Nottingham Forest F.C. - Wikipedia Nottingham Forest F.C. For the ladies football club, see Nottingham Forest L.F.C. Nottingham Forest Full name Nottingham Forest Football Club Nickname ( s ) Forest, The Reds, Tricky Trees Founded 1865 ; 153 years ago ( 1865 ) Ground City Ground Ground Capacity 30,445 Owner Evangelos Marinakis ( 80 % ) Sokratis Kominakis ( 20 % ) Chairman Nicholas Randall QC Manager Aitor Karanka League Championship 2016 -- 17 Championship, 21st Website Club website Home colours Away colours Current season Nottingham Forest Football Club, often referred to as simply Forest, is a professional football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Forest were founded in 1865 and have played home matches at the City Ground since 1898. They currently compete in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Forest were founder members of the Football Alliance in 1889 before joining the Football League in 1892. They have since mostly competed in the top two League tiers except five seasons in the third tier. Forest won the FA Cup in 1898 and 1959. Their most successful period was in the management reign of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor between 1976 and 1982. With Forest they won the 1977 -- 78 Football League title followed by the 1979 and 1980 European Cups. They also won two Football League Cups at Forest together. After Taylor left Clough won two more League Cups and two Full Members Cups. Contents 1 History 1.1 Nineteenth Century 1.2 First half 20th Century 1.3 Re-emergence then decline ( 1950 -- 74 ) 1.4 Brian Clough and Peter Taylor ( 1975 -- 82 ) 1.5 Clough without Taylor ( 1982 -- 93 ) 1.6 Frank Clark ( 1993 -- 1996 ) 1.7 Stuart Pearce and Dave Bassett ( 1997 -- 1999 ) 1.8 Into the 21st century ( 1999 -- 2012 ) 1.9 The Al - Hasawi era ( 2012 -- 2017 ) 1.10 Evangelos Marinakis ( 2017 -- ) 2 Club identity 2.1 Crest and colours 2.2 Nomenclature 3 Stadiums 4 Local rivals, derbies and supporters 5 Honours 5.1 Domestic 5.1. 1 League 5.1. 2 Cups 5.2 European 5.3 Worldwide 5.4 Minor 6 Managers 7 Records 8 European record 9 Players 9.1 First team squad 9.2 First team out on loan 9.3 Under 23s squad 9.4 Under 23s out on loan 9.5 Under 18s squad 10 Notable former players 10.1 Player of the Season 10.2 All - time XI 10.3 International players 11 Club staff 12 Notes 13 References 14 External links History Main article : History of Nottingham Forest F.C. Nineteenth century In 1865 a group of Shinty players met at the Clinton Arms on Nottingham 's Shakespeare Street. JS Scrimshaw 's proposal to play football instead was agreed and Nottingham Forest Football Club was formed. It was agreed at the same meeting that the club would purchase twelve tasselled caps coloured ' Garibaldi Red ' ( named after the leader of the Italian ' Redshirts ' freedom fighters ). Thus the club 's official colours were established. Forest 's first ever official game was played against Notts County taking place on 22 March 1866. In their early years Forest were a multi-sports club. As well as their roots in bandy and shinty, Forest 's baseball club were British champions in 1899. Forest 's charitable approach helped clubs like Liverpool, Arsenal and Brighton & Hove Albion to form. In 1886, Forest donated a set of football kits to help Arsenal establish themselves -- the North London team still wear red. Forest also donated shirts to Everton and helped secure a site to play on for Brighton. In 1878 -- 79 season Forest entered the FA Cup for the first time. Forest beat Notts County 3 -- 1 in the first round at Beeston Cricket Ground before eventually losing 2 -- 1 to Old Etonians in the semi final. Forest 's application was rejected to join the Football League at its formation in 1888. Forest instead joined the Football Alliance in 1889. They won the competition in 1892 before then entering the Football League. That season they reached and lost in an FA Cup semi final for the fourth time to date. This time it was to West Bromwich Albion after a replay. The 1898 Cup - winning squad Forest 's first FA Cup semi-final win was at the fifth attempt, the 1897 - 98 FA Cup 2 -- 0 replay win against Southampton. The first game was drawn 1 -- 1. Derby County beat Forest 5 -- 0 five days before the final. Six of the cup final side were rested in that league game. In that 1898 FA Cup Final at Crystal Palace before 62,000 fans, Willie Wragg passed a 19th minute free kick to Arthur Capes. Capes shot through the defensive wall to score. Derby equalised with a free kick headed home by Steve Bloomer off the underside of the cross bar after 31 minutes. In the 42nd minute Jack Fryer was unable to hold a Charlie Richards shot giving Capes a tap in for his second goal. Wragg 's injury meant Forest had to change their line up with Capes dropping back to midfield. In the 86th minute John Boag headed away a corner by Forest. John McPherson moved in to collect shooting low into the goal to win 3 -- 1. First half 20th century Forest lost FA Cup semi finals in 1900 and 1902. They finished fourth in the 1900 -- 01 Football League followed with fifth place the season after. The club then started to slide down the table. Forest were relegated for the first time in 1905 -- 06. Grenville Morris had his first of five seasons as the club 's highest scorer en route to becoming the all - time club highest goalscorer with 213 goals. Promotion as champions was immediate in 1906 -- 07. They were relegated a second time to the Second Division in 1911 and had to seek re-election in 1914 after finishing bottom of that tier. As World War One approached they were in serious financial trouble. The outbreak of The Great War along with the benevolence of the committee members mitigated the club going under. In 1919, the Football League First Division was to be expanded from twenty clubs to twenty - two in time for the 1919 -- 20 Football League : Forest were one of eight clubs to campaign for entry but received only three votes. Arsenal and Chelsea gained the two additional top tier slots. In a turnaround from the first six seasons struggling back in the Second Division, Forest were promoted as champions in 1921 -- 22. They survived each of the first two seasons back in the top flight by one position. In the third season after promotion they were relegated as the division 's bottom club in 1924 -- 25. They remained in the second tier until relegation in 1949 to the Football League Third Division. Re-emergence then decline ( 1950 -- 74 ) They were quickly promoted back two years later as champions having scored a record 110 goals in the 1950 -- 51 season. They regained First Division status in 1957. Johnny Quigley 's solitary 1958 - 59 FA Cup semi final goal beat Aston Villa. Billy Walker 's Forest beat Luton Town 2 -- 1 in the 1959 FA Cup Final. Like in 1898 Forest had lost heavily to their opponents only weeks earlier in the league. Stewart Imlach crossed for a 10th - minute opener by Roy Dwight ( the cousin of Reg Dwight better