2016–17 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest

2016–17 season
Chairman	Fawaz Al-Hasawi
Manager	Philippe Montanier
Stadium	City Ground West Bridgford (Capacity: 30,445 from 11 August 2016)
Championship	13th
FA Cup	Third Round
EFL Cup	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: Britt Assombalonga, Henri Lansbury, Apostolos Vellios (6) All: Britt Assombalonga, Henri Lansbury, Apostolos Vellios (6)
Highest home attendance	23,012 (6 Aug. vs. Burton Albion)
Lowest home attendance	16,539 (22 Oct. vs. Cardiff City)
Home colours Away colours
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season is Nottingham Forest's 151st season in existence and 9th consecutive season in the Championship since promotion in 2007–08.^[1] In addition to the Championship, the club will participate in the FA Cup and the newly rebranded EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

First Team Squad

As of 8 September 2016^[2]

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Year Signed	Contract Expires
Goalkeepers
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	Club Academy	2016	—
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	2017
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	2016	2017
25	Jack Hobbs		18 August 1988	Hull City	2014	2018
27	Damien Perquis		10 April 1984	Toronto FC	2016	2018
28	Thomas Lam		18 December 1993	PEC Zwolle	2016	2019
42	Joe Worrall		10 January 1997	Club Academy	2016	—
46	Jordan Gabriel		25 September 1998	Club Academy	2016	—
Midfielders
8	Chris Cohen		5 March 1987	Yeovil Town	2007	2017
10	Henri Lansbury		12 October 1990	Arsenal	2012	2017
11	Ben Osborn		5 August 1994	Club Academy	2012	2020
18	Mustapha Carayol		4 September 1988	Middlesbrough	2016	2018
20	Licá		8 September 1988	Porto	2016	2018
22	Pajtim Kasami		2 June 1992	Olympiacos	2016	2017
24	David Vaughan		18 February 1983	Sunderland	2014	2017
37	Jorge Grant		26 September 1994	Nike Football Academy	2013	2017
41	Matty Cash		7 August 1997	Club Academy	2016	2019
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
14	Nicklas Bendtner		16 January 1988	VfL Wolfsburg	2016	2018
39	Apostolos Vellios		8 January 1992	Iraklis 1908	2016	2020
47	James Thorne		3 January 1996	Macclesfield Town	2015	—

Contract Extensions

Date	Position	Name	Extension	Previous Contract Expired	New Contract Expires	Ref.
25 July 2016	DF	Danny Fox	1 Year	2017	2018	[3]
5 August 2016	MF	Matty Cash	1 Year	2018	2019	[4]
5 August 2016	MF	Ben Osborn	1 Year	2019	2020	[5]
2 September 2016	FW	Britt Assombalonga	2 Years	2019	2021	[6]

Player Transfers

Transfers In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Previous Club	Transfer Fee	Ref.
8 July 2016	CB		Thomas Lam	PEC Zwolle	Free Transfer	[7]
22 July 2016	GK		Stephen Henderson	Charlton Athletic	Free Transfer	[8]
22 July 2016	CB		Damien Perquis	Toronto FC	Out of Contract	[9]
28 July 2016	GK		Chris Marques	Stoke City	Out of Contract	[10]
1 August 2016	LB		Armand Traoré	Queens Park Rangers	Out of Contract	[11]
24 August 2016	GK		Vladimir Stojković	Maccabi Haifa	Undisclosed	[12]
31 August 2016	RW		Mustapha Carayol	Middlesbrough	Free Transfer[13]	[14]
31 August 2016	RW		Licá	Porto	Undisclosed[lower-alpha 1]	[16]
7 September 2016	CF		Nicklas Bendtner	VfL Wolfsburg	Out of Contract	[17]

1. The Nottingham Post reported Licá's transfer fee to have been £300,000.^[15]

Loans In

Date Signed	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Loan Expires	Ref.
22 July 2016	RB		Hildeberto Pereira	Benfica	30 June 2017	[18]
3 August 2016	CM		Pajtim Kasami	Olympiacos	30 June 2017	[19]
31 August 2016	FW		Nicolao Dumitru	Napoli	30 June 2017	[20]

