (age 37)	Hamburg	2014	2019
5	Matt Mills	ENG	(1986-07-14) 14 July 1986 (age 39)	Bolton Wanderers	2015	2018
6	Armand Traoré	SEN	(1989-10-08) 8 October 1989 (age 35)	Queens Park Rangers	2016	2019
13	Danny Fox	SCO	(1986-05-29) 29 May 1986 (age 39)	Southampton	2014	2018
17	Hildeberto Pereira	POR	(1996-03-02) 2 March 1996 (age 29)	Benfica B	2016	2017
25	Jack Hobbs	ENG	(1988-08-18) 18 August 1988 (age 36)	Hull City	2014	2018
27	Damien Perquis	POL	(1984-04-10) 10 April 1984 (age 41)	Toronto	2016	2018
28	Thomas Lam	FIN	(1993-12-18) 18 December 1993 (age 31)	Zwolle	2016	2019
42	Joe Worrall	ENG	(1997-01-10) 10 January 1997 (age 28)	Academy product	2016	2020
Midfielders
8	Chris Cohen	ENG	(1987-03-05) 5 March 1987 (age 38)	Yeovil Town	2007	2018
10	João Teixeira	POR	(1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 (age 31)	Benfica	2017	2017
11	Ben Osborn	ENG	(1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 (age 31)	Academy product	2012	2020
15	Aaron Tshibola	ENG	(1995-01-02) 2 January 1995 (age 30)	Aston Villa	2017	2017
18	Mustapha Carayol	GAM	(1988-09-04) 4 September 1988 (age 36)	Middlesbrough	2016	2018
19	Jamie Ward	NIR	(1986-05-12) 12 May 1986 (age 39)	Derby County	2015	2019
20	Licá	POR	(1988-09-08) 8 September 1988 (age 36)	Porto	2016	2018
21	Gboly Ariyibi	USA	(1995-01-18) 18 January 1995 (age 30)	Chesterfield	2017	2020
22	Pajtim Kasami	SUI	(1992-06-02) 2 June 1992 (age 33)	Olympiacos	2016	2017
24	David Vaughan	WAL	(1983-02-18) 18 February 1983 (age 42)	Sunderland	2014	2018
41	Matty Cash	ENG	(1997-08-07) 7 August 1997 (age 28)	Academy Product	2016	2021
Strikers
7	Matty Fryatt	ENG	(1986-03-05) 5 March 1986 (age 39)	Hull City	2014	2017
9	Britt Assombalonga	DRC	(1992-12-06) 6 December 1992 (age 32)	Peterborough United	2014	2021
12	Nicolao Dumitru	ITA	(1991-10-12) 12 October 1991 (age 33)	Napoli	2016	2017
16	Zach Clough	ENG	(1995-03-08) 8 March 1995 (age 30)	Bolton Wanderers	2017	2021
39	Apostolos Vellios	GRE	(1992-01-08) 8 January 1992 (age 33)	Iraklis 1908	2016	2020
45	Ben Brereton	ENG	(1999-04-18) 18 April 1999 (age 26)	Academy product	2017	2021
50	Ross McCormack	SCO	(1986-08-18) 18 August 1986 (age 38)	Aston Villa	2017	2017

New contracts

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Length of contract	Player contracted until	Reference
25 July 2016	DF	SCO	Danny Fox	1 year	2018	[9]
5 August 2016	MF	ENG	Matty Cash	1 year	2019	[10]
5 August 2016	MF	ENG	Ben Osborn	1 year	2020	[11]
2 September 2016	ST	DRC	Britt Assombalonga	2 years	2021	[12]
31 December 2016	ST	ENG	Ben Brereton	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	[13]
27 February 2017	DF	ENG	Joe Worrall	3.5 years	2020	[14]
27 February 2017	MF	ENG	Ryan Yates	2 years	2019	[14]
3 March 2017	MF	ENG	Matty Cash	4 years	2021	[15]
4 April 2017	GK	ENG	Jordan Smith	3 years	2020	[16]
28 April 2017	DF	ENG	Michael Mancienne	2 years	2019	[17]
11 May 2017[a]	MF	ENG	Chris Cohen	1 year	2018	[19]
22 May 2017	MF	WAL	David Vaughan	1 year	2018	[20]
12 June 2017	MF	ENG	Jorge Grant	3 years	2020	[21]
22 June 2017	ST	ENG	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

^[a]

