Nottingham Forest

2019–20 season
Owner	Evangelos Marinakis Sokratis Kominakis
Chairman	Nicholas Randall QC
Head Coach	Sabri Lamouchi
Stadium	City Ground (Capacity: 30,445)
Championship	7th
FA Cup	Third round (vs.Chelsea, 5 January 2020)
EFL Cup	Third round (vs.Arsenal, 24 September 2019)
Top goalscorer	League:Lewis Grabban (20) All: Lewis Grabban (20)
Highest home attendance	29,455 (vs.Leeds United,EFL Championship, 8 February 2020)
Lowest home attendance	7,432 (vs.Fleetwood Town,EFL Cup, 13 August 2019)
Average home league attendance	27,724
Home colours Away colours
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The2019–20 season wasNottingham Forest's 154th year in existence and 12th consecutive season in theEFL Championship. In addition to the Championship, the club participated in theFA Cup and theEFL Cup. The season covered the period between 1 July 2019 and 22 July 2020.

As of 31 January 2020^[1][2]

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Joined from	Joined first team	Contract ends
Goalkeepers
12	Jordan Smith	ENG	(1994-12-08)8 December 1994 (age 30)	Promoted fromunder-23s	2016	2020
30	Brice Samba	CGO	(1994-04-25)25 April 1994 (age 31)	Caen (FRA)	2019	2023
49	Arijanet Muric	KOS	(1998-11-07)7 November 1998 (age 26)	Manchester City	2019	2020
Defenders
2	Yuri Ribeiro	POR	(1997-01-24)24 January 1997 (age 28)	Benfica (POR)	2019	–
3	Tobias Figueiredo	POR	(1994-02-02)2 February 1994 (age 31)	Sporting (POR)	2018	2022
4	Joe Worrall	ENG	(1997-01-10)10 January 1997 (age 28)	Promoted fromunder-23s	2016	2024
6	Gaëtan Bong	CMR	(1988-04-25)25 April 1988 (age 37)	Brighton and Hove Albion	2020	2022
16	Carl Jenkinson	ENG	(1992-02-08)8 February 1992 (age 33)	Arsenal	2019	2022
20	Michael Dawson	ENG	(1983-11-18)18 November 1983 (age 41)	Hull City	2018	2021
27	Tendayi Darikwa	ZIM	(1991-12-13)13 December 1991 (age 33)	Burnley	2017	2021
29	Yohan Benalouane	TUN	(1987-03-28)28 March 1987 (age 38)	Leicester City	2019	2021
44	Michael Hefele	GER	(1992-01-30)30 January 1992 (age 33)	Huddersfield Town	2018	2021
Midfielders
8	Ben Watson	ENG	(1985-07-09)9 July 1985 (age 40)	Watford	2018	2020
10	João Carvalho	POR	(1997-03-09)9 March 1997 (age 28)	Benfica (POR)	2018	2023
11	Matty Cash	ENG	(1997-08-07)7 August 1997 (age 28)	Promoted fromunder-23s	2016	2023
13	John Bostock	ENG	(1992-01-15)15 January 1992 (age 33)	Toulouse (FRA)	2019	2020
17	Alfa Semedo	GNB	(1997-08-30)30 August 1997 (age 28)	Benfica (POR)	2019	2020
19	Sammy Ameobi	ENG	(1992-05-01)1 May 1992 (age 33)	Bolton Wanderers	2019	2020
21	Samba Sow	MLI	(1989-04-29)29 April 1989 (age 36)	Dynamo Moscow (RUS)	2019	2021
22	Ryan Yates	ENG	(1997-11-21)21 November 1997 (age 27)	Promoted fromunder-23s	2016	2023
23	Joe Lolley	ENG	(1992-08-25)25 August 1992 (age 33)	Huddersfield Town	2018	2023
28	Tiago Silva	POR	(1993-06-02)2 June 1993 (age 32)	Feirense (POR)	2019	2021
40	Brennan Johnson	WAL	(2001-05-23)23 May 2001 (age 24)	Promoted fromunder-23s	2019	–
Forwards
7	Lewis Grabban	ENG	(1988-01-12)12 January 1988 (age 37)	Bournemouth	2018	2022
9	Nuno da Costa	CPV	(1991-02-10)10 February 1991 (age 34)	Strasbourg (FRA)	2020	–
14	Adama Diakhaby	FRA	(1996-07-05)5 July 1996 (age 29)	Huddersfield Town	2020	2020
34	Tyler Walker	ENG	(1996-10-17)17 October 1996 (age 29)	Promoted fromunder-23s	2017	2021
39	Zach Clough	ENG	(1995-03-08)8 March 1995 (age 30)	Bolton Wanderers	2017	2021
48	Alex Mighten	ENG	(2002-04-11)11 April 2002 (age 23)	Promoted fromunder-18s	2020	2022

