Nottingham Forest season by season

Every Nottingham Forest season on record, from 1877–78 to 2026–27 — league record, finishing position and leading scorer. Click a season for every match it contained.

140seasons
5,779matches

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pos	Leading scorer
1877–78		1	1	0	0	2	0
1878–79		4	3	0	1	8	4
1879–80		4	3	0	1	16	1
1880–81		1	0	0	1	1	2
1881–82		1	0	0	1	1	4
1882–83		3	1	1	1	11	7
1883–84		1	0	0	1	0	3
1884–85		7	5	1	1	15	6
1885–86		3	2	0	1	11	5
1886–87		4	2	1	1	7	4
1887–88		5	4	0	1	14	6
1888–89		4	0	3	1	7	8
1889–90	Football Alliance	1	0	0	1	0	3	11	Horace Pike (8)
1890–91	Football Alliance	5	2	2	1	23	8	5	Sandy Higgins Snr (29)
1891–92	Football Alliance	6	3	2	1	9	9	1	Sandy Higgins Snr (33)
1892–93	First Division	32	11	8	13	54	56	10	Sandy Higgins Snr (13)
1893–94	First Division	34	16	5	13	62	53	7	Tom McInnes (14)
1894–95	First Division	33	15	5	13	58	63	7	Albert Carnelly (17)
1895–96	First Division	31	11	3	17	42	59	13	Tom McInnes (9)
1896–97	First Division	34	11	9	14	49	52	11	Arthur Capes (9)
1897–98	First Division	36	16	10	10	64	53	8	Len Benbow (13)
1898–99	First Division	37	13	11	13	45	44	11	Fred Spencer (9)
1899–00	First Division	40	16	10	14	66	59	8	Jack Calvey (19)
1900–01	First Division	37	17	8	12	59	40	4	Jack Calvey (16)
1901–02	First Division	38	16	9	13	51	47	5	Jack Calvey (14)
1902–03	First Division	38	15	9	14	55	52	10	Grenville Morris (26)
1903–04	First Division	37	12	10	15	62	62	9	Grenville Morris Billy Shearman (14)
1904–05	First Division	36	10	7	19	42	62	16	Billy Shearman (14)
1905–06	First Division	42	15	6	21	69	87	19	Grenville Morris (22)
1906–07	Second Division	40	28	5	7	76	39	1	Grenville Morris (22)
1907–08	First Division	39	13	11	15	59	64	9	Enoch West (26)
1908–09	First Division	42	17	8	17	72	61	14	Enoch West (25)
1909–10	First Division	42	13	12	17	59	77	14	Grenville Morris (20)
1910–11	First Division	39	9	7	23	56	77	20	Grenville Morris (12)
1911–12	Second Division	39	13	7	19	46	49	15	Grenville Morris (10)
1912–13	Second Division	40	13	8	19	63	65	17	Tommy Gibson (21)
1913–14	Second Division	40	7	10	23	39	79	20	Jack Derrick (8)
1914–15	Second Division	39	10	9	20	44	81	18	Jack Coleman (16)
1919–20	Second Division	43	11	9	23	43	76	18	Jack Lythgoe (11)
1920–21	Second Division	44	12	13	19	49	58	18	Jack Spaven (11)
1921–22	Second Division	46	24	13	9	58	35	1	Jack Spaven (22)
1922–23	First Division	46	13	11	22	42	72	20	Jack Spaven (10)
1923–24	First Division	43	10	12	21	42	66	20	Duncan Walker (17)
1924–25	First Division	44	7	12	25	30	67	22	Duncan Walker (8)
1925–26	Second Division	48	17	10	21	57	76	17	Syd Gibson (10)
1926–27	Second Division	44	19	14	11	82	57	5	Syd Gibson (17)
1927–28	Second Division	47	18	11	18	88	88	10	Noah Burton (16)
1928–29	Second Division	43	15	12	16	72	72	11	Sam Jennings (17)
1929–30	Second Division	48	16	17	15	70	78	10	Johnny Dent (18)
