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

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. Position Player 41 MF Liam Sole 42 MF Yassine En-Neyah 43 GK George Shelvey 45 DF Jayden Richardson 47 MF Toby Edser — GK Marios Siampanis (on loan from Olympiacos) — GK Jordan Wright — DF Riley Harbottle — DF Danny Preston — DF Max Ram — DF Rezart Rama — DF Morgan Sadler — DF Ethan Stewart

No. Position Player — MF Josh Barnes — MF Owen Gallacher — MF Adrian Galliani — MF Marcus McGuane — MF Jake Taylor — MF Louis Walsh — FW Keith Asare — FW Virgil Gomis — FW Kieran Hayes — FW Julian Larsson — FW Victor Sodeinde — FW Will Swan

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. Position Player 38 MF Tyrese Fornah (on loan to Casa Pia)

No. Position Player 46 DF Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel (on loan to Scunthorpe 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. Position Player — GK Nykah Liburd-Hines — GK Michael Statham — DF Silvio Bello — DF Luke Boland — DF Aaron Donnelly — DF Luca Doorbar-Baptist — DF Tawanda Mutoti — DF Sam Sanders

No. Position Player — DF Malique Spooner — MF Finley Back — MF Ethan Dekel-Daks — MF Jordan Fankwe — MF Oliver Hammond — FW Elliott Andrew — FW Alex Gibson-Hammond — FW Jovel Jackson-Davis

Schoolboys

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

No. Position Player GK Alex Akers GK Aaron Bott DF Lewis Barker DF James Clarridge DF Pharrell Johnson DF Osakphor Solomon DF Tye Simpson DF Ben Hammond MF Charlie Carter MF Kyle McAdam

No. Position Player MF Sam Collins MF Fenn Davies MF Jack Perkins MF Josh Powell MF Tayo Tucker FW Dejanae Campbell FW Dannen Flea FW Aaron Korpal FW Jack Nadin FW 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.