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	Old contract end	New contract end	Ref.
28 November 2019	MF	ENG	Matty Cash	2021	2023	[3]
5 December 2019	MF	ENG	Ryan Yates	2021	2023	[4]
11 December 2019	MF	ENG	Tyrese Fornah	–	2022	[5]
13 December 2019	FW	ENG	Alex Mighten	–	2022	[6]
21 January 2020	MF	ENG	Jake Taylor	2020	2021	[7]
13 February 2020	DF	ENG	Joe Worrall	2022	2024	[8]
19 February 2020	DF	SCO	Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel	2020	2022	[9]
17 June 2020	DF	ENG	Michael Dawson	2020	2021	[10]

Forest announced a pre-season schedule offriendlies againstAlfreton Town,Dundee,Atromitos,Olympiacos,Crystal Palace andReal Sociedad.^{[11][12][13][14][15]} The first team were relieved of friendlies arranged againstPeterborough United,Mansfield Town andLincoln City following the appointment ofSabri Lamouchi as head coach on 28 June 2019.^{[16][17][18][19]}

Alfreton Town vNottingham Forest

29 June 2019 (2019-06-29)Friendly	Alfreton Town	1–2	Nottingham Forest	Alfreton
15:00BST	Bacon 16'	Report	Johnson 39' Ansarifard 83'	Stadium:Impact Arena Attendance: 1,799

Atromitos vNottingham Forest

13 July 2019 (2019-07-13)Friendly	Atromitos	0–3	Nottingham Forest	Athens,Greece
21:00EEST		Report	Ameobi 20' Dawson 64' Lolley 90'	Stadium:Peristeri Stadium

Olympiacos vNottingham Forest

16 July 2019 (2019-07-16)Friendly	Olympiacos	3–0	Nottingham Forest	Piraeus,Greece
19:30BST	Masouras 3' Guerrero 7' 33'	Report		Stadium:Karaiskakis Stadium

Nottingham Forest vCrystal Palace

19 July 2019 (2019-07-19)Friendly	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Crystal Palace	West Bridgford
19:45BST	Adomah 32'	Report		Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 14,719 Referee: Steve Martin

Mansfield Town vNottingham Forest Under 23s

23 July 2019 (2019-07-23)Friendly	Mansfield Town	2–1	Nottingham Forest Under 23s	Mansfield
19:30BST	Stewart 33' (o.g.) Maynard 84'	Report	Cummings 10'	Stadium:One Call Stadium Attendance: 3,202 Referee: David Coote[20]
Note: Originally billed as a first team friendly

Nottingham Forest vReal Sociedad

26 July 2019 (2019-07-26)Friendly	Nottingham Forest	2–2	Real Sociedad	West Bridgford
19:45BST	Worrall 4' Grabban 28'	Report	López 13' Djouahra 88'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 14,216 Referee: Jez Simpson

Lincoln City vNottingham Forest XI

29 July 2019 (2019-07-29)Friendly	Lincoln City	1–1	Nottingham Forest XI	Lincoln
19:30BST	Bostwick 25'	Report	Gomis 73'	Stadium:Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,803 Referee:Kevin Friend
Note: Originally billed as a first team friendly

Nottingham Forest vWest Bromwich Albion

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03)1	Nottingham Forest	1–2	West Bromwich Albion	West Bridgford
17:30BST	Cash 9'	Report	Edwards 15' Phillips 26' Sawyers 85'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 27,592 (1,991 away) Referee: Darren England
Note: Live onSky Sports

