2018–19 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

The 2018–19 season is Nottingham Forest's 153rd season in existence and 11th consecutive season in the EFL Championship. In addition to the Championship, the club will participate in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2019.

Nottingham Forest

2018–19 season
Owner	Evangelos Marinakis Sokratis Kominakis[1]
Chairman	Nicholas Randall QC
Manager	Aitor Karanka (until 11 January)[2] Martin O'Neill (from 15 January to 28 June)[3] Sabri Lamouchi (from 28 June)[4]
Stadium	The City Ground (Capacity: 30,445)
Championship	9th
FA Cup	Third round (vs. Chelsea)
EFL Cup	Fourth round (vs. Burton Albion)
Top goalscorer	Lewis Grabban (17)
Highest home attendance	29,530 (vs. Leeds United, EFL Championship, 1 January)
Lowest home attendance	8,172 (vs. Bury, EFL Cup, 14 August)
Average home league attendance	28,143[5]
Biggest win	3–0 (vs. Bolton Wanderers, EFL Championship, 24 October)
Biggest defeat	0–3 (vs. Sheffield Wednesday, EFL Championship, 9 April)
Home colours Away colours
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First team

As of 7 February 2019^[6]

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Year signed	Signed to
Goalkeepers
1	Costel Pantilimon	ROM	(1987-02-01) 1 February 1987 (age 38)	Watford	2018	2021
15	Luke Steele	ENG	(1984-09-24) 24 September 1984 (age 40)	Bristol City	2018	2020
41	Stephen Henderson	IRL	(1988-05-02) 2 May 1988 (age 37)	Charlton Athletic	2016	2019
Defenders
3	Tobias Figueiredo	POR	(1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 31)	Sporting	2018	2022
13	Molla Wagué	MLI	(1991-02-21) 21 February 1991 (age 34)	Udinese	2019	2019
17	Alexander Milošević	SWE	(1991-02-21) 21 February 1991 (age 34)	AIK	2019	2020
18	Jack Robinson	ENG	(1993-09-01) 1 September 1993 (age 31)	Queens Park Rangers	2018	2020
20	Michael Dawson	ENG	(1983-11-18) 18 November 1983 (age 41)	Hull City	2018	2020
21	Saidy Janko	SUI	(1995-10-22) 22 October 1995 (age 29)	Porto	2018	2019
25	Sam Byram	ENG	(1993-09-16) 16 September 1993 (age 31)	West Ham United	2018	2019
27	Tendayi Darikwa	ZIM	(1991-12-13) 13 December 1991 (age 33)	Burnley	2017	2021
29	Yohan Benalouane	TUN	(1987-03-28) 28 March 1987 (age 38)	Leicester City	2019	2020
44	Michael Hefele	GER	(1992-01-30) 30 January 1992 (age 33)	Huddersfield Town	2018	2021
Midfielders
5	Adlène Guedioura	ALG	(1985-11-12) 12 November 1985 (age 39)	Middlesbrough	2018	2020
6	Jack Colback	ENG	(1989-10-24) 24 October 1989 (age 35)	Newcastle United	2018	2019
8	Ben Watson	ENG	(1985-07-09) 9 July 1985 (age 40)	Watford	2018	2020
10	João Carvalho	POR	(1997-03-09) 9 March 1997 (age 28)	Benfica	2018	2023
11	Ben Osborn	ENG	(1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 (age 31)	Promoted from academy	2012	2020
14	Matty Cash	ENG	(1997-08-07) 7 August 1997 (age 28)	Promoted from academy	2016	2021
19	Diogo Gonçalves	POR	(1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 (age 28)	Benfica	2018	2019
22	Ryan Yates	ENG	(1997-11-21) 21 November 1997 (age 27)	Promoted from academy	2016	2021
23	Joe Lolley	ENG	(1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 (age 32)	Huddersfield Town	2018	2023
24	Claudio Yacob	ARG	(1987-07-18) 18 July 1987 (age 38)	West Bromwich Albion	2018	2020
26	Liam Bridcutt	SCO	(1989-05-08) 8 May 1989 (age 36)	Leeds United	2017	2020
28	Pelé	GNB	(1991-09-29) 29 September 1991 (age 33)	Monaco	2019	2019
35	Jamie Ward	NIR	(1986-05-12) 12 May 1986 (age 39)	Derby County	2015	2019
Forwards
2	Hillal Soudani	ALG	(1987-11-25) 25 November 1987 (age 37)	Dinamo Zagreb	2018	2021
7	Lewis Grabban	ENG	(1988-01-12) 12 January 1988 (age 37)	Bournemouth	2018	2022
9	Daryl Murphy	IRL	(1983-03-15) 15 March 1983 (age 42)	Newcastle United	2017	2020
33	Léo Bonatini	BRA	(1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 (age 31)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2019	2019
37	Karim Ansarifard	IRN	(1990-04-03) 3 April 1990 (age 35)	Olympiacos	2018	2020
43	Arvin Appiah	ENG	(2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 24)	Promoted from academy	2018	2023

