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2021–22 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

The 2021–22 season was Nottingham Forest's 156th year in existence, and 14th consecutive season in the EFL Championship. Along with the league, the club also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. The season covered the period between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022.

Nottingham Forest F.C.
2021–22 season
OwnerEvangelos Marinakis
ChairmanNicholas Randall
ManagerChris Hughton (until 16 September 2021)
Steve Cooper (from 21 September 2021)[1]
StadiumCity Ground
Championship4th (promoted via play-offs)
Play-offsWinners
FA CupQuarter-finals
EFL CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Brennan Johnson (16)
All:
Brennan Johnson (19)
Highest home attendance29,293
(vs Birmingham City, EFL Championship, 9 April)
Lowest home attendance23,830
(vs Middlesbrough, EFL Championship, 15 September)
Average home league attendance27,176

Managerial changes edit

On 16 September 2021 Chris Hughton was relieved from his managerial duties with immediate effect, after Forest started the season with only one point from their first seven games.[2] Hughton was succeeded by former Swansea City manager Steve Cooper, who was named as first team head coach on 21 September.[1]

Players edit

As of 3 February 2022[3]
Squad no. Name Nationality Date of birth (age) Previous club Joined first team Contract ends
Goalkeepers
1 Ethan Horvath   (1995-06-09) 9 June 1995 (age 28)   Club Brugge 2021 2024
12 Jordan Smith   (1994-12-08) 8 December 1994 (age 29)   Forest Academy 2016 2023
30 Brice Samba   (1994-04-25) 25 April 1994 (age 30)   Caen 2019 2023
Defenders
2 Djed Spence   (2000-08-09) 9 August 2000 (age 23)   Middlesbrough 2021 2022
3 Tobias Figueiredo   (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 30)   Sporting 2018 2022
4 Joe Worrall   (1997-01-10) 10 January 1997 (age 27)   Forest Academy 2016 2024
6 Loïc Mbe Soh   (2001-06-13) 13 June 2001 (age 22)   Paris Saint-Germain 2020 2024
13 Gaëtan Bong   (1988-04-25) 25 April 1988 (age 36)   Brighton & Hove Albion 2020 2022
14 Richie Laryea   (1995-01-07) 7 January 1995 (age 29)   Toronto FC 2022 2025
15 Max Lowe   (1997-05-11) 11 May 1997 (age 26)   Sheffield United 2021 2022
24 Jonathan Panzo   (2000-10-25) 25 October 2000 (age 23)   Dijon 2022 2025
26 Scott McKenna   (1996-11-12) 12 November 1996 (age 27)   Aberdeen 2020 2024
27 Steve Cook   (1991-04-19) 19 April 1991 (age 33)   AFC Bournemouth 2022 2024
Midfielders
8 Jack Colback   (1989-10-24) 24 October 1989 (age 34)   Newcastle United 2020 2023
11 Philip Zinckernagel   (1994-12-16) 16 December 1994 (age 29)   Watford 2021 2022
18 Cafú   (1993-02-26) 26 February 1993 (age 31)   Olympiacos 2020 2023
21 Braian Ojeda   (2000-06-27) 27 June 2000 (age 23)   Olimpia 2021 2025
22 Ryan Yates   (1997-11-21) 21 November 1997 (age 26)   Forest Academy 2016 2025
37 James Garner   (2001-03-13) 13 March 2001 (age 23)   Manchester United 2021 2022
Forwards
7 Lewis Grabban   (1988-01-12) 12 January 1988 (age 36)   AFC Bournemouth 2018 2022
9 Keinan Davis   (1998-02-13) 13 February 1998 (age 26)   Aston Villa 2022 2022
16 Sam Surridge   (1998-07-28) 28 July 1998 (age 25)   Stoke City 2022 2024
17 Alex Mighten   (2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 22)   Forest Academy 2020 2025
19 Xande Silva   (1997-03-16) 16 March 1997 (age 27)   West Ham United 2021 2023
20 Brennan Johnson   (2001-05-23) 23 May 2001 (age 22)   Forest Academy 2019 2023
23 Joe Lolley   (1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 (age 31)   Huddersfield Town 2018 2023

Pre-season and friendlies edit

Forest announced their pre-season schedule would include friendlies against Alfreton Town,[4] Port Vale,[5] Northampton Town,[5] Crewe Alexandra,[5] Aston Villa[6] and Burnley.[6]