Leeds United vNottingham Forest

10 August 2019 (2019-08-10)2	Leeds United	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Leeds
12:30BST	Phillips 28' Hernández 59' Forshaw 80'	Report	Sow 71' Grabban 77' Robinson 90'	Stadium:Elland Road Attendance: 35,453 (2,001 away) Referee: Robert Jones
Note: Live onSky Sports

Nottingham Forest vBirmingham City

17 August 2019 (2019-08-17)3	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Birmingham City	West Bridgford
15:00BST	Lolley 15' Grabban 22' Dawson 64'	Report	Šunjić 15' Giménez 62'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 27,281 (1,995 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

Charlton Athletic vNottingham Forest

21 August 2019 (2019-08-21)4	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Charlton, London
19:45BST	Taylor 18' 63' Lockyer 54' Pratley 89'	Report	Watson 43' Ameobi 63' Adomah 78' Jenkinson 89'	Stadium:The Valley Attendance: 17,204 (1,751 away) Referee:Oliver Langford

Fulham vNottingham Forest

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24)5	Fulham	1–2	Nottingham Forest	Fulham,London
15:00BST	Arter 50' Mitrović 83' Kamara 90'	Report	Grabban 4' 61' Ameobi 33' Semedo 66' Samba 77' Adomah 90'	Stadium:Craven Cottage Attendance: 18,186 (1,900 away) Referee:Peter Bankes

Nottingham Forest vPreston North End

31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)6	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Preston North End	West Bridgford
15:00BST	Grabban 70' Silva 74' Adomah 79' Sow 83' Jenkinson 90'	Report	Bodin 40' Harrop 50'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 27,249 (1,610 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Swansea City vNottingham Forest

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14)7	Swansea City	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Swansea
15:00BST	Roberts 70' van der Hoorn 90'	Report	Sow 64' Semedo 85'	Stadium:Liberty Stadium Attendance: 17,102 (1,259 away) Referee: James Linington

Nottingham Forest vBarnsley

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21)8	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Barnsley	West Bridgford
15:00BST	Cash 24' Watson 56' Samba 90'	Report	Williams 29' Halme 52' Chaplin 90'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 29,202 (1,952 away) Referee:Jarred Gillett

Stoke City vNottingham Forest

27 September 2019 (2019-09-27)9	Stoke City	2–3	Nottingham Forest	Stoke-on-Trent
20:00BST	Gregory 10' McClean 84'	Report	Lolley 20' 36' Dawson 23' Sow 38' Ameobi 47' Grabban 61' Watson 70'	Stadium:bet365 Stadium Attendance: 23,800 (2,783 away) Referee:Andrew Madley
Note: Live onSky Sports

Blackburn Rovers vNottingham Forest

1 October 2019 (2019-10-01)10	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Blackburn
19:45BST	Lenihan 22' Downing 60' Armstrong 63'	Report	Ameobi 33' Lolley 65'	Stadium:Ewood Park Attendance: 12,521 (1,138 away) Referee: Stephen Martin

Nottingham Forest vBrentford

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05)11	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Brentford	West Bridgford
15:00BST	Watson 56'	Report	Canós 35'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 27,596 (1,005 away) Referee: Dean Whitestone

Wigan Athletic vNottingham Forest

20 October 2019 (2019-10-20)12	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Wigan
14:00BST	Lowe 35' Macleod 41' Byrne 51' Jacobs 82'	Report	Ribeiro 90'	Stadium:DW Stadium Attendance: 13,077 (3,525 away) Referee: Matthew Donohue
Note: Live onSky Sports

Nottingham Forest vHull City

23 October 2019 (2019-10-23)13	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Hull City	West Bridgford
19:45BST	Silva 15' Robinson 40' Cash 55' Samba 90'	Report	Magennis 38' 68' Bowen 48' 88' Long 89'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 27,624 (690 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