Pre-season friendlies

Nottingham Forest v Lincoln Red Imps

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11) Friendly	Nottingham Forest	5–0	Lincoln Red Imps	Marbella, Spain
18:00 CEST	Cash 24' Gabriel 34' Gomis 60' Lolley 64' Yates 65'	Report		Stadium: Marbella Football Centre

Real Betis v Nottingham Forest

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Friendly	Real Betis	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Algeciras, Spain
20:00 CEST	Boudebouz 83'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Mirador

Málaga v Nottingham Forest

16 July 2018 (2018-07-16) Friendly	Málaga	0–3	Nottingham Forest	Marbella, Spain
11:00 CEST		Report	34' Dias 63' Osborn 65' Soudani	Stadium: Marbella Football Centre

Oldham Athletic v Nottingham Forest

21 July 2018 Friendly	Oldham Athletic	2–2	Nottingham Forest	Oldham
15:00 BST	Trialist 49' Edmundson 58'	Report	3' Cash 87' Grabban	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 1,768

Scunthorpe United v Nottingham Forest

25 July 2018 Friendly	Scunthorpe United	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Scunthorpe
19:30 BST		Report	24' Yates	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 2,509

Nottingham Forest v Bournemouth

28 July 2018 Friendly	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Bournemouth	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Darikwa 36' Dias 48'	Report		Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 14,108

Competitions

Championship

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	Derby County	46	20	14	12	69	54	+15	74	Qualification for Championship play-offs[a]
7	Middlesbrough	46	20	13	13	49	41	+8	73
8	Bristol City	46	19	13	14	59	53	+6	70
9	Nottingham Forest	46	17	15	14	61	54	+7	66
10	Swansea City	46	18	11	17	65	62	+3	65
11	Brentford	46	17	13	16	73	59	+14	64[b]
12	Sheffield Wednesday	46	16	16	14	60	62	−2	64

Source: Sky Sports Archived 25 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results^[8]
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.
2. Brentford were awarded a 1–0 win over Bolton due to Bolton's inability to hold the fixture.^[7]

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	17	15	14	61	54	+7	66	13	4	6	34	21	+13	4	11	8	27	33	−6

Last updated: 5 May 2019.
Source: BBC

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	W
Position	16	10	5	7	13	14	15	11	9	11	11	5	9	7	7	6	7	7	6	5	7	7	7	10	10	7	9	11	9	12	9	9	8	8	9	8	10	11	9	9	10	11	13	11	10	9

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2019. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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Bristol City v Nottingham Forest

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 1	Bristol City	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Bristol
15:00 BST	Weimann 5'	Report	46' Murphy  50' Guedioura  60' Dias  81' Carvalho  90' Watson	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 22,395 (2,692 away) Referee: Darren Bond

Nottingham Forest v West Bromwich Albion

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07) 2	Nottingham Forest	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Colback  54' Guedioura 59'	Report	38' Bartley 87' Phillips	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,850 (1,957 away) Referee: Darren England

Nottingham Forest v Reading

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 3	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Reading	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Soudani 68'	Report	81' Barrow	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,948 (826 away) Referee: Stephen Martin

Wigan Athletic v Nottingham Forest

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 4	Wigan Athletic	2–2	Nottingham Forest	Wigan
15:00 BST	Powell 2' Grigg 30' (pen.) Vaughan  87' Morsy  88'	Report	10' Cash  29' Osborn  69' Colback  87' Fox  88' Watson 90' Soudani	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 11,543 (2,513 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Nottingham Forest v Birmingham City

