The 2023–24 season was the 158th season in the history of Nottingham Forest and their second consecutive season in the Premier League. The club also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
On 15 January 2024, the Premier League charged Nottingham Forest for breaching the league's profit and sustainability rules. On 18 March, Forest were found guilty and were deducted four points, with the club appealing the decision on 26 March. On 7 May, it was announced that Forest had failed in their appeal, and their four point deduction was upheld.
Forest secured their Premier League status on the final day of the season, following a 2–1 victory away to Burnley. Forest finished the season with 32 points, breaking the previous record for the lowest points tally of any surviving Premier League team set by West Bromwich Albion in the 2004–05 season, with 34.
Players
No. Player Position Nationality Place of birth Date of birth (age) Signed from Date signed Fee Contract end Apps Goals Goalkeepers 1 Matt Turner GK Park Ridge Arsenal 9 August 2023 £7,000,000 30 June 2027 21 0 13 Wayne Hennessey GK Bangor Burnley 15 July 2022 Free transfer 30 June 2024 9 0 23 Odysseas Vlachodimos GK Stuttgart Benfica 1 September 2023 £6,800,000 30 June 2027 7 0 26 Matz Sels GK Lint Strasbourg 1 February 2024 £5,100,000 30 June 2027 16 0 Defenders 3 Nuno Tavares LB Lisbon Arsenal 1 September 2023 Loan 30 June 2024 12 0 7 Neco Williams RB Wrexham Liverpool 10 July 2022 £10,000,000 30 June 2026 68 1 15 Harry Toffolo LB Welwyn Garden City Huddersfield Town 20 July 2022 £2,000,000 30 June 2025 50 1 18 Felipe CB São Paulo Atlético Madrid 31 January 2023 £2,000,000 30 June 2024 25 0 19 Moussa Niakhaté CB Roubaix Mainz 05 6 July 2022 £8,500,000 30 June 2025 37 1 29 Gonzalo Montiel RB González Catán Sevilla 23 August 2023 Loan 30 June 2024 19 0 30 Willy Boly CB Melun Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 September 2022 £2,250,000 30 June 2024 36 3 32 Andrew Omobamidele CB Leixlip Norwich City 1 September 2023 £11,000,000 30 June 2028 14 1 40 Murillo CB São Paulo Corinthians 31 August 2023 £11,100,000 30 June 2028 36 0 43 Ola Aina RB Southwark Torino 22 July 2023 Free transfer 30 June 2024 22 1 Midfielders 6 Ibrahim Sangaré DM Koumassi PSV Eindhoven 1 September 2023 £30,000,000 30 June 2028 17 0 8 Cheikhou Kouyaté DM Dakar Crystal Palace 13 August 2022 Free transfer 30 June 2024 36 1 10 Morgan Gibbs-White AM Stafford Wolverhampton Wanderers 19 August 2022 £25,000,000 30 June 2027 80 11 16 Nicolás Domínguez CM Buenos Aires Bologna 1 September 2023 £6,800,000 & Remo Freuler loaned out 30 June 2028 29 3 20 Giovanni Reyna AM Sunderland Borussia Dortmund 31 January 2024 Loan 31 May 2024 10 0 22 Ryan Yates CM Lincoln Academy 1 July 2016 30 June 2025 203 18 28 Danilo CM Salvador Palmeiras 16 January 2023 £16,000,000 30 June 2029 49 6 Forwards 9 Taiwo Awoniyi CF Ilorin Union Berlin 1 July 2022 £17,200,000 30 June 2027 53 17 11 Chris Wood CF Auckland Newcastle United 1 July 2023 £15,000,000 30 June 2025 42 16 14 Callum Hudson-Odoi LW Wandsworth Chelsea 1 September 2023 £3,000,000 30 June 2026 34 8 21 Anthony Elanga RW Malmö Manchester United 25 July 2023 £13,500,000 30 June 2028 39 5 27 Divock Origi CF Ostend Milan 1 September 2023 Loan 30 June 2024 22 1 37 Rodrigo Ribeiro CF Viana do Castelo Sporting CP 1 February 2024 Loan 30 June 2024 5 0 Out on loan 41 Brandon Aguilera CM Naranjo Alajuelense 17 July 2022 £800,000 30 June 2026 3 0 40 Josh Bowler RW Chertsey Blackpool 1 September 2022 £2,000,000 30 June 2024 0 0 25 Emmanuel Dennis FW Yola Watford 13 August 2022 £12,500,000 30 June 2026 25 2 — Remo Freuler CM Ennenda Atalanta 14 August 2022 £7,700,000 30 June 2025 33 0 35 Hwang Ui-jo CF Seongnam Bordeaux 26 August 2022 £3,000,000 30 June 2025 0 0 5 Orel Mangala CM Brussels VfB Stuttgart 31 July 2022 £12,700,000 30 June 2026 53 2 36 Loïc Mbe Soh CB Nanga Eboko Paris Saint-Germain 11 September 2020 £4,000,000 30 June 2024 13 1 26 Scott McKenna CB Kirriemuir Aberdeen 23 September 2020 £3,000,000 30 June 2024 142 5 17 Alex Mighten LW Hartford Academy 10 July 2022 30 June 2026 67 4 32 Lewis O'Brien CM Colchester Huddersfield Town 10 July 2022 £8,000,000 30 June 2026 17 1 39 Jonathan Panzo CB Brockley Dijon 31 January 2022 £1,400,000 30 June 2025 1 0 27 Omar Richards LB Lewisham Bayern Munich 10 July 2022 £7,500,000 30 June 2026 0 0 4 Joe Worrall CB Nottingham Academy 1 July 2015 30 June 2026 226 5
Transfers The summer transfer window will be open between 14 June and 1 September 2023. The winter transfer window will be open between 1 January and 1 February 2024.
