The 2019–20 season was Nottingham Forest's 154th year in existence and 12th consecutive season in the EFL Championship. In addition to the Championship, the club participated in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. The season covered the period between 1 July 2019 and 22 July 2020.
First team squad
Player Nationality Date of birth (age) Joined from Joined first team Contract endsGoalkeepers 12 Jordan Smith Academy 2016 2020 30 Brice Samba 2019 2023 49 Arijanet Muric Manchester City 2019 2020 Defenders 2 Yuri Ribeiro 2019 – 3 Tobias Figueiredo 2018 2022 4 Joe Worrall Academy 2016 2024 6 Gaëtan Bong Brighton & Hove Albion 2020 2022 16 Carl Jenkinson Arsenal 2019 2022 20 Michael Dawson Hull City 2018 2021 27 Tendayi Darikwa Burnley 2017 2021 29 Yohan Benalouane Leicester City 2019 2021 44 Michael Hefele Huddersfield Town 2018 2021 Midfielders 8 Ben Watson Watford 2018 2020 10 João Carvalho 2018 2023 11 Matty Cash Academy 2016 2023 13 John Bostock 2019 2020 17 Alfa Semedo 2019 2020 19 Sammy Ameobi Bolton Wanderers 2019 2020 21 Samba Sow 2019 2021 22 Ryan Yates Academy 2016 2023 23 Joe Lolley Huddersfield Town 2018 2023 28 Tiago Silva 2019 2021 40 Brennan Johnson Academy 2019 – Forwards 7 Lewis Grabban Bournemouth 2018 2022 9 Nuno da Costa 2020 – 14 Adama Diakhaby Huddersfield Town 2020 2020 34 Tyler Walker Academy 2017 2021 39 Zach Clough Bolton Wanderers 2017 2021 48 Alex Mighten Academy 2020 2022
New contracts Date Position Nationality Player Old contract end New contract end Ref. 28 November 2019 MF Matty Cash 2021 2023 5 December 2019 MF Ryan Yates 2021 2023 11 December 2019 MF Tyrese Fornah – 2022 13 December 2019 FW Alex Mighten – 2022 21 January 2020 MF Jake Taylor 2020 2021 13 February 2020 DF Joe Worrall 2022 2024 19 February 2020 DF Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel 2020 2022 17 June 2020 DF Michael Dawson 2020 2021
Pre-season Forest announced a pre-season schedule of friendlies against Alfreton Town, Dundee, Atromitos, Olympiacos, Crystal Palace and Real Sociedad. The first team were relieved of friendlies arranged against Peterborough United, Mansfield Town and Lincoln City following the appointment of Sabri Lamouchi as head coach on 28 June 2019.
Competitions Championship
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
FA Cup
EFL Cup
Goals and appearances
Transfers
Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Team Ref. 24 June 2019 MF Sammy Ameobi Bolton Wanderers Free First team 5 July 2019 MF Tiago Silva Undisclosed First team 8 July 2019 DF Yuri Ribeiro Undisclosed First team 10 July 2019 MF Albert Adomah Aston Villa Free First team 1 August 2019 MF Samba Sow Undisclosed First team 7 August 2019 DF Carl Jenkinson Arsenal Undisclosed First team 7 August 2019 GK Brice Samba Undisclosed First team 8 August 2019 DF Chema Undisclosed First team 28 October 2019 MF Liam Sole Milton Keynes Dons Free Under-23s 29 January 2020 FW Nuno da Costa Undisclosed First team 30 January 2020 DF Gaëtan Bong Brighton and Hove Albion Undisclosed First team 31 January 2020 FW Julian Larsson Undisclosed Under-23s 6 February 2020 MF Adrian Galliani Watford Undisclosed Under-23s 17 February 2020 DF Morgan Sadler Bury Free Under-23s 26 February 2020 MF Marcus McGuane Free Under-23s
Loans in Date Position Nationality Name From Loan ends Team Ref. 8 July 2019 MF Alfa Semedo 30 June 2020 First team 9 July 2019 GK Arijanet Muric Manchester City 30 June 2020 First team 30 July 2019 FW Rafa Mir Wolverhampton Wanderers 14 January 2020 First team 8 August 2019 MF John Bostock 30 June 2020 First team 8 August 2019 GK Marios Siampanis 30 June 2020 Under-23s 21 January 2020 FW Adama Diakhaby Huddersfield Town 30 June 2020 First team
