2015–16 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest
2015–16 season
Chairman Fawaz Al-Hasawi
Manager Dougie Freedman
(until 13 March)
Paul Williams
(from 13 March)
Stadium City Ground
Championship 17th
FA Cup Fourth round
League Cup First round
Top goalscorer League:
Nélson Oliveira (9)
All:
Nélson Oliveira (9)
Highest home attendance 27,551 vs Leeds United
(27 December 2015)
Lowest home attendance 16,449 vs Blackburn Rovers
(19 April 2016)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season is Nottingham Forest's 150th season in existence and 8th consecutive season in the Championship since promotion in 2007–08.[1] In domestic cup competitions the club participated in the FA Cup, until their fourth round exit on the 30 January, and the League Cup, in which they were eliminated in the first round on 11 August. 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 caretaker manager until the end 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) Signed from Signed Contract expiration
Goalkeepers
1 Dorus de Vries Netherlands 29 December 1980 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 2013 2017
26 Dimitar Evtimov Bulgaria 7 September 1993 Bulgaria Chavdar Etropole 2011 2019
Defenders
2 Eric Lichaj United States 17 November 1988 England Aston Villa 2013 2018
3 Bojan Jokić Slovenia 17 May 1986 Spain Villareal 2015 2016
4 Michael Mancienne England 8 January 1988 Germany Hamburg 2014 2017
5 Matt Mills England 14 July 1986 England Bolton Wanderers 2015 2018
6 Kelvin Wilson England 3 September 1985 Scotland Celtic 2013 2016
13 Danny Fox Scotland 29 May 1986 England Southampton 2014 2017
25 Jack Hobbs England 18 August 1988 England Hull City 2014 2018
31 Daniel Pinillos Spain 22 October 1992 Spain Córdoba 2015 2017
Midfielders
8 Chris Cohen England 5 March 1987 England Yeovil Town 2007 2017
10 Henri Lansbury England 12 October 1990 England Arsenal 2012 2017
11 Andy Reid Republic of Ireland 29 July 1982 England Blackpool 2011 2016
15 Ryan Mendes Cape Verde 8 January 1990 France Lille 2015 2016
22 Gary Gardner England 29 June 1992 England Aston Villa 2015 2016
24 David Vaughan Wales 18 February 1983 England Sunderland 2014 2017
32 Robert Tesche Germany 27 May 1987 Germany Hamburg 2014 2016
35 Oliver Burke Scotland 7 April 1997 Club Academy 2015 2020
37 Jorge Grant England 26 September 1994 England Nike Football Academy 2013 2017
38 Ben Osborn England 5 August 1994 Club Academy 2012 2019
Forwards
7 Matty Fryatt England 5 March 1986 England Hull City 2014 2017
9 Britt Assombalonga Democratic Republic of the Congo 6 December 1992 England Peterborough United 2014 2019
17 Nélson Oliveira Portugal 8 August 1991 Portugal Benfica 2015 2016
18 Federico Macheda Italy 22 August 1991 Wales Cardiff City 2016 2016
19 Jamie Ward Northern Ireland 12 May 1986 England Derby County 2015 2019
23 Dexter Blackstock Antigua and Barbuda 20 May 1986 England Queens Park Rangers 2009 2017
29 Chris O'Grady England 25 January 1986 England Brighton and Hove Albion 2015 2016

New Contracts

Date Position Name Extension Contract Expires Ref.
29 July 2015 GK Bulgaria Dimitar Evtimov 4 Years 2019 [5]
17 February 2016 MF England Chris Cohen 1 Year 2017 [6]
17 February 2016 MF Scotland Oliver Burke 4.5 Years 2020 [7]
11 March 2016 MF Wales David Vaughan 1 Year 2017 [8]
12 March 2016 DF United States Eric Lichaj 1 Year 2018 [9]

Transfers In

Date Position Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 DF England Matt Mills England Bolton Wanderers Out of contract [10]
2 July 2015 FW Northern Ireland Jamie Ward England Derby County Out of contract [11]
30 July 2015 DF Spain Daniel Pinillos Spain Córdoba Out of contract [12]

