EUROPEAN FOREST

Ange Postecoglou leads Nottingham Forest back into European football after 30 seasons since Forest's last experience of football on the continent. The Reds face Real Betis in Seville on THIS evening (kick-off 8pm BST) in their first game in the 2025/26 Europa League campaign. Speaking ahead of the match, Ange spoke of the importance of the experience for the supporters, with many experiencing the Reds in Europe for the first time.

“It’s special for the football club and the supporters that haven’t had this for 30 years. It’s easy to take for granted for clubs that are in Europe pretty regularly. It’s going to be special and I’m excited for it as well. I love European campaigns and it’s a great place to start one. I know what it means to the people. There will be so many that watched the greats of the past and have been passing on the stories to the current generation, who now want their own stories.It’s our responsibility now to make sure it’s a memorable campaign that can stand the test of time for generations.

Over the past 30 years the passion from the supporters hasn’t waned at all. The majority will have heard the stories but not lived the experience, but now they get the chance to create their own stories and experience it for themselves.

Forest European matches.

Match won

Match drawn

Match lost

Champions

Runners-up

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1961–62	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First round	Valencia	1–5	0–2	1–7
1967–68	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First round	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	1–0	5–0
		Second round	Zürich	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
1978–79	European Cup	First round	Liverpool	2–0	0–0	2–0
		Second round	AEK Athens	5–1	2–1	7–2
		Quarter-final	Grasshopper	4–1	1–1	5–2
		Semi-final	1. FC Köln	3–3	1–0	4–3
		Final	Malmö FF	1–0
1979	European Super Cup	Final	Barcelona	1–0	1–1	2–1
1979–80	European Cup	First round	Östers IF	2–0	1–1	3–1
		Second round	Argeş Piteşti	2–0	2–1	4–1
		Quarter-final	Dynamo Berlin	0–1	3–1	3–2
		Semi-final	Ajax	2–0	0–1	2–1
		Final	Hamburger SV	1–0
1980	European Super Cup	Final	Valencia	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
1980	Intercontinental Cup	Final	Nacional	0–1
1980–81	European Cup	First round	CSKA Sofia	0–1	0–1	0–2
1983–84	UEFA Cup	First round	Vorwärts Frankfurt	2–0	1–0	3–0
		Second round	PSV Eindhoven	1–0	2–1	3–1
		Third round	Celtic	0–0	2–1	2–1
		Quarter-final	Sturm Graz	1–0	1–1	2–1
		Semi-final	Anderlecht	2–0	0–3	2–3
1984–85	UEFA Cup	First round	Club Brugge	0–0	0–1	0–1
1995–96	UEFA Cup	First round	Malmö FF	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
		Second round	Auxerre	0–0	1–0	1–0
		Third round	Lyon	1–0	0–0	1–0
		Quarter-final	Bayern Munich	1–5	1–2	2–7
2025–26	UEFA Europa League	League phase	Real Betis	—
			Midtjylland		—
			Porto		—
			Sturm Graz	—
			Malmö FF		—
			Utrecht	—
			Braga	—
			Ferencváros		—

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
European Cup	20	12	4	4	32	12
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup	20	10	5	5	18	16
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	6	3	0	3	8	9
European Super Cup	4	2	1	1	4	3
Intercontinental Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1
Total	51	27	10	14	62	41