known as Elton John ). Tommy Wilson had Forest 2 -- 0 up after 14 minutes. The game had an unusually large number of stoppages due to injury, particularly to Forest players. This was put down to the lush nature of the Wembley turf. The most notable of these stoppages was Dwight breaking his leg in a 33rd minute tackle with Brendan McNally. Forest had been on top until that point. Luton though gradually took control of the match with Dave Pacey scoring midway through the second half. Forest were reduced to nine fit men with ten minutes remaining when Bill Whare crippled with cramp became little more than a spectator. Despite late Allan Brown and Billy Bingham chances Chick Thomson conceded no further goals for Forest to beat the Wembley 1950s ' hoodoo ' ( where one team was hampered by losing a player through injury ). Club record appearance holder Bobby McKinlay played in the final winning team captained by Jack Burkitt. By this time Forest had replaced Notts County as the biggest club in Nottingham. Johnny Carey assembled a team including Joe Baker and Ian Storey - Moore that for a long spell went largely unchanged in challenging for the 1966 - 67 Football League title. They beat title rivals Manchester United 4 -- 1 at the City Ground on 1 October. The 3 -- 0 win against Aston Villa on 15 April had Forest second in the table a point behind United. Injuries eventually took effect meaning Forest had to settle for being League Runners - up and losing in the FA Cup semi final to Dave Mackay 's Tottenham Hotspur. The 1966 / 67 season 's success seemed an opportunity to build upon with crowds of 40,000 virtually guaranteed at the time. Instead a mixture at the club of poor football management, the unique committee structure and proud amateurism meant decline after the 66 / 67 peak. Despite Peter Cormack being in the team Forest were relegated from the top flight in 1972. Matt Gillies ' October 1972 managerial departure was followed by short managerial reigns by Dave Mackay and Allan Brown. A 0 -- 2 Boxing Day home defeat by Notts County prompted the committee ( Forest had no board of directors then ) to sack Brown. Brian Clough and Peter Taylor ( 1975 -- 82 ) Brian Clough managed Nottingham Forest for 18 years. Brian Clough became manager of Nottingham Forest on 6 January 1975 twelve weeks after the end of his 44 - day tenure as manager of Leeds United. Clough brought Jimmy Gordon to be his club trainer as Gordon had been for him at Derby County and Leeds United. Scottish centre - forward Neil Martin scored the only goal beating Tottenham Hotspur in Clough 's FA Cup third round replay first game in charge. Ian Bowyer was already at Forest and had won domestic and European trophies with Manchester City. Clough signed Scots duo John McGovern and John O'Hare in February who both were part of Clough 's Derby County 1971 - 72 Football League title win. He signed Colin Barrett in March initially on loan. Clough brought John Robertson and Martin O'Neill back into the fold after they had requested transfers under Brown. Viv Anderson had previously debuted for the first team and became a regular under Clough. The young Tony Woodcock was at Forest but was then unrated by Clough and was to be loaned to Lincoln City. Forest were 13th in English football 's second tier when Clough joined. They finished that season 16th. Forest signed Frank Clark in July of that close season on a free transfer. The season after Forest finished eighth in Clough 's 1975 - 76 Football League first full season in charge. It was in this season McGovern became long standing club captain taking over from a game in which Bob ' Sammy ' Chapman and Liam O'Kane were both injured. Peter Taylor on 16 July 1976 rejoined Clough becoming his Assistant Manager as he had been when winning the league at Derby. Taylor included being the club 's talent spotter in his role. After assessing the players Taylor told Clough `` that was a feat by you to finish eighth in the Second Division because some of them are only Third Division players ''. Taylor berated John Robertson for allowing himself to become overweight and disillusioned. He got Robertson on a diet and training regime that would help him become a European Cup winner. Taylor turned Woodcock from a reserve midfielder into a 42 cap England striker. In September 1976 he bought striker Peter Withe to Forest for £ 43,000, selling him to Newcastle United for £ 250,000 two years later. Withe was replaced in the starting team by Garry Birtles who Taylor had scouted playing for non-league Long Eaton United. Birtles also went on to represent England. In October 1976 Brian Clough acting on Peter Taylor 's advice signed Larry Lloyd for £ 60,000 after an initial loan period. Together Clough and Taylor took Forest to new heights. The first trophy of the Clough and Taylor reign was the 1976 -- 77 Anglo - Scottish Cup. Forest beat Orient 5 -- 1 on aggregate in the two - legged final played in December 1976. Clough valued winning a derided trophy as the club 's first silverware since 1959. He said, `` Those who said it was a nothing trophy were absolutely crackers. We 'd won something, and it made all the difference. '' On 7 May Alan Moore 's own goal meant Forest in their last league game of the season beat Millwall 1 -- 0 at the City Ground. This kept Forest in the third promotion spot in the league table and dependent on Bolton Wanderers dropping points in three games in hand in the fight for third place. On 14 May Kenny Hibbitt 's goal from his rehearsed free kick routine with Willie Carr gave Wolves a 1 -- 0 win at Bolton. Bolton 's defeat reached the Forest team mid-air en route to an end of season break in Mallorca. Forest 's third place promotion from the 1976 - 77 Football League Second Division was the fifth - lowest points tally of any promoted team in history, 52 ( two points for a win in England until 1981 ). Taylor secretly followed Kenny Burns concluding Burns 's reputation as a hard drinker and gambler was exaggerated. Taylor sanctioned his £ 150,000 July signing. Burns become FWA Footballer of the Year in 1977 -- 78 after being moved from centre - forward to centre - back. Forest started their return to the top league campaign with a 3 -- 1 win at Everton. Three further wins in league and cup followed without conceding a goal. Then came five early September goals conceded in losing 3 -- 0 at Arsenal and beating Wolves 3 -- 2 at home. Peter Shilton then signed for a record fee for a goalkeeper of £ 325,000. Taylor reasoned : `` Shilton wins you matches. '' 20 year old John Middleton was first team goalkeeper pre-Shilton. Middleton later in the month went in part exchange with £ 25,000 to Derby County for Archie Gemmill transferring to Forest. Gemmill was another Scottish former 1972 Derby title winner. Forest lost only three of their first 16 league games the last of which was at Leeds United on 19 November 1977. They lost only one further game all season, the 11 March FA Cup sixth round defeat