In DatePositionNationalityPlayerFromFeeTeamRef. 14 June 2023 CF Chris Wood Newcastle United Undisclosed First team 29 June 2023 GK Will Brook Leeds United Free transfer Under 21s 29 June 2023 GK Harry Griffiths AFC Wimbledon Undisclosed Under 21s 29 June 2023 CF Manni Norkett Manchester United Free transfer Under 21s 22 July 2023 RB Ola Aina Torino Free transfer First team 25 July 2023 LW Anthony Elanga Manchester United Undisclosed First team 9 August 2023 GK Matt Turner Arsenal Undisclosed First team 23 August 2023 AM Alfie Bradshaw Bradford City Undisclosed Under 21s 31 August 2023 CB Murillo Corinthians Undisclosed First team 1 September 2023 CM Nicolás Domínguez Bologna Undisclosed and Remo Freuler on loan First team 1 September 2023 LW Callum Hudson-Odoi Chelsea Undisclosed First team 1 September 2023 GK Odysseas Vlachodimos Benfica Undisclosed First team 1 September 2023 DM Ibrahim Sangaré PSV Eindhoven Undisclosed First team 1 September 2023 CB Andrew Omobamidele Norwich City Undisclosed First team 12 September 2023 AM Cormac Daly Hamilton Academical Undisclosed Under 21s 11 January 2024 LB Jamie Newton Rangers Undisclosed Under 21s 1 February 2024 GK Matz Sels Strasbourg Undisclosed First team 24 February 2024 AM Adam Berry Manchester United Free transfer Under 21s
Loaned in Date fromPositionNationalityPlayerFromDurationTeamRef. 23 August 2023 RB Gonzalo Montiel Sevilla Season-long loan First team 25 August 2023CMAndrey Santos Chelsea3 January 2024First team 1 September 2023 LB Nuno Tavares Arsenal Season-long loan First team 1 September 2023 CF Divock Origi Milan Season-long loan First team 31 January 2024 AM Gio Reyna Borussia Dortmund Half-season loan First team 1 February 2024 CF Rodrigo Ribeiro Sporting CP Half-season loan First team
Out DatePositionNationalityPlayerToFeeTeamRef. 14 June 2023 CF Will Swan Mansfield Town Undisclosed Under-21s 30 June 2023 LW André Ayew Le Havre Released First team 30 June 2023 CM Cafú Rotherham United Released First team 30 June 2023 DM Jack Colback Queens Park Rangers Released First team 30 June 2023 CM Billy Fewster Alfreton Town Released Under-21s 30 June 2023 RM Alex Gibson-Hammond Derby County Released Under-21s 30 June 2023 GK Ryan Hammond Free agent Released Under-21s 30 June 2023 GK Nicky Hogarth Falkirk Released Under-21s 30 June 2023 GK Adnan Kanurić Palermo Released Under-21s 30 June 2023 AM Jesse Lingard FC Seoul Released First team 30 June 2023 CF Lewis Salmon Alfreton Town Released Under-21s 30 June 2023 GK Jordan Smith Stockport County Released First team 30 June 2023 CF Lyle Taylor Wycombe Wanderers Released First team 18 July 2023 CB Riley Harbottle Hibernian Undisclosed Under-21s 25 July 2023 CF Sam Surridge Nashville SC Undisclosed First team 1 August 2023 CM Braian Ojeda Real Salt Lake Undisclosed First team 9 August 2023 CB Steve Cook Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed First team 25 August 2023 RB Mohamed Dräger Basel Undisclosed First team 25 August 2023 CM Tyrese Fornah Derby County Undisclosed First team 1 September 2023 FW Brennan Johnson Tottenham Hotspur Undisclosed First team 14 September 2023 CM Jonjo Shelvey Çaykur Rizespor Released First team 18 September 2023 RB Giulian Biancone Olympiacos Undisclosed First team 1 January 2024 AM Gustavo Scarpa Atlético Mineiro Undisclosed First team 17 January 2024 CB Pharrell Johnson Swindon Town Undisclosed Under-21s 19 January 2024 CM Oli Hammond Oldham Athletic Undisclosed Under-21s 1 February 2024 GK Ethan Horvath Cardiff City Undisclosed First team 2 February 2024 CB James Clarridge Watford Undisclosed Under-21s 2 February 2024 RB Serge Aurier Galatasaray €100,000 First team 13 February 2024 GK George Shelvey Dundalk Undisclosed First team 23 February 2024 RB Richie Laryea Toronto FC Undisclosed First team
