2016–17 Nottingham Forest F.C. season


The 2016–17 season was Nottingham Forest's 151st season in existence and 9th consecutive season in the Championship since promotion in 2007–08. In addition to the Championship, the club participated in the FA Cup and the newly rebranded EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.
On 18 May a change of ownership of Nottingham Forest Football Club from Fawaz Al-Hasawi to a Greek consortium, led by Olympiacos owner and shipping magnate Evangelos Marinakis, was completed as Fawaz Al-Hasawi sold 100% of his stake in the club for an undisclosed sum. Marinakis completed the deal in partnership with Sokratis Kominakis, and the duo immediately announced the appointments of leading sports lawyer Nicholas Randall QC as Chairman, Olympiacos' Managing Director Loannis Vrentzos as CEO, and David Cook, formerly of Celtic and Everton, as Chief Commercial Officer.

First team squad

New contracts

Player transfers

Transfers in

DatePositionNationalityNameFromTransfer feeReference
21 June 2016GKRudolfs SolohaRiga Football SchoolUndisclosed
6 July 2016MFRob WorrallHarrogate TownNominal Fee
28 July 2016GKChris MarquesFree agentFree transfer
23 September 2016STLewis WaltersFree agentFree transfer

Loans in

Transfers out

DatePositionNationalityNameToTransfer FeeReference
15 June 2016STNikolay TodorovHeart of MidlothianReleased
1 July 2016MFLiam AdamsFree agent Released
1 July 2016STAidan AustinFree agent Released
1 July 2016GKJoe BoydFree agent Released
1 July 2016MFDylan BurnsFree agent Released
1 July 2016GKRichard DearleFree agent Released
1 July 2016DFIsmael DialloFree agent Released
1 July 2016MFTom GamblenFree agentReleased
1 July 2016DFJack KellyFree agent Released
1 July 2016MFJosh ReesFree agent Released
1 July 2016STLuke ThomasFree agentReleased
1 July 2016STKasheme WaltonFree agentReleased
31 August 2016MFDeimantas PetravičiusZagłębie LubinFree transfer
5 June 2017MFKyle McCleanSt JohnstoneReleased

Loans out

Pre-season friendlies

Competitions

Championship

League table

Result summary

Results by matchday

Matches

FA Cup

Forest entered the 2016–17 FA Cup at the third round, and were drawn to play Wigan Athletic at the DW Stadium on 7 January 2017.

EFL Cup

On Wednesday 22 June 2016, The Football League released the opening fixtures list for the 2016–17 EFL Cup. Forest opened their campaign away at League Two side Doncaster Rovers.

Season statistics

Appearances and goals

Goal scorers

Disciplinary record