2021–22 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

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Nottingham Forest
2021–22 season
OwnerNF Football Investments Ltd
ChairmanNicholas Randall QC
ManagerChris Hughton (until 16 September 2021)
Steven Reid (interim manager from 16 September 2021)[1]
StadiumThe City Ground
Championship24th
FA CupThird round
EFL CupSecond round
Away colours
Third colours

The 2021–22 season will be Nottingham Forest's 156th year in existence, and 14th consecutive season in the EFL Championship. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the 2021–22 FA Cup and the EFL Cup. The season covers the period between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022.

Players[]

As of 31 August 2021[2]
Squad no. Name Nationality Date of birth (age) Previous club Joined first team Contract ends
Goalkeepers
1 Ethan Horvath United States (1995-06-09) 9 June 1995 (age 26) Belgium Club Brugge 2021 2024
12 Jordan Smith England (1994-12-08) 8 December 1994 (age 26) England Forest Academy 2016 2022
30 Brice Samba Republic of the Congo (1994-04-25) 25 April 1994 (age 27) France Caen 2019 2023
Defenders
2 Djed Spence England (2000-08-09) 9 August 2000 (age 21) England Middlesbrough 2021 2022
3 Tobias Figueiredo Portugal (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 27) Portugal Sporting 2018 2022
4 Joe Worrall England (1997-01-10) 10 January 1997 (age 24) England Forest Academy 2016 2024
5 Rodrigo Ely Brazil (1993-11-03) 3 November 1993 (age 27) Spain Alavés 2021 2022
6 Loïc Mbe Soh France (2001-06-13) 13 June 2001 (age 20) France Paris Saint-Germain 2020 2024
13 Gaëtan Bong Cameroon (1988-04-25) 25 April 1988 (age 33) England Brighton & Hove Albion 2020 2022
15 Max Lowe England (1997-05-11) 11 May 1997 (age 24) England Sheffield United 2021 2022
16 Carl Jenkinson England (1992-02-08) 8 February 1992 (age 29) England Arsenal 2019 2022
24 Jordi Osei-Tutu England (1998-10-02) 2 October 1998 (age 22) England Arsenal 2021 2022
25 Mohamed Dräger Tunisia (1996-06-25) 25 June 1996 (age 25) Greece Olympiacos 2021
26 Scott McKenna Scotland (1996-11-12) 12 November 1996 (age 24) Scotland Aberdeen 2020 2024
Midfielders
8 Jack Colback England (1989-10-24) 24 October 1989 (age 31) England Newcastle United 2020 2023
10 João Carvalho Portugal (1997-03-09) 9 March 1997 (age 24) Portugal Benfica 2018 2023
11 Philip Zinckernagel Denmark (1994-12-16) 16 December 1994 (age 26) England Watford 2021 2022
18 Cafú Portugal (1993-02-26) 26 February 1993 (age 28) Greece Olympiacos 2020 2023
21 Braian Ojeda Paraguay (2000-06-27) 27 June 2000 (age 21) Paraguay Olimpia 2021 2025
22 Ryan Yates England (1997-11-21) 21 November 1997 (age 23) England Forest Academy 2016 2023
37 James Garner England (2001-03-13) 13 March 2001 (age 20) England Manchester United 2021 2022
38 Tyrese Fornah England (1999-09-11) 11 September 1999 (age 22) England Forest Academy 2020 2022
Forwards
7 Lewis Grabban England (1988-01-12) 12 January 1988 (age 33) England Bournemouth 2018 2022
17 Alex Mighten England (2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 19) England Forest Academy 2020 2025
19 Xande Silva Portugal (1997-03-16) 16 March 1997 (age 24) England West Ham United 2021 2023
20 Brennan Johnson Wales (2001-05-23) 23 May 2001 (age 20) England Forest Academy 2019 2023
23 Joe Lolley England (1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 (age 29) England Huddersfield Town 2018 2023
33 Lyle Taylor Montserrat (1990-03-29) 29 March 1990 (age 31) England Charlton Athletic 2020 2023

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Forest announced their pre-season schedule would include friendlies against Alfreton Town,[3] Port Vale,[4] Northampton Town,[4] Crewe Alexandra,[4] Aston Villa[5] and Burnley.[5]

