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 16th
FA Cup Fourth round
League Cup First round
Top goalscorer League:
Nélson Oliveira (9)
All:
Nélson Oliveira (9)
Highest home attendance 27,551
(27 Dec. vs. Leeds United)
Lowest home attendance 16,449
(19 Apr. vs. Blackburn Rovers)
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) Previous Club Year Signed Contract Expires
Goalkeepers
1 Dorus de Vries Netherlands 29 December 1980 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 2013 2017
26 Dimitar Evtimov Bulgaria 7 September 1993 Bulgaria PFC Chavdar 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 2016 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

Contract Extensions

Date Position Name Extension Contracted Until 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]

Player Transfers

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]
29 June 2016 CF Greece Apostolos Vellios Greece Iraklis 1908 Undisclosed[lower-alpha 1] [15]
  1. ↑ The Nottingham Post reported Vellios' fee to be €1,200,000; approximately £950,000 in Pound Sterling.[13][14]

Loans In

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

Transfers Out

Date from Position Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 DF Wales Danny Collins Free Agent (Later joined Rotherham United)[27] End of Contract [28]
1 July 2015 DF England Greg Halford Free Agent (Later joined Rotherham United)[29] End of Contract [28]
1 July 2015 DF England Dan Harding Free Agent (Later joined Eastleigh)[30] End of Contract [28]
30 July 2015 MF Algeria Djamel Abdoun Free Agent (Later joined Veria)[31] Contract Terminated [32]
30 July 2015 MF Poland Radosław Majewski Free Agent (Later joined Veria)[33] Contract Terminated [32]
27 August 2015 MF Republic of Ireland Stephen McLaughlin England Southend United Undisclosed [34]
1 September 2015 MF England Michail Antonio England West Ham United Undisclosed[lower-alpha 1] [36]
21 January 2016 DF Spain Roger Riera Spain Celta Vigo B[37] Contract Terminated [38]
1 February 2016 MF Netherlands Kyle Ebecilio Netherlands Twente Loan Terminated [39]
23 May 2016 GK England Ross Durant England Ilkeston Free Transfer [40]
1 June 2016 CB Cyprus Andreas Karo Cyprus Apollon Limassol Free Transfer [41]
15 June 2016 FW Bulgaria Nikolay Todorov Scotland Heart of Midlothian Free Transfer [42]
  1. ↑ Reported by the BBC to be £7,000,000.[35]

Loans Out

Date from Position Name To Date until Ref.
1 July 2015 FW Netherlands Lars Veldwijk Netherlands Zwolle 30 June 2016 [43]
1 September 2015 FW England Jamie Paterson England Huddersfield Town 30 June 2016 [44]
22 January 2016 MF Scotland Chris Burke England Rotherham United 30 June 2016 [45]
23 January 2016 MF Lithuania Deimantas Petravičius England Stevenage 21 February 2016 [46]
24 March 2016 FW England Tyler Walker England Burton Albion 30 June 2016 [47]

    Pre-Season friendlies

    On 28 May 2015, Nottingham Forest announced their first pre-season friendly against Doncaster Rovers.[48] A day later, the club announced their second friendly against Stevenage.[49] On 3 June 2015, Nottingham Forest confirmed their pre-season friendlies during the tour of Sweden.[50] Also on 10 June 2015, they announced a friendly match against Aston Villa in Nottingham´s City Ground.[51] On 22 June 2015, it was announced Swansea City will visit on 25 July 2015.[52]

    Competitions

    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
    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
    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
    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 W
    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 16

    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.[53]

    FA Cup

    Main article: 2015–16 FA Cup

    League Cup

    Squad Statistics

    Appearances and Goals

    As of 9 May 2016[lower-alpha 1]
    No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionship FA Cup League Cup
    Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
    1 GK Netherlands Dorus de Vries 48 0 45 0 2 0 1 0
    2 DF United States Eric Lichaj 46 1 43 1 1+1 0 1 0
    3 DF Slovenia Bojan Jokić 21 0 19+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
    4 DF England Michael Mancienne 33 0 29+2 0 1 0 1 0
    5 DF England Matt Mills 42 5 42 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 17 1 11+4 1 2 0 0 0
    9 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Britt Assombalonga 4 1 0+4 1 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 11 0 8+2 0 0 0 1 0
    14 MF Netherlands Kyle Ebecilio 5 0 3+2 0 0 0 0 0
    14 FW Netherlands Lars Veldwijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    15 MF Cape Verde Ryan Mendes 32 2 26+6 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
    18 MF England Liam Trotter 9 1 5+4 1 0 0 0 0
    19 FW Northern Ireland Jamie Ward 34 3 20+11 2 2 1 1 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
    22 MF England Gary Gardner 22 2 18+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
    27 MF Scotland Chris Burke 10 0 7+2 0 0 0 1 0
    29 FW England Chris O'Grady 21 2 15+6 2 0 0 0 0
    31 DF Spain Daniel Pinillos 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0
    32 MF Germany Robert Tesche 25 1 17+7 1 1 0 0 0
    34 FW England Tyler Walker 15 1 5+9 0 0 0 1 1
    35 MF Scotland Oliver Burke 21 2 6+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 38 3 32+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
    1. ↑ Those players whose names are in italics were loaned out to other clubs during the course of the season.

    Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

    Permanent Departures Mid-Season

    No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionship FA Cup League Cup
    Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
    18 MF England Michail Antonio 5 4 4 2 0 0 0+1 2

    Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

    Top Scorers

    As of 9 May 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
    8MidfieldEngland Chris Cohen1001
    9ForwardDemocratic Republic of the Congo Britt Assombalonga1001
    18MidfieldEngland Liam Trotter1001
    24MidfieldWales David Vaughan1001
    32MidfieldGermany Robert Tesche1001
    34ForwardEngland Tyler Walker0011
    7 Own Goals0000
    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
    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
    38MidfieldEngland Ben Osborn30000030
    1GoalkeeperNetherlands Dorus de Vries20000020
    37MidfieldEngland Jorge Grant20000020
    13DefenceScotland Danny Fox11000011
    6DefenceEngland Kelvin Wilson10000010
    8MidfieldEngland Chris Cohen10000010
    9ForwardDemocratic Republic of the Congo Britt Assombalonga10000010
    20MidfieldWales Jonny Williams10000010
    27MidfieldScotland Chris Burke10000010
    29ForwardEngland Chris O'Grady10000010
    34ForwardEngland Tyler Walker10000010
    TOTAL 89 6 2 0 2 0 93 6

    Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

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    46. ↑ "Stevenage sign Deimantas Petravicius and Offrande Zanzala". BBC Sport. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
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    49. ↑ "Teddy welcomes The Reds". Nottingham Forest FC. 29 May 2015.
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    51. ↑ "Reds to host Villa". Nottingham Forest FC. 10 June 2015.
    52. ↑ "Nottingham Forest to host Swansea City in a pre-season friendly game at The City Ground". Nottingham Forest FC. 22 June 2015.
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