10 July 2021 Friendly Alfreton Town 1–2 Nottingham Forest XI Alfreton
15:00 BST Tuton   55' Report Johnson   18'
Swan   88'		 Stadium: North Street
Attendance: 805
17 July 2021 Friendly Port Vale 0–2 Nottingham Forest Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST Report Mighten   13'
Colback   24'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Note: Match played behind-closed-doors.
20 July 2021 Friendly Northampton Town 0–2 Nottingham Forest Northampton
19:45 BST Report Taylor   48'
Cafu   61'		 Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 2,526
24 July 2021 Friendly Crewe Alexandra 2–2 Nottingham Forest Crewe
15:00 BST Ainley   75'
Adebisi   79'		 Report Johnson   30', 56' Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 1,813
28 July 2021 Friendly Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest Bodymoor Heath
13:00 BST Stadium: Bodymoor Heath Training Ground
Note: Fixture cancelled after a small number of positive cases of COVID-19 were identified in the Forest squad.[7]
31 July 2021 Friendly Nottingham Forest v Burnley West Bridgford
15:00 BST Stadium: City Ground
Note: Fixture cancelled after a small number of positive cases of COVID-19 were identified in the Forest squad.[8]

Competitions edit

EFL Championship edit

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Championship

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Fulham (C, P) 46 27 9 10 106 43 +63 90 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Bournemouth (P) 46 25 13 8 74 39 +35 88
3 Huddersfield Town 46 23 13 10 64 47 +17 82 Qualification for Championship play-offs
4 Nottingham Forest (O, P) 46 23 11 12 73 40 +33 80
5 Sheffield United 46 21 12 13 63 45 +18 75
6 Luton Town 46 21 12 13 63 55 +8 75
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 10 16 59 50 +9 70
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[9]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 23 11 12 73 40  +33 80 13 4 6 43 22  +21 10 7 6 30 18  +12

Last updated: 7 May 2022.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by matchday edit

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GroundAHHAAHHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHHAHAAHAA
ResultLLLLDLLWDWWWWLDDWDDDWWWLLWWWLWDDWDWWWWWLWWWWLD
Position20232324242424242220171614151517131313161388999878671099987535543334
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2022. Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/championship/table
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

[10]

