2016–17 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest
2016–17 season
Owner Fawaz Al-Hasawi
(until 18 May)
Evangelos Marinakis (80%)
Sokratis Kominakis (20%)
(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
24,357 from 26 July to 11 August
30,445 from 11 August)
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)

The 2016–17 season was Nottingham Forest's 151st season in existence and 9th consecutive season in the Championship since promotion in 2007–08. 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.

First team squad

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

New contracts

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

Player transfers

Transfers in

First team
Date Position Nationality Name From Transfer fee Reference
29 June 2016 ST Apostolos Vellios Iraklis 1908 Undisclosed
8 July 2016 DF Thomas Lam Zwolle Free transfer
22 July 2016 GK Stephen Henderson Charlton Athletic Free transfer
22 July 2016 DF Damien Perquis Free agent Free transfer
1 August 2016 DF Armand Traoré Free agent Free transfer
24 August 2016 GK Vladimir Stojković Maccabi Haifa Undisclosed
31 August 2016 MF Mustapha Carayol Middlesbrough Free transfer
31 August 2016 MF Licá Porto Undisclosed
7 September 2016 ST Nicklas Bendtner Free agent Free transfer
31 January 2017 ST Zach Clough Bolton Wanderers Undisclosed
31 January 2017 MF Gboly Ariyibi Chesterfield Undisclosed
Academy
Date Position Nationality Name From Transfer fee Reference
21 June 2016 GK Rudolfs Soloha Riga Football School Undisclosed
6 July 2016 MF Rob Worrall Harrogate Town Nominal Fee
28 July 2016 GK Chris Marques Free agent Free transfer
23 September 2016 ST Lewis Walters Free agent Free transfer

Loans in

Date Position Nationality Name From Loan Expired Reference
22 July 2016 DF Hildeberto Pereira Benfica B End of Season
3 August 2016 MF Pajtim Kasami Olympiacos End of Season
31 August 2016 ST Nicolao Dumitru Napoli End of Season
30 January 2017 MF Aaron Tshibola Aston Villa End of Season
31 January 2017 MF João Teixeira Benfica End of Season
31 January 2017 ST Ross McCormack Aston Villa End of Season

Transfers out

First team
Date Position Nationality Name To Transfer fee Reference
1 July 2016 MF Chris Burke Free agent (Later joined Ross County) Released
1 July 2016 MF Andy Reid Retired
1 July 2016 MF Robert Tesche Birmingham City Released
1 July 2016 DF Kelvin Wilson Free agent (Later joined Rotherham United) Released
13 August 2016 GK Dorus de Vries Celtic Undisclosed
27 August 2016 ST Jamie Paterson Bristol City Undisclosed
28 August 2016 MF Oliver Burke RB Leipzig Undisclosed
31 August 2016 ST Lars Veldwijk K.V. Kortrijk Undisclosed
1 September 2016 ST Dexter Blackstock Free agent (Later joined Rotherham United) Contract terminated
20 January 2017 MF Henri Lansbury Aston Villa Undisclosed
6 March 2017 ST Nicklas Bendtner Rosenborg Undisclosed
Academy
Date Position Nationality Name To Transfer Fee Reference
15 June 2016 ST Nikolay Todorov Heart of Midlothian Released
1 July 2016 MF Liam Adams Free agent (Later joined Boston United) Released
1 July 2016 ST Aidan Austin Free agent (Later joined AFC Sudbury) Released
1 July 2016 GK Joe Boyd Free agent (Later joined Carson–Newman Eagles) Released
1 July 2016 MF Dylan Burns Free agent (Later joined Tasman United) Released
1 July 2016 GK Richard Dearle Free agent (Later joined Embry–Riddle Eagles) Released
1 July 2016 DF Ismael Diallo Free agent (Later joined Dudley Town) Released
1 July 2016 MF Tom Gamblen Free agent Released
1 July 2016 DF Jack Kelly Free agent (Later joined Hemel Hempstead Town) Released
1 July 2016 MF Josh Rees Free agent (Later joined Chelmsford City) Released
1 July 2016 ST Luke Thomas Free agent Released
1 July 2016 ST Kasheme Walton Free agent Released
31 August 2016 MF Deimantas Petravičius Zagłębie Lubin Free transfer
5 June 2017 MF Kyle McClean St Johnstone Released

Loans out

Date loaned Position Nationality Name To Loan expired Reference
29 July 2016 ST Gerry McDonagh Wrexham 13 January 2017
26 August 2016 MF Ryan Yates Barrow 9 January 2017
31 August 2016 GK Dimitar Evtimov Olhanense 13 January 2017
31 August 2016 DF Alex Iacovitti Mansfield Town 13 January 2017
31 August 2016 ST Tyler Walker Stevenage 13 January 2017
31 August 2016 MF Jamie Ward Burton Albion 20 January 2017
25 November 2016 GK Tim Erlandsson Barrow 25 December 2016
17 January 2017 ST Tyler Walker Port Vale End of season
20 January 2017 GK Tim Erlandsson AFC Eskilstuna End of Allsvenskan season
21 January 2017 ST Gerry McDonagh Cambridge United End of season
31 January 2017 MF Jorge Grant Notts County End of season
31 January 2017 MF Ryan Yates Shrewsbury Town End of season
6 February 2017 MF Licá Estoril End of season
24 February 2017 ST James Thorne Macclesfield Town 24 March 2017
23 March 2017 GK Jordan Wright Alfreton Town End of season
  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.
  2. The Nottingham Post reported Vellios' fee to be €1,200,000; approximately £950,000 in Pound Sterling.
  3. The Nottingham Post reported Licá's transfer fee to have been £300,000.
  4. Clough's transfer fee was reported by the Nottingham Post to be greater than £3,000,000.
  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.
  6. Lansbury's transfer fee was reported by the Nottingham Post and Sky Sports to have been £3,000,000.

Pre-season friendlies

9 July 2016 Friendly Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Nottingham Forest Enfield
Son 3'
Carroll 7'
Pritchard 88' 		Report
12 July 2016 Friendly Millwall 1–2 Nottingham Forest Portugal
Philpot ?' Report 18' Blackstock
49' Burke
15 July 2016 Friendly Braga 0–3 Nottingham Forest Portugal
19:30 CEST Report 51' Lansbury
73' Iacovitti
90' Burke 		Stadium: Estádio da Nora
19 July 2016 Friendly Port Vale 0–2 Nottingham Forest Burslem
19:45 CEST Report 40' Mills
56' Assombalonga 		Stadium: Vale Park
23 July 2016 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 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 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:

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:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

6 August 2016 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 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 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 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 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

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

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.

9 August 2016 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

Appearances and goals

As of match played 7 May 2017
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 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.

Goal scorers

As of match played 7 May 2017
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
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