10 July 2021 Friendly Alfreton Town 1–2 Nottingham Forest XI Alfreton
15:00 BST Tuton Goal 55' Report Johnson Goal 18'
Swan Goal 88'		 Stadium: North Street
Attendance: 805
17 July 2021 Friendly Port Vale 0–2 Nottingham Forest Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST Report Mighten Goal 13'
Colback Goal 24'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
20 July 2021 Friendly Northampton Town 0–2 Nottingham Forest Northampton
19:45 BST Report Taylor Goal 48'
Cafu Goal 61'		 Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 2,526
24 July 2021 Friendly Crewe Alexandra 2–2 Nottingham Forest Crewe
15:00 BST Ainley Goal 75'
Adebisi Goal 79'		 Report Johnson Goal 30', 56' Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 1,813
28 July 2021 Friendly Aston Villa Cancelled Nottingham Forest Bodymoor Heath
13:00 BST Stadium: Bodymoor Heath Training Ground
Note: Match was cancelled after a small number of positive cases of COVID-19 were identified in the Forest squad.[6]
31 July 2021 Friendly Nottingham Forest Cancelled Burnley West Bridgford
15:00 BST Stadium: The City Ground
Note: Match was cancelled after a small number of positive cases of COVID-19 were identified in the Forest squad.[7]

Competitions[]

EFL Championship[]

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Championship

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
19 Barnsley 8 1 5 2 6 9 −3 8
20 Blackpool 8 2 2 4 7 12 −5 8
21 Swansea City 8 1 4 3 7 11 −4 7
22 Peterborough United 8 2 1 5 10 17 −7 7 Relegation to EFL League One
23 Hull City 8 1 2 5 5 12 −7 5
24 Nottingham Forest 8 1 1 6 7 12 −5 4
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2021. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[8]

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
8 1 1 6 7 12  −5 4 0 0 4 3 8  −5 1 1 2 4 4  0

Last updated: 18 September 2021.
Source:[citation needed]

Results by matchday[]

Matchday12345678
GroundAHHAAHHA
ResultLLLLDLLW
Position2023232424242424
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2021. Source:[citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

Nottingham Forest's fixtures were revealed on 24 June 2021.[9]

8 August 2021 1 Coventry City 2–1 Nottingham Forest Coventry
16:30 BST Sheaf Yellow card 34'
McFadzean Yellow card 49' Goal 90+6'
Maatsen Yellow card 55'
Hamer Yellow card 61'
Gyökeres Goal 81'		 Report Taylor Goal 36' Yellow card 58' Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena
Attendance: 20,843
Referee: James Linington
Note: Live on Sky Sports
14 August 2021 2 Nottingham Forest 1–2 Bournemouth West Bridgford
15:00 BST McKenna Goal 48' Yellow card 90'
Colback Yellow card 73'		 Report Mepham Yellow card 16'
Brooks Goal 28' Yellow card 35' Yellow-red card 60'
Billing Goal 58'		 Stadium: The City Ground
Attendance: 25,035
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
17 August 2021 3 Nottingham Forest 1–2 Blackburn Rovers West Bridgford
19:45 BST Colback Yellow card 54'
Zinckernagel Goal 69'
Gabriel Yellow card 85' Yellow-red card 90'		 Report Ayala Goal 47'
Gallagher Yellow card 66'
Carter Yellow card 71'
Lenihan Goal 86'
Brereton Díaz Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: The City Ground
Attendance: 24,850
Referee: Gavin Ward
21 August 2021 4 Stoke City 1–0 Nottingham Forest Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST Tymon Goal 66'
Clucas Yellow card 85'
Souttar Yellow card 88'		 Report Figueiredo Yellow card 28'
Samba Yellow card 62'		 Stadium: Bet365 Stadium
Attendance: 21,346
Referee: Oliver Langford
28 August 2021 5 Derby County 1–1 Nottingham Forest Derby
12:30 GMT Lawrence Goal 11'
Jóźwiak Yellow card 39'
Morrison Yellow card 68'
Byrne Yellow card 80'
Sibley Yellow card 83'		 Report Garner Yellow card 35'
Johnson Goal 82'		 Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 22,991
Referee: Tim Robinson
Note: Live on Sky Sports
12 September 2021 6 Nottingham Forest 1–2 Cardiff City West Bridgford
14:30 GMT Grabban Goal 23' Report Vaulks Yellow card 33'
Colwill Goal 58, 73'
Ng Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: The City Ground
Attendance: 24,153
Referee: Dean Whitestone
Note: Live on Sky Sports
15 September 2021 7 Nottingham Forest 0–2 Middlesbrough West Bridgford
19:45 BST Yates Yellow card 68' Report Šporar Goal 24' Yellow card 26'
Howson Yellow card 45+1'
Peltier Yellow card 50'
Crooks Yellow card 62'
Hernández Goal 72' Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: The City Ground
Attendance: 23,830
Referee: James Linington
18 September 2021 8 Huddersfield Town 0–2 Nottingham Forest Huddersfield
15:00 BST Ward Yellow card 16'
Turton Yellow card 61'		 Report Grabban Goal 22'
Nicholls Goal 48' (o.g.)
Garner Yellow card 68'		 Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 17,462
Referee: Chris Kavanagh