8 August 2021 1 Coventry City 2–1 Nottingham Forest Coventry
16:30 BST Sheaf   34'
McFadzean   49'   90+6'
Maatsen   55'
Hamer   61'
Gyökeres   81'		 Report Taylor   36'   58' Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena
Attendance: 20,843 (3,784 away)
Referee: James Linington
Note: Live on Sky Sports
14 August 2021 2 Nottingham Forest 1–2 Bournemouth West Bridgford
15:00 BST McKenna   48'   90'
Colback   73'		 Report Mepham   16'
Brooks   28'   35'   60'
Billing   58'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 25,035 (1,122 away)
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
17 August 2021 3 Nottingham Forest 1–2 Blackburn Rovers West Bridgford
19:45 BST Colback   54'
Zinckernagel   69'
Gabriel   85'   90'		 Report Ayala   47'
Gallagher   66'
Carter   71'
Lenihan   86'
Brereton Díaz   90+2'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 24,850 (886 away)
Referee: Gavin Ward
21 August 2021 4 Stoke City 1–0 Nottingham Forest Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST Tymon   66'
Clucas   85'
Souttar   88'		 Report Figueiredo   28'
Samba   62'		 Stadium: Bet365 Stadium
Attendance: 21,346 (2,679 away)
Referee: Oliver Langford
28 August 2021 5 Derby County 1–1 Nottingham Forest Derby
12:30 GMT Lawrence   11'
Jóźwiak   39'
Morrison   68'
Byrne   80'
Sibley   83'		 Report Garner   35'
Johnson   82'		 Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 22,991 (2,900 away)
Referee: Tim Robinson
Note: Live on Sky Sports
12 September 2021 6 Nottingham Forest 1–2 Cardiff City West Bridgford
14:30 GMT Grabban   23' Report Vaulks   33'
Colwill   58, 73'
Ng   77'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 24,153 (1,633 away)
Referee: Dean Whitestone
Note: Live on Sky Sports
15 September 2021 7 Nottingham Forest 0–2 Middlesbrough West Bridgford
19:45 BST Yates   68' Report Šporar   24'   26'
Howson   45+1'
Peltier   50'
Crooks   62'
Hernández   72'   73'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 23,830 (1,420 away)
Referee: James Linington
18 September 2021 8 Huddersfield Town 0–2 Nottingham Forest Huddersfield
15:00 BST Ward   16'
Turton   61'		 Report Grabban   22'
Nicholls   48' (o.g.)
Garner   68'		 Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 17,462 (1,951 away)
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
25 September 2021 9 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Millwall West Bridgford
15:00 BST Lowe   52'
Figueiredo   55'
Worrall   82'		 Report Smith   32'
Kieftenbeld   78'
Afobe   82'
Ballard   85'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 25,589 (1,284 away)
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
29 September 2021 10 Barnsley 1–3 Nottingham Forest Barnsley
19:45 BST Woodrow   20' (pen.)
Palmer   34'		 Report Zinckernagel   61'
Johnson   68'
Grabban   82'		 Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 13,657 (2,158 away)
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
2 October 2021 11 Birmingham City 0–3 Nottingham Forest Birmingham
15:00 BST Jutkiewicz   32' Report Grabban   11'   67'
Yates   29'   36'
Spence   53'
Lowe   59'		 Stadium: St. Andrew's
Attendance: 15,148 (1,588 away)
Referee: Keith Stroud
16 October 2021 12 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Blackpool West Bridgford
15:00 BST Zinckernagel   20'
Johnson   22'
Grabban   61'
McKenna   82'		 Report Yates   53' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 27,946 (1,795 away)
Referee: Kevin Friend
19 October 2021 13 Bristol City 1–2 Nottingham Forest Bristol
19:45 BST Scott   39'   66' Report Taylor   90+1' (pen.), 90+2' Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 18,325 (1,514 away)
Referee: Steve Martin
24 October 2021 14 Nottingham Forest 0–4 Fulham West Bridgford
15:00 BST Colback   16'
Zinckernagel   58'
Garner   65'
Yates   66'
Samba   67'		 Report Spence   7' (o.g.)
Ream   38'
Odoi   45'
Mitrović   58', 67' (pen.)
Kebano   61'
Robinson   69'
Wilson   77'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 27,470 (1,546 away)
Referee: James Linington
29 October 2021 15 Queens Park Rangers 1–1 Nottingham Forest White City, London
19:45 BST Dozzell   43'
Dykes   45+5'
Johansen   83'		 Report Colback   90+1'
Worrall   90+2'		 Stadium: Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium
Attendance: 15,089 (2,885 away)
Referee: Andy Davies
Note: Live on Sky Sports
2 November 2021 (2021-11-02) 16 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Sheffield United West Bridgford
19:45 GMT Yates   51'
Figueiredo   53'
Johnson   69'
Grabban   83'
Worrall   90+1'		 Report Norwood   39'
Mousset   45+2'
Gibbs-White   78'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 25,238 (1,972 away)