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 5	Nottingham Forest	2–2	Birmingham City	West Bridgford
17:30 BST	Figueiredo  32' Fox  41' Murphy  45' 87' Lolley 75' Colback  84'	Report	21' Jutkiewicz 72' Adams	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 26,799 (1,965 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

Brentford v Nottingham Forest

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 6	Brentford	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Brentford, London
15:00 BST	Konsa  18' Macleod  35' 45' Barbet  35' Watkins 84' Sawyers  90' Benrahma  90'	Report	31' Lolley  35' Hefele  54' Osborn  55' Fox 62' Cash  74' Watson  90' Robinson  90' Grabban	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,186 (1,654 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

Swansea City v Nottingham Forest

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 7	Swansea City	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Swansea
15:00 BST		Report	41' Cash  44' Janko  52' Lolley	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: Scott Duncan Referee: 19,522 (1,716 away)

Nottingham Forest v Sheffield Wednesday

19 September 2018 (2018-09-19) 8	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Grabban 41'  45' Carvalho 63' Robinson  78'	Report	88' Fletcher	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 26,252 (1,995 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

Nottingham Forest v Rotherham United

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Rotherham United	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Guedioura  32' Grabban 86' (pen.)	Report	33' Jones  86' Towell  90' Vaulks	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,479 (1,291 away) Referee: Robert Jones

Blackburn Rovers v Nottingham Forest

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	Nottingham Forest	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Armstrong 65' Dack 74'	Report	44' Colback 52' 80' (pen.) Grabban	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 14,440 (2,022 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

Nottingham Forest v Millwall

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03) 11	Nottingham Forest	2–2	Millwall	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Lolley 27' Robinson  65' Carvalho 70'	Report	51' Ferguson  69' Leonard 75' Williams 90' Gregory	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 25,753 (387 away) Referee: Jonathan Moss

Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 12	Middlesbrough	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Shotton  38' Ayala  43'		25' 50' Lolley  54'  80' Robinson 78' Grabban	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,299 (1,409 away) Referee: John Brooks

Nottingham Forest v Norwich City

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 13	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Norwich City	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Grabban 5' Carvalho  45' Pantilimon  50' Watson  71'	Report	45' Zimmermann 60' 84' Klose  90' Rhodes  90' Cantwell	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 29,427 (1,993 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

Bolton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) 14	Bolton Wanderers	0–3	Nottingham Forest	Horwich
20:00 BST	Lowe  16'	Report	12' Lolley  38' Figueiredo 64' 83' (pen.) Grabban  66' Carvalho	Stadium: The University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 13,195 (1,001 away) Referee: Andy Davies

Leeds United v Nottingham Forest

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 15	Leeds United	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Leeds
17:30 BST	Phillips  63' Roofe 82'	Report	11' Robinson  61' Grabban  68' Colback  88' Carvalho  89' Dias	Stadium: Elland Road Stadium Attendance: 34,308 (1,766 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Nottingham Forest v Sheffield United

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 16	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Sheffield United	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Cash  34' Grabban 69' Figueiredo  71' Robinson  90'	Report	88' Egan	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 28,757 (1,976 away) Referee: Scott Duncan

Nottingham Forest v Stoke City

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 17	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Stoke City	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Dawson  68'	Report		Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 28,556 (2,000 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

Hull City v Nottingham Forest

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 18	Hull City	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Irvine  37' Campbell  90'	Report	61' Grabban 64' Lolley	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 13,364 (2,424 away) Referee: Graham Scott

Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) 19	Aston Villa	5–5	Nottingham Forest	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Abraham 11' 14' 36' (pen.) 71' Bolasie  19' Hutton  71' El Ghazi 75'  87'	Report	3' 82' Grabban 6' Carvalho 22' Cash 51' Lolley  65' Yacob  68' Figueiredo  71' Darikwa  78' Colback	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,368 (2,484 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

Nottingham Forest v Ipswich Town

1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) 20	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Ipswich Town	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Grabban 10' 38' Hefele  54' Pantilimon  82'	Report	45' Skuse	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,873 (1,493 away) Referee: James Linington

