2015–16 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest
2015–16 season
OwnerFawaz Al-Hasawi
ChairmanFawaz Al-Hasawi
ManagerDougie Freedman
(until 13 March)
Paul Williams
(caretaker from 13 March to 13 May)
Philippe Montanier
(from 27 June)
StadiumThe City Ground
West Bridgford
(Capacity: 30,445)
Championship16th
FA CupFourth round
League CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Nélson Oliveira (9)
All: Nélson Oliveira (9)
Highest home attendance27,551
(vs. Leeds United, Football League Championship, 27 December)
Lowest home attendance5,237
(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 Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Joined First Team Player Contracted Until
Goalkeepers
1 Dorus de Vries Netherlands (1980-12-29) 29 December 1980 (age 43) Wolverhampton Wanderers 2013 2017
26 Dimitar Evtimov Bulgaria (1993-09-07) 7 September 1993 (age 31) Chavdar Etropole 2011 2019
Defenders
2 Eric Lichaj United States (1988-11-17) 17 November 1988 (age 36) Aston Villa 2013 2018
3 Bojan Jokić Slovenia (1986-05-17) 17 May 1986 (age 38) Villarreal 2016 2016
4 Michael Mancienne England (1988-01-08) 8 January 1988 (age 36) Hamburg 2014 2017
5 Matt Mills England (1986-07-14) 14 July 1986 (age 38) Bolton Wanderers 2015 2018
6 Kelvin Wilson England (1985-09-03) 3 September 1985 (age 39) Celtic 2013 2016
13 Danny Fox Scotland (1986-05-29) 29 May 1986 (age 38) Southampton 2014 2017
25 Jack Hobbs England (1988-08-18) 18 August 1988 (age 36) Hull City 2014 2018
31 Daniel Pinillos Spain (1992-10-22) 22 October 1992 (age 32) Córdoba 2015 2017
Midfielders
8 Chris Cohen England (1987-03-05) 5 March 1987 (age 37) Yeovil Town 2007 2017
10 Henri Lansbury England (1990-10-12) 12 October 1990 (age 34) Arsenal 2012 2017
11 Andy Reid Republic of Ireland (1982-07-29) 29 July 1982 (age 42) Blackpool 2011 2016
15 Ryan Mendes Cape Verde (1990-01-08) 8 January 1990 (age 34) Lille 2015 2016
22 Gary Gardner England (1992-06-29) 29 June 1992 (age 32) Aston Villa 2015 2016
24 David Vaughan Wales (1983-02-18) 18 February 1983 (age 41) Sunderland 2014 2017
32 Robert Tesche Germany (1987-05-27) 27 May 1987 (age 37) Hamburg 2014 2016
35 Oliver Burke Scotland (1997-04-07) 7 April 1997 (age 27) Academy Product 2015 2020
37 Jorge Grant England (1994-09-26) 26 September 1994 (age 30) Academy Product 2013 2017
38 Ben Osborn England (1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 (age 30) Academy Product 2012 2019
Forwards
7 Matty Fryatt England (1986-03-05) 5 March 1986 (age 38) Hull City 2014 2017
9 Britt Assombalonga Democratic Republic of the Congo (1992-12-06) 6 December 1992 (age 32) Peterborough United 2014 2019
17 Nélson Oliveira Portugal (1991-08-08) 8 August 1991 (age 33) Benfica 2015 2016
18 Federico Macheda Italy (1991-08-22) 22 August 1991 (age 33) Cardiff City 2016 2016
19 Jamie Ward Northern Ireland (1986-05-12) 12 May 1986 (age 38) Derby County 2015 2019
23 Dexter Blackstock Antigua and Barbuda (1986-05-20) 20 May 1986 (age 38) Queens Park Rangers 2009 2017
29 Chris O'Grady England (1986-01-25) 25 January 1986 (age 38) Brighton & Hove Albion 2015 2016

New contracts

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

Player transfers

[a]

Transfers in

First team
Date Position Nationality Name From Transfer Fee Reference
1 July 2015 DF England Matt Mills Free agent Free transfer [12]
2 July 2015 MF Northern Ireland Jamie Ward Free agent Free transfer [13]
30 July 2015 DF Spain Daniel Pinillos Free agent Free transfer [14]
Academy
Date Position Nationality Name From Transfer Fee Reference
14 January 2016 MF Sweden Anel Ahmedhodžić Malmö Undisclosed [15]

Loans in

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

Transfers out

First team
Date Position Nationality Name To Transfer Fee Reference
16 June 2015 ST Scotland Jamie Mackie Queens Park Rangers Free transfer [28]
1 July 2015 DF Wales Danny Collins Free agent (Later joined Rotherham United)[29] Released [30]
1 July 2015 DF England Greg Halford Free agent (Later joined Rotherham United)[31] Released [30]
1 July 2015 DF England Dan Harding Free agent (Later joined Eastleigh)[32] Released [30]
1 July 2015 DF England Louis Laing Free agent (Later joined Motherwell)[33] Released [30]
30 July 2015 MF Algeria Djamel Abdoun Free agent (Later joined Veria)[34] Contract Terminated [35]
30 July 2015 MF Poland Radosław Majewski Free agent (Later joined Veria)[36] Contract Terminated [35]
27 August 2015 MF Republic of Ireland Stephen McLaughlin Southend United Undisclosed [37]
1 September 2015 MF England Michail Antonio West Ham United Undisclosed[c] [39]
Academy
Date Position Nationality Name To Transfer Fee Reference
1 July 2015 MF Scotland Jack Blake Free agent (Later joined Minnesota United)[40] Released [41]
1 July 2015 DF England Kieran Fenton Free agent (Later joined Worksop Town)[42] Released [41]
1 July 2015 ST Ivory Coast Wilfried Gnahoré Free agent (Later joined Hemel Hempstead Town)[43] Released [41]
1 July 2015 ST Australia Josh Macdonald Free agent (Later joined Western Sydney Wanderers)[44] Released [41]
1 July 2015 GK Republic of Ireland Aaron Myles Free agent (Later joined Tolka Rovers)[45] Released [41]
1 July 2015 ST England Derrick Otim Free agent (Later joined Xavier Musketeers)[46] Released [41]
1 July 2015 MF Greece Ilias Polimos Free agent (Later joined Panthrakikos)[47] Released [41]
1 July 2015 MF Cameroon Edouard Schoenecker Free agent (Later joined Carlton Town)[48] Released [41]
21 January 2016 DF Spain Roger Riera Celta Vigo B[49] Contract Terminated [50]
23 May 2016 GK England Ross Durant Ilkeston Released [51]
1 June 2016 DF Cyprus Andreas Karo Apollon Limassol Released [52]