Referee: Leigh Doughty
6 November 2021 (2021-11-06) 17 Nottingham Forest 3–0 Preston North End West Bridgford
15:00 GMT Grabban   32' (pen.), 70'   50'
Colback   41'
Taylor   90+3'		 Report Hughes   26'
McCann   43'
Storey   52'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 27,129 (1,917 away)
Referee: Simon Hooper
20 November 2021 (2021-11-20) 18 Reading 1–1 Nottingham Forest Reading
15:00 GMT Moore   32'
Drinkwater   57'
Dann   64'
Swift   66'
Rahman   87'		 Report Zinckernagel   4'
Yates   37'		 Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium
Attendance: 14,907 (2,200 away)
Referee: Andy Woolmer
23 November 2021 (2021-11-23) 19 Nottingham Forest 0–0 Luton Town West Bridgford
19:45 GMT Taylor   26'
Colback   47'   61'
McKenna   55'		 Report Lockyer   45+1'
Ruddock   68'
Bradley   90+4'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 25,715 (1,418 away)
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
26 November 2021 (2021-11-26) 20 West Bromwich Albion 0–0 Nottingham Forest West Bromwich
20:00 GMT Clarke   10'
Molumby   60'   70'		 Report Figueiredo   16'
Worrall   22'		 Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 22,424 (2,000 away)
Referee: Gavin Ward
Note: Live on Sky Sports
4 December 2021 (2021-12-04) 21 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Peterborough United West Bridgford
15:00 GMT Garner   72'
Samba   82'
Yates   84'		 Report Clarke-Harris   57'
Butler   64'
Thompson   79'
Edwards   86'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,308 (1,987 away)
Referee: Thomas Bramall
11 December 2021 (2021-12-11) 22 Swansea City 1–4 Nottingham Forest Swansea
15:00 GMT Downes   11'
Smith   31'
Cabango   55'
Piroe   62'		 Report Osei-Tutu   20'
Zinckernagel   48'
Grabban   50'
Spence   55'
McKenna   66'
Johnson   68'
Cafú   90+4'   90+5'		 Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium
Attendance: 17,659 (1,730 away)
Referee: Matt Donohue
18 December 2021 (2021-12-18) 23 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Hull City West Bridgford
15:00 GMT Colback   29'
Grabban   55' (pen.)
Johnson   72'
Worrall   72'		 Report McLoughlin   17'
Longman   36'
Lewis-Potter   43'
Smallwood   52'
Baxter   54'
Bernard   83'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 26,513 (1,717 away)
Referee: John Busby
26 December 2021 (2021-12-26) 24 Middlesbrough 2–0 Nottingham Forest Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT Yates   17' (o.g.)
Howson   26'
Šporar   69'		 Report Samba   32'
Carvalho   71'
Yates   90+3'		 Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 29,832 (2,141 away)
Referee: David Webb
30 December 2021 25 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Huddersfield Town West Bridgford
19:45 GMT Worrall   28' Report Holmes   14',   30'
Nicholls   78'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 27,159 (1,193 away)
Referee: Gavin Ward
15 January 2022 (2022-01-15) 26 Millwall 0–1 Nottingham Forest New Cross, London
15:00 GMT McNamara   57' Report Spence   45+2'
McKenna   85'
Grabban   90+1'		 Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 13,297 (1,959 away)
Referee: Peter Bankes
22 January 2022 27 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Derby County West Bridgford
12:30 GMT Grabban   35',   48'
Johnson   82'
Samba   89'		 Report Thompson   31'
Stearman   51'
Buchanan   56'
Lawrence   88' (pen.),   89'
Morrison   90+7'
Byrne   90+7'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 29,256 (1,983 away)
Referee: Tim Robinson
Note: Live on Sky Sports
25 January 2022 28 Nottingham Forest 3–0 Barnsley West Bridgford
19:45 GMT Davis   15',   61'
Yates   38'
Garner   52'
Johnson   75'		 Report Palmer   7'
Andersen   12'
Helik   61'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 27,504 (642 away)
Referee: Michael Salisbury
30 January 2022 29 Cardiff City 2–1 Nottingham Forest Cardiff
16:00 GMT Hugill   6'
Drameh   52'
Davies   65'
Wintle   83'		 Report Colback   27'
Davis   90+4'		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 18,866 (1,376 away)
Referee: David Webb
Note: Live on Sky Sports
9 February 2022 30 Blackburn Rovers 0–2 Nottingham Forest Blackburn
19:45 GMT Buckley   18'
Lenihan   40'   53'
Brereton Díaz   59'		 Report Garner   22',   69'
Colback   31'
Surridge   87'
Johnson   90' (pen.)		 Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 13,869 (1,952 away)
Referee: Joshua Smith
Note: Live on Sky Sports
12 February 2022 31 Nottingham Forest 2–2 Stoke City West Bridgford
15:00 GMT Lowe   7'
Davis   18'
Garner   52'
Johnson   56'
Samba   85'
Yates   90+2'		 Report Wilmot   33'
Maja   68'
Clucas   81'
Baker   88' (pen.)
