Nottingham Forest F.C. Under 21s or Nottingham Forest F.C. B Team are the reserve team of Nottingham Forest. The team mainly consists of Under-21 players at the club, although senior players occasionally play in the reserve side, for instance when they are recovering from injury.

Nottingham Forest F.C. Under 18s are the youth team of Nottingham Forest.

The Nottingham Forest Academy as a whole is managed by Chris McGuane.

Under 21s & Under 18s

The Nottingham Forest F.C. Youth Academy was launched in 1997 under the supervision of Paul Hart. The academy is run by full and part-time staff including ex-professional footballers alongside Chris McGuane. The academy is located at a site in Nottingham. Since its inception the academy has nurtured the talents of many players that have made it into top flight football; these include Jermaine Jenas, Michael Dawson, his brother Andy, James Perch, Carlos Merino, Scott Loach, Andy Reid and Marlon Harewood. Many of these players have gone on to play at international level. Others were released by the academy and went on to develop their careers successfully elsewhere, including Shaun Wright-Phillips and Tom Huddlestone.

The Nottingham Forest youth team has been part of the Premier Academy League since 1997, playing in group D. Their best season was 2000–01 when they won the whole competition. They almost repeated this in the 2009–10 season but eventually lost 5–3 to Arsenal in the play-off final.

The Nottingham Forest academy was officially renamed The Nigel Doughty Academy in October 2012 in memory of the former owner Nigel Doughty, who died earlier in the year.

In May 2021, the academy secured a conditional licence to operate a Category 1 Academy. This would allow the club's U21 and U18 teams to enter the elite academy games programme, including Premier League 2 and cup competitions.

For the 2023–24 season, Forest entered an under-21 side in the EFL Trophy for the first time.

B Team

Current Squad

Nat.No.Pos.NameDate of birthContract Exp.NotesRef. Goalkeepers-GK30 June 2027-GK30 June 2028-GK30 June 2027 + 1 yr opt.-GK30 June 2028 Defenders-DF30 June 2027-DF30 June 2027 + 1 yr opt.-DF30 June 2027-DF30 June 2027-DF30 June 2028-DF-DF30 June 2027 + 1 yr opt.-DF Midfielders-MF-MF30 June 2027-MF30 June 2029-MF30 June 2027-MF30 June 2028-MF30 June 2027 + 1 yr opt.-MF30 June 2027-MF30 June 2027 + 1 yr opt. Forwards-FW30 June 2027-FW30 June 2028-FW-FW-FW30 June 2028-FW30 June 2027

U18 Team

Current Squad

Nat.No.Pos.NameDate of birthContract Exp.NotesRef. Goalkeepers-GK30 June 2027-GK30 June 2028 Defenders-DF30 June 2027-DF30 June 2028-DF30 June 2028-DF30 June 2028-DF30 June 2028-DF30 June 2028-DF30 June 2028-DF30 June 2027 Midfielders-MF30 June 2028-MF30 June 2028-MF30 June 2027-MF30 June 2028-MF30 June 2028-MF30 June 2027-MF Forwards-FW30 June 2027-FW30 June 2027

Staff Academy staff

Honours

Premier Academy League Winners: 2000–01 Dallas Cup Winners: 2002 Premier League International Cup Winners: 2024–25

Notable Academy graduates and attendees Players currently playing for Nottingham Forest are listed below in bold. The decade players are listed in indicates when they began playing with the academy, not the first team.

1960s

Bob Chapman Duncan McKenzie Henry Newton Ian Storey-Moore

1970s

Viv Anderson Paul Bannon Stuart Gray Bryn Gunn Mark Hateley Gary Mills John Robertson Steve Sutton Tony Woodcock Chris Woods

1980s

David Campbell Gary Charles Steve Chettle Paul Crichton Nigel Clough Mark Crossley Sean Dyche Chris Fairclough Scot Gemmill Lee Glover Steve Hodge Bobby Howe Ian Kilford Steve Stone Des Walker

1990s

Craig Armstrong Julian Bennett Brian Cash Richard Cooper Andy Dawson Kevin Dawson Michael Dawson Gareth Edds Keith Foy Simon Francis Robbie Gibbons Phil Gilchrist Mark Goodlad Steve Guinan Marlon Harewood Tom Huddlestone Jermaine Jenas Ian Kilford Richard Liburd Paul McGregor Steve Melton Carlos Merino Chris O'Grady James Perch Jon-Paul Pittman David Prutton Andy Reid Andy Todd Justin Walker Vance Warner Craig Westcarr Gareth Williams Shaun Wright-Phillips

2000s

Mo Adams Mickaël Antoine-Curier Patrick Bamford Felix Bastians Hamza Bencherif Jack Blake Matt Bodkin Eugen Bopp Oliver Burke Mark Byrne Neill Byrne Callum Chettle Karl Darlow Tony Diagne Vincent Fernandez Kieron Freeman Kieran Hayes Joe Heath Arif Karaoğlan Jamaal Lascelles Lewis McGugan Alex Mighten Brendan Moloney David Morgan Wes Morgan Ben Osborn Alan Power Shane Redmond Gregor Robertson Barry Roche Nialle Rodney Tom Shaw Emile Sinclair Jordan Smith Richard Tait Robert Taylor John Thompson George Thomson Matt Thornhill Kieran Wallace Spencer Weir-Daley Ryan Yates

2010s

Zach Abbott Anel Ahmedhodžić Danny Anisjko Arvin Appiah Kostakis Artymatas Fin Back Matthew Bondswell Liam Bossin Ben Brereton Díaz Matty Cash Adam Crookes Aaron Donnelly Toby Edser Danny Elliott Yassine En-Neyah Tim Erlandsson Dimitar Evtimov Morgan Ferrier Tyrese Fornah Jordan Gabriel Joe Gardner Virgil Gomis Jorge Grant Oli Hammond Riley Harbottle Ethan Hill Alex Iacovitti Brennan Johnson Idris Kadded Andreas Karo Konstantinos Laifis Josh Macdonald Kyle McClean Gerry McDonagh Jake Mulraney Frederik Nielsen Esapa Osong Konstantinos Panagou Jack Perkins Ben Perry Deimantas Petravičius Ilias Polimos Danny Preston Max Ram Rezart Rama Josh Rees Jayden Richardson Roger Riera Marcelo Saraiva George Shelvey Marios Siampanis Will Swan Jake Taylor Nikolay Todorov Tyler Walker Joe Worrall Jordan Wright

2020s

Brandon Aguilera Will Brook Shae Cahill Cormac Daly Baba Fernandes Billy Fewster Kristian Fletcher Adrian Galliani Nicky Hogarth Pharrell Johnson Ateef Konaté Julian Larsson Grady McDonnell Jamie McDonnell Donnell McNeilly Joel Ndala Manni Norkett Matthew Orr Josh Powell Jimmy Sinclair Dale Taylor Joel Thompson

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