Nottingham Forest F.C. Under-23s, Under-18s and Academy

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 Gary Brazil. The Academy is located at a 24-acre (97,000 m²) 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.[1]

Under 23s squad

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As of 31 January 2020[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 43 GK  ENG George Shelvey — GK  ENG Michael Statham — DF  AUS Luca Doorbar-Baptist — DF  POR Baba Fernandes — DF  ENG Riley Harbottle — DF  ALB Rezart Rama — DF  ENG Sam Sanders — DF  ENG Malique Spooner — MF  ENG Josh Barnes — MF  ENG Ethan Dekel-Daks

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  IRL Yassine En-Neyah — MF  USA Adrian Galliani — MF  FRA Ateef Konaté — MF  GRE Grigoris Pietris — MF  GRE Fotis Pikoulas — MF  GUA Marcelo Saraiva — FW  ENG Elliott Andrew — FW  GHA Keith Asare — FW  FRA Virgil Gomis — FW  SWE Julian Larsson

Under 23s out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Jordan Wright (on loan to Alloa Athletic) — DF  ENG Danny Preston (on loan to Grimsby Town) — DF  ENG Jayden Richardson (on loan to Forest Green Rovers)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Tyrese Fornah (on loan to Plymouth Argyle) — MF  ENG Marcus McGuane (on loan to Oxford United)

Under 18s squad

As of 5 January 2020[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Oliver Hammond — GK  ENG Alex Akers — DF  ENG Lewis Barker — DF  ENG Silvio Bello — DF  ENG Luke Boland — DF  ENG James Clarridge — DF  NIR Aaron Donnelly — DF  ENG Pharrell Johnson — DF  WAL Morgan Sadler — DF  IRL Osa Solomon — MF  ENG Finley Back

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  WAL Sam Collins — MF  CMR Jordan Fankwe — MF  ENG Oliver Hammond — MF  NIR Jamie McDonnell — MF  ENG Jack Perkins — MF  GRE Alexandros Sarantis — FW  ENG Francky Amekortu — FW  ENG Alex Gibson-Hammond — FW  ENG Jovel Jackson-Davis — FW  NIR Dale Taylor

Schoolboys

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Aaron Bott — DF  ENG Tye Simpson — DF  WAL Ben Hammond — MF  ENG Charlie Carter — MF  ENG Kyle McAdam — MF  WAL Fenn Davies

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Josh Powell — MF  ENG Tayo Tucker — FW  ENG Dannen Flea — FW  ENG Jack Nadin — FW  ENG Esapa Osong

• Premier Academy League
  • Winners: 2000-2001
• Dallas Cup
  • Winners: 2002

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.