Loans In

Date from Position Name From Date until Ref.
20 August 2015 MF Netherlands Kyle Ebecilio Netherlands Twente 30 June 2016 [13]
1 September 2015 FW England Chris O'Grady England Brighton & Hove Albion 30 June 2016 [14]
4 September 2015 MF Cape Verde Ryan Mendes France Lille 30 June 2016 [15]
4 September 2015 FW Portugal Nélson Oliveira Portugal Benfica 30 June 2016 [16]
10 September 2015 MF Wales Jonny Williams England Crystal Palace 16 January 2016 [17]
24 October 2015 MF England Liam Trotter England Bolton Wanderers 4 January 2016 [18][19][20]
8 January 2016 DF Slovenia Bojan Jokić Spain Villareal 30 June 2016 [21]
8 January 2016 MF England Gary Gardner England Aston Villa 30 June 2016 [22]
15 March 2016 FW Italy Federico Macheda Wales Cardiff City 30 June 2016 [23]

Transfers Out

Date from Position Name To Fee Ref.
16 June 2015 FW Scotland Jamie Mackie England Queens Park Rangers Released [24]
1 July 2015 DF Wales Danny Collins England Rotherham United [lower-alpha 1] End of Contract [25]
1 July 2015 DF England Greg Halford England Rotherham United [lower-alpha 2] End of Contract [25]
1 July 2015 DF England Dan Harding England Eastleigh [lower-alpha 3] End of Contract [25]
1 July 2015 DF England Louis Laing Scotland Motherwell [lower-alpha 4] End of Contract [25]
30 July 2015 MF Algeria Djamel Abdoun Greece Veria [lower-alpha 5] Mutual Agreement [26]
30 July 2015 MF Poland Radosław Majewski Greece Veria [lower-alpha 6] Mutual Agreement [26]
27 August 2015 MF Republic of Ireland Stephen McLaughlin England Southend United Undisclosed [27]
1 September 2015 MF England Michail Antonio England West Ham United Undisclosed[lower-alpha 7] [29]
21 January 2016 DF Spain Roger Riera Free Agent Mutual Agreement [30]
1 February 2016 MF Netherlands Kyle Ebecilio Netherlands Twente Loan Terminated [31]
  1. ↑ Following his release from Nottingham Forest, Collins signed a contract with Rotherham United on 3 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Following his release from Nottingham Forest, Halford signed a contract with Rotherham United on 6 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Following his release from Nottingham Forest, Harding signed a contract with Eastleigh on 6 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Following his release from Nottingham Forest, Laing signed a contract with Motherwell on 30 June 2015.
  5. ↑ Following his departure from Nottingham Forest, Abdoun signed a contract with Veria on 31 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Following his departure from Nottingham Forest, Majewski signed a contract with Veria on 7 August 2015.
  7. ↑ Reported by the BBC to be £7,000,000.[28]

Loans Out

Date from Position Name To Date until Ref.
1 July 2015 FW Netherlands Lars Veldwijk Netherlands Zwolle 30 June 2016 [32]
1 September 2015 FW England Jamie Paterson England Huddersfield Town 30 June 2016 [33]
22 January 2016 MF Scotland Chris Burke England Rotherham United 30 June 2016 [34]
24 March 2016 FW England Tyler Walker England Burton Albion 30 June 2016 [35]

    Pre-season friendlies

    On 28 May 2015, Nottingham Forest announced their first pre-season friendly against Doncaster Rovers.[36] A day later, the club announced their second friendly against Stevenage.[37] On 3 June 2015, Nottingham Forest confirmed their pre-season friendlies during the tour of Sweden.[38] Also on 10 June 2015, they announced a friendly match against Aston Villa in Nottingham´s City Ground.[39] On 22 June 2015, it was announced Swansea City will visit on 25 July 2015.[40]

    Competitions

    Championship

    League table

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 14 16 16 53 57 −4 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
    Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
    Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