Luton Town vNottingham Forest

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02)14	Luton Town	1–2	Nottingham Forest	Luton
15:00GMT	McManaman 87'	Report	Grabban 39' Ameobi 58' Worrall 69'	Stadium:Kenilworth Road Attendance: 10,053 (1,017 away) Referee: Gavin Ward

Nottingham Forest vDerby County

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09)15	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Derby County	West Bridgford
12:30GMT	Watson 31' Grabban 56' 69' Adomah 90'	Report	Bogle 28' Bielik 60' Lawrence 70'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 29,314 (1,989 away) Referee: Darren England
Note: Live onSky Sports

Bristol City vNottingham Forest

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23)16	Bristol City	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Bristol
15:00GMT	Rodri 84'	Report	Ameobi 36' Yates 56' Samba 86'	Stadium:Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 23,573 (2,309 away) Referee:Craig Pawson

Queens Park Rangers vNottingham Forest

27 November 2019 (2019-11-27)17	Queens Park Rangers	0–4	Nottingham Forest	Shepherd's Bush,London
19:45GMT	Wallace 50' Scowen 57'	Report	Figueiredo 15' Cash 52' Bostock 76' Grabban 81' Carvalho 88' Semedo 90'	Stadium:Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium Attendance: 12,937 (1,860 away) Referee: Steve Martin

Nottingham Forest vCardiff City

30 November 2019 (2019-11-30)18	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Cardiff City	West Bridgford
15:00GMT		Report	Mendez-Laing 14' Madine 67'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 28,209 (1,480 away) Referee: Robert Jones

Millwall vNottingham Forest

6 December 2019 (2019-12-06)19	Millwall	2–2	Nottingham Forest	Bermondsey,London
19:45GMT	Williams 15' Thompson 32' O'Brien 90'	Report	Cash 30' Grabban 63' 88' Silva 66'	Stadium:The Den Attendance: 12,976 (1,267 away) Referee:John Brooks
Note: Live onSky Sports

Nottingham Forest vMiddlesbrough

10 December 2019 (2019-12-10)20	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Middlesbrough	West Bridgford
19:45GMT	Silva 27' Yates 63' Semedo 83' Worrall 87' Robinson 90'	Report	Spence 24' McNair 81' (pen.) Fletcher 85'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 24,577 (500 away) Referee: Andy Woolmer

Nottingham Forest vSheffield Wednesday

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14)21	Nottingham Forest	0–4	Sheffield Wednesday	West Bridgford
15:00GMT		Report	Rhodes 9' 13' 37' Fletcher 45'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 28,002 (1,993 away) Referee: James Linington

Huddersfield Town vNottingham Forest

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21)22	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Huddersfield
15:00GMT	Schindler 32' Mounié 49' Chalobah 63' Hogg 70' Grabara 80'	Report	Sow 39' Figueiredo 57' Watson 66' Worrall 75'	Stadium:John Smith’s Stadium Attendance: 22,529 (2,400 away) Referee: Andy Davies

Hull City vNottingham Forest

26 December 2019 (2019-12-26)23	Hull City	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Kingston upon Hull
15:00GMT	Da Silva Lopes 73' Kingsley 77' Bowen 87'	Report	Chema 4' Grabban 11' (pen.) 82' Watson 87'	Stadium:KCOM Stadium Attendance: 15,001 (2,013 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Nottingham Forest vWigan Athletic

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29)24	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Wigan Athletic	West Bridgford
15:00GMT	Figueiredo 60'	Report	Byrne 57' Kipré 71' Naismith 81'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 27,844 (480 away) Referee: Matthew Donohue

Nottingham Forest vBlackburn Rovers

1 January 2020 (2020-01-01)25	Nottingham Forest	3–2	Blackburn Rovers	West Bridgford
15:00GMT	Lolley 22' Grabban 25' (pen.) 55' Sow 45'	Report	Downing 39' Worrall 71' (o.g.) Bell 90'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 27,073 (883 away) Referee: Darren Bond

Reading vNottingham Forest

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11)26	Reading	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Reading
15:00GMT	Swift 38' Méïté 87' Figueiredo 90+7' (o.g.)	Report	Silva 45' Watson 90' 90+5'	Stadium:Madejski Stadium Attendance: 16,602 (2,073 away) Referee: Dean Whitestone