at West Bromwich Albion. Forest won the 1977 - 78 Football League seven - points ahead of runners - up Liverpool. Forest became one of the few teams ( and the most recent team to date ) to win the First Division title the season after winning promotion from the Second Division. This made Clough the third of four managers to win the English league championship with two different clubs. Forest conceded just 24 goals in 42 league games. They beat Liverpool 1 -- 0 in the 1978 Football League Cup Final replay despite cup - tied Shilton, Gemmill and December signing David Needham missing out. Chris Woods chalked up two clean sheets in the final covering Shilton 's league cup absence. McGovern missed the replay through injury meaning Burns lifted the trophy as deputising captain. Robertson 's penalty was the only goal of the game. Forest started season 1978 -- 79 by beating Ipswich Town 5 -- 0 for an FA Charity Shield record win. In the 1978 - 79 European Cup they were drawn to play the trophy winners of the two previous seasons, Liverpool. Home goals by Birtles and Barrett put Forest through 2 -- 0 on aggregate. Liverpool 's Alan Hansen later said of his contests against this Forest side, `` Not only were they a great team and a very under rated team, when you talk about a team, this was a real team. '' 26 year old Barrett suffered a serious leg injury 10 days later against Middlesbrough that ultimately ended his pro career two years later. On 9 December 1978 Liverpool ended Forest 's 42 match unbeaten league run dating back to the November the year before. The unbeaten run was the equivalent of a whole season surpassing the previous record of 35 games held by Burnley in 1920 / 21. The record stood until surpassed by Arsenal in August 2004 a month before Clough 's death. Arsenal played 49 league games without defeat. In February 1979 Taylor authorised the English game 's first £ 1 million transfer signing Trevor Francis from Birmingham City. In the April European Cup semi final home first leg against 1. FC Köln Forest were two goals behind after 20 minutes. Forest scored three to edge ahead before Köln equalised to start the German second leg ahead on the away goals rule. Ian Bowyer 's goal in Germany put Forest through. Günter Netzer asked afterwards, `` Who is this McGovern ? I have never heard of him, yet he ran the game. '' Forest beat Malmö 1 -- 0 in Munich 's Olympiastadion in the 1979 European Cup Final. Francis on his European debut scored with a back post header from Robertson 's cross. Forest beat Southampton in the final 3 -- 2 to retain the League Cup. Birtles scored twice as did Woodcock once. Forest finished second in the 1978 - 79 Football League eight points behind Liverpool. Trevor Francis, Brian Clough and John Robertson in 1980 Forest declined to play in the home and away 1979 Intercontinental Cup against Paraguay 's Club Olimpia. Forest beat F.C. Barcelona 2 -- 1 on aggregate in the 1979 European Super Cup in January & February 1980. Charlie George scored the only goal in the home first leg. Burns scored an equaliser in the return in Spain. In the 1979 - 80 Football League Cup Forest reached a third successive final. A defensive mix up between Needham and Shilton let Wolves ' Andy Gray tap in to an empty net. Forest passed up numerous chances losing 1 -- 0. In the 1979 - 80 European Cup quarter final Forest won 3 -- 1 at Dinamo Berlin to overturn a 1 -- 0 home defeat. In the semi final they beat AFC Ajax 2 -- 1 on aggregate. They beat Hamburg 1 -- 0 in the 1980 European Cup Final at Madrid 's Santiago Bernabéu Stadium to retain the trophy. Robertson scored after exchanging passes with Birtles. Forest finished fifth in the 1979 - 80 Football League. In the 1980 -- 81 European Cup first round Forest lost 2 -- 0 on aggregate to 1 -- 0 home and away defeats by CSKA Sofia. McGovern subsequently said the double defeat by CSKA affected the team 's self - confidence in that they had lost out to modestly talented opponents. Forest lost the 1980 European Super Cup on away goals after a 2 -- 2 aggregate draw against Valencia C.F. Bowyer scored both Forest goals in the home first leg. On 11 February 1981 Forest lost 1 -- 0 in the 1980 Intercontinental Cup against Uruguayan side, Club Nacional de Football. The match was played for the first time at the neutral venue National Stadium in Tokyo before 62,000 fans. The league and European Cup winning squad was broken up to capitalise on player sale value. Clough and Taylor both later said this was a mistake. The rebuilt side comprising youngsters and signings such as Ian Wallace, Raimondo Ponte and Justin Fashanu did not challenge for trophies. Taylor said in 1982, `` For many weeks now I do n't believe I 've been doing justice to the partnership and I certainly have n't been doing justice to Nottingham Forest the way I felt. And consequently after a great deal of thought, there was no option. I wanted to take an early retirement. That 's exactly what I 've done. '' John McGovern and Peter Shilton transferred and Jimmy Gordon retired in the same close season. Clough without Taylor ( 1982 -- 93 ) Anderlecht beat Forest in the 1983 -- 84 UEFA Cup semi finals in controversial circumstances. Several contentious refereeing decisions went against Forest. Over a decade later it emerged that before the match the referee Guruceta Muro received a £ 27,000 `` loan '' from Anderlecht 's chairman Constant Vanden Stock. UEFA subsequently in 1997 banned Anderlecht for one year from European competition for this misdemeanour. Muro died in a car crash in 1987. Forest beat Sheffield Wednesday on penalties in the Football League Centenary Tournament final in April 1988 after drawing 0 -- 0. Forest finished third in the league in 1988 and made the 1987 - 88 FA Cup semi finals. Stuart Pearce won the first of his five successive selections for the PFA Team of the Year. On 18 January 1989 Clough joined the fray of a City Ground pitch invasion by hitting two of his own team 's fans when on the pitch. The football authorities responded with a fine and touchline ban for Clough. Forest beat QPR 5 - 2 in that 1988 - 89 Football League Cup tie. Forest beat Everton 4 -- 3 after extra time in the 1989 Full Members Cup final. They came back to beat Luton Town 3 -- 1 in the 1989 Football League Cup Final. Nigel Clough scored two and Neil Webb one. Forest chased a unique cup treble but tragedy struck a week after the League Cup win. Forest and Liverpool met for the second season in a row in the FA Cup semi-finals. The Hillsborough disaster claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool fans. The match was abandoned after six minutes. When the emotion laden rescheduled game took place Forest struggled as Liverpool won 3 -- 1. Forest finished third in the First Division for a second successive year. However they were unable to compete in the UEFA Cup. The 1985 post Heysel Stadium Disaster UEFA competition ban on English clubs still had one season to run. Des Walker won the first of his four successive selections for the PFA Team of the Year. Nigel Jemson scored as Forest beat Oldham Athletic 1 -- 0 to retain the League Cup in 1990. Brian Clough reached his only FA Cup final in 1991 after countless replays and postponements in the 3rd, 4th and 5th rounds. Pearce put Forest ahead after 16 minutes direct from a free kick against Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley. Spurs won 2 -- 1 after an extra time own goal by Walker. Roy Keane declared himself fit to play in the final and was selected in preference to Steve Hodge. Keane later admitted he was not fit to play and that was why he had such an insignificant role in the final. English clubs were re-admitted to Europe for the 1990 -- 91 season. English places in the competition were initially limited. 