1930–31	Second Division	43	14	9	20	80	89	17	Johnny Dent (23)
1931–32	Second Division	43	16	10	17	79	77	11	Billy Dickinson (23)
1932–33	Second Division	44	17	16	11	70	63	5	Billy Dickinson (15)
1933–34	Second Division	45	14	10	21	78	78	17	Johnny Dent (27)
1934–35	Second Division	47	19	10	18	83	73	9	Tom Peacock (21)
1935–36	Second Division	44	13	11	20	71	79	19	Tom Peacock (21)
1936–37	Second Division	43	12	10	21	70	94	18	Dave Martin (31)
1937–38	Second Division	44	15	8	21	51	64	20	Dave Martin (15)
1938–39	Second Division	44	10	12	22	49	85	20	Harry Crawshaw Jack Surtees (9)
1945–46		3	0	2	1	2	3
1946–47	Second Division	46	17	11	18	76	82	11	Sailor Brown (16)
1947–48	Second Division	43	12	11	20	55	64	19	Tom Johnston (12)
1948–49	Second Division	44	14	8	22	52	60	21	George Lee (10)
1949–50	Third Division South	44	21	9	14	68	41	4	Wally Ardron (25)
1950–51	Third Division South	48	31	10	7	117	44	1	Wally Ardron (36)
1951–52	Second Division	44	18	14	12	79	66	4	Wally Ardron (29)
1952–53	Second Division	44	19	8	17	79	71	7	Wally Ardron (22)
1953–54	Second Division	43	20	12	11	86	61	4	Alan Moore (29)
1954–55	Second Division	48	18	10	20	68	70	15	Jim Barrett, Jr (10)
1955–56	Second Division	43	19	9	15	68	66	7	Jim Barrett, Jr (17)
1956–57	Second Division	47	25	11	11	105	58	2	Jim Barrett, Jr (30)
1957–58	First Division	45	17	11	17	75	71	10	Tommy Wilson (22)
1958–59	First Division	51	23	9	19	92	81	13	Tommy Wilson (27)
1959–60	First Division	44	14	9	21	51	77	20	Tommy Wilson (12)
1960–61	First Division	46	16	9	21	67	83	14	Colin Booth (19)
1961–62	First Division	47	16	10	21	72	86	19	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
1962–63	First Division	49	20	13	16	80	82	9	Colin Addison (20)
1963–64	First Division	44	16	10	18	64	69	13	Frank Wignall (16)
1964–65	First Division	45	19	13	13	76	71	5	Colin Addison Frank Wignall (16)
1965–66	First Division	44	15	8	21	58	75	18	Colin Addison (9)
1966–67	First Division	51	27	13	11	79	50	2	Ian Storey-Moore (25)
1967–68	First Division	46	16	11	19	58	71	11	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
1968–69	First Division	44	10	13	21	47	63	18	Ian Storey-Moore (18)
1969–70	First Division	47	12	19	16	54	75	15	Ian Storey-Moore (12)
1970–71	First Division	50	17	11	22	53	70	16	Ian Storey-Moore (22)
1971–72	First Division	46	9	10	27	55	88	21	Ian Storey-Moore (14)
1972–73	Second Division	46	14	14	18	49	57	14	John Galley (8)
1973–74	Second Division	49	18	17	14	67	51	7	Duncan McKenzie (28)
1974–75	Second Division	50	13	19	18	49	64	16	Neil Martin (12)
1975–76	Second Division	48	20	13	15	64	45	8	Ian Bowyer (16)
1976–77	Second Division	49	23	13	13	93	55	3	Anglo-Scottish Cup
1977–78	First Division	56	35	17	4	104	36	1	Peter Withe Tony Woodcock (19)
1978–79	First Division	63	36	23	4	111	43	2	Charity Shield
1979–80	First Division	65	33	14	18	101	58	5	UEFA Super Cup