Nottingham Forest vLuton Town

19 January 2020 (2020-01-19)27	Nottingham Forest	3–1	Luton Town	West Bridgford
12:00GMT	Lolley 36' 57' Grabban 90' (pen.)	Report	Cornick 23' Rea 35' Tunnicliffe 88' Potts 90'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 27,081 (1,554 away) Referee: Tony Harrington
Note: Live onSky Sports

Nottingham Forest vReading

22 January 2020 (2020-01-22)28	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Reading	West Bridgford
19:45GMT	Ribeiro 65' Grabban 80'	Report	Pelé 23' Ejaria 72' Baldock 83'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 26,840 (808 away) Referee: David Webb

Brentford vNottingham Forest

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28)29	Brentford	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Brentford,London
19:45GMT	Benrahma 39'	Report	Lolley 14' Samba 23'	Stadium:Griffin Park Attendance: 12,274 (1,553 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

Birmingham City vNottingham Forest

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01)30	Birmingham City	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Birmingham
15:00GMT	Hogan 42' Pedersen 74' Šunjić 88'	Report	Silva 18' Ribeiro 88'	Stadium:St Andrew's Attendance: 20,837 (2,746 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Nottingham Forest vLeeds United

8 February 2020 (2020-02-08)31	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Leeds United	West Bridgford
17:30GMT	Ameobi 31' Cash 44' Sow 83' Diakhaby 90' Walker 90'	Report	Dallas 35' Alioski 55' White 72'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 29,455 (1,993 away) Referee: Oliver Langford
Note: Live onSky Sports

Nottingham Forest vCharlton Athletic

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11)32	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Charlton Athletic	West Bridgford
19:45GMT	Diakhaby 47' da Costa 86'	Report	Davis 21' Taylor 24' Cullen 66' Smith 90' Phillips 90'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 28,029 (805 away) Referee: Darren Bond

West Bromwich Albion vNottingham Forest

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15)33	West Bromwich Albion	2–2	Nottingham Forest	West Bromwich
12:30GMT	Robinson 37' Figueiredo 65' (o.g.) Phillips 75'	Report	Cash 27' 90' Sow 40' Bartley 45' (o.g.) Samba 71'	Stadium:The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,117 (1,977 away) Referee:Keith Stroud

Nottingham Forest vQueens Park Rangers

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22)34	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Queens Park Rangers	West Bridgford
15:00GMT	Diakhaby 54'	Report	Rangel 63' Hugill 76' Osayi-Samuel 90'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 28,750 (1,459 away) Referee: Robert Jones

Cardiff City vNottingham Forest

25 February 2020 (2020-02-25)35	Cardiff City	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Cardiff
19:45GMT	Bacuna 82'	Report	Silva 50' Ameobi 70' Worrall 84'	Stadium:Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,273 (963 away) Referee: Stephen Martin

Middlesbrough vNottingham Forest

2 March 2020 (2020-03-02)36	Middlesbrough	2–2	Nottingham Forest	Middlesbrough
19:45GMT	Gestede 40' Wing 44' Shotton 75'	Report	Yates 29' Grabban 86'	Stadium:Riverside Stadium Attendance: 18,884 (1,100 away) Referee:Darren England

Nottingham Forest vMillwall

6 March 2020 (2020-03-06)37	Nottingham Forest	0–3	Millwall	West Bridgford
19:45GMT	Samba 80'	Report	Smith 20' 26' 33' Cooper 87'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 27,307 (936 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Sheffield Wednesday vNottingham Forest

20 June 2020 (2020-06-20)38	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Sheffield
15:00BST	Luongo 62' Odubajo 70' Wickham 90' Iorfa 90'	Report	Worrall 68' Lolley 69' Cash 72' Silva 78'	Stadium:Hillsborough Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Jones
Note: On 3 April, theEnglish Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[22] The match was rescheduled to 20 June.