Allen   90+1'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,990 (1,990 away)
Referee: Leigh Doughty
18 February 2022 Postponed Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest Bournemouth
19:45 GMT Stadium: Vitality Stadium
Note: Fixture postponed for safety reasons following damage to Vitality Stadium caused by Storm Eunice.[11]
22 February 2022 32 Preston North End 0–0 Nottingham Forest Preston
19:45 GMT Johnson   45+1'
Earl   77'
Whiteman   90+1'		 Report Colback   60'
McKenna   73'		 Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 12,598 (2,308 away)
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
26 February 2022 33 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Bristol City West Bridgford
15:00 GMT Johnson   32',   38'
Garner   55'		 Report Pring   9'
Scott   35'
Kalas   69'
Klose   90+4'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,506 (1,464 away)
Referee: Darren Bond
4 March 2022 34 Sheffield United 1–1 Nottingham Forest Sheffield
19:45 GMT Robinson   32'
Davies   51'
Sharp   69'
Norrington-Davies   87'
McBurnie   90+3'		 Report Johnson   33'
Garner   43'
Yates   90+5'		 Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 28,841 (2,725 away)
Referee: Josh Smith
12 March 2022 35 Nottingham Forest 4–0 Reading West Bridgford
15:00 GMT Davis   1', 62',   63'
Colback   32'
Yates   75'
Surridge   80'		 Report Ince   9'
Yiadom   28'
Drinkwater   38'
Morrison   50'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,128 (1,033 away)
Referee: Thomas Bramall
16 March 2022 36 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Queens Park Rangers West Bridgford
19:45 GMT Spence   55'
Yates   62',   83'
Davis   77'
Johnson   87'		 Report Dozzell   36'
Gray   40'
Dunne   43'
Field   54'
Wallace   60'
Odubajo   80'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 27,872 (1,031 away)
Referee: Peter Bankes
2 April 2022 37 Blackpool 1–4 Nottingham Forest Blackpool
12:30 GMT Stewart   55'
Connolly   89'		 Report Zinckernagel   11'
Johnson   30, 36'
Surridge   82'
Lolley   88'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 13,986 (3,133 away)
Referee: Jarred Gillet
6 April 2022 38 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Coventry City West Bridgford
19:45 BST Worrall   21'
Johnson   25'
Zinckernagel   54'
Garner   61'
Colback   90+2'		 Report Bidwell   39'
Hyam   77'
O'Hare   90+7'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,977 (1,974 away)
Referee: Tim Robinson
9 April 2022 39 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Birmingham City West Bridgford
15:00 BST Davis   5'
Zinckernagel   54'
McKenna   79'		 Report Gordon   25'
Gardner   43'
Colin   59'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 29,293 (1,998 away)
Referee: Gavin Ward
15 April 2022 40 Luton Town 1–0 Nottingham Forest Luton
12:30 BST Bradley   26'   77'
Naismith   37' (pen.),   49'
Onyedinma   56'
Campbell   63'
Burke   63'
Shea   69'
Adebayo   90+3'		 Report Garner   44'
Davis   63'
Worrall   74'
Figueiredo   90+6'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 10,070 (1,031 away)
Referee: James Linington
18 April 2022 41 Nottingham Forest 4–0 West Bromwich Albion West Bridgford
20:00 BST Johnson   19' (pen.)
Spence   21'
Yates   23'   60'
Colback   45+2'
Surridge   90+3'		 Report Furlong   14'   17'
Gardner-Hickman   39'
Phillips   86'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,926 (1,740 away)
Referee: David Webb
23 April 2022 42 Peterborough United 0–1 Nottingham Forest Peterborough
15:00 BST Burrows   19'
Taylor   25'
Szmodics   67'		 Report Surridge   45',   73'
Colback   88'
Samba   90'		 Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 12,870 (3,599 away)
Referee: Michael Salisbury
26 April 2022 43 Fulham 0–1 Nottingham Forest Fulham, London
19:45 BST Reed   18'
Mitrović   90+3'		 Report Zinckernagel   15'   28' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 19,218 (1,728 away)
Referee: Keith Stroud
30 April 2022 44 Nottingham Forest 5–1 Swansea City West Bridgford
15:00 BST Christie   22' (o.g.)
Surridge   48, 52, 69'
Mighten   84'		 Report Christie   24'
Obafemi   28'
Latibeaudiere   38'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,659 (1,403 away)
Referee: Graham Scott
3 May 2022 45 Bournemouth 1–0 Nottingham Forest Bournemouth
19:00 BST Moore   83'
Travers   90+6'
Solanke   90+8'		 Report McKenna   82'
Spence   90+1'		 Stadium: Vitality Stadium
Attendance: 10,563 (1,318 away)
Referee: Stuart Attwell
7 May 2022 46 Hull City 1–1 Nottingham Forest Kingston upon Hull
12:30 BST Lewis-Potter   90+4' Report Figueiredo   63'
Johnson   90+2' (pen.)   90+3'		 Stadium: MKM Stadium
Attendance: 18,399 (3,281 away)
Referee: Simon Hooper