Nottingham Forest v Preston North End

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 21	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Preston North End	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Yacob  86'	Report	56' Moult  74' Davies	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,777 (1,247 away) Referee: Stephen Martin

Derby County v Nottingham Forest

17 December 2018 (2018-12-17) 22	Derby County	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Derby
19:45 GMT	Bryson  25' Bogle  45' Huddlestone  68'	Report	33' Hefele  55' Osborn  87' Colback	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 31,160 (3,109 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

Nottingham Forest v Queens Park Rangers

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 23	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Queens Park Rangers	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Carvalho  43' Ansarifard  58' Robinson  78'	Report	45' Leistner  65' Luongo	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 28,177 (1,414 away) Referee: Gavin Ward

Norwich City v Nottingham Forest

26 December 2018 (2018-12-26) 24	Norwich City	3–3	Nottingham Forest	Norwich
15:00 GMT	Stiepermann  27' Godfrey  37' Pukki  55' Vrančić 77'  80' Hernández 90' 90'	Report	45' 74' Cash  49' Fox  52' 65' Robinson	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,933 (1,586 away) Referee: John Brooks

Millwall v Nottingham Forest

29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 25	Millwall	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Bermondsey, London
15:00 GMT	Tunnicliffe 9' Leonard  14' Karacan  90'	Report	31' Yacob  82' Robinson	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 15,273 (2,220 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

Nottingham Forest v Leeds United

1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) 26	Nottingham Forest	4–2	Leeds United	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Colback 5' 69' Robinson  14' Murphy 72' Osborn 77' Darikwa  81'	Report	42' Phillips 53' Clarke 64' Alioski	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 29,530 (2,000 away) Referee: Darren England

Reading v Nottingham Forest

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 27	Reading	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Reading
15:00 GMT	Swift 23' Richards  32' Moore  62' Yiadom  62' Robinson 87' (o.g.)	Report	8'  63' Fox  38' Colback  61' Murphy  62' Robinson  83' Darikwa	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,034 (2,093 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

Nottingham Forest v Bristol City

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 28	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Bristol City	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Benalouane  45' Janko  88'	Report	70' Diédhiou	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 28,922 (1,570 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Nottingham Forest v Wigan Athletic

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 29	Nottingham Forest	3–1	Wigan Athletic	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Lolley 19' Watson  27' Cash  30' 48' Benalouane  41' Guedioura 80' Colback  90'	Report	33' Windass  58' Morsy  70' Byrne	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 28,848 (1,436 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Birmingham City v Nottingham Forest

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 30	Birmingham City	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Jota 13' Kieftenbeld  79' Adams 90' (pen.) Morrison  90'	Report	22' Lolley  54'  90' Benalouane	Stadium: St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium Attendance: 24,235 (3,074 away) Referee: David Webb

Nottingham Forest v Brentford

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 31	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Brentford	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Grabban 16' Yates  62' Wagué 79'	Report	58' Odubajo 89' Canós	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,829 (1,182 away) Referee: Robert Jones

West Bromwich Albion v Nottingham Forest

12 February 2019 (2019-02-12) 32	West Bromwich Albion	2–2	Nottingham Forest	West Bromwich
20:00 GMT	Livermore  40' Murphy 54' Rodriguez 89' (pen.)	Report	6' (o.g.) Johansen  16' Watson 65' Yates  73' Milošević	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 22,691 (2,205 away) Referee: Lee Mason

Preston North End v Nottingham Forest

16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 33	Preston North End	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Preston
15:00 GMT	Stockley  83'	Report		Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 13,904 (1,913 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

Nottingham Forest v Derby County

25 February 2019 (2019-02-25) 34	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Derby County	West Bridgford
19:45 GMT	Benalouane 2' Yates  29' Colback  82'	Report	26' Wilson  29' Holmes  90' Tomori	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 29,421 (1,990 away) Referee: Robert Jones

Stoke City v Nottingham Forest

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 35	Stoke City	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Etebo 15' Afobe 74' McClean  87' Adam  90'	Report	61' Robinson  85' Benalouane	Stadium: bet365 Stadium Attendance: 26,736 (2,900 away) Referee: Roger East