1990 League Cup winners Forest were not included. The only UEFA Cup place that season went to league runners - up Aston Villa. In the summer of 1991 Millwall 's league top scorer Teddy Sheringham set Forest 's record signing fee at £ 2.1 million. In that 1991 -- 92 season Forest beat Southampton 3 -- 2 after extra time in the Full Members Cup Final. Brian McClair 's solitary Manchester United goal beat Forest in the 1992 Football League Cup Final. Forest had played in seven domestic cup finals at Wembley in five seasons winning five of the finals. Forest finished eighth in the league that season to earn a place in the new FA Premier League. Walker transferred in summer 1992 to Sampdoria. On 16 August 1992 Forest beat Liverpool 1 - 0 at home in the first ever televised live premier league game. Sheringham scored the only goal against Liverpool. Sheringham transferred a week later to Tottenham. Forest 's form slumped meaning Brian Clough 's 18 - year managerial reign ended in May 1993 with Forest relegated from the inaugural Premier League. The final game of that season was away at Ipswich. Forest lost 2 -- 1 with ironically his son, Nigel, scoring the last goal of Clough 's era. Relegation was followed by Keane 's £ 3.75 million British record fee transfer to Manchester United. Frank Clark ( 1993 -- 1996 ) Frank Clark from Forest 's 1979 European Cup winning team returned to the club in May 1993 succeeding Brian Clough as manager. Clark 's previous greatest management success was promotion from the Fourth Division with Leyton Orient in 1989. Clark convinced Stuart Pearce to remain at the club and also signed Stan Collymore, Lars Bohinen and Colin Cooper. Clark brought immediate return to the Premier League when the club finished Division One runners - up at the end of the 1993 -- 94 season. Forest finished third in 1994 -- 95 and qualified for the UEFA Cup -- their first entry to European competition in the post-Heysel era. Collymore then transferred in the 1995 - 96 close season to Liverpool for a national record fee of £ 8.5 million. Forest reached the 1995 - 96 UEFA Cup quarter - finals, the furthest an English team reached in UEFA competition that season. They finished ninth in the league. The 1996 -- 97 season quickly became a relegation battle. Clark left the club in December. Stuart Pearce and Dave Bassett ( 1997 -- 1999 ) 34 - year - old captain Stuart Pearce was installed as player - manager on a temporary basis just before Christmas in 1996 and he inspired a brief upturn in the club 's fortunes. However, in March 1997 he was replaced on a permanent basis by Dave Bassett and left the club that summer after 12 years. Forest were unable to avoid relegation and finished the season in bottom place. They won promotion back to the Premier League at the first attempt, being crowned Division One champions in 1997 -- 98. Bassett was sacked in January 1999, with Ron Atkinson replacing him. Into the 21st century ( 1999 -- 2012 ) Ron Atkinson was unable to prevent Forest from once again slipping back into Division One, and announced his retirement from football management when Forest 's relegation was confirmed on 24 April 1999, with three weeks of the Premier League seasons still to play. Former England captain David Platt succeeded Atkinson and spent approximately £ 12 million on players in the space of two seasons, including the Italian veterans Moreno Mannini, Salvatore Matrecano and Gianluca Petrachi. However, Forest could only finish 14th in Platt 's first season and 11th in his second. He departed in July 2001 to manage the England U-21 side and was succeeded by youth team manager Paul Hart. Chart of yearly table positions of Forest since joining the Football League. Now faced with huge debts, which reduced Forest 's ability to sign new players, they finished 16th in Hart 's first season in charge. By December 2001, Forest were reported as losing over £ 100,000 every week, and their financial outlook was worsened by the collapse of ITV Digital, which left Forest and many other Football League clubs in severe financial difficulties. Despite the off - field difficulties, Forest finished 2002 -- 03 in sixth place and qualified for the play - offs, where they lost to Sheffield United in the semi-finals. A poor league run the following season, following the loss of several key players, led to the sacking of Hart in February 2004 with Forest in danger of relegation. The decision was unpopular with certain quarters of the fanbase and Hart was described as a ' scapegoat '. Joe Kinnear was subsequently appointed and led the club to a secure 14th place in the final league table. The 2004 -- 05 season saw Forest drop into the relegation zone once more, leading to Kinnear 's resignation in December 2004. Mick Harford took temporary charge of Forest over Christmas, before Gary Megson was appointed in the new year. Megson had already won two promotions to the Premier League with his previous club West Bromwich Albion, having arrived at the club when they were in danger of going down to Division Two, but failed to stave off relegation as the club ended the season second from bottom in 23rd place, becoming the first European Cup - winners ever to fall into their domestic third division. In Forest 's first season in the English third tier in 54 years, a 3 -- 0 defeat at Oldham Athletic in February 2006 led to the departure of Megson by `` mutual consent '' leaving the club mid-table only four points above the relegation zone. Frank Barlow and Ian McParland took temporary charge for the remainder of the 2005 -- 06 season, engineering a six - match winning run and remaining unbeaten in ten games, the most notable result a 7 -- 1 win over Swindon Town. Forest took 28 points from a possible 39 under the two, narrowly missing out on a play - off place, as they finished in 7th place. Colin Calderwood, previously of Northampton Town, was appointed as Forest 's new manager in May 2006. He was their 12th new manager to be appointed since the retirement of Brian Clough 13 years earlier, and went on to become Forest 's longest - serving manager since Frank Clark. The Calderwood era was ultimately one of rebuilding, and