Transfers in

First team

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Transfer fee	Reference
29 June 2016	ST	GRE	Apostolos Vellios	Iraklis 1908	Undisclosed[b]	[26]
8 July 2016	DF	FIN	Thomas Lam	Zwolle	Free transfer	[27]
22 July 2016	GK	IRL	Stephen Henderson	Charlton Athletic	Free transfer	[28]
22 July 2016	DF	POL	Damien Perquis	Free agent	Free transfer	[29]
1 August 2016	DF	SEN	Armand Traoré	Free agent	Free transfer	[30]
24 August 2016	GK	SRB	Vladimir Stojković	Maccabi Haifa	Undisclosed	[31]
31 August 2016	MF	GAM	Mustapha Carayol	Middlesbrough	Free transfer[32]	[33]
31 August 2016	MF	POR	Licá	Porto	Undisclosed[c]	[35]
7 September 2016	ST	DEN	Nicklas Bendtner	Free agent	Free transfer	[36]
31 January 2017	ST	ENG	Zach Clough	Bolton Wanderers	Undisclosed[d]	[38]
31 January 2017	MF	USA	Gboly Ariyibi	Chesterfield	Undisclosed	[39]

Academy

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Transfer fee	Reference
21 June 2016	GK	LAT	Rudolfs Soloha	Riga Football School	Undisclosed	[40]
6 July 2016	MF	ENG	Rob Worrall	Harrogate Town	Nominal Fee	[41]
28 July 2016	GK	AUS	Chris Marques	Free agent	Free transfer	[42]
23 September 2016	ST	ENG	Lewis Walters	Free agent	Free transfer	[43]

Loans in

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

Transfers out

First team

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Transfer fee	Reference
1 July 2016	MF	SCO	Chris Burke	Free agent (Later joined Ross County)[49]	Released	[50]
1 July 2016	MF	IRE	Andy Reid	Retired[51]		[50]
1 July 2016	MF	GER	Robert Tesche	Birmingham City[52]	Released	[50]
1 July 2016	DF	ENG	Kelvin Wilson	Free agent (Later joined Rotherham United)[53]	Released	[50]
13 August 2016	GK	NED	Dorus de Vries	Celtic	Undisclosed	[54]
27 August 2016	ST	ENG	Jamie Paterson	Bristol City	Undisclosed	[55]
28 August 2016	MF	SCO	Oliver Burke	RB Leipzig	Undisclosed[e]	[57]
31 August 2016	ST	RSA	Lars Veldwijk	K.V. Kortrijk	Undisclosed	[58]
1 September 2016	ST	ATG	Dexter Blackstock	Free agent (Later joined Rotherham United)[59]	Contract terminated	[60]
20 January 2017	MF	ENG	Henri Lansbury	Aston Villa	Undisclosed[f]	[63]
6 March 2017	ST	DEN	Nicklas Bendtner	Rosenborg	Undisclosed	[64]

Academy

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Transfer Fee	Reference
15 June 2016	ST	BUL	Nikolay Todorov	Heart of Midlothian	Released	[65]
1 July 2016	MF	ENG	Liam Adams	Free agent (Later joined Boston United)[66]	Released	[50]
1 July 2016	ST	ENG	Aidan Austin	Free agent (Later joined AFC Sudbury)[67]	Released	[50]
1 July 2016	GK	IRE	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	ENG	Richard Dearle	Free agent (Later joined Embry–Riddle Eagles)[70]	Released	[50]
1 July 2016	DF	IRE	Ismael Diallo	Free agent (Later joined Dudley Town)[71]	Released	[50]
1 July 2016	MF	ENG	Tom Gamblen	Free agent	Released	[50]
1 July 2016	DF	ENG	Jack Kelly	Free agent (Later joined Hemel Hempstead Town)[72]	Released	[50]
1 July 2016	MF	ENG	Josh Rees	Free agent (Later joined Chelmsford City)[73]	Released	[50]
1 July 2016	ST	ENG	Luke Thomas	Free agent	Released	[50]
1 July 2016	ST	ENG	Kasheme Walton	Free agent	Released	[50]
31 August 2016	MF	LTU	Deimantas Petravičius	Zagłębie Lubin	Free transfer	[74]
5 June 2017	MF	NIR	Kyle McClean	St Johnstone	Released	[75]

