2024–25 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 159th season in the history of Nottingham Forest Football Club. It is the club's third consecutive season competing in the Premier League, and they will also participate in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

Players

As of 27 June 2024^[1]

No.	Player	Position(s)	Nationality	Place of birth	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract end	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Matt Turner	GK		Park Ridge	(1994-06-24) 24 June 1994 (age 30)	Arsenal	9 August 2023	£7,000,000	30 June 2027	21	0
23	Odysseas Vlachodimos	GK		Stuttgart	(1994-04-26) 26 April 1994 (age 30)	Benfica	1 September 2023	£4,500,000	30 June 2027	7	0
26	Matz Sels	GK		Lint	(1992-02-26) 26 February 1992 (age 32)	Strasbourg	1 February 2024	£5,100,000	30 June 2027	16	0
Defenders
4	Joe Worrall	CB		Nottingham	(1997-01-10) 10 January 1997 (age 27)	Academy	1 July 2015	—	30 June 2026	226	5
7	Neco Williams	RB / RWB / RW		Wrexham	(2001-04-13) 13 April 2001 (age 23)	Liverpool	10 July 2022	£10,000,000	30 June 2026	68	1
15	Harry Toffolo	LB		Welwyn Garden City	(1995-08-19) 19 August 1995 (age 28)	Huddersfield Town	20 July 2022	£2,000,000	30 June 2025	50	1
19	Moussa Niakhaté	CB		Roubaix	(1996-03-08) 8 March 1996 (age 28)	Mainz 05	6 July 2022	£8,500,000	30 June 2025	37	1
27	Omar Richards	LB / LWB		Lewisham	(1998-02-15) 15 February 1998 (age 26)	Bayern Munich	10 July 2022	£7,500,000	30 June 2026	0	0
30	Willy Boly	CB		Melun	(1991-02-03) 3 February 1991 (age 33)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1 September 2022	£2,250,000	30 June 2025	36	3
32	Andrew Omobamidele	CB		Leixlip	(2002-06-23) 23 June 2002 (age 22)	Norwich City	1 September 2023	£11,000,000	30 June 2028	14	1
39	Jonathan Panzo	CB		Brockley	(2000-10-25) 25 October 2000 (age 23)	Dijon	31 January 2022	£1,400,000	30 June 2025	1	0
40	Murillo	CB		São Paulo	(2002-07-04) 4 July 2002 (age 21)	Corinthians	31 August 2023	£11,100,000	30 June 2028	36	0
43	Ola Aina	RB / LB / RWB / LWB		Southwark	(1996-10-08) 8 October 1996 (age 27)	Torino	22 July 2023	Free transfer	30 June 2025	22	1
—	Eric da Silva Moreira	RB / RWB / RW		Hamburg	(2006-05-03) 3 May 2006 (age 18)	FC St. Pauli	25 June 2024	£1,250,000	30 June 2028	0	0
Midfielders
6	Ibrahim Sangaré	DM / CM		Koumassi	(1997-12-02) 2 December 1997 (age 26)	PSV Eindhoven	1 September 2023	£30,000,000	30 June 2028	17	0
10	Morgan Gibbs-White	AM		Stafford	(2000-01-27) 27 January 2000 (age 24)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19 August 2022	£25,000,000	30 June 2027	80	11
16	Nicolás Domínguez	CM		Buenos Aires	(1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 (age 26)	Bologna	1 September 2023	£6,800,000	30 June 2028	29	3
22	Ryan Yates	DM / CM		Lincoln	(1997-11-21) 21 November 1997 (age 26)	Academy	1 July 2016	—	30 June 2025	203	18
28	Danilo	CM		Salvador	(2001-04-29) 29 April 2001 (age 23)	Palmeiras	16 January 2023	£16,000,000	30 June 2029	49	6
41	Brandon Aguilera	AM / CM		Naranjo	(2003-06-28) 28 June 2003 (age 21)	Alajuelense	17 July 2022	£800,000	30 June 2026	3	0
—	Lewis O'Brien	CM		Colchester	(1998-10-14) 14 October 1998 (age 25)	Huddersfield Town	10 July 2022	£8,000,000	30 June 2026	17	1
Forwards
9	Taiwo Awoniyi	CF		Ilorin	(1997-08-12) 12 August 1997 (age 26)	Union Berlin	1 July 2022	£17,200,000	30 June 2027	53	17
11	Chris Wood	CF		Auckland	(1991-12-07) 7 December 1991 (age 32)	Newcastle United	1 July 2023	£15,000,000	30 June 2025	42	16
14	Callum Hudson-Odoi	LW		Wandsworth	(2000-11-07) 7 November 2000 (age 23)	Chelsea	1 September 2023	£3,000,000	30 June 2026	34	8
17	Alex Mighten	LW / RW		Hartford	(2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 22)	Academy	10 July 2022	—	30 June 2026	67	4
21	Anthony Elanga	RW / LW		Malmö	(2002-04-27) 27 April 2002 (age 22)	Manchester United	25 July 2023	£13,500,000	30 June 2028	39	5
25	Emmanuel Dennis	LW / RW / CF		Yola	(1997-11-15) 15 November 1997 (age 26)	Watford	13 August 2022	£12,500,000	30 June 2026	25	2
35	Hwang Ui-jo	CF		Seongnam	(1992-08-28) 28 August 1992 (age 31)	Bordeaux	26 August 2022	£3,000,000	30 June 2025	0	0
—	Josh Bowler	RW		Chertsey	(1999-03-05) 5 March 1999 (age 25)	Blackpool	1 September 2022	£2,000,000	30 June 2025	0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Player	From	Fee	Team	Ref.
21 June 2024	DM		Marko Stamenić	Red Star Belgrade	Undisclosed	First team	[2]
25 June 2024	RB		Eric da Silva Moreira	FC St. Pauli	Undisclosed	First team	[3]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	To	Fee	Team	Ref.
20 June 2024	CF		Julian Larsson	Burton Albion	Undisclosed	Under-21s	[4]