Transfers Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Transfer Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	MF		Liam Adams	Free Agent (Later joined Boston United)[21]	End of Contract	[22]
1 July 2016	RW		Chris Burke	Free Agent (Later joined Ross County)[23]	End of Contract	[22]
1 July 2016	CM		Josh Rees	Free Agent (Later joined Chelmsford City)[24]	End of Contract	[22]
1 July 2016	CM		Robert Tesche	Birmingham City[25]	End of Contract	[22]
1 July 2016	CB		Kelvin Wilson	Free Agent (Later joined Rotherham United)[26]	End of Contract	[22]
1 July 2016	MF		Andy Reid	Retired[lower-alpha 1]	End of Contract	[22]
13 August 2016	GK		Dorus de Vries	Celtic	Undisclosed	[28]
27 August 2016	FW		Jamie Paterson	Bristol City	Undisclosed	[29]
28 August 2016	RW		Oliver Burke	RB Leipzig	Undisclosed[lower-alpha 2]	[31]
31 August 2016	RW		Deimantas Petravičius	Zagłębie Lubin	Free Transfer	[32]
31 August 2016	CF		Lars Veldwijk	K.V. Kortrijk	Undisclosed	[33]
1 September 2016	CF		Dexter Blackstock	Free Agent (Later joined Rotherham United)[34]	Contract Terminated	[35]

1. Reid's contract expired on the 1 July 2016, but Nottingham Forest Football Club announced that they would enter discussions with Reid over a new contract. On 29 July, however, Reid announced his retirement from professional football before any agreement had been reached.^[27]
2. Although officially undisclosed, Burke's transfer fee was reported by the BBC to be £13,000,000. This represented both a record fee for a Scottish player and a club record sale for Nottingham Forest Football Club.^[30]

Loans Out

Date Loaned	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date Loan Expires	Ref.
29 July 2016	FW		Gerry McDonagh	Wrexham	26 August 2016	[36]
26 August 2016	MF		Ryan Yates	Barrow	9 January 2017[37]	[38]
31 August 2016	FW		Tyler Walker	Stevenage	End of Season	[39]
31 August 2016	GK		Dimitar Evtimov	Olhanense	End of Season	[40]
31 August 2016	FW		Jamie Ward	Burton Albion	End of Season	[41]
31 August 2016	DF		Alex Iacovitti	Mansfield Town	End of Season	[42]
25 November 2016	GK		Tim Erlandsson	Barrow	25 December 2016	[43]

Pre-Season Friendlies

Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest

9 July 2016 Friendly	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	Nottingham Forest	London Borough of Enfield
	Son  3' Carroll  7' Pritchard  88'	Report

Millwall v Nottingham Forest

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

Braga v Nottingham Forest

15 July 2016 Friendly	Braga	0–3	Nottingham Forest	Ferieras, Portugal
19:30 CEST		Report	51' Lansbury  73' Iacovitti  90' Burke	Stadium: Estadio da Nora

Port Vale v Nottingham Forest

19 July 2016 Friendly	Port Vale	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Burslem
19:45 CEST		Report	40' Mills  56' Assombalonga	Stadium: Vale Park

Notts County v Nottingham Forest

23 July 2016 Friendly	Notts County	1–2	Nottingham Forest	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Rodman  65'	Report	57' Osborn  77' Paterson	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 9,007

Nottingham Forest v Hull City

30 July 2016 Friendly	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Hull City	West Bridgford
15:00	Burke  87'	Report	5'  17' Diomandé	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 3,777 Referee: Lee Collins

Competitions

Championship

On Wednesday 22 June 2016, The Football League released the fixture list for the 2016–17 EFL Championship. Forest would open their season at home to newly promoted Burton Albion. The two sides had never before met in a competitive match.^[44]

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Bristol City	19	8	3	8	26	22	+4	27
12	Barnsley	19	7	4	8	32	29	+3	25
13	Nottingham Forest	19	7	4	8	34	33	+1	25
14	Preston North End	19	7	4	8	24	23	+1	25
15	Aston Villa	19	5	10	4	21	20	+1	25

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: English Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

Nottingham Forest v Burton Albion

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 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Brighton & Hove Albion v Nottingham Forest