Play-offs edit

Main article: 2022 English Football League play-offs
14 May 2022 Semi-final 1st Leg Sheffield United 1–2 Nottingham Forest Sheffield
15:00 BST Fleck   29'
Robinson   44'
Norwood   53'
Berge   90+1'
Baldock   90+3'		 Report Colback   10'
Worrall   34'
Zinckernagel   43'
Spence   44'
Johnson   71'		 Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 30,225
Referee: Andre Marriner
17 May 2022 Semi-final 2nd Leg Nottingham Forest 1–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–3 agg.)
(3–2 p)		 Sheffield United West Bridgford
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 29,015
Referee: Michael Oliver
Penalties
29 May 2022 Final Huddersfield Town 0–1 Nottingham Forest Wembley, London
16:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 80,019
Referee: Jonathan Moss

FA Cup edit

Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

Nottingham Forest were drawn at home to Arsenal in the third round.[12]

9 January 2022 Third round Nottingham Forest 1–0 Arsenal West Bridgford
17:10 GMT Zinckernagel   35'
Spence   78'
Grabban   83'		 Report Martinelli   74' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 24,938
Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: Live on ITV
6 February 2022 Fourth round Nottingham Forest 4–1 Leicester City West Bridgford
16:00 GMT Zinckernagel   23'
Johnson   24'
Worrall   32'
Spence   61'
Garner   65'		 Report Iheanacho   40'
Ndidi   59'
Maddison   74'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,762
Referee: Paul Tierney
Note: Live on BBC One
7 March 2022 Fifth round Nottingham Forest 2–1 Huddersfield Town West Bridgford
19:30 GMT Surridge   29'
Lowe   32'
Yates   37'		 Report Lees   13' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 27,417
Referee: Graham Scott
Note: Live on ITV4
20 March 2022 Quarter-finals Nottingham Forest 0–1 Liverpool West Bridgford
18:00 GMT Report
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,584
Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: Live on ITV

EFL Cup edit

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

Forest were drawn at home to Bradford City in the first round[13][14] and Wolverhampton Wanderers in the second round.[15][16]

11 August 2021 First round Nottingham Forest 2–1 Bradford City West Bridgford
19:45 BST Cafú   15'
Carvalho   39', 41'		 Report Cousin-Dawson   7'
Cooke   54'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 9,514
Referee: Peter Wright
24 August 2021 Second round Nottingham Forest 0–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers West Bridgford
20:00 BST Report Saïss   58'
Podence   60'
Trincão   86'
Gibbs-White   88'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 10,769
Referee: Andy Davies

Transfers edit

In edit

Transfers in edit

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Team Ref.
5 July 2021 MF   Billy Fewster   Leeds United Free transfer Under-23s [17]
5 July 2021 FW   Lewis Salmon   Altrincham Undisclosed Under-23s [17]
13 July 2021 GK   Nicky Hogarth   Rangers Free transfer Under-23s [18]
13 July 2021 GK   Ethan Horvath   Club Brugge Free transfer First team [19]
13 August 2021 GK   Joe Watkins   Charlton Athletic Free transfer Under-23s [20]
31 August 2021 DF   Mohamed Dräger   Olympiacos Undisclosed First team [21]
31 August 2021 MF   Braian Ojeda   Olimpia Undisclosed First team [21]
31 August 2021 FW   Xande Silva   West Ham United Undisclosed First team [22]
2 September 2021 DF   Rodrigo Ely   Alavés Free transfer First team [23]
4 January 2022 DF   Steve Cook   AFC Bournemouth Free transfer First team [24][25]
8 January 2022 DF   Richie Laryea   Toronto FC Undisclosed First team [26]
31 January 2022 FW   Sam Surridge   Stoke City Undisclosed First team [27]
31 January 2022 DF   Jonathan Panzo   Dijon Undisclosed First team [28]
9 March 2022 MF   Ethan Hull   Manchester United Undisclosed Under-18s [29]
9 March 2022 MF   Bobby Jack McAleese   Coleraine Undisclosed Under-18s [29]

Loans in edit

Date from Position Nationality Name From Duration Team Ref.
7 August 2021 FW   Philip Zinckernagel   Watford End of season First team [30]
10 August 2021 DF   Jordi Osei-Tutu   Arsenal 6 January 2022 First team [31][32]
22 August 2021 MF   James Garner   Manchester United End of season First team [33]
27 August 2021 DF   Max Lowe   Sheffield United End of season First team [34]
1 September 2021 DF   Djed Spence   Middlesbrough End of season First team [35]
1 January 2022 FW   Keinan Davis   Aston Villa End of season First team [36]