Nottingham Forest v Hull City

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 36	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Hull City	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Yates  45' Ansarifard  67' 76' Carvalho 72' Lolley 82' (pen.)	Report	58' Irvine	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 29,397 (1,963 away) Referee: James Linington

Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa

13 March 2019 (2019-03-13) 37	Nottingham Forest	1–3	Aston Villa	West Bridgford
19:45 GMT	Colback 3'  86' Ansarifard  29' Milošević  61'	Report	7' 15' McGinn  27' 61' Hause  65' Taylor  90' Kodjia	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 29,224 (2,002 away) Referee: Mike Dean

Ipswich Town v Nottingham Forest

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 38	Ipswich Town	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Quaner 5'	Report	31' Wagué  83' Colback	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 16,709 (1,691 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

Nottingham Forest v Swansea City

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 39	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Swansea City	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Lolley  24' Colback  59' Darikwa  69' Murphy 80' Wagué 87' Benalouane  89'	Report	40' McBurnie 76' Roberts	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 28,469 (1,021 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Rotherham United v Nottingham Forest

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 40	Rotherham United	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Smith 10' Ihiekwe 60'	Report	28' Grabban  42' Janko	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 11,012 (1,291 away) Referee: Steve Martin

Sheffield Wednesday v Nottingham Forest

9 April 2019 (2019-04-09) 41	Sheffield Wednesday	3–0	Nottingham Forest	Sheffield
19:45 BST	Hector  18' Matias 47'  57' 67' Boyd 58'	Report	44' Byram  64' Benalouane	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 23,931 (1,964 away) Referee: Lee Mason

Nottingham Forest v Blackburn Rovers

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 42	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Blackburn Rovers	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Bennett 52' (o.g.) Yates  56' Byram  74'	Report	29' Rothwell 49' Graham  68' Bennett  68' Evans  82' Williams	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,786 (1,100 away) Referee: Darren Bond

Sheffield United v Nottingham Forest

19 April 2019 (2019-04-19) 43	Sheffield United	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Sheffield
12:30 BST	Cranie  45' Duffy 51' Baldock  77' Stevens 85' Norwood  86'	Report	18' Colback  43' Byram  47' Benalouane	Stadium: Brammall Lane Attendance: 28,403 (2,217 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

Nottingham Forest v Middlesbrough

22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 44	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Middlesbrough	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Lolley 39' (pen.) 85' Cash  45' Milošević 65'	Report	38' Shotton	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,653 (1,449 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

Queens Park Rangers v Nottingham Forest

27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 45	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 BST	Manning  90'	Report	39' Yates 55' Ansarifard  90' Robinson	Stadium: Loftus Road Stadium Attendance: 15,212 (2,367 away) Referee: Scott Duncan

Nottingham Forest v Bolton Wanderers

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 46	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	West Bridgford
12:30 BST	Lolley 28'	Report		Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,578 (578 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

FA Cup

Main article: 2018–19 FA Cup

Chelsea v Nottingham Forest

5 January 2019 (2019-01-05) Third round	Chelsea	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Fulham, London
15:00 GMT	Barkley  41' Morata 49' 59'	Report	67' Colback	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,554 Referee: Andrew Madley

EFL Cup

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Cup

Nottingham Forest v Bury

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) First round	Nottingham Forest	1–1 (10–9 p)	Bury	West Bridgford
19:30 BST	Smith  32' Cash  53' 90' Byram  63'	Report	2'  39' O'Connell  31' Telford  82' Murphy  84' Moore	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 8,172 Referee: Scott Duncan

Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United

29 August 2018 (2018-08-29) Second round	Nottingham Forest	3–1	Newcastle United	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Murphy 2' Dias  68' 90' Hefele  76' Robinson  83' Cash 90'	Report	76' Joselu  80' Longstaff 90' Rondón  90' Pérez	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 13,942 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Nottingham Forest v Stoke City

26 September 2018 Third round	Nottingham Forest	3–2	Stoke City	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Osborn 19' Murphy 40' Lolley 50'  63' Gonçalves  77' Fox  90'	Report	53' Crouch 60' Afobe  65' Adam 83' Berahino	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 12,915 Referee: Darren England

