# 2017–18 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

The 2017–18 season is Nottingham Forest's 152nd season in existence, 10th consecutive season in the EFL Championship, and their first full season under the ownership of Evangelos Marinakis and Sokratis Kominakis, who had purchased the club from Fawaz Al-Hasawi on 18 May 2017. In addition to the Championship, the club participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2018.

## First team squad

    As of 29 April 2018
| No. | Name | Nationality | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club | Joined First Team | Player Contracted Until |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Costel Pantilimon | ROM | (1987-02-01) 1 February 1987 (age 38) | Watford | 2018 | 2018 |
| 26 | Dimitar Evtimov | BUL | (1993-09-07) 7 September 1993 (age 31) | Chavdar Etropole | 2011 | 2019 |
| 33 | Stefanos Kapino | GRE | (1994-03-18) 18 March 1994 (age 30) | Olympiacos | 2018 | 2019 |
| 43 | Jordan Smith | ENG | (1994-12-08) 8 December 1994 (age 30) | Academy Product | 2016 | 2020 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Eric Lichaj | USA | (1988-11-17) 17 November 1988 (age 36) | Aston Villa | 2013 | 2019 |
| 3 | Tobias Figueiredo | POR | (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 31) | Sporting | 2018 | 2018 |
| 4 | Michael Mancienne | ENG | (1988-01-08) 8 January 1988 (age 37) | Hamburg | 2014 | 2019 |
| 13 | Danny Fox | SCO | (1986-05-29) 29 May 1986 (age 38) | Southampton | 2014 | 2019 |
| 25 | Jack Hobbs | ENG | (1988-08-18) 18 August 1988 (age 36) | Hull City | 2014 | 2018 |
| 27 | Tendayi Darikwa | ZIM | (1991-12-13) 13 December 1991 (age 33) | Burnley | 2017 | 2021 |
| 29 | Juan Fuentes | ESP | (1990-01-05) 5 January 1990 (age 35) | Osasuna | 2018 | 2018 |
| 42 | Joe Worrall | ENG | (1997-01-10) 10 January 1997 (age 28) | Academy Product | 2016 | 2022 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 5 | Adlène Guédioura | ALG | (1985-11-12) 12 November 1985 (age 39) | Middlesbrough | 2018 | 2020 |
| 7 | Liam Bridcutt | SCO | (1989-05-08) 8 May 1989 (age 35) | Leeds United | 2017 | 2020 |
| 10 | Barrie McKay | SCO | (1994-12-30) 30 December 1994 (age 30) | Rangers | 2017 | 2021 |
| 11 | Ben Osborn | ENG | (1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 (age 30) | Academy Product | 2012 | 2020 |
| 14 | Matty Cash | ENG | (1997-08-07) 7 August 1997 (age 27) | Academy Product | 2016 | 2021 |
| 18 | Jack Colback | ENG | (1989-10-24) 24 October 1989 (age 35) | Newcastle United | 2018 | 2018 |
| 20 | Kieran Dowell | ENG | (1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 27) | Everton | 2017 | 2018 |
| 21 | Ashkan Dejagah | IRN | (1986-07-05) 5 July 1986 (age 38) | Wolfsburg | 2018 | 2018 |
| 24 | David Vaughan | WAL | (1983-02-18) 18 February 1983 (age 42) | Sunderland | 2014 | 2018 |
| 31 | Andreas Bouchalakis | GRE | (1993-04-05) 5 April 1993 (age 31) | Olympiacos | 2017 | 2020 |
| 32 | Ben Watson | ENG | (1985-07-09) 9 July 1985 (age 39) | Watford | 2018 | 2020 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | Daryl Murphy | IRL | (1983-03-15) 15 March 1983 (age 41) | Newcastle United | 2017 | 2020 |
| 15 | Lee Tomlin | ENG | (1989-01-12) 12 January 1989 (age 36) | Cardiff City | 2018 | 2018 |
| 17 | Ben Brereton | ENG | (1999-04-18) 18 April 1999 (age 25) | Academy Product | 2017 | 2021 |
| 23 | Joe Lolley | ENG | (1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 (age 32) | Huddersfield Town | 2018 | 2022 |
| 39 | Apostolos Vellios | GRE | (1992-01-08) 8 January 1992 (age 33) | Iraklis 1908 | 2016 | 2020 |