Out edit

Transfers out edit

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Team Ref.
1 July 2021 MF   Sammy Ameobi   Middlesbrough Released First team [37][38]
1 July 2021 FW   Elliott Andrew Released Under-23s [37]
1 July 2021 FW   Keith Asare Retired Under-23s [37]
1 July 2021 DF   Michael Dawson Retired First team [37][39]
1 July 2021 MF   Ethan Dekel-Daks   South Carolina Gamecocks Released Under-23s [37][40]
1 July 2021 GK   Abdoulaye Diallo   Nancy Released First team [37]
1 July 2021 MF   Yassine En-Neyah   Shelbourne Released Under-23s [37][41]
1 July 2021 MF   Adrian Galliani   Olympiacos Released Under-23s [37][42]
1 July 2021 FW   Virgil Gomis   Paris FC Released Under-23s [37][43]
1 July 2021 DF   Michael Hefele Retired First team [37][44]
1 July 2021 FW   Glenn Murray Retired First team [37]
1 July 2021 MF   Grigoris Pietris Released Under-23s [37]
1 July 2021 MF   Fotis Pikoulas Released Under-23s [37]
1 July 2021 DF   Danny Preston   Alfreton Town Released Under-23s [37][45]
1 July 2021 DF   Yuri Ribeiro   Legia Warsaw Released First team [37][46]
1 July 2021 MF   Samba Sow   RC Lens Released First team [37][47]
1 July 2021 DF   Malique Spooner   FIU Panthers Released Under-23s [37]
1 July 2021 GK   Michael Statham   Longridge Town Released Under-23s [37][48]
6 August 2021 DF   Tyler Blackett   FC Cincinnati Free transfer First team [49]
16 August 2021 MF   Fouad Bachirou   Omonia Free transfer First team [50]
31 August 2021 DF   Jordan Gabriel   Blackpool Undisclosed First team [51]
21 January 2022 GK   Jordan Wright   Lincoln City Undisclosed Under-23s [52]
29 January 2022 MF   João Carvalho   Olympiacos Undisclosed First team [53]
31 January 2022 DF   Rodrigo Ely   Almería Contract terminated First team [54][55]

Loans out edit

Date from Position Nationality Name To Duration Team Ref.
25 June 2021 GK   George Shelvey   Mansfield Town 6 January 2022 Under-23s [56][32]
5 July 2021 DF   Nicholas Ioannou   Como 1907 End of season First team [57]
16 August 2021 MF   Josh Barnes   Truro City One month Under-23s [58]
31 August 2021 MF   Harry Arter   Charlton Athletic 4 January 2022 First team [59][24]
31 August 2021 FW   Nuno da Costa   Caen End of season First team [59]
14 September 2021 DF   Rezart Rama   Truro City One month Under-23s [60]
9 October 2021 GK   Jordan Wright   Hereford One month Under-23s [61]
7 December 2021 DF   Jayden Richardson   Notts County End of season Under-23s [62][63]
18 January 2022 MF   Tyrese Fornah   Shrewsbury Town End of season First team [64]
19 January 2022 DF   Carl Jenkinson   Melbourne City End of season First team [65]
27 January 2022 FW   Lyle Taylor   Birmingham City End of season First team [66]
2 February 2022 DF   Mohamed Dräger   FC Luzern End of season First team [67]
16 February 2022 MF   Morgan Thomas-Sadler   Ilkeston Town End of season Under-23s [68]
22 February 2022 DF   Sam Sanders   York City End of season Under-23s [69][70]
16 March 2022 MF   Harry Arter   Notts County End of season First team [71]
24 March 2022 FW   Lewis Salmon   Alfreton Town End of season Under-23s [72]

New contracts edit

Date Position Nationality Player Old contract end New contract end Ref.
5 July 2021 MF   Josh Barnes 2021 2022 [73]
5 July 2021 DF   Riley Harbottle 2021 2022 [73]
5 July 2021 DF   Sam Sanders 2021 2022 [73]
5 July 2021 GK   Jordan Wright 2021 [73]
13 July 2021 DF   Fin Back [18]
10 August 2021 DF   Aaron Donnelly 2022 [74]
15 December 2021 MF   Tyrese Fornah 2022 2024 [75]
6 January 2022 FW   Detlef Esapa Osong [76]
14 March 2022 MF   Ryan Yates 2023 2025 [77]
14 March 2022 GK   Jordan Smith 2022 2023 [78]
21 April 2022 FW   Julian Larsson 2025 [79]

