Nottingham Forest adjust board to meet UEFA rules amid Europa League progress | OneFootball

According to Nottingham Post, Nottingham Forest have reshaped their board to comply with UEFA rules amid Europa League progress.

Vitor Pereira's side reached the last 16 with a 4-2 aggregate over Fenerbahce, winning 3-0 in Istanbul before a 2-1 home defeat in last week's play-off second leg.

Forest now face Midtjylland, who beat them 3-2 in the league phase earlier this season. The first leg is Trentside on March 12, the return in Denmark a week later. If they lift the trophy, they would qualify for next season’s Champions League. That remains a long way off as Forest juggle Europe with Premier League survival.

In light of that progress, Jonny Owen, Simon Forster and Michael Dugher have left the board, with Companies House filings ending their directorships. The club have again moved to avoid multi-club ownership issues, mindful they could share a competition with fellow Evangelos Marinakis-owned Olympiacos in 2026/27.

Similar steps were taken 12 months ago, when Marinakis placed his Forest shares in a blind trust and Owen, Dugher and Forster were replaced by Matthew Cain, Timothy Osborne and Matthew Shayle.

Forest finished seventh and entered the Europa League, while Olympiacos were in the Champions League. The original trio returned to the board in October, with Cain, Osborne and Shayle then removed.

UEFA’s MCO rules bar clubs with shared control from the same competition and stop one person influencing two teams. Forest entered this season’s Europa League after Crystal Palace were demoted to the Conference League for breaches.

Source: Nottingham Post