Released / Out of contract

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Team	Ref.
30 June 2024	DM		Kevin Adueni			Under-18s	[5]
30 June 2024	CM		Harry Arter			First team	[5]
30 June 2024	CB		Felipe	Retired		First team	[6]
30 June 2024	CB		Tony Gbopo			Under-18s	[5]
30 June 2024	GK		Wayne Hennessey			First team	[6]
30 June 2024	RW		Ethan Hull			Under-21s	[5]
30 June 2024	AM		Ateef Konaté			Under-21s	[5]
30 June 2024	DM		Cheikhou Kouyaté			First team	[6]
30 June 2024	CM		Henry Lister			Under-18s	[5]
30 June 2024	CB		Loïc Mbe Soh			First team	[5]
30 June 2024	CB		Scott McKenna			First team	[5]
30 June 2024	LB		Elijah Morgan			Under-18s	[5]
30 June 2024	CB		Theo Robinson			Under-18s	[5]

Loaned in

Loaned out

Date from	Pos.	Nat.	Player	To	Duration	Team	Ref.
21 June 2024	DM		Marko Stamenić	Olympiacos	Season-long loan	First team	[2]

New contracts

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	Contract Length	Team	Ref.
21 May 2024	RB		Ola Aina	One year	First team	[7]
21 May 2024	CB		Willy Boly	One year	First team	[8]
30 May 2024	RB		Jimmy Sinclair	One year	Under-21s	[9]
30 May 2024	GK		Aaron Bott	One year	Under-21s	[10]
31 May 2024	CM		Jack Perkins	One year	Under-21s	[11]
31 May 2024	CB		David Modupe	One year	Under-21s	[12]
5 June 2024	GK		Theo Avery	One year	Under-18s	[5]
5 June 2024	LB		Aaron Donnelly	One year	Under-21s	[5]
5 June 2024	CM		Georgios Lemonakis	One year	Under-18s	[5]
5 June 2024	LB		Jamie Newton	One year	Under-21s	[5]
5 June 2024	AM		Faruq Smith	One year	Under-18s	[5]
5 June 2024	GK		Keehan Willows	One year	Under-18s	[5]
10 June 2024	RB		Ben Hammond	One year	Under-21s	[13]
10 June 2024	AM		Jack Nadin	One year	Under-21s	[14]
20 June 2024	LB		Kyle McAdam	Two years	Under-21s	[15]
25 June 2024	CB		Jack Thompson	One year	Under-21s	[16]
26 June 2024	CB		Justin Hanks	One year	Under-21s	[17]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 24 June, Forest announced their first pre-season friendly, against Chesterfield.^[18] Three days later, a warm weather training camp in Spain was confirmed, with friendlies against Sunderland, Millwall and Elche.^[19]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Competitions

Premier League

League table

Results summary

Matches

On 18 June, the Premier League fixtures were released.^[21]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of pre-season

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number. Players who left the club prior to the first competitive fixture of the season or who have not made any appearances are not featured.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	GK	BEL	Matz Sels	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	GK	USA	Matt Turner	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	GK	GRE	Odysseas Vlachodimos	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Defenders
—	DF	NGA	Ola Aina	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	CIV	Willy Boly	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	GER	Eric da Silva Moreira	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	BRA	Murillo	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	SEN	Moussa Niakhaté	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	IRL	Andrew Omobamidele	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	ENG	Jonathan Panzo	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	ENG	Omar Richards	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	ENG	Harry Toffolo	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	WAL	Neco Williams	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	ENG	Joe Worrall	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Midfielders
—	MF	CRC	Brandon Aguilera	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	BRA	Danilo	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	ARG	Nicolás Domínguez	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	ENG	Morgan Gibbs-White	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	ENG	Lewis O'Brien	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	CIV	Ibrahim Sangaré	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	ENG	Ryan Yates	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Forwards
—	FW	NGA	Taiwo Awoniyi	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	FW	ENG	Josh Bowler	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	FW	NGA	Emmanuel Dennis	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	FW	SWE	Anthony Elanga	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	FW	ENG	Callum Hudson-Odoi	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	FW	KOR	Hwang Ui-jo	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	FW	ENG	Alex Mighten	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	FW	NZL	Chris Wood	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Loaned Out Players
—	MF	NZL	Marko Stamenić	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

References