included the club 's first promotion in a decade. In his first season, he led the club to the play - offs, having squandered a 7 - point lead at the top of League One which had been amassed by November 2006. Forest eventually succumbed to a shock 5 -- 4 aggregate defeat in the semi-finals against Yeovil Town ; they had taken a 2 -- 0 lead in the first leg at Huish Park, but were then beaten 5 -- 2 on their own soil by the Somerset club. Calderwood achieved automatic promotion in his second year at the club, following an impressive run which saw Forest win six out of their last seven games of the season, culminating in a dramatic final 3 -- 2 win against Yeovil at the City Ground. Forest kept a league record of 24 clean sheets out of 46 games, proving to be the foundation for their return to the second tier of English football and leaving them just one more promotion away from a return to the Premier League. However, Calderwood 's side struggled to adapt to life in the Championship in the 2008 -- 09 campaign and having been unable to steer Forest out of the relegation zone, Calderwood was sacked following a Boxing Day 4 -- 2 defeat to the Championship 's bottom club Doncaster Rovers. Under the temporary stewardship of John Pemberton, Forest finally climbed out of the relegation zone, having beaten Norwich City 3 -- 2. Billy Davies, who had taken Forest 's local rivals Derby County into the Premier League two seasons earlier, was confirmed as the new manager on 1 January 2009 and watched Pemberton 's side beat Manchester City 3 -- 0 away in the FA Cup, prior to taking official charge. Under Davies, Forest stretched their unbeaten record in all competitions following Calderwood 's sacking to six matches, including five wins. He also helped them avoid relegation as they finished 19th in the Championship, securing survival with one game to go. Forest spent most of the 2009 -- 10 campaign in a top - three position, putting together an unbeaten run of 20 league games, winning 12 home league games in a row ( a club record for successive home wins in a single season ), going unbeaten away from home from the beginning of the season until 30 January 2010 ( a run spanning 13 games ) whilst also claiming memorable home victories over local rivals Derby County and Leicester City. The club finished third, missing out on automatic promotion, and in the two - legged play - off semi-final were beaten by Blackpool, 2 -- 1 away and 4 -- 3 in the home leg, the club 's first defeat at home since losing to the same opposition in September 2009. The 2010 -- 11 season saw Forest finish in sixth place in the Championship table with 75 points, putting them into a play - off campaign for the fourth time in the space of eight years. Promotion was yet again to elude Forest, as they were beaten over two legs by eventual play - off final winners Swansea City. Having drawn the first leg 0 -- 0 at the City Ground, they were eventually beaten 3 -- 1 in the second leg. In June 2011, Billy Davies had his contract terminated, and was replaced as manager by Steve McClaren, who signed a three - year contract. Forest started the 2011 -- 12 season with several poor results and after a 5 -- 1 defeat away to Burnley, David Pleat and Bill Beswick left the club 's coaching setup. Less than a week later, following a home defeat to Birmingham City, McClaren resigned, and chairman Nigel Doughty announced that he intended to resign at the end of the season. In October 2011, Nottingham Forest underwent several changes. These changes included the appointment of Frank Clark as new chairman of the club and also that of Steve Cotterill, replacing the recently departed Steve McClaren. Nigel Doughty : Nottingham Forest owner 1999 -- 2012 Nigel Doughty, owner and previous chairman of the club, died on 4 February 2012, having been involved with the club since the late 1990s, with many estimating his total contribution as being in the region of £ 100 million. The Al - Hasawi era ( 2012 -- 2017 ) The Al - Hasawi family, from Kuwait, purchased the club and became the new owners in July 2012. The Al - Hasawi family told press that they had a long - term vision for the club based around a 3 -- 5 - year plan, and after interviewing several potential new managers, appointed Sean O'Driscoll, formerly the manager at Doncaster Rovers and Crawley Town, as the manager on 19 July 2012 after a second round of talks with the then Crawley man. He was known for playing an attractive brand of passing football ( which had taken Doncaster Rovers into the league 's second tier for the first time since the 1950s ) and what football fans would consider the Forest way. O'Driscoll had spent five months at the City Ground as Coach under Steve Cotterill in the 2011 -- 12 season before taking over at Crawley. After taking over at Crawley, O'Driscoll never took charge of a single competitive game. By 15 December 2012, after the team 's 0 -- 0 draw away to Brighton, Forest sat in ninth position with 33 points, just three points off the play - off positions. The Al - Hasawi 's 3 -- 5 - year plan had turned into a push for the play - offs in their first season as the owners. On the same weekend, the club announced that Omar Al - Hasawi had stepped down due to personal reasons and Fawaz Al - Hasawi, the majority shareholder with 75 % had taken the position, with his brother Abdulaziz Al - Hasawi holding a 20 % share and his cousin Omar Al - Hasawi holding a 5 % share. On Boxing Day 2012, manager Sean O'Driscoll was sacked following a 4 -- 2 victory over Leeds United with the club stating their intentions of a change ahead of the January transfer window and hopes of appointing a manager with Premiership experience. The man to replace O'Driscoll was Alex McLeish. The move was criticised by some members of the Forest fan base. Chief executive Mark Arthur as well as scout Keith Burt and club ambassador Frank Clark were dismissed in January 2013. On 5 February 2013, Forest and Alex McLeish had parted company by mutual agreement, just 40 days after McLeish took charge of the club. Forest supporters and pundits alike registered their concern for the state of the club, with journalist Pat Murphy describing the situation as a `` shambles ''. Two days after McLeish 's departure, the club re-appointed Billy Davies as manager, having been sacked as the team 's manager twenty months previously. His first match in charge was a draw, followed by a run of 10 undefeated games. In March 2014, the club terminated Davies 's employment, following a 5 -- 0 defeat by Derby County. Neil Warnock turned down the job as Forest manager on the day Davies was sacked. After initially rejecting the job in March 2014, fans favourite Stuart Pearce was named the man to replace Billy Davies, taking over from caretaker manager Gary Brazil. He signed a two - year contract commencing on 1 July 2014. Pearce led Forest to an unbeaten start to the season but failed to keep up the form. He was sacked in February 2015 and replaced