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AFC Bournemouth
Full nameAFC Bournemouth[a]
Nickname(s)The Cherries
Boscombe
Founded1899; 125 years ago (1899) (as Boscombe)
GroundDean Court
Capacity11,307[7]
OwnerBlack Knight Football Club UK Limited,[1] a wholly-owned subsidiary of Black Knight Football and Entertainment[8]
ChairmanBill Foley
ManagerAndoni Iraola
LeaguePremier League
2023–24Premier League, 12th of 20
Websiteafcb.co.uk
Current season

AFC Bournemouth (/ˈbɔːrnməθ/ ⓘ BORN-məth) is a professional association football club based in Kings Park, Boscombe, a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Formed in 1899 as Boscombe, the club adopted their current name in 1971. Nicknamed "The Cherries", and commonly referred to as Bournemouth, they have played their home games at Dean Court since 1910.

The club competed in regional football leagues before going up from the Hampshire League to the Southern League in 1920. Now known as Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, they were elected into the Football League in 1923. They remained in the Third Division South for 35 years, winning the Third Division South Cup in 1946. Placed in the newly reorganised Third Division in 1958, they suffered relegation in 1970, but would win an immediate promotion in 1970–71. Relegated back into the Fourth Division in 1975, Bournemouth were promoted again in 1981–82 and after lifting the Associate Members' Cup in 1984 would go on to win the Third Division title in 1986–87. They spent three seasons in the second tier but entered administration in 1997 and ended up back in the fourth tier with relegation in 2002, though immediately gained promotion by winning the play-offs in 2003.

Bournemouth entered administration for a second time and were relegated back into League Two in 2008, but ended the year by appointing Eddie Howe as manager. Under Howe's stewardship, Bournemouth won three promotions in six years to win a place in the first tier of English football for the first time in their history. This was achieved with a second-place finish in League Two in 2009–10, a second-place finish in League One in 2012–13 and a Championship title in 2014–15. The club remained in the Premier League for five seasons before suffering relegation in 2020, but they returned in 2022 as Championship runners-up, this time under the management of Scott Parker.

History

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Boscombe

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Although the exact date of the club's foundation is not known, there is proof that it was formed in the autumn of 1899 out of the remains of the older Boscombe St. John's Institute Football Club.[9] The club was originally known as Boscombe Football Club. The first president was Mr. J. C. Nutt.[10]

In their first season, 1899–1900, Boscombe competed in the Bournemouth and District Junior League. They also played in the Hants Junior Cup. During the first two seasons, they played on a football pitch in Castlemain Avenue, Pokesdown. From their third season, the team played on a pitch in King's Park. In the 1905–06 season, Boscombe graduated to senior amateur football.[11]

In 1910, the club was granted a long lease over some wasteland next to Kings Park as the club's football ground by local businessman J.E. Cooper-Dean. With their own ground, named Dean Court after the benefactor, the club continued to thrive, and dominated the local football scene. The same year the club signed its first professional player Baven Penton.[12]

Around about this time, the club obtained their nickname "The Cherries". There are two leading explanations of how the club gained the nickname: from the cherry-red striped shirts that the team played in, and, perhaps less plausible, because Dean Court was built adjacent to the Cooper-Dean estate, which, it is believed, may have contained many cherry trees.[13]

For the first time, during the 1913–14 season, the club competed in the FA Cup. The club's progress, however, was halted in 1914 with the outbreak of World War I, and Boscombe returned to the Hampshire League.[citation needed]

In 1920, the Third Division of the Football League was formed, and Boscombe were promoted to the Southern League, finding moderate success.[citation needed]

Dean Court

Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic

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To make the club more representative of the district, the name was changed to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Football Club in 1923. During the same year, the club was elected to the newly expanded Third Division South. The first league match was at Swindon Town on 25 August 1923, which Bournemouth lost 3–1. The first league game at Dean Court was also against Swindon, where Bournemouth gained their first league point after a 0–0 draw.[citation needed]

Bournemouth struggled in the Football League but eventually established themselves as a Third Division club. Bournemouth remains on the records as the longest continuous members of the Third Division.[14]

As a league club, Bournemouth had to wait until after the Second World War before winning their first trophy. This was accomplished as they beat Walsall in the Third Division (South) Cup in the final at Stamford Bridge.[citation needed]

AFC Bournemouth

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The club adopted the name AFC Bournemouth for the start of the 1971-72 season,[15] with the intention that the club would appear first in alphabetical lists of English clubs.[16] A year later, the club adopted a new badge as a symbol of its progress.[17] The stripes in the background were based on the club shirt, while in the foreground is the profile of a player heading the ball, in honour of Dickie Dowsett, a prolific scorer for the club in the 1950s and 1960s.[18]

The team's red-and-black kit, introduced in 1971, was based on the AC Milan strip.[19] This was the era of Ted MacDougall, a prolific goalscorer who, in an FA Cup tie in November 1971, scored nine goals in an 11–0 win against Margate.[20]

Late 20th century

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Chart of yearly table positions of Bournemouth in the League.