FA Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

EFL Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

Forest were drawn at home to Bradford City in the first round[10][11] and Wolverhampton Wanderers in the second round.[12][13]

11 August 2021 First round Nottingham Forest 2–1 Bradford City West Bridgford
19:45 BST Cafú Yellow card 15'
Carvalho Goal 39', 41'		 Report Cousin-Dawson Yellow card 7'
Cooke Goal 54'		 Stadium: The City Ground
Attendance: 9,514
Referee: Peter Wright
24 August 2021 Second round Nottingham Forest 0–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers West Bridgford
20:00 BST Report Saïss Goal 58'
Podence Goal 60'
Trincão Goal 86'
Gibbs-White Goal 88'		 Stadium: The City Ground
Attendance: 10,769
Referee: Andy Davies

Transfers[]

In[]

Transfers in[]

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Team Ref.
5 July 2021 MF England Billy Fewster England Leeds United Free transfer Under-23s [14]
5 July 2021 FW England Lewis Salmon England Altrincham Undisclosed Under-23s [14]
13 July 2021 GK Scotland Nicky Hogarth Scotland Rangers Free transfer Under-23s [15]
13 July 2021 GK United States Ethan Horvath Belgium Club Brugge Free transfer First team [16]
13 August 2021 GK England Joe Watkins England Charlton Athletic Free transfer Under-23s [17]
31 August 2021 DF Tunisia Mohamed Dräger Greece Olympiacos Undisclosed First team [18]
31 August 2021 MF Paraguay Braian Ojeda Paraguay Olimpia Undisclosed First team [18]
31 August 2021 FW Portugal Xande Silva England West Ham United Undisclosed First team [19]
2 September 2021 DF Brazil Rodrigo Ely Spain Alavés Free transfer First team [20]

Loans in[]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Team Ref.
7 August 2021 FW Denmark Philip Zinckernagel England Watford End of season First team [21]
10 August 2021 DF England Jordi Osei-Tutu England Arsenal End of season First team [22]
22 August 2021 MF England James Garner England Manchester United End of season First team [23]
27 August 2021 DF England Max Lowe England Sheffield United End of season First team [24]
1 September 2021 DF England Djed Spence England Middlesbrough End of season First team [25]

Out[]

Transfers out[]

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Team Ref.
1 July 2021 MF England Sammy Ameobi England Middlesbrough Released First team [26][27]
1 July 2021 FW England Elliott Andrew Released Under-23s [26]
1 July 2021 FW Ghana Keith Asare Released Under-23s [26]
1 July 2021 DF England Michael Dawson Retired First team [26][28]
1 July 2021 MF England Ethan Dekel-Daks Released Under-23s [26]
1 July 2021 GK Senegal Abdoulaye Diallo Released First team [26]
1 July 2021 MF Republic of Ireland Yassine En-Neyah Republic of Ireland Shelbourne Released Under-23s [26][29]
1 July 2021 MF United States Adrian Galliani Greece Olympiacos Released Under-23s [26][30]
1 July 2021 FW France Virgil Gomis France Paris FC Released Under-23s [26]
1 July 2021 DF Germany Michael Hefele Retired First team [26][31]
1 July 2021 FW England Glenn Murray Retired First team [26]
1 July 2021 MF Greece Grigoris Pietris Released Under-23s [26]
1 July 2021 MF Greece Fotis Pikoulas Greece Apollon Smyrnis Released Under-23s [26]
1 July 2021 DF England Danny Preston Released Under-23s [26]
1 July 2021 DF Portugal Yuri Ribeiro Poland Legia Warsaw Released First team [26][32]
1 July 2021 MF Mali Samba Sow Released First team [26]
1 July 2021 DF England Malique Spooner Released Under-23s [26]
1 July 2021 GK England Michael Statham Released Under-23s [26]
6 August 2021 DF England Tyler Blackett United States FC Cincinnati Free transfer First team [33]
16 August 2021 MF Comoros Fouad Bachirou Cyprus Omonia Free transfer First team [34]
31 August 2021 DF England Jordan Gabriel England Blackpool Undisclosed First team [35]