Nottingham Forest vHuddersfield Town

28 June 2020 (2020-06-28)39	Nottingham Forest	3–1	Huddersfield Town	West Bridgford
14:15BST	Grabban 43' 46' Watson 44' Ameobi 62' Yates 85'	Report	Bacuna 89' Grant 90' (pen.)	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: David Webb
Note: On 3 April, theEnglish Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[22] The match was rescheduled to 28 June.

Nottingham Forest vBristol City

1 July 2020 (2020-07-01)40	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Bristol City	West Bridgford
19:45BST	Silva 63'	Report	Weimann 45' Williams 78' Vyner 84'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren Bond
Note: On 3 April, theEnglish Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[22] The match was rescheduled to 1 July.

Derby County vNottingham Forest

4 July 2020 (2020-07-04)41	Derby County	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Derby
15:00BST	Sibley 80' Waghorn 90' Martin 90'	Report	Lolley 12' Ameobi 90' Ribeiro 90' Worrall 90'	Stadium:Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee:Darren England
Note: On 3 April, theEnglish Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[23] The match was rescheduled to 4 July.

Nottingham Forest vFulham

7 July 2020 (2020-07-07)42	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Fulham	West Bridgford
17:00BST	Ribeiro 83' Cash 89'	Report	Onomah 43' Arter 45' Odoi 90'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Jones
Note: On 3 April, theEnglish Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[23] The match was rescheduled to 7 July.

Preston North End vNottingham Forest

11 July 2020 (2020-07-11)43	Preston North End	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Preston
15:00BST	Stockley 15' Bauer 16' Hughes 49'	Report	Grabban 5' (pen.)	Stadium:Deepdale Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeremy Simpson
Note: On 3 April, theEnglish Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[23] The match was rescheduled to 11 July.

Nottingham Forest vSwansea City

15 July 2020 (2020-07-15)44	Nottingham Forest	2–2	Swansea City	West Bridgford
18:00BST	Ameobi 20',55' Sow 32' Figueiredo 38' Jenkinson 49' Silva 84'	Report	Brewster 8' Ayew 45' (pen.) Gallagher 45' Naughton 82' Byers 90'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee:Oliver Langford
Note: On 3 April, theEnglish Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[23] The match was rescheduled to 15 July.

Barnsley vNottingham Forest

19 July 2020 (2020-07-19)45	Barnsley	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Barnsley
15:00BST	Schmidt 90'	Report	Watson 51'	Stadium:Oakwell Attendance: 0 Referee:Scott Duncan
Note: On 3 April, theEnglish Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[23] The match was rescheduled to 19 July.

Nottingham Forest vStoke City

22 July 2020 (2020-07-22)46	Nottingham Forest	1–4	Stoke City	West Bridgford
19:00BST	Figueiredo 61'	Report	Batth 19' McClean 73' Gregory 78' Cousins 90' Da Costa 90' (o.g.)	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Gavin Ward
Note: On 3 April, theEnglish Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[23] The match was rescheduled to 22 July.

Chelsea vNottingham Forest

5 January 2020 (2020-01-05)Third round	Chelsea	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Fulham,London
14:01GMT	Hudson-Odoi 6' Barkley 33' James 65'	Report	Yates 77'	Stadium:Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,492 Referee:Peter Bankes

Nottingham Forest vFleetwood Town

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13)First round	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Fleetwood Town	West Bridgford
19:45BST	Silva 44' 59' Bostock 83' Ribeiro 90'	Report	Morris 77' McAleny 80' Coyle 90'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 7,432 Referee: Alan Young

Nottingham Forest vDerby County

27 August 2019 (2019-08-27)Second round	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Derby County	West Bridgford
19:45BST	Adomah 25' Lolley 35' Carvalho 79'	Report	Buchanan 28' Paterson 49' Shinnie 79'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 26,971 Referee:John Brooks

Arsenal vNottingham Forest

24 September 2019 (2019-09-24)Third round	Arsenal	5–0	Nottingham Forest	Holloway, London
20:00BST	Martinelli 31' 90' Nelson 56' 84' Holding 71' Willock 78'	Report	Robinson 90'	Stadium:Emirates Stadium Attendance: 53,160 Referee:Darren England