Bournemouth recorded a famous victory over holders Manchester United in the FA Cup in January 1984, while they were managed by Harry Redknapp.[21][22] The club won its second piece of silverware by winning the Associate Members' Cup in its inaugural season, beating Hull City 2–1 at Boothferry Park on 24 May 1984 in the final.[23]

Redknapp took Bournemouth into the second tier of the English league for the first time in their history as Third Division champions in 1987. After comfortably surviving in their first season in the Second Division, Bournemouth made a serious challenge for promotion to the top flight in the 1988–89 season; they ultimately fell away after a poor run late in the season, but their eventual finish of 12th place remained their highest-ever in the Football League until the 2013–14 season.[citation needed]

On 5 May 1990, the final day of the 1989–90 season, Leeds United had the chance to win the Second Division and gain promotion into the First Division by beating Bournemouth at Dean Court. Some United fans had already caused trouble in the town during the morning and the atmosphere was tense as Leeds won the match by a single goal. Combined with the results of other matches, this meant that Leeds were promoted while Bournemouth were relegated. The violence and destruction by visitors to Bournemouth continued over the holiday weekend, causing more than £1 million worth of damage and injury to opposing fans and police officers.[24] The town's Daily Echo newspaper reported that "spectators, including many young children, had to run to safety as missiles were hurled and riot police waded in to control the crowds."[24] The matter was raised in Parliament by one of the town's MPs. Financially, the Leeds trouble affected the club for more than a decade, as Bournemouth were prevented by local police from staging home games on Bank Holidays (traditionally a popular day for football) until a game against Shrewsbury Town on 21 April 2003.[citation needed]

Redknapp remained at the club for two more seasons, both of which ended with the club falling three points short of the play-offs. However, mounting financial pressures caused him to resign his position at the end of the 1991–92 season, and he subsequently re-joined former club West Ham United as a coach. He was replaced by Tony Pulis, who built a much cheaper squad that could only manage two consecutive 17th-place finishes before Pulis walked out of the club, blaming financial pressures.[citation needed]

Bournemouth went the first few months of the 1994–95 season without a permanent manager in place, and a dreadful start saw them bottom of the table for much of the first half of the season. Despite a minor upturn in form when Mel Machin was appointed as manager, they looked highly unlikely to survive, given that there were five relegation spots in Division Two for that season due to league reconstruction. However, a late run of form combined with collapses by relegation rivals Cambridge United and Plymouth Argyle saw them survive on the last day of the season by two points.[citation needed]

Machin ultimately remained in charge for six years, most of which were marked by unremarkable mid-table finishes. The 1998–99 season proved to be arguably the highlight of his tenure, with the club making a serious playoff challenge for most of the season, but ultimately falling short and finishing seventh. However, a drop to 16th place in the 1999–2000 season followed by a poor start to the following season saw Machin removed from his position and given the role of director of football.[citation needed]

Early 21st century

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Sean O'Driscoll was promoted from the coaching staff in place of Mel Machin at the start of the 2000–01 season. In O'Driscoll's first season as manager, Bournemouth narrowly missed out on the Division Two playoffs but were relegated a year later in the new stadium (in the early part of the 2001–02 season, they played their home matches at Dorchester Town's ground while their own stadium was being redeveloped). The board kept faith in O'Driscoll and they were rewarded with promotion via the Division Three playoffs in 2002–03. The club became the first to score five goals at the Millennium Stadium when they beat Lincoln City 5–2 in the 2002–03 Division Three play-off final with goals from Steve Fletcher, Carl Fletcher (2), Stephen Purches and Garreth O'Connor. Under O'Driscoll, Bournemouth narrowly missed out on the play-offs for the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons, and just avoided relegation in the 2005–06 season.[citation needed]

Long-serving player James Hayter scored the fastest league hat-trick in English Football League history during the 2003–04 season. The Cherries were leading 3–0 against Wrexham thanks to goals from Stephen Purches, Warren Cummings and Warren Feeney when Hayter was brought onto the field as a substitute. With 86 minutes gone, Hayter managed to net three goals in the space of two minutes and 21 seconds, making the final score 6–0 to Bournemouth.[25]

In September 2006, with the team in eighth in the League, Sean O'Driscoll left to become manager of Doncaster Rovers. He was replaced by Kevin Bond.[26]

Decline and administration (2008–2009)