### New contracts

| Date | Position | Nationality | Player | Length of Contract | Player Contracted Until |
| 7 July 2017 | DF | ENG | Adam Crookes | — | — |
| 7 July 2017 | FW | IRE | Gerry McDonagh | — | — |
| 7 July 2017 | MF | ENG | Elvis Otim | — | — |
| 7 July 2017 | FW | ENG | Lewis Walters | — | — |
| 10 August 2017 | MF | ENG | Toby Edser | 3 years | 2020 |
| 8 October 2017 | DF | ENG | Riley Harbottle | — | — |
| 24 October 2017 | DF | ENG | Joe Worrall | 4.5 years | 2022 |
| 11 January 2018 | MF | ENG | Ryan Yates | 2.5 years | 2020 |
| 12 January 2018 | DF | USA | Eric Lichaj | 1.5 years | 2019 |
| 24 January 2018 | FW | ENG | Arvin Appiah | — | — |
| 20 February 2018 | FW | ENG | Keith Asare | 2.5 years | 2020 |
| 5 April 2018 | DF | SCO | Danny Fox | 1 year | 2019 |
| 20 June 2018 | MF | ENG | Alex Mighten | 2 year | 2020 |

## Player transfers
### Loans out

* ↑ Please note that this section includes players in or out from date commencing 9 June 2017; the date that the UK Summer transfer window opened.
* ↑ Federici initially signed on loan until January 2018, but his loan spell was rescinded after he picked up a long-term injury with the Australian national team a few days after joining the club.

## Pre-season friendlies

Nottingham Forest began their pre-season with a training camp at the IMG Academy in Florida, United States, between 3 and 14 July, which also included a training match against Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica. On their return to England, Forest played four friendlies within the borders of Nottinghamshire against city rivals Notts County, Mansfield Town, Girona and Burnley.
Forest's friendly against Notts County marked the inaugural game played for the Derek Pavis Trophy, named in honour of the former County chairman and Forest vice-chairman who had died in May 2017. Forest were awarded the trophy post-match after their 2–0 victory.

## Competitions
### Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 15 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 59 | 60 | −1 | 57 |
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 58 | 70 | −12 | 56 |
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 51 | 65 | −14 | 53 |
| 18 | Hull City | 46 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 70 | 70 | 0 | 49 |
| 19 | Birmingham City | 46 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 38 | 68 | −30 | 46 |

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 6 May 2018. Source:

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | L |
| Position | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |

#### Matches
### FA Cup

In the FA Cup, Forest entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to cup holders Arsenal.

### EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017 Nottingham Forest were drawn at home to Shrewsbury Town in their opening game of the EFL Cup, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Carabao Cup. A trip to Premier League side Newcastle United was confirmed for the second round. Forest were drawn to play the reigning Premier League champions Chelsea away in the third round.