Loans out[]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Team Ref.
25 June 2021 GK England George Shelvey England Mansfield Town End of season Under-23s [36]
5 July 2021 DF Cyprus Nicholas Ioannou Italy Como 1907 End of season First team [37]
16 August 2021 MF England Josh Barnes England Truro City 17 September 2021 Under-23s [38]
31 August 2021 MF Republic of Ireland Harry Arter England Charlton Athletic End of season First team [39]
31 August 2021 FW Cape Verde Nuno da Costa France Caen End of season First team [39]
14 September 2021 DF Albania Rezart Rama England Truro City 12 October 2021 Under-23s [40]

New contracts[]

Date Position Nationality Player Old contract end New contract end Ref.
5 July 2021 MF England Josh Barnes 2021 [41]
5 July 2021 DF England Riley Harbottle 2021 [41]
5 July 2021 DF England Sam Sanders 2021 [41]
5 July 2021 GK England Jordan Wright 2021 [41]
13 July 2021 MF England Fin Back [42]
10 August 2021 DF Northern Ireland Aaron Donnelly [43]

Statistics[]

Goals and appearances[]

As of match played 18 September 2021[a][b]
No. Pos Nat Player Total EFL Championship FA Cup EFL Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK United States Ethan Horvath 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
2 DF England Djed Spence 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Portugal Tobias Figueiredo 6 0 4+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
4 DF England Joe Worrall 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Brazil Rodrigo Ely 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF France Loïc Mbe Soh 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW England Lewis Grabban 8 2 4+3 2 0 0 1 0
8 MF England Jack Colback 5 0 3+1 0 0 0 1 0
10 MF Portugal João Carvalho 5 2 2+2 0 0 0 1 2
11 FW Denmark Philip Zinckernagel 8 1 6+1 1 0 0 1 0
12 GK England Jordan Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 DF Cameroon Gaëtan Bong 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF England Max Lowe 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW England Alex Mighten 9 0 3+4 0 0 0 1+1 0
18 MF Portugal Cafú 4 0 1+1 0 0 0 1+1 0
19 FW Portugal Xande Silva 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW Wales Brennan Johnson 8 1 7+1 1 0 0 0 0
21 MF Paraguay Braian Ojeda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF England Ryan Yates 9 0 8 0 0 0 0+1 0
23 MF England Joe Lolley 5 0 3+2 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF England Jordi Osei-Tutu 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF Tunisia Mohamed Dräger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF Scotland Scott McKenna 8 1 8 1 0 0 0 0
27 DF England Jordan Gabriel 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW Cape Verde Nuno da Costa 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
30 GK Republic of the Congo Brice Samba 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
33 FW Montserrat Lyle Taylor 7 1 6 1 0 0 0+1 0
37 MF England James Garner 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
38 MF England Tyrese Fornah 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 2 0
41 MF England Oliver Hammond 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
42 MF France Ateef Konaté 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
43 DF Portugal Baba Fernandes 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
44 DF England Fin Back 4 0 1+1 0 0 0 2 0
45 DF England Jayden Richardson 4 0 0+2 0 0 0 2 0
46 DF England Riley Harbottle 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF Republic of Ireland Harry Arter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Cyprus Nicholas Ioannou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF England Carl Jenkinson 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 are in bold left Nottingham Forest on a permanent basis having played a competitive match this season.

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