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Team Ref. 18 June 2019 FW Hillal Soudani Undisclosed First team 24 June 2019 FW Apostolos Vellios Undisclosed First team 1 July 2019 GK Liam Bossin Released Under-23s 1 July 2019 DF Joe Coveney Colne Released Under-23s 1 July 2019 DF Adam Crookes Port Vale Released Under-23s 1 July 2019 DF Sam Greenwood Free agent Released Under-18s 1 July 2019 DF Josef Hefele Released Under-23s 1 July 2019 GK Stephen Henderson Crystal Palace Released First team 1 July 2019 DF Alex Iacovitti Oldham Athletic Released Under-23s 1 July 2019 GK Rūdolfs Soloha Released Under-23s 1 July 2019 MF Panagiotis Tachtsidis £450,000 First team 1 July 2019 MF Jamie Ward Scunthorpe United Released First team 5 July 2019 MF Jorge Grant Lincoln City Undisclosed First team 12 July 2019 FW Karim Ansarifard Undisclosed First team 26 July 2019 MF Ben Osborn Sheffield United Undisclosed First team 18 August 2019 MF Adlène Guedioura Undisclosed First team 1 September 2019 MF Gboly Ariyibi Undisclosed First team 2 September 2019 FW Arvin Appiah £8,000,000 First team 2 September 2019 FW Jason Cummings Shrewsbury Town Undisclosed First team 2 September 2019 FW Daryl Murphy Bolton Wanderers Free First team 28 October 2019 DF Alexander Milošević Released First team 21 January 2020 DF Jack Robinson Sheffield United Undisclosed First team 27 January 2020 MF Claudio Yacob Free First team 30 January 2020 DF Chema Undisclosed First team 20 June 2020 DF Max Ram Stratford Town Released Under-23s
Loans out Date Position Nationality Name To Loan ends Team Ref. 2 August 2019 FW Tyler Walker Lincoln City 30 January 2020 First team 8 August 2019 GK Luke Steele Millwall 20 January 2020 First team 9 August 2019 FW Virgil Gomis Macclesfield Town 3 January 2020 Under-23s 12 August 2019 MF Toby Edser Woking 15 November 2019 Under-23s 16 August 2019 DF Jayden Richardson Exeter City 30 June 2020 Under-23s 30 August 2019 MF Jake Taylor Port Vale 30 June 2020 Under-23s 2 September 2019 MF Liam Bridcutt Bolton Wanderers 2 January 2020 First team 30 October 2019 FW Victor Sodeinde Hereford 4 February 2020 Under-23s 5 December 2019 DF Danny Preston Alfreton Town 4 January 2020 Under-23s 20 December 2019 GK Jordan Wright Alfreton Town 19 January 2020 Under-23s 4 January 2020 FW Will Swan Truro City 1 March 2020 Under-23s 10 January 2020 MF Owen Gallacher Harrogate Town 9 February 2020 Under-23s 24 January 2020 DF Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel Scunthorpe United 30 June 2020 Under-23s 30 January 2020 GK Costel Pantilimon 30 June 2020 First team 31 January 2020 GK Luke Steele Millwall 30 June 2020 First team 31 January 2020 MF Tyrese Fornah 30 June 2020 Under-23s 31 January 2020 MF Liam Bridcutt Lincoln City 30 June 2020 First team 31 January 2020 MF Albert Adomah Cardiff City 30 June 2020 First team 3 March 2020 GK George Shelvey Truro City 31 March 2020 Under-23s 3 March 2020 FW Kieran Hayes Truro City 31 March 2020 Under-23s
Awards
Club
League Sky Bet Championship Manager of the Month Result Month Manager September Sabri Lamouchi January Sabri Lamouchi
Sky Bet Championship Player of the Month Result Month Player January Joe Lolley
PFA Bristol Street Motors Fan's Championship Player of the Month Result Month Player November Brice Samba November Matty Cash
Cups
References