Loans out

Date Position Nationality Name To Loan Expired Reference
1 July 2015 ST Netherlands Lars Veldwijk Zwolle 30 June 2016 [53]
1 September 2015 ST England Jamie Paterson Huddersfield Town 30 June 2016 [54]
22 January 2016 MF Scotland Chris Burke Rotherham United 30 June 2016 [55]
23 January 2016 MF Lithuania Deimantas Petravičius Stevenage 21 February 2016 [56]
22 February 2016 DF England Jack Kelly Hemel Hempstead Town 20 March 2016 [57]
24 March 2016 ST England Tyler Walker Burton Albion 30 June 2016 [58]
  1. ^ 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]
  2. ^ Ebecilio's loan was originally agreed to expire on 30 June 2016, but his loan was terminated early by mutual consent.[16]
  3. ^ 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

Main article: 2015–16 Football League 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
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

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultLWDDLWWLDLLDDLLWLWWDDWDDDDWWDWLLLLWLDLLLLDDWDW
Position241211111611891013141516171918181615151513151414141211111010121515131414151617201918171716
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 Red card 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 Red card 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 Red card 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 Red card 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 Yellow card 42' Yellow-red card 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 Red card 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 Red card 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
Red card 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 Yellow card 77' Yellow-red card 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
Red card 37' Fox
74' Assombalonga		 Stadium: Stadium mk
Attendance: 15,486
Referee: Steve Martin

FA Cup

Main article: 2015–16 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

Main article: 2015–16 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[a][b]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Netherlands NED Dorus de Vries 48 0 45 0 2 0 1 0
2 DF United States USA Eric Lichaj 46 1 43 1 1+1 0 1 0
3 DF Slovenia SVN Bojan Jokić 21 0 19+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
4 DF England ENG Michael Mancienne 33 0 29+2 0 1 0 1 0
5 DF England ENG Matt Mills 42 5 42 5 0 0 0 0
6 DF England ENG Kelvin Wilson 17 0 11+3 0 2 0 1 0
7 ST England ENG Matty Fryatt[c] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF England ENG Chris Cohen 17 1 11+4 1 2 0 0 0
9 ST Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Britt Assombalonga 4 1 0+4 1 0 0 0 0
10 MF England ENG Henri Lansbury 29 4 26+2 4 0+1 0 0 0
11 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Andy Reid[d] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 DF Scotland SCO Danny Fox 11 0 8+2 0 0 0 1 0
14 MF Netherlands NED Kyle Ebecilio 5 0 3+2 0 0 0 0 0
14 ST Netherlands NED Lars Veldwijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MF Cape Verde CPV Ryan Mendes 32 2 26+6 2 0 0 0 0
17 ST Portugal POR Nélson Oliveira 29 9 24+4 9 0+1 0 0 0
18 MF England ENG Michail Antonio 5 4 4 2 0 0 0+1 2
18 ST Italy ITA Federico Macheda 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF England ENG Liam Trotter 9 1 5+4 1 0 0 0 0
19 MF Northern Ireland NIR Jamie Ward 34 3 20+11 2 2 1 1 0
20 MF Wales WAL Jonny Williams 10 0 4+6 0 0 0 0 0
21 ST England ENG Jamie Paterson 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
22 MF England ENG Gary Gardner 22 2 18+2 2 2 0 0 0
23 ST Antigua and Barbuda ATG Dexter Blackstock 32 4 12+17 4 2 0 0+1 0
24 MF Wales WAL David Vaughan 37 1 31+4 1 1 0 1 0
25 DF England ENG Jack Hobbs 23 0 18+2 0 2 0 1 0
26 GK Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Evtimov 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Scotland SCO Chris Burke 10 0 7+2 0 0 0 1 0
29 ST England ENG Chris O'Grady 21 2 15+6 2 0 0 0 0
31 DF Spain ESP Daniel Pinillos 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Germany GER Robert Tesche 25 1 17+7 1 1 0 0 0
34 ST England ENG Tyler Walker 15 1 5+9 0 0 0 1 1
35 MF Scotland SCO Oliver Burke 21 2 6+12 2 2 0 0+1 0
37 MF England ENG Jorge Grant 11 0 2+8 0 1 0 0 0
38 MF England ENG Ben Osborn 38 3 32+4 3 1+1 0 0 0
39 ST Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Todorov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 DF Scotland SCO Alex Iacovitti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 ST Ireland EIR Gerry McDonagh 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
42 DF England ENG Joe Worrall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 GK England ENG Ross Durrant 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 MF Lithuania LTU Deimantas Petravičius 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
45 FW England ENG Ben Brereton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 DF Scotland SCO Jordan Gabriel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 MF England ENG Toby Edser 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 GK England ENG Jordan Wright 0 0 0 0 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.[62]
  4. ^ 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
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 Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
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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