1980–81	First Division	56	25	15	16	86	61	7	Intercontinental Cup
1981–82	First Division	48	19	12	17	51	55	12	Ian Wallace (12)
1982–83	First Division	48	23	9	16	78	63	5	Ian Wallace (17)
1983–84	First Division	55	28	11	16	89	57	3	UEFA Cup
1984–85	First Division	52	21	11	20	64	55	9	UEFA Cup
1985–86	First Division	48	22	12	14	82	61	8	Nigel Clough (18)
1986–87	First Division	49	21	13	15	75	56	8	Nigel Clough (17)
1987–88	First Division	49	25	14	10	84	49	3	Nigel Clough (22)
1988–89	First Division	56	32	15	9	113	59	3	Full Members' Cup
1989–90	First Division	51	21	14	16	77	61	9	Steve Hodge (14)
1990–91	First Division	54	23	16	15	99	68	8	Nigel Clough (20)
1991–92	First Division	62	30	15	17	100	72	8	Full Members' Cup
1992–93	Premier League	51	16	11	24	55	71	22	Nigel Clough (12)
1993–94	First Division	57	26	19	12	89	65	2	Stan Collymore (25)
1994–95	Premier League	48	25	12	11	80	50	3	Stan Collymore (25)
1995–96	Premier League	55	20	20	15	70	74	9	UEFA Cup
1996–97	Premier League	44	9	17	18	39	66	20	Kevin Campbell Alf-Inge Haaland (6)
1997–98	First Division	52	30	11	11	95	51	1	Pierre van Hooijdonk (34)
1998–99	Premier League	43	8	11	24	44	76	20	Dougie Freedman (12)
1999–00	First Division	54	17	16	21	63	65	14	Dougie Freedman Alan Rogers (11)
2000–01	First Division	49	20	9	20	58	58	11	Chris Bart-Williams (15)
2001–02	First Division	50	13	19	18	53	54	16	Stern John (14)
2002–03	First Division	51	21	15	15	93	60	6	David Johnson (29)
2003–04	First Division	51	16	17	18	64	65	14	Andy Reid (13)
2004–05	Championship	55	13	20	22	55	76	23	Gareth Taylor (11)
2005–06	League One	51	20	13	18	74	62	7	Football League Trophy
2006–07	League One	54	27	14	13	79	51	4	Football League Trophy
2007–08	League One	52	23	18	11	72	41	2	Football League Trophy
2008–09	Championship	51	15	16	20	61	70	19	Robert Earnshaw (17)
2009–10	Championship	53	23	15	15	73	49	3	Robert Earnshaw (17)
2010–11	Championship	51	21	17	13	75	58	6	Lewis McGugan (13)
2011–12	Championship	51	15	10	26	58	75	19	Garath McCleary (9)
2012–13	Championship	49	18	16	15	67	66	8	Billy Sharp (11)
2013–14	Championship	53	20	18	15	81	71	11	Jamie Paterson (12)
2014–15	Championship	50	17	14	19	75	73	14	Britt Assombalonga (15)
2015–16	Championship	49	14	16	19	47	52	16	Nélson Oliveira (9)
2016–17	Championship	50	16	9	25	66	80	21	Britt Assombalonga (14)
2017–18	Championship	51	18	8	25	62	77	17	Kieran Dowell (10)
2018–19	Championship	51	19	16	16	70	63	9	Lewis Grabban (17)
2019–20	Championship	50	20	16	14	62	57	7	Lewis Grabban (20)
2020–21	Championship	49	13	16	20	39	51	17	Lewis Grabban (6)
2021–22	Championship	55	29	11	15	86	51	4	Brennan Johnson (19)
2022–23	Premier League	45	12	12	21	49	79	16	Taiwo Awoniyi (11)
2023–24	Premier League	44	10	12	22	55	74	17	Chris Wood (13)
2024–25	Premier League	44	20	12	12	64	52	7	Chris Wood (20)
2025–26	Premier League	56	19	15	22	77	73	16	UEFA Europa League
2026–27		2	0	0	2	0	3