    Results summary

    OverallHomeAway
    PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
    45 12 16 17 41 46  −5 52 7 8 8 25 26  −1 5 8 9 16 20  −4

    Last updated: 30 April 2016.
    Source: Nottingham Forest

    Results by matchday

    Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
    GroundAHHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHA
    Result L W D D L W W L D L L D D L L W L W W D D W D D D D W W D W L L L L W L D L L L L D D W D  
    Position 24 12 11 11 16 11 8 9 10 13 14 15 16 17 19 18 18 16 15 15 15 13 15 14 14 14 12 11 11 10 10 12 15 15 13 14 14 15 16 17 20 19 18 17 17  

    Last updated: 30 April 2016.
    Source: Nottingham Forest
    Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

    Matches

    On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[41]

    FA Cup

    Main article: 2015–16 FA Cup

    League Cup

    Squad statistics

    Appearances and goals

    As of 30 April 2016
    No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionship FA Cup League Cup
    Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
    1 GK Netherlands Dorus de Vries 47 0 44 0 2 0 1 0
    2 DF United States Eric Lichaj 45 1 42 1 1+1 0 1 0
    3 DF Slovenia Bojan Jokić 20 0 18+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
    4 DF England Michael Mancienne 32 0 29+1 0 1 0 1 0
    5 DF England Matt Mills 41 5 41 5 0 0 0 0
    6 DF England Kelvin Wilson 17 0 11+3 0 2 0 1 0
    7 FW England Matty Fryatt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    8 MF England Chris Cohen 16 0 10+4 0 2 0 0 0
    9 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Britt Assombalonga 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0
    10 MF England Henri Lansbury 29 4 26+2 4 0+1 0 0 0
    11 MF Republic of Ireland Andy Reid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    13 DF Scotland Danny Fox 10 0 7+2 0 0 0 1 0
    15 MF Cape Verde Ryan Mendes 31 2 26+5 2 0 0 0 0
    17 FW Portugal Nélson Oliveira 29 9 24+4 9 0+1 0 0 0
    18 FW Italy Federico Macheda 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
    19 FW Northern Ireland Jamie Ward 34 3 20+11 2 2 1 1 0
    22 MF England Gary Gardner 21 2 17+2 2 2 0 0 0
    23 FW Antigua and Barbuda Dexter Blackstock 32 4 12+17 4 2 0 0+1 0
    24 MF Wales David Vaughan 37 1 31+4 1 1 0 1 0
    25 DF England Jack Hobbs 23 0 18+2 0 2 0 1 0
    26 GK Bulgaria Dimitar Evtimov 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
    29 FW England Chris O'Grady 20 2 14+6 2 0 0 0 0
    31 DF Spain Daniel Pinillos 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0
    32 MF Germany Robert Tesche 24 1 16+7 1 1 0 0 0
    35 MF Scotland Oliver Burke 20 2 5+12 2 2 0 0+1 0
    37 MF England Jorge Grant 11 0 2+8 0 1 0 0 0
    38 MF England Ben Osborn 37 3 31+4 3 1+1 0 0 0
    41 FW Republic of Ireland Gerry McDonagh 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
    44 MF Lithuania Deimantas Petravičius 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0

    Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

    Mid-Season Departures

    No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionship FA Cup League Cup
    Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
    14 MF Netherlands Kyle Ebecilio 5 0 3+2 0 0 0 0 0
    18 MF England Michail Antonio 5 4 4 2 0 0 0+1 2
    18 MF England Liam Trotter 9 1 5+4 1 0 0 0 0
    20 MF Wales Jonny Williams 10 0 4+6 0 0 0 0 0
    21 FW England Jamie Paterson 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
    27 MF Scotland Chris Burke 10 0 7+2 0 0 0 1 0
    34 FW England Tyler Walker 15 1 5+9 0 0 0 1 1

    Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

    Top scorers

    As of 30 April 2016
    Rank No. Position Player Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
    1 17ForwardPortugal Nélson Oliveira9009
    2 5DefenceEngland Matt Mills5005
    3 10MidfieldEngland Henri Lansbury4004
    18MidfieldEngland Michail Antonio2024
    23ForwardAntigua and Barbuda Dexter Blackstock4004
    4 19ForwardNorthern Ireland Jamie Ward2103
    38MidfieldEngland Ben Osborn3003
    5 15MidfieldCape Verde Ryan Mendes2002
    22MidfieldEngland Gary Gardner2002
    29ForwardEngland Chris O'Grady2002
    35MidfieldScotland Oliver Burke2002
    6 2 DefenceUnited States Eric Lichaj1001
    18MidfieldEngland Liam Trotter1001
    24MidfieldWales David Vaughan1001
    32MidfieldGermany Robert Tesche1001
    34ForwardEngland Tyler Walker0011
    TOTAL 41 1 3 45

    Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

    Disciplinary record

    As of 30 April 2016
    No. Position Player Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
    Red card Red card Red card Red card
    2DefenceUnited States Eric Lichaj1111000121
    5DefenceEngland Matt Mills1110000111
    24MidfieldWales David Vaughan91000091
    4DefenceEngland Michael Mancienne60001070
    15MidfieldCape Verde Ryan Mendes70000070
    10MidfieldEngland Henri Lansbury51000051
    17ForwardPortugal Nélson Oliveira50000050
    19ForwardNorthern Ireland Jamie Ward40100050
    23ForwardAntigua and Barbuda Dexter Blackstock50000050
    25DefenceEngland Jack Hobbs21001031
    3DefenceSlovenia Bojan Jokić30000030
    22MidfieldEngland Gary Gardner30000030
    32MidfieldGermany Robert Tesche30000030
    1GoalkeeperNetherlands Dorus de Vries20000020
    37MidfieldEngland Jorge Grant20000020
    38MidfieldEngland Ben Osborn20000020
    6DefenceEngland Kelvin Wilson10000010
    8MidfieldEngland Chris Cohen10000010
    13DefenceScotland Danny Fox10000010
    20MidfieldWales Jonny Williams10000010
    27MidfieldScotland Chris Burke10000010
    29ForwardEngland Chris O'Grady10000010
    34ForwardEngland Tyler Walker10000010
    TOTAL 87 5 2 0 2 0 91 5

    Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

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    4. ↑ "Squad numbers announced". Nottingham Forest F.C. 7 August 2015.
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    6. ↑ "New contract for Cohen". Nottingham Forest FC. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
    7. ↑ "Burke signs new deal". Nottingham Forest FC. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
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    9. ↑ "Lichaj extends contract". Nottingham Forest F.C. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
    10. ↑ "Matt Mills completes signing at Nottingham Forest". Nottingham Forest FC. 1 July 2015.
    11. ↑ "Nottingham Forest complete free transfer signing of Northern Ireland midfielder Jamie Ward". Nottingham Forest FC. 2 July 2015.
    12. ↑ "Reds sign Spaniard". Nottingham Forest FC. 30 July 2015.
    13. ↑ "Reds land Dutch midfielder". Nottingham Forest F.C. 20 August 2015.
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    20. ↑ "Trotter extends stay". Nottingham Forest F.C. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
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    26. 1 2 "Majewski and Abdoun depart". Nottingham Forest FC. 30 July 2015.
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    35. ↑ "Walker joins Burton". Nottingham Forest F.C. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
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    37. ↑ "Teddy welcomes The Reds". Nottingham Forest FC. 29 May 2015.
    38. ↑ "Sweden friendlies". Nottingham Forest FC. 3 June 2015.
    39. ↑ "Reds to host Villa". Nottingham Forest FC. 10 June 2015.
    40. ↑ "Nottingham Forest to host Swansea City in a pre-season friendly game at The City Ground". Nottingham Forest FC. 22 June 2015.
    41. ↑ "Nottingham Forest's 2015-16 Sky Bet Championship fixtures released". Nottingham Forest FC. 17 June 2015.
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