Matz SELS

Nottingham Forest

Matz SELS - Nottingham Forest - 2025-2026 Europa League Games

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Date: 02 October 2025

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    • POSITION
      Goalkeeper
    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Wednesday, 26 February 1992
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Lint, Belgium.
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Belgium
  • CLUBS
  • Newcastle United
    • Club Career Dates
      2016 - 2018
    • League Debut
      Friday 5th August 2016 in a 1-0 defeat against Fulham.
    • Club Career
      9 League games.
  • Nottingham Forest
    • Club Career Dates
    • League Debut
      4th February 2024 in 1-1 away draw with Bournemouth.
    • Club Career
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Matz SELS - Nottingham Forest - 2025-2026 Europa League Games

Matz Sels playing for Nottingham Forest during their game against

FC Midtijylland. Forest lost the game at The City Ground 3-2 to the

Danish Superliga winners of 2024. Forest last played in Europe in 1995,

in the UEFA Cup, losing to Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals.

 

Real Betis (2) v (2) Nottingham Forest (Bakambu 15m, Antony 85m, Igor Jesus 18m & 23m)

Estadio La Cartuja de Sevilla, Spain. 24th September 2025. Attendance: 57,257.

Betis:

25. Pau López (GK), 16. Valentín Gómez, 4. Natan, 23. Junior Firpo (12. Ricardo Rodríguez 45 min)

40. Ángel Ortiz, 20. Giovani Lo Celso (8. Pablo Fornals 76 min), 14. Sofyan Amrabat,

  6. Sergi Altimira (21. Marc Roca 45 min), 11. Cédric Bakambu (19. Cucho Hernández 72 min)

10. Abde Ezzalzouli (17. Rodrigo Riquelme 45 min).

Nottingham: 

1. Matz Sels (GK), 4. Morato, 31. Nikola Milenkovic (30. Willy Boly 90+4 min),

6. Ibrahim Sangaré (22. Ryan Yates 82 min), 35. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 3. Neco Williams,

8. Elliot Anderson, 12. Douglas Luiz (29. Dilane Bakwa 45 min),10. Morgan Gibbs-White,

7. Callum Hudson-Odoi (14. Dan Ndoye 64 min),19. Igor Jesus (15. Arnaud Kalimuendo 64 min).

 

Nottingham Forest (2) v (3) Midtjylland. (Ndoye 22m, Wood 90+3m pen, Diao 18m,

Sørensen 24m, Byskov 88m). City Ground, Nottingham, England. 2nd Ocober 2025. Att:29,323.

26. Matz Sels (GK), 4. Morato, 5. Murillo (37. Nicolò Savona 28 min), 31. Nikola Milenkovic,

  6. Ibrahim Sangaré, 8. Elliot Anderson, 3. Neco Williams, 14. Dan Ndoye, 7. Callum Hudson-Odoi

19. Igor Jesus (11. Chris Wood 75 min), 10. Morgan Gibbs-White.

Midtjylland: 

16. Elias Ólafsson (GK), 6. Martin Erlic, 22. Mads Bech Sørensen, 4. Ousmane Diao, 8 Philip Billing

21. Denil Castillo (19. Pedro Bravo 67 min), 55. Viktor Bak, 58. Aral Simsir (11. Darío Osorio 58 min)

43. Kevin Mbabu (3. Han-Beom Lee 66 min), 10. Cho Gue-Sung (20. Valdemar Byskov 67 min),

74. Júnior Brumado (7. Franculino Djú 88 min).

 

Nottingham Forest (2) v (0) FC Porto. (Gibbs-White 19m pen, Jesus 77m pen). City Ground,

Nottingham, England. Europa League. Game 3. Thursday 23rd October 2025. Att 29,195 .

Nottingham: 

26. Matz Sels (GK), 5. Murillo, 31. Nikola Milenkovic, 35. Oleksandr Zinchenko (37. Nicolò Savona 45m)

 3.  Neco Williams, 10. Morgan Gibbs-White, 8 Elliot Anderson (6. Ibrahim Sangaré 90+3 min),

12. Douglas Luiz (22. Ryan Yates 85 min), 19. Igor Jesus, 7. Callum Hudson-Odoi, 14. Dan Ndoye.

Porto:

99. Diogo Costa (GK), 4. Jakub Kiwior, 5. Jan Bednarek, 74. Moura (52. Martim Fernandes 55 min),

20. Alberto Costa (12. Zaidu Sanusi 76 min), 22. Alan Varela (10. Gabri Veiga 58 min),

13. Pablo Rosario, 8. Victor Froholdt, 9. Samu Aghehowa, 17. Borja Sainz (7. William Gomes 58 min)

11. Pepê (86. Rodrigo Mora 84 min).

 

Stum Graz (0) v (0) Nottingham Forest.  Merkur Arena Graz, Austria. 6th November 2025

Attendance: 16,192.