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In February 2008, Bournemouth were forced into administration, suffering a ten-point deduction which put them in relegation trouble. Bournemouth had debts of around £4 million and almost went out of business.[27] The off-field uncertainty continued throughout the season, with only one, ultimately unsuccessful, bid for the club accepted,[28] and the club ended the season being relegated to League Two.[29]

Ahead of the 2008–09 season, the team's future in the Football League was put into doubt when the league threatened to block Bournemouth's participation in League Two, due to problems with the club's continuing administration and change in ownership. The league ordered both Bournemouth and Rotherham United to demonstrate that they could fulfil all of their fixtures and find a way out of administration,[30] eventually allowing the club to compete with a 17-point penalty for failing to follow the Football League insolvency rules. The new company was also ordered to pay unsecured creditors the amount offered at the time of the original CVA (around ten pence in the pound) within two years.[31]

Early into the season, manager Bond was sacked and was replaced by former player Jimmy Quinn, who would himself leave the club only a few months later.[32] Former player Eddie Howe took over as manager with the club still ten points adrift at the bottom of the league and initially on a caretaker basis, becoming the youngest manager in the Football League at the age of 31.[33]

At the end of 2008, it was announced that local businessman Adam Murray had completed the purchase of 50% of the club's shares from previous chairman, Paul Baker. However, in January 2009, Murray missed the deadline to buy Baker's shares.[34]

In the final home game of the 2008–09 season, the Cherries guaranteed their Football League status by beating Grimsby Town 2–1 with a winning goal ten minutes from time by Bournemouth's Steve Fletcher, sparking wild celebrations after a fairytale ending to "The Great Escape." They finished their troubled season with their best away win in 30 years with a 4–0 victory at Morecambe.[citation needed]

In June 2009, a consortium including Adam Murry finally took over Bournemouth. The consortium included Jeff Mostyn, former vice-chairman Steve Sly, Neill Blake and former Dorchester Town chairman Eddie Mitchell.[citation needed]

Rise to the Premier League (2009–2015)

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Howe's first full season in charge brought success as Bournemouth finished second in League Two to earn promotion with two games to spare. Howe subsequently left the club for Burnley during the following season; his successor, another former Bournemouth player, Lee Bradbury, led Bournemouth to the League One play-offs. The two-legged semi-final against Huddersfield Town finished 3–3 after extra time, and Huddersfield went through the final by winning the penalty shoot-out 4–2. Bradbury was unable to lead Bournemouth to another promotion challenge in the 2011–12 Football League One, placing 11th after a season of indifferent results, and was replaced by youth team coach Paul Groves for the final games of the season.[citation needed]

Groves remained in charge at the start of the 2012–13 season, only to be sacked in October 2012 following a start which left the club near the bottom of the table. Eddie Howe returned as manager, and not only did he pull the club away from their early-season relegation battle, they achieved promotion to the Championship, returning to the second-tier of English football for the first time since 1990. The club also revealed a new club crest.[35] After a promising start to life in the Championship, the club was handed a fourth Round FA Cup tie with Premier League club Liverpool which ended in a 2–0 loss. Bournemouth finished their first season back in the Championship in tenth place, their highest ever position in the Football League.[citation needed]

On 25 October 2014, Bournemouth won 8–0 away at St. Andrew's against Birmingham City. It was the first time that the Cherries had ever scored eight goals in a league game and their largest winning margin in the league (not counting a 10–0 win over Northampton Town in September 1939, which was discounted after the league was abandoned due to the Second World War).[36] The club followed up this success with a 2–1 victory over Premier League side West Bromwich Albion in the League Cup, reaching the quarter-finals of the competition for the first time. Bournemouth were again drawn against Liverpool but lost 3–1. The club spent most of the 2014–15 season near the top of the table, and a 3–0 win away at Charlton Athletic on the final day of the season was enough to clinch the Championship title and a first-ever promotion to the top flight of English football.[37]

First Premier League era (2015–2020)

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In Bournemouth's first season in the Premier League, the team was beset by a number of crippling injuries, including to Callum Wilson, star striker from the previous season. The team struggled for most of the first half of the season but an upturn in form during the second half of the season saw a reversal of fortunes. Bournemouth eventually finished 16th in the league, avoiding relegation.[38]

The club was widely tipped to suffer second season syndrome, but the 2016–17 season was largely successful. Despite a weak start, which saw them in the relegation zone for the first three weeks, the team quickly recovered and went on to finish 9th.[39] Star loan player Nathan Aké was signed permanently from Chelsea for a club-record fee in June 2017, reportedly in the region of £20 million.[40] Despite another slow start in 2017–18, a run of good form through late December and January saw them steer clear of the relegation zone, and earn Howe his second Premier League Manager of the Month award.[41] Bournemouth went on to gain 19 points from losing positions in the second half of the season – a Premier League record – helping the team finish in 12th place.[42][non-primary source needed][43]

The 2018–19 season saw the club break their transfer record again on Jefferson Lerma during the summer,[44][45] and contrasting with the previous season, the club had a strong start, sitting in 6th place after the first 12 games. However, their form regressed for the remainder of the season due to many injury problems. In the end, Bournemouth finished in 14th place, securing a 5th season in the Premier League.