Burton Albion v Nottingham Forest

30 October 2018 Fourth round	Burton Albion	3–2	Nottingham Forest	Burton upon Trent
19:45 GMT	Fraser 52' 64' Hesketh 82'	Report	47' Dawson 70' Grabban 90' Appiah	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,284 Referee: John Brooks

Goals and appearances

As of match played 5 May 2019^[a][b]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		EFL Championship		Emirates FA Cup		EFL Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ROU	Costel Pantilimon	44	0	44	0	0	0	0	0
2	FW	ALG	Hillal Soudani	8	2	1+5	2	0	0	2	0
3	DF	POR	Tobias Figueiredo	14	0	11+2	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	SCO	Danny Fox	21	0	18	0	1	0	1+1	0
5	MF	ALG	Adlène Guedioura	28	2	18+9	2	1	0	0	0
6	MF	ENG	Jack Colback	39	3	38	3	1	0	0	0
7	FW	ENG	Lewis Grabban	41	17	29+10	16	0	0	0+2	1
8	MF	ENG	Ben Watson	21	0	14+3	0	0	0	4	0
9	FW	IRL	Daryl Murphy	32	6	17+11	4	1	0	3	2
10	MF	POR	João Carvalho	40	4	28+10	4	1	0	1	0
11	MF	ENG	Ben Osborn	44	2	29+10	1	1	0	2+2	1
12	GK	ENG	Jordan Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	DF	MLI	Molla Wagué	11	3	9+2	3	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	Matty Cash	41	8	27+9	6	1	0	2+2	2
15	GK	ENG	Luke Steele	7	0	2	0	1	0	3+1	0
17	DF	SWE	Alexander Milošević	12	1	11+1	1	0	0	0	0
18	DF	ENG	Jack Robinson	40	2	36+2	2	0	0	2	0
19	MF	POR	Diogo Gonçalves	10	0	1+6	0	0	0	3	0
20	DF	ENG	Michael Dawson	13	0	8+2	0	0	0	3	0
21	DF	SUI	Saidy Janko	17	0	13+2	0	1	0	1	0
22	MF	ENG	Ryan Yates	17	1	15+1	1	0	0	1	0
23	MF	ENG	Joe Lolley	51	12	42+4	11	0+1	0	2+2	1
24	MF	ARG	Claudio Yacob	17	0	11+5	0	1	0	0	0
25	DF	ENG	Sam Byram	8	0	6	0	0	0	2	0
26	MF	SCO	Liam Bridcutt	4	0	0+1	0	0	0	3	0
27	DF	ZIM	Tendayi Darikwa	31	0	28	0	1	0	1+1	0
28	MF	GNB	Pelé	9	0	6+3	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	TUN	Yohan Benalouane	14	1	14	1	0	0	0	0
31	FW	POR	Gil Dias	24	1	10+11	0	0	0	3	1
33	FW	BRA	Léo Bonatini	5	0	2+3	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	GRE	Panagiotis Tachtsidis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	NIR	Jamie Ward	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	IRN	Karim Ansarifard	12	2	3+9	2	0	0	0	0
38	MF	USA	Gboly Ariyibi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	GRE	Apostolos Vellios	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	FW	ENG	Zach Clough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	GK	IRL	Stephen Henderson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	DF	ENG	Joe Worrall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	FW	ENG	Arvin Appiah	7	1	2+4	0	0	0	0+1	1
44	DF	GER	Michael Hefele	18	0	13+2	0	0	0	3	0
—	FW	SCO	Jason Cummings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF	ENG	Jorge Grant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	FW	ENG	Tyler Walker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1. Players whose names are in italics spent time on loan at other clubs this season.
2. Players whose names appear emboldened left Nottingham Forest on a permanent basis after making a competitive appearance for the club this season.