Statistics edit

Goals and appearances edit

As of match played 29 May 2022[a]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Championship Play-Offs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   USA Ethan Horvath 11 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 0+1 0
2 DF   ENG Djed Spence 46 3 38+1 2 4 1 0 0 3 0
3 DF   POR Tobias Figueiredo 28 0 22+4 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
4 DF   ENG Joe Worrall 46 1 39 0 4 1 0 0 3 0
5 DF   BRA Rodrigo Ely 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF   FRA Loïc Mbe Soh 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW   ENG Lewis Grabban 34 13 23+9 12 0+1 1 1 0 0 0
8 MF   ENG Jack Colback 46 4 36+2 3 2+2 0 1 0 3 1
9 FW   ENG Keinan Davis 22 5 14+1 5 3+1 0 0 0 1+2 0
10 MF   POR João Carvalho 8 2 2+5 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
11 FW   DEN Philip Zinckernagel 50 7 35+7 6 4 1 1 0 3 0
12 GK   ENG Jordan Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 DF   CMR Gaëtan Bong 7 0 4+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF   CAN Richie Laryea 5 0 1+4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF   ENG Max Lowe 23 1 19+1 1 2 0 0 0 0+1 0
16 DF   ENG Carl Jenkinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 FW   ENG Sam Surridge 23 8 5+12 7 1+2 1 0 0 2+1 0
17 FW   ENG Alex Mighten 27 1 5+18 1 0+1 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
18 MF   POR Cafú 20 1 2+12 1 0+3 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
19 FW   POR Xande Silva 10 0 2+6 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW   WAL Brennan Johnson 53 19 44+2 16 4 1 0 0 3 2
21 MF   PAR Braian Ojeda 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF   ENG Ryan Yates 51 9 41+2 8 4 1 0+1 0 3 0
23 MF   ENG Joe Lolley 30 0 10+17 0 1 0 0 0 0+2 0
24 DF   ENG Jordi Osei-Tutu 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF   ENG Jonathan Panzo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF   TUN Mohamed Dräger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF   SCO Scott McKenna 51 2 45 2 3 0 0 0 3 0
27 DF   ENG Steve Cook 20 0 13+1 0 3 0 0 0 3 0
27 DF   ENG Jordan Gabriel 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW   CPV Nuno da Costa 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
30 GK   CGO Brice Samba 45 0 40 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
33 FW   MSR Lyle Taylor 19 3 8+10 3 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
37 MF   ENG James Garner 49 4 36+5 4 4 0 1 0 3 0
38 MF   ENG Tyrese Fornah 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
41 MF   WAL Oliver Hammond 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
42 MF   FRA Ateef Konaté 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
43 DF   POR Baba Fernandes 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
44 DF   ENG Fin Back 5 0 2+1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
45 DF   ENG Jayden Richardson 4 0 0+2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
46 DF   ENG Riley Harbottle 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
MF   IRL Harry Arter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   CYP Nicholas Ioannou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  1. ^ Players whose names are in italics were sent out on loan to other clubs this season.

Awards edit

Club edit

UK Meds Player of the Season edit

Result Player Ref
Won   Scott McKenna [80]

BOXT Goal of the Season edit

Result Player Ref
Won   Jack Colback (vs. West Bromwich Albion on 18 April) [81]

League edit

Sky Bet Championship Young Player of the Season edit

Result Player Ref
Won   Brennan Johnson [82]

Sky Bet Championship Team of the Season edit

Result Player Ref
Won   Djed Spence [82]
Won   Joe Worrall
Won   Ryan Yates

Sky Bet Championship Manager of the Month edit

Result Month Manager Ref
Won April   Steve Cooper [83]

Sky Bet Championship Player of the Month edit

Result Month Player Ref
Won March   Djed Spence [84]
Won April   Brennan Johnson [83]

Sky Bet Championship Goal of the Month edit

Result Month Player Ref
Won March   Djed Spence [84]

EFL's Young Player of the Month edit

Result Month Player Ref
Won September   Brennan Johnson [85]
Won March   Djed Spence [84]

PFA Vertu Motors Fans' Player of the Month edit

Result Month Player Ref
Nominated February   Brennan Johnson [86]

Cup edit

Emirates FA Cup Player of the Round edit

Result Round Player Ref
Won Fourth round   Brennan Johnson [87]

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