As of match played 22 July 2020^[a][b]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		EFL Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ROU	Costel Pantilimon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	POR	Yuri Ribeiro	31	0	27	0	1	0	3	0
3	DF	POR	Tobias Figueiredo	34	3	30	3	1	0	3	0
4	DF	ENG	Joe Worrall	48	1	46	1	0	0	2	0
6	DF	SWE	Alexander Milošević	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	CMR	Gaëtan Bong	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	ENG	Lewis Grabban	45	20	43+2	20	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Ben Watson	45	3	45	3	0	0	0	0
9	FW	CPV	Nuno da Costa	10	0	4+6	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	POR	João Carvalho	26	2	9+14	1	1	0	1+1	1
11	MF	ENG	Matty Cash	45	3	40+2	3	0	0	2+1	0
12	GK	ENG	Jordan Smith	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
13	MF	ENG	John Bostock	9	0	1+6	0	0	0	2	0
14	FW	ESP	Rafa Mir	13	0	2+9	0	0	0	2	0
14	FW	FRA	Adama Diakhaby	14	0	2+12	0	0	0	0	0
15	GK	ENG	Luke Steele	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	ENG	Carl Jenkinson	10	0	7+1	0	1	0	1	0
17	MF	GNB	Alfa Semedo	26	2	10+14	2	1	0	1	0
18	DF	ENG	Jack Robinson	19	0	16+2	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF	ENG	Sammy Ameobi	47	5	37+8	5	0	0	1+1	0
20	DF	ENG	Michael Dawson	19	1	16+2	1	1	0	0	0
21	MF	MLI	Samba Sow	26	0	22+3	0	0	0	1	0
22	MF	ENG	Ryan Yates	28	3	16+11	3	1	0	0	0
23	MF	ENG	Joe Lolley	44	10	37+5	9	0	0	2	1
24	MF	ARG	Claudio Yacob	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	SCO	Liam Bridcutt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	ZIM	Tendayi Darikwa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	POR	Tiago Silva	47	4	34+10	3	0	0	2+1	1
29	DF	TUN	Yohan Benalouane	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
30	GK	CGO	Brice Samba	42	0	40	0	0	0	2	0
34	FW	ENG	Tyler Walker	7	1	1+6	1	0	0	0	0
36	DF	ESP	Chema	10	0	7+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
37	MF	GHA	Albert Adomah	27	3	5+19	2	1	0	2	1
38	MF	ENG	Tyrese Fornah	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
39	FW	ENG	Zach Clough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	WAL	Brennan Johnson	8	0	2+2	0	1	0	2+1	0
42	MF	EIR	Yassine En-Neyah	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
43	FW	ENG	Arvin Appiah	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44	DF	GER	Michael Hefele	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	DF	SCO	Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
48	FW	ENG	Alex Mighten	10	0	0+8	0	1	0	0+1	0
49	GK	KOS	Arijanet Muric	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0

^[a]

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Team	Ref.
24 June 2019	MF	ENG	Sammy Ameobi	Bolton Wanderers	Free	First team	[24]
5 July 2019	MF	POR	Tiago Silva	Feirense (POR)	Undisclosed	First team	[25]
8 July 2019	DF	POR	Yuri Ribeiro	Benfica (POR)	Undisclosed	First team	[26]
10 July 2019	MF	GHA	Albert Adomah	Aston Villa	Free	First team	[27]
1 August 2019	MF	MLI	Samba Sow	Dynamo Moscow (RUS)	Undisclosed	First team	[28]
7 August 2019	DF	ENG	Carl Jenkinson	Arsenal	Undisclosed	First team	[29]
7 August 2019	GK	CGO	Brice Samba	Caen (FRA)	Undisclosed	First team	[30]
8 August 2019	DF	ESP	Chema	Levante (ESP)	Undisclosed	First team	[31]
28 October 2019	MF	ENG	Liam Sole	Milton Keynes Dons	Free	Under-23s	[32]
29 January 2020	FW	CPV	Nuno da Costa	Strasbourg (FRA)	Undisclosed	First team	[33]
30 January 2020	DF	CMR	Gaëtan Bong	Brighton and Hove Albion	Undisclosed	First team	[34]
31 January 2020	FW	SWE	Julian Larsson	AIK (SWE)	Undisclosed	Under-23s	[35]
6 February 2020	MF	USA	Adrian Galliani	Watford	Undisclosed	Under-23s	[36]
17 February 2020	DF	WAL	Morgan Sadler	Bury	Free	Under-23s	[37]
26 February 2020	MF	ENG	Marcus McGuane	Barcelona B (ESP)	Free	Under-23s	[38]