Transfers

^[a]

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	MF	POR	João Carvalho	Benfica	£13,200,000[12]	[13]
1 July 2018	DF	ENG	Michael Dawson	Hull City	Free	[14]
1 July 2018	DF	POR	Tobias Figueiredo	Sporting	Undisclosed	[15]
1 July 2018	DF	ENG	Jack Robinson	Queens Park Rangers	Free	[16]
1 July 2018	FW	ALG	Hillal Soudani	Dinamo Zagreb	Undisclosed	[17]
3 July 2018	GK	ROM	Costel Pantilimon	Watford	Undisclosed	[18]
6 July 2018	FW	ENG	Lewis Grabban	Bournemouth	Undisclosed	[19]
1 August 2018	GK	ENG	Luke Steele	Bristol City	Free	[20]
9 August 2018	DF	GER	Michael Hefele	Huddersfield Town	Undisclosed	[21]
5 September 2018	MF	GRE	Panagiotis Tachtsidis	Olympiacos	Free	[22]
6 September 2018	MF	ARG	Claudio Yacob	West Bromwich Albion	Free	[23]
3 November 2018	FW	IRN	Karim Ansarifard	Olympiacos	Free	[24]
18 January 2019	DF	TUN	Yohan Benalouane	Leicester City	Undisclosed	[25]
1 February 2019	DF	SWE	Alexander Milošević	AIK	Free	[26]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
22 June 2018	DF	USA	Eric Lichaj	Hull City	Undisclosed	[27]
1 July 2018	DF	ENG	Choz Charlesworth	Grantham Town	Released	[28][29]
1 July 2018	MF	ENG	Chris Cohen	Retired	—	[28][30]
1 July 2018	MF	IRN	Ashkan Dejagah	Tractor Sazi	Released	[28][31]
1 July 2018	DF	ENG	Jack Hobbs	Bolton Wanderers	Released	[28][32]
1 July 2018	FW	ENG	Luke McCormick	Grantham Town	Released	[28][33]
1 July 2018	MF	ENG	Elvis Otim	Barnsley	Released	[28][34]
1 July 2018	MF	ENG	Aaron Smith	Hamilton Academical	Released	[28][35]
1 July 2018	MF	ENG	Connor Smith	Free Agent	Released	[28]
1 July 2018	MF	WAL	David Vaughan	Notts County	Released	[28][36]
1 July 2018	FW	ENG	Lewis Walters	Guiseley	Released	[28][37]
1 July 2018	DF	ENG	Jake Willetts	Eckerd Tritons	Released	[28]
4 July 2018	MF	GRE	Andreas Bouchalakis	Olympiacos	Undisclosed	[38][39]
11 July 2018	DF	ENG	Matthew Bondswell	RB Leipzig	Undisclosed	[40][41]
20 July 2018	DF	SEN	Armand Traoré	Çaykur Rizespor	Undisclosed	[42]
31 July 2018	MF	SCO	Barrie McKay	Swansea City	Undisclosed	[43]
1 August 2018	GK	GRE	Stefanos Kapino	Werder Bremen	Undisclosed	[44]
3 August 2018	DF	ENG	Michael Mancienne	New England Revolution	Free	[45]
29 August 2018	DF	FIN	Thomas Lam	PEC Zwolle	Undisclosed	[46]
31 August 2018	GK	BUL	Dimitar Evtimov	Burton Albion	Contract Terminated	[47][48]
4 January 2019	FW	ENG	Ben Brereton	Blackburn Rovers	Undisclosed	[49]
24 January 2019	GK	SWE	Tim Erlandsson	IK Frej	Undisclosed	[50]
28 January 2019	DF	SWE	Anel Ahmedhodžić	Malmö FF	Undisclosed	[51]
29 January 2019	DF	SCO	Danny Fox	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed	[52]

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Ends	Ref.
23 June 2018	MF	POR	Gil Dias	Monaco	24 January 2019	[53][54]
1 July 2018	MF	POR	Diogo Gonçalves	Benfica	30 June 2019	[13]
20 July 2018	MF	ENG	Jack Colback	Newcastle United	30 June 2019	[55]
10 August 2018	DF	ENG	Sam Byram	West Ham United	30 June 2019	[56]
31 August 2018	DF	SUI	Saidy Janko	Porto	30 June 2019	[57]
4 September 2018	DF	DEU	Josef Hefele	Bradford City	4 December 2018	[58]
31 January 2019	FW	BRA	Léo Bonatini	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30 June 2019	[59]
31 January 2019	MF	GNB	Pelé	Monaco	30 June 2019	[60]
1 February 2019	DF	MLI	Molla Wagué	Udinese	30 June 2019	[61]