 

Nottingham Forest (3) v (0) Malmo FF. (Yates 27m, Kalimuendo 44m, Milenkovic 58m). Thursday

27th November 2025. City Ground, Nottingham, England. Attendance 28,941.

 

FC Utrecht (1) v (2) Nottingham Forest. (van der Hoorn 73m, Kalimuendo 52m, Jesus 88m). 

Stadion Gaigenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands.  11th December 2025. Attendance: 22,865.

Utrecht:

 

Braga (1) v (0) Nottingham Forest. (Yates 54m og). Estádio Municipal de Braga, Portugal.

22nd January 2026 Attendance: 12,377. Braga had no shots on target.

Braga:

  1. Lukas Hornicek (GK), 4. Sikou Niakate (6. Carvalho 45 min), 26. Bright Arrey-Mbi,2 Víctor Gómez,

14. Gustaf Lagerbielke, 27. Florian Grillitsch (8. João Moutinho 62 min), 29. Jean-Baptiste Gorby,

77. Gabriel Martínez (5. Leonardo Lelo 86 min), 39 Fran Navarro (18. Pau Víctor 62 min)

50. Diego Rodrigues, 21. Ricardo Horta (20. Mario Dorgeles 75 min).

Nottingham Forest: 

26. Matz Sels (GK), 4. Morato, 31. Nikola Milenkovic, 34. Ola Aina (3. Neco Williams 69 min),

37. Nicolò Savona, 22. Ryan Yates (6. Ibrahim Sangaré 83 min), 14. Dan Ndoye,

12. Douglas Luiz (8. Elliot Anderson 68 min), 29. Dilane Bakwa (16. Nicolás Domínguez 75 min)

24. James McAtee (7. Callum Hudson-Odoi 68 min), 10. Morgan Gibbs-White.

 

Nottingham Forest (4) v (0) Ferencvaros.(Otvos 17m og, Jesus 21m & 55m, McAtee 90m pen).

The City Ground, Nottingham, England. 29th Janaury 2026. Attendance 26,304.

 

Nottingham Forest: 

26. Matz Sels (GK), 4. Morato, 31. Nikola Milenkovic (5. Murillo 78 min), 44. Zach Abbott,

  3. Neco Williams (34. Ola Aina 66 min), 16. Nicolás Domínguez (29. Dilane Bakwa 84 min),

  6. Ibrahim Sangaré (10. Morgan Gibbs-White 66 min), 19. Igor Jesus (7. Callum Hudson-Odoi 66m)

22. Ryan Yates, 14. Dan Ndoye, 24. James McAtee.

Ferncvaros: 

99. David Grof (GK), 27. Ibrahim Cissé, 22. Gábor Szalai, 23. Bence Otvos, 20  Cadu

36. Gavriel Kanichowsky (5. Naby Keïta 73 min), 66. Julio Rodrigues Romao (62. Benjámin Gólik 90m)

25. Cebrails Makreckis, 11. Bamidele Isa Yusuf (30. Zsombor Gruber 73 min),

16. Kristoffer Zachariassen (72. Ádám Madarász 84 min), 10. Jonathan Levi (75. Lenny Joseph 45m).

 

2025-26 UEFA Europa League, Knockout Round Playoffs.


Fenerbahce (0) v (3) Nottingham Forest. (Murillo 21m, Jesus 43m, Gibbs-White 50).

Ulker Stadyumu, Istanbul, Türkiye. 19th February 2026. Attendance: 39,840.

 

Nottingham Forest (1) v (2) Fenerbahce. (Hudson-Odoi 68m, Aktürkoglu 22m & 48m pen). 

The City Ground, Nottingham, England. Attendance: 26,883.


Nottingham Forest won 4-3 on aggregate