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Loan ends	Team	Ref.
8 July 2019	MF	GNB	Alfa Semedo	Benfica (POR)	30 June 2020	First team	[26]
9 July 2019	GK	KOS	Arijanet Muric	Manchester City	30 June 2020	First team	[39]
30 July 2019	FW	ESP	Rafa Mir	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14 January 2020	First team	[40][41]
8 August 2019	MF	ENG	John Bostock	Toulouse (FRA)	30 June 2020	First team	[42]
8 August 2019	GK	GRE	Marios Siampanis	Olympiacos (GRE)	30 June 2020	Under-23s	[43][44]
21 January 2020	FW	FRA	Adama Diakhaby	Huddersfield Town	30 June 2020	First team	[45]

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Team	Ref.
18 June 2019	FW	ALG	Hillal Soudani	Olympiacos (GRE)	Undisclosed	First team	[46]
24 June 2019	FW	GRE	Apostolos Vellios	Atromitos (GRE)	Undisclosed	First team	[47]
1 July 2019	GK	IRL	Liam Bossin	Cork City (IRL)	Released	Under-23s	[1][48]
1 July 2019	DF	ENG	Joe Coveney	Colne	Released	Under-23s	[1][49]
1 July 2019	DF	ENG	Adam Crookes	Port Vale	Released	Under-23s	[1][50]
1 July 2019	DF	ENG	Sam Greenwood	Free agent	Released	Under-18s	[1]
1 July 2019	DF	GER	Josef Hefele	Saint Leo University (USA)	Released	Under-23s	[1][51]
1 July 2019	GK	IRL	Stephen Henderson	Crystal Palace	Released	First team	[1][52]
1 July 2019	DF	SCO	Alex Iacovitti	Oldham Athletic	Released	Under-23s	[1][53]
1 July 2019	GK	LVA	Rūdolfs Soloha	Valmiera Glass ViA (LVA)	Released	Under-23s	[1][54]
1 July 2019	MF	GRE	Panagiotis Tachtsidis	Lecce (ITA)	£450,000	First team	[55][56]
1 July 2019	MF	NIR	Jamie Ward	Scunthorpe United	Released	First team	[1][57]
5 July 2019	MF	ENG	Jorge Grant	Lincoln City	Undisclosed	First team	[58]
12 July 2019	FW	IRN	Karim Ansarifard	Al-Sailiya (QAT)	Undisclosed	First team	[59]
26 July 2019	MF	ENG	Ben Osborn	Sheffield United	Undisclosed	First team	[60]
18 August 2019	MF	ALG	Adlène Guedioura	Al-Gharafa (QAT)	Undisclosed	First team	[61]
1 September 2019	MF	USA	Gboly Ariyibi	Panetolikos (GRE)	Undisclosed	First team	[62]
2 September 2019	FW	ENG	Arvin Appiah	Almería (ESP)	£8,000,000	First team	[63][64]
2 September 2019	FW	SCO	Jason Cummings	Shrewsbury Town	Undisclosed	First team	[65]
2 September 2019	FW	IRE	Daryl Murphy	Bolton Wanderers	Free	First team	[66][67]
28 October 2019	DF	SWE	Alexander Milošević	Vejle BK (DEN)	Released	First team	[68][69]
21 January 2020	DF	ENG	Jack Robinson	Sheffield United	Undisclosed	First team	[70]
27 January 2020	MF	ARG	Claudio Yacob	Nacional (URU)	Free	First team	[71][72]
30 January 2020	DF	ESP	Chema	Getafe (ESP)	Undisclosed	First team	[73]
20 June 2020	DF	ENG	Max Ram	Stratford Town	Released	Under-23s	[74]