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Ends	Ref.
29 June 2018	FW	ENG	Tyler Walker	Mansfield Town	30 June 2019	[62]
6 July 2018	MF	ENG	Jorge Grant	Luton Town	10 January 2019	[63][64]
13 July 2018	FW	SCO	Jason Cummings	Peterborough United	31 January 2019	[65][66]
2 August 2018	DF	ENG	Adam Crookes	Lincoln City	14 January 2019	[67][68]
28 August 2018	FW	ENG	Ben Brereton	Blackburn Rovers	31 December 2018	[69]
31 August 2018	FW	ENG	Zach Clough	Rochdale	31 December 2018	[70]
31 August 2018	FW	GRE	Apostolos Vellios	Waasland-Beveren	30 June 2019	[71]
31 August 2018	MF	NIR	Jamie Ward	Charlton Athletic	31 December 2018	[72]
31 August 2018	DF	ENG	Joe Worrall	Rangers	30 June 2019	[73]
28 September 2018	GK	LAT	Rudolfs Soloha	Coalville Town	26 October 2018	[74]
19 October 2018	DF	ENG	Joe Coveney	Billericay Town	17 November 2018	[75]
19 October 2018	DF	ENG	Ethan Stewart	Billericay Town	17 November 2018	[75]
19 October 2018	MF	ENG	Toby Edser	Woking	18 January 2019	[76]
30 October 2018	FW	FRA	Virgil Gomis	Braintree Town	24 November 2018	[77]
2 November 2018	FW	ENG	Victor Sodeinde	Mickleover Sports	30 November 2018	[78]
16 November 2018	GK	ENG	Jordan Smith	Barnsley	23 November 2018	[79]
17 November 2018	GK	ENG	Jordan Wright	Grantham Town	30 June 2019	[80]
4 December 2018	GK	IRL	Stephen Henderson	Wycombe Wanderers	27 December 2018	[81][82]
3 January 2019	MF	GRE	Panagiotis Tachtsidis	Lecce	30 June 2019	[83]
7 January 2019	MF	USA	Gboly Ariyibi	Motherwell	30 June 2019	[84]
10 January 2019	GK	ENG	Jordan Smith	Mansfield Town	30 June 2019	[85]
14 January 2019	DF	ENG	Adam Crookes	Port Vale	30 June 2019	[86]
14 January 2019	MF	ENG	Jorge Grant	Mansfield Town	30 June 2019	[87]
28 January 2019	DF	SCO	Alex Iacovitti	Oldham Athletic	30 June 2019	[88]
31 January 2019	FW	ENG	Zach Clough	Rochdale	30 June 2019	[89]
31 January 2019	FW	SCO	Jason Cummings	Luton Town	30 June 2019	[66]
31 January 2019	MF	ENG	Toby Edser	Port Vale	30 June 2019	[90]
31 January 2019	FW	FRA	Virgil Gomis	Notts County	30 June 2019	[91]

1. The summer 2018 transfer window was open for domestic transfers (i.e. Premier League, English Football League) from 17 May 2018 and for international transfers from 8 June 2018.^[11]

New contracts

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	Length	Expires	Ref.
5 July 2018	MF	ENG	Ryan Yates	Three years	2021	[92]
23 January 2019	FW	ENG	Arvin Appiah	Four and a half years	2023	[93]
7 February 2019	MF	ENG	Joe Lolley	Four and a half years	2023	[94]

Awards

Club

Nottingham Forest Player of the Season

Result	Nationality	Player	Reference
Won	ENG	Joe Lolley	[95]
Runner-up	ENG	Jack Colback	[95]

Nottingham Forest Goal of the Season

Result	Nationality	Player	Reference
Won	ENG	Joe Lolley	[96]
Runner-up	ENG	Ben Osborn	[96]

League

EFL Championship Player of the Month

Month	Result	Player	Reference
October	Nominated	Joe Lolley	[97][98]
November	Nominated	Joe Lolley	[99][100]

Sky Bet Championship Goal of the Month

Month	Result	Player	Reference
November	Nominated	Joe Lolley	[101]

Cups

EFL Cup Player of the Round

Round	Result	Player	Reference
2	Won	Gil Dias	[102]

Other

PFA Player of the Month

Month	Result	Player	Reference
October	Won	Joe Lolley	[103]
November	Nominated	Joe Lolley	[104]