by another former Forest player, Dougie Freedman. Another mid-table finish meant that Forest began the 2015 -- 16 season still in the Championship and now in their 17th season away from the Premier League. On 13 March 2016, Freedman was sacked, following a 3 -- 0 defeat at home to Sheffield Wednesday. Paul Williams was then appointed as temporary manager as Nottingham Forest searched for their new manager. Finally, following months of speculation the former US Boulogne, Valenciennes FC, Real Sociedad, and Stade Rennais head coach Philippe Montanier was appointed on a two - year contract on 27 June 2016, but was sacked after fewer than seven months in charge. Mark Warburton was named as the club 's new manager on 14 March 2017. Forest narrowly avoided relegation on the final day of the 2016 -- 17 season, where a 3 -- 0 home victory against Ipswich ensured their safety at the expense of Blackburn. Evangelos Marinakis ( 2017 -- ) On 18 May 2017 it was confirmed that Evangelos Marinakis had completed his takeover of Nottingham Forest, bringing an end to Al - Hasawi 's reign as Forest owner. Club identity Crest and colours Nottingham Forest have worn red since the club 's foundation in 1865. At the meeting in the Clinton Arms which established Nottingham Forest as a football club, the committee also passed a resolution that the team colours should be ' Garibaldi red '. This decision was made in honour of Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian patriot who was the leader of the redshirts volunteers. At this time, clubs identified themselves more by their headgear than their shirts and a dozen red caps with tassels were duly purchased, making Forest the first club to ' officially ' wear red, a colour that has since been adopted by a significant number of others. Forest is the reason behind Arsenal 's choice of red, having donated a full set of red kits following Arsenal 's foundation in 1886. Forest 's tour of South America in 1905 inspired Independiente to adopt red as their club colour, after the Argentine club 's President Arístides Langone described the tourists as looking like diablos rojos ( `` red devils '' ), which would become Independiente 's nickname. The first club crest used by Forest was the city arms of Nottingham, which was first used on kits in 1947. The current club badge was introduced in 1974. The logo has been reported as being the brainchild of manager Brian Clough. However, he did not arrive at the club until the year after. Forest have two stars above the club badge to commemorate the European Cup victories in 1979 and 1980. There was a competition pre-Clough to design a new Forest logo and the winning design was by Trent Polytechnic graphic design lecturer David Lewis. He also designed the Nottinghamshire County Council logo. Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor 1973 -- 76 Umbro None 1976 -- 77 U-Win 1977 -- 80 Adidas 1980 -- 82 Panasonic 1982 -- 84 Wrangler 1984 -- 86 Skol 1986 -- 87 Umbro Home Ales 1987 -- 93 Shipstones 1993 -- 97 Labatt 's 1997 -- 2003 Pinnacle 2003 -- 09 Capital One 2009 -- 12 Victor Chandler 2012 -- 13 John Pye Auctions 2013 -- 16 Adidas Fawaz International Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Company 2016 -- 2018 888Sport 2018 -- Macron Nomenclature The club has garnered many nicknames over time. Historically, the nickname of `` Foresters '' was used, as was `` Garibaldis ''. `` The Forest '' or the simpler `` Forest '' -- as used on the club crest -- is commonly used, as is `` the Reds ''. Another, lesser - used, nickname referring to the club is the `` Tricky Trees ''. Nottingham Forest is sometimes referred to as Notts Forest, which is not correct, as ' Notts ' is an abbreviation of the word ' Nottinghamshire '. Stadiums Main article : City Ground Since 1898 Nottingham Forest have played their home games at the City Ground in West Bridgford, on the banks of the River Trent. Since 1994 the stadium has been all - seater, a preparation that was made in time for the ground to be a venue for Euro 96, and currently has a capacity of 30,445. The City Ground is 300 yards away from Notts County 's Meadow Lane stadium, on the other side of the Trent. The two grounds are the closest professional football stadia in England and the second closest in the United Kingdom after the grounds of Dundee and Dundee United. When built, the ground was within the boundaries of Nottingham, which had been made a city the previous year and gave rise to the name of the stadium. A boundary change in the 1950s meant that the City Ground is now no longer within the city of Nottingham whilst Notts County 's ground is. Prior to moving into the City Ground, Forest played their home games at Forest Recreation Ground, then Trent Bridge, and finally the purpose - built Town Ground. Local rivals, derbies and supporters Main articles : Nottingham derby, East Midlands derby, and Leicester City F.C. -- Nottingham Forest F.C. rivalry Whilst Notts County is the closest professional football club geographically, Forest have remained at least one division higher since the 1994 -- 95 season and the club 's fiercest rivalry is with Derby County, located 14 miles away. The two clubs contest the East Midlands derby, a fixture which has taken on even greater significance since the inception of the Brian Clough Trophy in 2007. Leicester City are Forest 's other East Midlands rival due to the close proximity of the two cities. Forest 's other regional rival is Sheffield United, based in the neighbouring county of South Yorkshire, a rivalry which has roots in the UK miners ' strike of 1984 -- 85 when the miners of South Yorkshire walked out on long strikes but some Nottinghamshire miners, who insisted on holding a ballot, continued to work. The exciting 2003 Football League Championship Play - off semi final between the two clubs, in which Sheffield United finished as 5 -- 4 aggregate winners, also fueled the rivalry. Forest 's fanbase includes a host of celebrity supporters, including : fashion designer Paul Smith, England international cricketers Stuart Broad and Samit Patel, boxer Carl Froch, golfers Lee Westwood and Oliver Wilson, footballers Alex Baptiste Tom Cairney, Shaun Barker and Patrick Bamford, ice hockey player Miika Wiikman, politicians Kenneth Clarke, Dan Jarvis and Michael Dugher, Manic Street Preachers singer James Dean Bradfield, Metronomy frontman Joseph Mount, Editors guitarist Chris Urbanowicz, Brazilian football manager Luiz Felipe Scolari, actor Joe Dempsie, artist and musician David Shrigley, comedian Matt Forde, skater Christopher Dean, TV & radio presenter Richard Bacon, The Pogues guitarist Phil Chevron, actress Su Pollard, actor Arsher Ali, athlete Andy Turner, Danish author Peter Grønlund. Honours Domestic League First Division Winners ( 1 ) : 1977 -- 78 Runners - up ( 2 ) : 1966 -- 67, 1978 -- 79 Second Division Winners ( 3 ) : 1906 -- 07, 1921 -- 22, 1997 -- 98 Runners - up ( 2 ) : 1956 -- 57, 1993 -- 94 Promoted ( 1 ) : 