12 August 2016 2	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–0	Nottingham Forest	Falmer
19:45 BST	Knockaert  36' Murray  68'  82'	Report		Stadium: American Express Community Stadium Attendance: 25,748 Referee: Andrew Madley

Brentford v Nottingham Forest

16 August 2016 3	Brentford	1–0	Nottingham Forest	London Borough of Hounslow
19:45 BST	Hogan  28'	Report	60', 87' Perquis	Stadium: Griffin Park Referee: Tim Robinson

Nottingham Forest v Wigan Athletic

20 August 2016 4	Nottingham Forest	4–3	Wigan Athletic	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Assombalonga  6' Burke  53'  78' Vellios 61' Lam  90'	Report	11' Jacobs  65'  86' Grigg	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 17,750 Referee: James Linington

Nottingham Forest v Leeds United

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 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest

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

Rotherham United v Nottingham Forest

14 September 2016 7	Rotherham United	2–2	Nottingham Forest	Rotherham
19:45 BST	Taylor  30'  87'	Report	76' Mills  85' Vellios	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 10,243 Referee: Peter Bankes

Nottingham Forest v Norwich City

17 September 2016 8	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Norwich City	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Vellios  40'	Report	52' Howson  66' Dorrans	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 20,323 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Sheffield Wednesday v Nottingham Forest

25 September 2016 9	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Lee  65'  90'	Report	35' Lansbury	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 27,350 Referee: Kevin Friend

Nottingham Forest v Fulham

27 September 2016 10	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Fulham	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Bendtner  60'	Report	72' Cairney	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 17,388 Referee: Darren Bond

Bristol City v Nottingham Forest

1 October 2016 11	Bristol City	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Bristol
15:00 BST	Abraham  65' Paterson  68'	Report	33' Vellios	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 18,922 Referee: Scott Duncan

Nottingham Forest v Birmingham City

14 October 2016 12	Nottingham Forest	3–1	Birmingham City	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Lichaj  33' Vellios  63' Pereira  83'	Report	71' Jutkiewicz	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 19,208 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Blackburn Rovers v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Cardiff City

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

Reading v Nottingham Forest

29 October 2016 15	Reading	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Reading
15:00 BST	McCleary  10' Gunter  62'	Report		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,093 Referee: Andy Davies

Nottingham Forest v Queens Park Rangers

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

Ipswich Town v Nottingham Forest

19 November 2016 17	Ipswich Town	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Ipswich
17:30 GMT		Report	1'  45' Assombalonga	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,417 Referee: Peter Bankes

Barnsley v Nottingham Forest

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

Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United

2 December 2016 19	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Newcastle United	West Bridgford
19:45 GMT	Bendtner 33'  52' Lansbury 45+3' Lascelles  86' (o.g.)	Report	33' Shelvey  45' Ritchie  45+1' Dummett	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 21,317 Referee: Steve Martin

EFL Cup

On Wednesday 22 June 2016, The Football League released the opening fixtures list for the 2016–17 EFL Cup. Forest would open their campaign away at League Two side Doncaster Rovers.^[45]

Doncaster Rovers v Nottingham Forest

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

Millwall v Nottingham Forest

23 August 2016 Second Round	Millwall	1–2	Nottingham Forest	London Borough of Southwark
19:45 BST	Williams  77'	Report	35' Paterson  87' Veldwijk	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 4,009 Referee: Gavin Ward

Nottingham Forest v Arsenal

20 September 2016 Third Round	Nottingham Forest	0–4	Arsenal	West Bridgford
19:45 BST			23' Xhaka  60'  71' Pérez Martínez  90' Oxlade-Chamberlain	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 28,567 Referee: Paul Tierney