Loans out

Date loaned	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Loan expired	Reference
29 July 2016	ST	IRL	Gerry McDonagh	Wrexham	13 January 2017[76][77]	[78]
26 August 2016	MF	ENG	Ryan Yates	Barrow	9 January 2017[79][77]	[80]
31 August 2016	GK	BUL	Dimitar Evtimov	Olhanense	13 January 2017[77]	[81]
31 August 2016	DF	SCO	Alex Iacovitti	Mansfield Town	13 January 2017[77]	[82]
31 August 2016	ST	ENG	Tyler Walker	Stevenage	13 January 2017[77]	[83]
31 August 2016	MF	NIR	Jamie Ward	Burton Albion	20 January 2017[84]	[85]
25 November 2016	GK	SWE	Tim Erlandsson	Barrow	25 December 2016	[86]
17 January 2017	ST	ENG	Tyler Walker	Port Vale	End of season	[87]
20 January 2017	GK	SWE	Tim Erlandsson	AFC Eskilstuna	End of Allsvenskan season	[88]
21 January 2017	ST	IRL	Gerry McDonagh	Cambridge United	End of season	[89]
31 January 2017	MF	ENG	Jorge Grant	Notts County	End of season	[90]
31 January 2017	MF	ENG	Ryan Yates	Shrewsbury Town	End of season	[90]
6 February 2017	MF	POR	Licá	Estoril	End of season	[91]
24 February 2017	ST	ENG	James Thorne	Macclesfield Town	24 March 2017	[92]
23 March 2017	GK	ENG	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

Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest

9 July 2016 (2016-07-09) Friendly	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	Nottingham Forest	Enfield
	Son 3' Carroll 7' Pritchard 88'	Report

Millwall v Nottingham Forest

12 July 2016 (2016-07-12) Friendly	Millwall	1–2	Nottingham Forest	Portugal
	Philpot ?'	Report	18' Blackstock 49' Burke

Braga v Nottingham Forest

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

Port Vale v Nottingham Forest

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

Notts County v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Hull City

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

Championship

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

Matchday	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	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	W
Position	4	16	19	11	7	10	10	13	15	15	18	15	15	19	20	20	18	17	13	16	16	17	18	18	20	20	19	19	19	16	18	18	19	19	18	18	20	20	20	20	19	20	21	20	21	21

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

Matches

Nottingham Forest v Burton Albion

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

Brighton & Hove Albion v Nottingham Forest

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

Brentford v Nottingham Forest

16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 3	Brentford	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Hounslow
19:45 BST	Hogan 28'	Report	60'  87' Perquis	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,004 (1,614 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

Nottingham Forest v Wigan Athletic

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

Nottingham Forest v Leeds United

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

Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest

11 September 2016 6	Aston Villa	2–2	Nottingham Forest	Birmingham
13:15 BST	McCormack 72' Gestede 74'	Report	57' Vellios 87' Lansbury  86'  88' Pereira	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,619 (2,869 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

Rotherham United v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Norwich City

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

Sheffield Wednesday v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Fulham

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

Bristol City v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Birmingham City

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

Blackburn Rovers v Nottingham Forest

18 October 2016 13	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Blackburn
19:45 BST	Gallagher 11' 44'	Report	90' Perquis  9'  90' Pereira	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 10,462 (868 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

Nottingham Forest v Cardiff City

22 October 2016 14	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Cardiff City	West Bridgford
17:30 BST	Lam  58' Lansbury 90' (pen.)	Report	28' Gunnarsson 39' Ralls	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 16,539 (347 away) Referee: Andy Woolmer

Reading v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Queens Park Rangers

5 November 2016 16	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Assombalonga 38' Pereira  65'  71'	Report	11'  34' Henry 85' Sylla	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 20,043 (1,431 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

Ipswich Town v Nottingham Forest

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

Barnsley v Nottingham Forest

25 November 2016 18	Barnsley	2–5	Nottingham Forest	Barnsley
19:45 GMT	Winnall 5' Watkins 14'  66'	Report	13' 45' 82' (pen.) Lansbury 24' Vellios 63' Osborn	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 13,180 (1,165 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United

2 December 2016 19	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Newcastle United	West Bridgford
19:45 GMT	Bendtner 52' Lascelles 86' (o.g.)	Report	33' Shelvey 45' Ritchie  45' Dummett	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 21,317 (1,866 away) Referee: Steve Martin

Derby County v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Preston North End

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

Nottingham Forest v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Huddersfield Town v Nottingham Forest

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  52'  89' Mancienne	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 22,100 (1,902 away) Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Newcastle United v Nottingham Forest

30 December 2016 24	Newcastle United	3–1	Nottingham Forest	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45 GMT	Ritchie 4' Gayle 63' 80'	Report	29' Dumitru  59'  60' Mills	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 52,228 (2,305 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

Nottingham Forest v Barnsley

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

Birmingham City v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Bristol City

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

Leeds United v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Rotherham United

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

Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa

4 February 2017 30	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Aston Villa	West Bridgford
17:30 GMT	Assombalonga 42' Brereton 90'	Report	19' Kodjia  31'  78' Grealish	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 19,866 (1,946 away) Referee: Paul Tierney