## Season statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of match played 6 May 2018
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | EFL Championship | EFL Championship | Emirates FA Cup | Emirates FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ROU | Costel Pantilimon | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | USA | Eric Lichaj | 28 | 3 | 22+1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | POR | Tobias Figueiredo | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Michael Mancienne | 33 | 0 | 27+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ALG | Adlène Guédioura | 11 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Matt Mills | 15 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SEN | Armand Traoré | 19 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Liam Bridcutt | 27 | 1 | 24+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Chris Cohen | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | EIR | Daryl Murphy | 28 | 7 | 22+5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Barrie McKay | 28 | 5 | 22+4 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Ben Osborn | 51 | 4 | 42+4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | SCO | Danny Fox | 27 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Matty Cash | 25 | 2 | 14+9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ENG | Lee Tomlin | 15 | 4 | 12+3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Zach Clough | 17 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Ben Brereton | 39 | 6 | 25+10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GAM | Mustapha Carayol | 17 | 2 | 2+13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Jack Colback | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | NIR | Jamie Ward | 8 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Kieran Dowell | 43 | 10 | 31+7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | USA | Gboly Ariyibi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | IRN | Ashkan Dejagah | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Joe Lolley | 16 | 3 | 13+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | WAL | David Vaughan | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Jack Hobbs | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | BUL | Dimitar Evtimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ZIM | Tendayi Darikwa | 32 | 1 | 29+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Juan Fuentes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | EIR | Stephen Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GRE | Andreas Bouchalakis | 25 | 2 | 11+10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ENG | Ben Watson | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | GRE | Stefanos Kapino | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | ENG | Tyler Walker | 16 | 4 | 7+5 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 35 | FW | SCO | Jason Cummings | 17 | 4 | 7+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Jorge Grant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | GRE | Apostolos Vellios | 14 | 2 | 4+8 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | ENG | Joe Worrall | 35 | 1 | 28+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | GK | ENG | Jordan Smith | 32 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* ↑ Players whose names are in italics spent time on loan at other clubs during the course of the season.
* ↑ Players whose names appear emboldened left the club on a permanent basis having appeared in a competitive fixture this season.

### Goal scorers

    As of match played 6 May 2018
| Rank | No. | Position | Player | EFL Championship | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total |
| 1 | 20 | Midfielder | Kieran Dowell | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 9 | Forward | Daryl Murphy | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 17 | Forward | Ben Brereton | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 10 | Midfielder | Barrie McKay | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 11 | Midfielder | Ben Osborn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 15 | Forward | Lee Tomlin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 34 | Forward | Tyler Walker | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 35 | Forward | Jason Cummings | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | Defender | Eric Lichaj | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 23 | Forward | Joe Lolley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 14 | Midfielder | Matty Cash | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 18 | Midfielder | Mustapha Carayol | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 31 | Midfielder | Andreas Bouchalakis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 39 | Forward | Apostolos Vellios | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 7 | Midfielder | Liam Bridcutt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 18 | Midfielder | Jack Colback | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 27 | Defender | Tendayi Darikwa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 42 | Defender | Joe Worrall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 51 | 5 | 6 | 62 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 6 May 2018
| No. | Position | Player | EFL Championship | EFL Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Total | Total |
| 7 | Midfielder | Liam Bridcutt | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 13 | Defender | Danny Fox | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 42 | Defender | Joe Worrall | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 27 | Defender | Tendayi Darikwa | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | Defender | Matt Mills | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | Forward | Ben Brereton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | Midfielder | Jack Colback | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | Midfielder | Kieran Dowell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Defender | Tobias Figueiredo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Defender | Michael Mancienne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | Midfielder | David Vaughan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | Midfielder | Ben Watson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | Defender | Eric Lichaj | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | Defender | Armand Traoré | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Midfielder | Ben Osborn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Forward | Lee Tomlin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Midfielder | Adlène Guédioura | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Midfielder | Andreas Bouchalakis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Forward | Tyler Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | Forward | Jason Cummings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Goalkeeper | Costel Pantilimon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Midfielder | Matty Cash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Midfielder | Mustapha Carayol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Midfielder | Jamie Ward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Forward | Joe Lolley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Defender | Jack Hobbs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 95 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 103 | 2 |

## Awards
### Club
#### Player of the Season

| Result | Nationality | Player | Ref |
| Won | ENG | Ben Osborn | |
| Runner-up | ENG | Matty Cash | |

### League
#### EFL Team of the Week

| Week | Result | Player | Ref |
| 2 | Won | Andreas Bouchalakis | |

#### Sky Bet Goal of the Month

| Month | Result | Player | Ref |
| August | Nominated | Andreas Bouchalakis | |
| September | Nominated | Mustapha Carayol | |

### Cup
#### EFL Cup Team of the Round

| Round | Result | Player | Ref |
| 2 | Won | Joe Worrall | |