Loaned out Date from Position Nationality Player To Duration Team Ref. 23 July 2023 CF Dale Taylor Wycombe Wanderers End of season Under-21s 24 July 2023 RB Fin Back Carlisle United End of season Under-21s 24 July 2023 LB Aaron Donnelly Dundee End of season Under-21s 1 August 2023 CM Oli Hammond Cheltenham Town 2 January 2024 Under-21s 1 August 2023 RW Josh Bowler Cardiff City End of season First team 2 August 2023 RB Richie Laryea Vancouver Whitecaps 31 December 2023 First team 18 August 2023 AM Gustavo Scarpa Olympiacos 27 December 2023 First team 25 August 2023 LB Omar Richards Olympiacos End of season First team 31 August 2023 CM Lewis O'Brien Middlesbrough End of season First team 1 September 2023 CB Loïc Mbe Soh Almere City End of season First team 1 September 2023 CB Jonathan Panzo Cardiff City 15 January 2024 First team 1 September 2023 CM Remo Freuler Bologna End of season First team 1 September 2023 CF Hwang Ui-jo Norwich City 9 January 2024 First team 5 September 2023 LW Alex Mighten KV Kortijk 9 January 2024 First team 15 September 2023 FW Emmanuel Dennis İstanbul Başakşehir 24 January 2024 First team 24 January 2024 FW Emmanuel Dennis Watford Half-season loan First team 30 January 2024 CB Scott McKenna Copenhagen Half-season loan First team 30 January 2024 CB Jonathan Panzo Standard Liège Half-season loan First team 1 February 2024 LW Alex Mighten Port Vale Half-season loan First team 1 February 2024 CM Orel Mangala Lyon Half-season loan First team 1 February 2024 CF Julian Larsson Morecambe Half-season loan Under-21s 1 February 2024 CM Brandon Aguilera Bristol Rovers Half-season loan First team 5 February 2024 CB Joe Worrall Beşiktaş Half-season loan First team 8 February 2024 CF Hwang Ui-jo Alanyaspor Half-season loan First team
New contracts Date Position Nationality Player Contract Length Team Ref. 2 June 2023 RB Serge Aurier One year First team 20 July 2023 CM Oli Hammond One year Under-21s 24 August 2023 CB Zach Abbott Three years Under-21s 8 September 2023 CB Joe Worrall Two years First team 29 December 2023 RW Joe Gardner Undisclosed Under-21s 29 December 2023 LB Josh Powell Undisclosed Under-21s 1 January 2024 LB Harry Toffolo One year First team 15 February 2024 CM Archie Whitehall One year Under-21s 26 April 2024 AM Danny Anisjko Two years Under-21s 7 May 2024 CF Detlef Esapa Osong Two years Under-21s 17 May 2024 CM Ben Perry Two years Under-21s
Pre-season and friendlies On 29 May, Forest announced their first pre-season friendly, against Notts County. A week later, a trip to Netherlands to face PSV Eindhoven was also confirmed. On 14 June, two more friendlies against European sides Rennes and Eintracht Frankfurt were also added. Two behind-closed-doors in Spain were next to be confirmed, against Valencia and Levante.
Competitions Overall record
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches The Premier League fixtures were announced on 15 June 2023.
FA Cup
Forest entered in the third round, and were drawn at home to EFL League One club Blackpool. They were then drawn away to EFL Championship club Bristol City in the fourth round, and at home to Manchester United in the fifth round.
EFL Cup
Forest entered in the second round, and were drawn at home to Burnley.
Statistics Appearances and goals 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.
Goalscorers