1976 -- 77 Third Division Winners ( 1 ) : 1950 -- 51 Runners - up ( 1 ) : 2007 -- 08 Football Alliance Winners ( 1 ) : 1891 -- 92 Cups FA Cup Winners ( 2 ) : 1897 -- 98, 1958 -- 59 Runners - up ( 1 ) : 1990 -- 91 Football League Cup Winners ( 4 ) : 1977 -- 78, 1978 -- 79, 1988 -- 89, 1989 -- 90 Runners - up ( 2 ) : 1979 -- 80, 1991 -- 92 FA Charity Shield Winners ( 1 ) : 1978 Runners - up ( 1 ) : 1959 Full Members Cup Winners ( 2 ) : 1988 -- 89, 1991 -- 92 Football League Centenary Tournament Winners ( 1 ) : European European Cup Winners ( 2 ) : 1978 -- 79, 1979 -- 80 UEFA Super Cup Winners ( 1 ) : 1979 Runners - up ( 1 ) : 1980 Worldwide Intercontinental Cup Runners - up ( 1 ) : 1980 Minor Anglo - Scottish Cup Winners ( 1 ) : 1977 Managers Information correct as of match played 3 March 2018. Only competitive matches are counted. Caretaker managers are in italics Number Manager From To Played Won Drawn Lost Won % Drawn % Lost % Harry Radford 1 Aug 1889 31 May 1897 176 69 34 73 39.2 % 19.3 % 41.5 % Harry Haslam 1 Aug 1897 31 May 1909 462 188 104 170 40.7 % 22.5 % 36.8 % Fred Earp 1 Aug 1909 31 May 1912 120 35 26 59 29.2 % 21.7 % 49.2 % Bob Masters 1 Aug 1912 31 May 1925 385 108 97 180 28.1 % 25.2 % 46.8 % 5 John Baynes 1 Aug 1925 31 May 1929 182 69 47 66 37.9 % 25.8 % 36.3 % 6 Stan Hardy 1 Aug 1930 31 May 1931 43 14 9 20 32.6 % 20.9 % 46.5 % 7 Noel Watson 1 Aug 1931 31 May 1936 223 79 57 87 35.4 % 25.6 % 39.0 % 8 Harold Wightman 1 Aug 1936 31 May 1939 119 33 27 59 27.7 % 22.7 % 49.6 % 9 Billy Walker 1 May 1939 1 Jun 1960 650 272 147 231 41.8 % 22.6 % 35.5 % 10 Andy Beattie 1 Sep 1960 1 Jul 1963 140 52 30 58 37.1 % 21.4 % 41.4 % 11 Johnny Carey 1 Jul 1963 31 Dec 1968 267 99 65 93 38.5 % 25.3 % 36.2 % 11 Matt Gillies 1 Jan 1969 20 Oct 1972 177 49 48 80 27.7 % 27.1 % 45.2 % 13 Dave Mackay 2 Nov 1972 23 Oct 1973 44 13 14 17 29.5 % 31.8 % 38.6 % 14 Allan Brown 19 Nov 1973 3 Jan 1975 57 20 17 20 35.1 % 29.8 % 35.1 % 15 Brian Clough 3 Jan 1975 8 May 1993 968 447 258 263 46.2 % 26.7 % 27.2 % 16 Frank Clark 13 May 1993 19 Dec 1996 178 73 58 47 41.0 % 32.6 % 26.4 % 17 Stuart Pearce 20 Dec 1996 8 May 1997 23 7 9 7 30.4 % 39.1 % 30.4 % 18 Dave Bassett 8 May 1997 5 Jan 1999 77 30 20 24 42.9 % 26.0 % 31.2 % 19 Micky Adams 5 Jan 1999 11 Jan 1999 0 0 0.0 % 0.0 % 100.0 % 20 Ron Atkinson 11 Jan 1999 16 May 1999 17 5 10 29.4 % 11.8 % 58.8 % 21 David Platt 1 Jul 1999 12 Jul 2001 103 37 25 41 35.9 % 24.3 % 39.8 % 22 Paul Hart 12 Jul 2001 7 Feb 2004 135 42 44 49 31.1 % 32.6 % 36.3 % 23 Joe Kinnear 10 Feb 2004 16 Dec 2004 44 15 15 14 34.1 % 34.1 % 31.8 % 24 Mick Harford 16 Dec 2004 10 Jan 2005 6 33.3 % 16.7 % 50.0 % 25 Gary Megson 10 Jan 2005 16 Feb 2006 59 17 18 24 28.8 % 30.5 % 40.7 % 26 Frank Barlow Ian McParland 17 Feb 2006 30 May 2006 13 8 61.5 % 30.8 % 7.7 % 27 Colin Calderwood 30 May 2006 26 Dec 2008 136 57 42 37 41.9 % 30.9 % 27.2 % 28 John Pemberton 27 Dec 2008 4 Jan 2009 0 0 100.0 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 29 Billy Davies 4 Jan 2009 12 Jun 2011 126 53 36 37 42.1 % 28.6 % 29.4 % 30 Steve McClaren 13 Jun 2011 2 Oct 2011 13 7 23.1 % 23.1 % 53.8 % 31 Rob Kelly 2 Oct 2011 15 Oct 2011 0 0 0 % 0 % 100 % 32 Steve Cotterill 14 Oct 2011 12 Jul 2012 37 12 7 18 32.4 % 18.9 % 48 / 6 % 33 Sean O'Driscoll 20 Jul 2012 26 Dec 2012 26 10 9 7 38.5 % 34.6 % 26.9 % 34 Alex McLeish 27 Dec 2012 5 Feb 2013 7 14.3 % 28.6 % 57.1 % 35 Rob Kelly 5 Feb 2013 9 Feb 2013 0 0 0 % 0 % 100 % 36 Billy Davies 7 Feb 2013 24 Mar 2014 59 25 21 13 42.3 % 35.6 % 22.0 % 37 Gary Brazil 24 Mar 2014 3 May 2014 9 5 22.2 % 22.2 % 55.6 % 38 Stuart Pearce 1 Jul 2014 1 Feb 2015 32 10 10 12 31.25 % 31.25 % 37.5 % 39 Dougie Freedman 1 Feb 2015 13 Mar 2016 57 19 16 22 33.3 % 28.1 % 38.6 % 40 Paul Williams 13 Mar 2016 12 May 2016 10 20.0 % 40.0 % 40.0 % 41 Philippe Montanier 27 June 2016 14 Jan 2017 30 9 6 15 30.0 % 20.0 % 50.0 % 42 Gary Brazil 14 Jan 2017 14 March 2017 11 6 36.4 % 9.1 % 54.5 % 43 Mark Warburton 14 March 2017 31 December 2017 37 15 19 40.5 % 8.1 % 51.4 % 44 Gary Brazil 31 December 2017 8 January 2018 0 50.0 % 50.0 % 0.0 % 45 Aitor Karanka 8 January 2018 Present 10 5 30.0 % 20.0 % 50.0 % Records This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( April 2015 ) Most appearances for the club ( in all competitions ) : 692 -- Bob McKinlay ( 1951 -- 1970 ) Most goals for the club ( in all competitions ) : 217 -- Grenville Morris ( 1898 -- 1913 ) Highest attendance : 49,946 Vs. Manchester United in Division 1, 28 October 1967 Lowest attendance : 4,030 Vs. Morecambe F.C. in the Football League Cup, 13 August 2008 Record receipts : £ 499,099 Vs. FC Bayern Munich in UEFA Cup quarter final 2nd leg, 19 March 1996 Longest sequence of league wins : 7, wins from 9 May 1922 to 1 September 1922 Longest sequence of league defeats : 14, losses from 21 March 1913 to 27 September 1913 Longest sequence of unbeaten league matches : 42, from 26 November 1977 to 25 November 1978 Longest sequence of league games without a win : 19, from 8 September 1998 to 16 January 1999 Longest sequence of league games without a goal : 7, 13 December 2003 to 7 February 2004 and 26 November 2011 to 31 December 2011 Quickest goal : League : 14 seconds, Jack Lester vs Norwich City, 8 March 2000 League Cup : 23 seconds, Paul Smith vs Leicester City, 18 September 2007 in the League Cup. 1 Record win ( in all competitions ) : 14 -- 0, Vs. Clapton ( away ), 1st round FA Cup, 17 January 1891 Record defeat ( in all competitions ) : 1 -- 9, Vs. Blackburn Rovers, Division 2, 10 April 1937 Most league points in one season 2 points for a win : 70, Division 3 South, 1950 -- 51 3 points for a win : 94, Division 1, 1997 -- 98 Most league goals in one season : 110, Division 3, 1950 -- 51 Highest league scorer in one season : Wally Ardron, 36, Division 3 ( South ), 1950 -- 51 Most internationally capped player : Peter Shilton, 125 for England Stuart Pearce, 76 for England ( 78 total ) Youngest league player : Craig Westcarr, 16 years, Vs. Burnley 13 October 2001 Oldest league player : Des Walker, 38 years 254 days, Vs. Wigan Athletic 7 August 2004 Largest Transfer fees paid : £ 5,000,000 to Peterborough United for Britt Assombalonga Largest transfer fee received : £ 15,000,000 from Middlesbrough for Britt Assombalonga. 