Norwich City v Nottingham Forest

11 February 2017 31	Norwich City	5–1	Nottingham Forest	Norwich
15:00 GMT	Howson 10' Murphy 16' Hoolahan 18' Pritchard 61' 89'	Report	45'  70' Lichaj 75' McCormack	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,861 (1,514 away) Referee: Scott Duncan

Fulham v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Sheffield Wednesday

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

Wigan Athletic v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Brighton & Hove Albion

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

Nottingham Forest v Brentford

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

Burton Albion v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Derby County

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

Preston North End v Nottingham Forest

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest

4 April 2017 40	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Dicko 62'	Report	56'  90' Fox	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 21,408 (1,260 away) Referee: James Linington

Nottingham Forest v Huddersfield Town

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

Nottingham Forest v Blackburn Rovers

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

Cardiff City v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Reading

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

Queens Park Rangers v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Ipswich Town

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

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.

Wigan Athletic v Nottingham Forest

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

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]

Doncaster Rovers v Nottingham Forest

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

Millwall v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Arsenal

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

Appearances and goals

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	NED	Dorus de Vries	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	USA	Eric Lichaj	45	2	39+2	2	1	0	3	0
3	DF	ESP	Daniel Pinillos	16	1	14+2	1	0	0	0	0
4	DF	ENG	Michael Mancienne	30	0	24+4	0	1	0	1	0
5	DF	ENG	Matt Mills	30	1	24+3	1	0	0	3	0
6	DF	SEN	Armand Traoré	13	0	9+3	0	0	0	1	0
7	ST	ENG	Matty Fryatt[c]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Chris Cohen	22	1	20	1	0	0	2	0
9	ST	COD	Britt Assombalonga	33	14	20+12	14	1	0	0	0
10	MF	ENG	Henri Lansbury	19	6	16+1	6	0	0	2	0
10	MF	POR	João Teixeira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	ENG	Ben Osborn	49	4	45+1	4	1	0	1+1	0
12	ST	ITA	Nicolao Dumitru	12	1	6+4	1	1	0	1	0
13	DF	SCO	Danny Fox	23	0	22+1	0	0	0	0	0
14	ST	DEN	Nicklas Bendtner	17	2	7+8	2	1	0	1	0
14	ST	RSA	Lars Veldwijk	3	1	1	0	0	0	1+1	1
15	MF	ENG	Aaron Tshibola	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
16	ST	ENG	Zach Clough	14	4	9+5	4	0	0	0	0
17	DF	POR	Hildeberto Pereira	25	2	16+6	2	1	0	1+1	0
18	MF	GAM	Mustapha Carayol	21	1	13+6	1	0+1	0	0+1	0
19	MF	NIR	Jamie Ward	20	2	13+5	1	0	0	2	1
20	MF	POR	Licá	7	0	2+3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
21	MF	USA	Gboly Ariyibi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	ST	ENG	Jamie Paterson	3	1	0+1	0	0	0	2	1
22	MF	SUI	Pajtim Kasami	27	2	19+6	2	0	0	1+1	0
24	MF	WAL	David Vaughan	33	1	25+6	0	0	0	2	1
25	DF	ENG	Jack Hobbs	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0
26	GK	BUL	Dimitar Evtimov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	POL	Damien Perquis	19	2	17	2	0	0	2	0
28	DF	FIN	Thomas Lam	21	2	11+8	2	1	0	1	0
30	GK	EIR	Stephen Henderson	15	0	11+1	0	1	0	2	0
34	ST	ENG	Tyler Walker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	SCO	Oliver Burke	7	4	4+1	4	0	0	1+1	0
37	MF	ENG	Jorge Grant	6	0	4+2	0	0	0	0	0
38	GK	SRB	Vladimir Stojković	21	0	20	0	0	0	1	0
39	ST	GRE	Apostolos Vellios	31	6	12+16	6	0+1	0	1+1	0
40	DF	SCO	Alex Iacovitti	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
41	MF	ENG	Matty Cash	30	0	18+10	0	1	0	0+1	0
42	DF	ENG	Joe Worrall	21	0	21	0	0	0	0	0
43	GK	ENG	Jordan Smith	15	0	14+1	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF	ENG	Ryan Yates	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	ST	ENG	Ben Brereton	18	3	13+5	3	0	0	0	0
46	DF	SCO	Jordan Gabriel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	ST	ENG	James Thorne	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
48	DF	SWE	Anel Ahmedhodžić	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
49	MF	ENG	Toby Edser	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	ST	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

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

As of match played 7 May 2017 ^[95]

No.	Position	Player	EFL Championship		Emirates FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total
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