Season Statistics

Appearances and Goals

As of game played 2 December 2016^{[46][lower-alpha 1]}

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Eric Lichaj	20	1	15+2	1	0	0	3	0
3	DF		Daniel Pinillos	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Michael Mancienne	12	0	9+2	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF		Matt Mills	19	1	14+2	1	0	0	3	0
6	DF		Armand Traoré	7	0	4+2	0	0	0	1	0
7	FW		Matty Fryatt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Chris Cohen	12	0	10	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW		Britt Assombalonga	9	6	4+5	6	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Henri Lansbury	19	6	16+1	6	0	0	2	0
11	MF		Ben Osborn	21	1	18+1	1	0	0	1+1	0
12	FW		Nicolao Dumitru	9	0	4+4	0	0	0	1	0
13	DF		Danny Fox	8	0	7+1	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Nicklas Bendtner	9	2	3+5	2	0	0	1	0
17	DF		Hildeberto Pereira	14	1	9+3	1	0	0	1+1	0
18	MF		Mustapha Carayol	8	0	6+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
19	FW		Jamie Ward	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1
20	MF		Licá	4	0	1+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
22	MF		Pajtim Kasami	20	1	15+3	1	0	0	1+1	0
24	MF		David Vaughan	7	1	4+1	0	0	0	2	1
25	DF		Jack Hobbs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK		Dimitar Evtimov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF		Damien Perquis	17	2	15	2	0	0	2	0
28	DF		Thomas Lam	11	2	6+4	2	0	0	1	0
30	GK		Stephen Henderson	6	0	3+1	0	0	0	2	0
34	FW		Tyler Walker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Jorge Grant	5	0	3+2	0	0	0	0	0
38	GK		Vladimir Stojković	15	0	14	0	0	0	1	0
39	FW		Apostolos Vellios	20	6	11+7	6	0	0	1+1	0
40	DF		Alex Iacovitti	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
41	MF		Matty Cash	7	0	4+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
42	DF		Joe Worrall	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
43	GK		Jordan Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	DF		Jordan Gabriel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	FW		James Thorne	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

1. Those players whose names are in italics were loaned out to other clubs during the course of the season.

Permanent Departures Mid-Season

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Dorus de Vries	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Lars Veldwijk	3	1	1	0	0	0	1+1	1
21	FW		Jamie Paterson	3	1	0+1	0	0	0	2	1
23	FW		Dexter Blackstock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF		Oliver Burke	7	4	4+1	4	0	0	1+1	0

Goal Scorers

As of game played 2 December 2016^[46]

Rank	No.	Position	Player	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	9	Forward	Britt Assombalonga	6	0	0	6
	10	Midfield	Henri Lansbury	6	0	0	6
	39	Forward	Apostolos Vellios	6	0	0	6
2	35	Midfield	Oliver Burke	4	0	0	4
3	14	Forward	Nicklas Bendtner	2	0	0	2
	27	Defence	Damien Perquis	2	0	0	2
	28	Defence	Thomas Lam	2	0	0	2
4	2	Defence	Eric Lichaj	1	0	0	1
	5	Defence	Matt Mills	1	0	0	1
	11	Midfield	Ben Osborn	1	0	0	1
	14	Forward	Lars Veldwijk	0	0	1	1
	17	Defence	Hildeberto Pereira	1	0	0	1
	19	Forward	Jamie Ward	0	0	1	1
	21	Forward	Jamie Paterson	0	0	1	1
	22	Midfield	Pajtim Kasami	1	0	0	1
	24	Midfield	David Vaughan	0	0	1	1
	Own Goals			1	0	0	1
TOTAL				34	0	4	38

Disciplinary Record

As of game played 2 December 2016 ^[46]

No.	Position	Player	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
10	Midfield	Henri Lansbury	9	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
17	Defence	Hildeberto Pereira	9	3	0	0	0	0	9	3
5	Defence	Matt Mills	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
13	Defence	Danny Fox	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
27	Defence	Damien Perquis	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
8	Midfield	Chris Cohen	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
11	Midfield	Ben Osborn	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
22	Midfield	Pajtim Kasami	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
39	Forward	Apostolos Vellios	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
2	Defence	Eric Lichaj	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
28	Defence	Thomas Lam	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
4	Defence	Michael Mancienne	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	Defence	Armand Traoré	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	Forward	Nicolao Dumitru	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	Forward	Nicklas Bendtner	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
19	Forward	Jamie Ward	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
30	Goalkeeper	Stephen Henderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
35	Midfield	Oliver Burke	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
38	Goalkeeper	Vladimir Stojković	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
40	Defence	Alex Iacovitti	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
41	Midfield	Matty Cash	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
42	Defence	Joe Worrall	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
47	Forward	James Thorne	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
TOTAL			51	5	0	0	6	0	57	5

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