1 By agreement with Leicester City, the game was a replay as the original match three weeks previous was abandoned at half time, due to the collapse of Leicester player Clive Clarke, with Forest leading 1 -- 0. European record Competition GF GA European Cup 20 12 32 14 UEFA Cup 20 10 5 5 18 16 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 6 0 8 9 UEFA Super Cup Intercontinental Cup 0 0 0 Total 51 27 10 14 62 43 Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate 1961 -- 62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First round Valencia 1 -- 5 0 -- 2 1 -- 7 1967 -- 68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First round Eintracht Frankfurt 4 -- 0 1 -- 0 5 -- 0 Second round FC Zürich 2 -- 1 0 -- 1 2 -- 2 ( A ) 1978 -- 79 European Cup First round Liverpool 2 -- 0 0 -- 0 2 -- 0 Second round AEK Athens 5 -- 1 2 -- 1 7 -- 2 Quarter Final Grasshopper 4 -- 1 1 -- 1 5 -- 2 Semi Final Köln 3 -- 3 1 -- 0 4 -- 3 Final Malmö FF 1 -- 0 1979 European Super Cup Barcelona 1 -- 0 1 -- 1 2 -- 1 1979 -- 80 European Cup First round Öster 2 -- 0 1 -- 1 3 -- 1 Second round Argeş Piteşti 2 -- 0 2 -- 1 4 -- 1 Quarter Final Dynamo Berlin 0 -- 1 3 -- 1 3 -- 2 Semi Final Ajax 2 -- 0 0 -- 1 2 -- 1 Final Hamburg 1 -- 0 1980 European Super Cup Valencia CF 2 -- 1 0 -- 1 2 -- 2 ( A ) 1980 Intercontinental Cup Nacional 0 -- 1 1980 -- 81 European Cup First round CSKA Sofia 0 -- 1 0 -- 1 0 -- 2 1983 -- 84 UEFA Cup First round Vorwärts Frankfurt 2 -- 0 1 -- 0 3 -- 0 Second round PSV Eindhoven 1 -- 0 2 -- 1 3 -- 1 Third round Celtic F.C. 0 -- 0 2 -- 1 2 -- 1 Quarter Final Sturm Graz 1 -- 0 1 -- 1 2 -- 1 Semi Final R.S.C. Anderlecht 2 -- 0 0 -- 3 2 -- 3 1984 -- 85 UEFA Cup First round Club Brugge 0 -- 0 0 -- 1 0 -- 1 1995 -- 96 UEFA Cup First round Malmö FF 1 -- 0 1 -- 2 2 -- 2 ( A ) Second round Auxerre 0 -- 0 1 -- 0 1 -- 0 Third round Lyon 1 -- 0 0 -- 0 1 -- 0 Quarter Final Bayern Munich 1 -- 5 1 -- 2 2 -- 7 Players First team squad As of 8 February 2018 Note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player GK Costel Pantilimon ( on loan from Watford ) DF Eric Lichaj DF Tobias Pereira Figueiredo ( on loan from Sporting CP ) DF Michael Mancienne 5 MF Adlène Guédioura 7 MF Liam Bridcutt 8 MF Chris Cohen 9 FW Daryl Murphy 10 MF Barrie McKay 11 MF Ben Osborn 13 DF Danny Fox 14 MF Matty Cash 15 FW Lee Tomlin ( on loan from Cardiff City ) 17 FW Ben Brereton 18 MF Jack Colback ( on loan from Newcastle United ) No. Position Player 20 MF Kieran Dowell ( on loan from Everton ) 21 MF Ashkan Dejagah 23 FW Joe Lolley 24 MF David Vaughan 25 DF Jack Hobbs 26 GK Dimitar Evtimov 27 DF Tendayi Darikwa 29 DF Juan Fuentes 31 MF Andreas Bouchalakis 32 MF Ben Watson 33 GK Stefanos Kapino 39 FW Apostolos Vellios 42 DF Joe Worrall 43 GK Jordan Smith First team out on loan Note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 6 DF Armand Traoré ( on loan to Cardiff City until 30 June 2018 ) 16 FW Zach Clough ( on loan to Bolton Wanderers until 30 June 2018 ) 19 MF Jamie Ward ( on loan to Cardiff City until 30 June 2018 ) 28 DF Thomas Lam ( on loan to FC Twente until 30 June 2018 ) 30 GK Stephen Henderson ( on loan to Portsmouth until 30 June 2018 ) No. Position Player 34 FW Tyler Walker ( on loan to Bolton Wanderers until 30 June 2018 ) 35 FW Jason Cummings ( on loan to Rangers until 30 June 2018 ) 37 MF Jorge Grant ( on loan to Notts County until 30 June 2018 ) -- MF Gboly Ariyibi ( on loan to Northampton Town until 30 June 2018 ) Under 23s squad Main article : Nottingham Forest F.C. Under - 23s, Under - 18s and Academy As of 1 January 2018 Note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player GK Liam Bossin GK Jordan Wright DF Choz Charlesworth DF Joe Coveney DF Jordan Gabriel DF Alex Iacovitti DF Danny Preston MF Anel Ahmedhodžić No. Position Player MF Toby Edser MF Elvis Otim MF Aaron Smith MF Jake Taylor FW Virgil Gomis FW Kieran Hayes FW Gerry McDonagh Under 23s out on loan Note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player DF Adam Crookes ( on loan to Guiseley until 30 June 2018 ) GK Tim Erlandsson ( on loan to Salford City until 16 April 2018 ) No. Position Player FW Lewis Walters ( on loan to Barrow until 30 June 2018 ) MF Ryan Yates ( on loan to Scunthorpe United until 30 June 2018 ) Under 18s squad Main article : Nottingham Forest F.C. Under - 23s, Under - 18s and Academy As of 1 January 2018 Note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player GK George Shelvey GK Rūdolfs Soloha DF Matt Bondswell DF Riley Harbottle DF Max Ram DF Jayden Richardson DF Ethan Stewart DF Jake Willetts MF Josh Barnes MF Ethan Dekel No. Position Player MF Yassine En - Neyah MF Sam Greenwood MF Brennan Johnson MF Alex Mighten MF Connor Smith MF Will Swan FW Arvin Appiah FW Keith Asare FW Luke McCormick FW Victor Sodeinde Notable former players Further information : List of Nottingham Forest F.C. players Player of the season Former club captain and manager Stuart Pearce won the Player of the Year award three times, a record he holds jointly with Des Walker. Kenny Burns, Nigel Clough, Andy Reid and Chris Cohen are the only players to win the award twice. Andy Reid holds the record for longest gap between Player of the Year awards with a gap of ten years. Year Winner 1977 Tony Woodcock 1978 Kenny Burns 1979 Garry Birtles 1980 Larry Lloyd 1981 Kenny Burns 1982 Peter Shilton Steve Hodge 1984 Chris Fairclough 1985 Jim McInally 1986 Nigel Clough Des Walker 1988 Nigel Clough 1989 Stuart Pearce 1990 Des Walker 1991 Stuart Pearce 1992 Des Walker 1993 Steve Sutton 1994 David Phillips 1995 Steve Stone Stuart Pearce 1997 Colin Cooper Year Winner 1998 Pierre van Hooijdonk 1999 Alan Rogers 2000 Dave Beasant 2001 Chris Bart - Williams 2002 Gareth Williams 2003 David Johnson Andy Reid 2005 Paul Gerrard 2006 Ian Breckin 2007 Grant Holt 2008 Julian Bennett 2009 Chris Cohen Lee Camp 2011 Luke Chambers 2012 Garath McCleary 2013 Chris Cohen 2014 Andy Reid 2015 Michail Antonio 2016 Dorus de Vries 2017 Eric Lichaj All - time XI Shilton Walker Burns Anderson Pearce O'Neill Gemmill Storey - Moore Robertson Keane Francis Nottingham Forest F.C. All - time First XI In 1997 and 1998, as part of the release of the book The Official History of Nottingham Forest, a vote was carried out to decide on the club 's official All Time XI. Position Player Years at club GK Peter Shilton 1977 -- 82 RB Viv Anderson 1974 -- 84 RCB Des Walker 1984 -- 92 ; 2002 -- 04 LCB Kenny Burns 1977 -- 81 LB Stuart Pearce 1985 -- 97 RCM Martin O'Neill 1971 -- 81 ACM Roy Keane 1990 -- 93 LCM Archie Gemmill 1977 -- 79 RW Ian Storey - Moore 1962 -- 72 CF Trevor Francis 1979 -- 81 LW John Robertson 1970 -- 83 ; 1985 -- 86 International players See List of Nottingham Forest F.C. international footballers Club staff Executive Majority owner Evangelos Marinakis Minority owner Sokratis Kominakis Chairman Nicholas Randall QC Director Johnny Metgod Director Jonny Owen Chief executive officer Ioannis Vrentzos Chief financial officer Samantha Gordon Football staff Sporting director Luke Dowling First - team manager Aitor Karanka First - team coach Simon Ireland First - team fitness coach Carlos Cachada Interim first - team goalkeeping coach Ian Bennett Head of first - team analysis Juan Vila Seoane First - team assistant analyst Jose Miguel Marcos Costoso Under - 23s & academy coaching staff Academy manager Gary Brazil Academy goalkeeping coach Ian Bennett Interim under 23s lead coach Chris Cohen Under 18s lead coach Gareth Holmes Under 18s assistant coach Jake Wigley Notes Jump up ^ The others were Liverpool in 1906, Everton in 1932, Tottenham Hotspur in 1951 and Ipswich Town in 1962. 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Question: when did nottingham forest last win the league
Answer: 2016–17