A bright start to the 2019–20 season saw the team sitting in 7th place at the beginning of November.[46] However, continuing injury problems and a poor run of results followed, and the club dropped into the relegation zone in January. Poor performances continued after the COVID-19 pandemic had interrupted the season, with key losses to Manchester City and Southampton putting the club on the brink.[47] Despite a 3–1 victory over Everton away at Goodison Park on the final day, the club's relegation was confirmed because Aston Villa drew against West Ham.[48] On 1 August 2020, Howe left the club by mutual consent, ending his 8-year second spell as manager.[49]

Financial Fair Play violation and punishment

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In 2016, Bournemouth were found guilty of violating the Football League's Financial Fair Play regulations during 2014–15, the season it secured promotion to the Premier League. The club's over-spend broke the 'maximum deviation', with a £38.3 million financial loss in 2014–15. This followed a loss of £10.3 million in 2013–2014. The club was originally fined £7.6 million by the Football League, but subsequently negotiated a settlement with a fine of £4.75 million for breaching Financial Fair Play rules.[50][51][52]

Relegation, promotion, managerial changes and new ownership (2020–)

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On 8 August, Jason Tindall, a former Bournemouth player and Howe's longtime assistant, was promoted to manager.[53] Despite sitting second in mid-December, Tindall was sacked on 3 February 2021 after a run of only 1 win in 8 games, which saw the team fall to 6th in the table.[54] He was replaced by first team coach Jonathan Woodgate, initially as caretaker.[55] Woodgate would remain as manager for the remainder of the season, as the club finished the season in 6th and entered the playoffs, but lost 3–2 to Brentford on aggregate in the semi-final.[56] Woodgate's contract was not renewed after the season and on 28 June 2021, former Fulham manager Scott Parker was appointed as the new head coach, with Matt Wells as the assistant coach.[57] Parker led the club to an impressive start, going 15 games unbeaten to start the 2021–22 Championship season, going on to clinch promotion in the penultimate match of the season, a 1–0 victory against promotion rivals Nottingham Forest.[58][59][60]

The club's return to the Premier League got off to a difficult start, however, as a breakdown in the relationship between Parker and the club and a Premier League record-equalling 9–0 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield resulted in Parker's dismissal after just four league games on 30 August 2022.[61][62] First team coach Gary O'Neil was made interim head coach and presided over an upturn in form in his 12 games in interim charge before being appointed as the permanent head coach on 27 November 2022.[63]

On 13 December 2022, the club was purchased from previous owner Maxim Demin by Black Knight Football Club, a partnership led by American businessman Bill Foley and Cannae Holdings. [64] The minority ownership group is led by Hollywood actor Michael B. Jordan and Kosmos Founder Nullah Sarker.[65][66] On 19 June 2023, the club announced the departure of manager O'Neil, with Andoni Iraola coming in to replace him.[67] In the 2023–24 season, Bournemouth, led by Iraola, achieved their best points tally in the Premier League, accumulating 48 points.[68]

League history

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See also: List of AFC Bournemouth seasons

Players

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Current squad

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As of 30 August 2024[69]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Spain ESP Dean Huijsen
3 DF Hungary HUN Milos Kerkez
4 MF England ENG Lewis Cook (vice-captain)
5 DF Argentina ARG Marcos Senesi
7 MF Wales WAL David Brooks
8 MF England ENG Alex Scott
9 FW Brazil BRA Evanilson
10 MF Scotland SCO Ryan Christie
11 MF Burkina Faso BFA Dango Ouattara
12 MF United States USA Tyler Adams
13 GK Spain ESP Kepa Arrizabalaga (on loan from Chelsea)
15 DF England ENG Adam Smith (captain)
16 MF England ENG Marcus Tavernier
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Colombia COL Luis Sinisterra
19 FW Netherlands NED Justin Kluivert
22 DF Mexico MEX Julián Araujo
23 DF England ENG James Hill
24 FW Ghana GHA Antoine Semenyo
26 FW Turkey TUR Enes Ünal
27 DF Ukraine UKR Illya Zabarnyi
29 MF Denmark DEN Philip Billing
35 DF Wales WAL Owen Bevan
37 DF England ENG Max Aarons
40 GK England ENG Will Dennis
42 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Mark Travers

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Brazil BRA Neto (at Arsenal until 30 June 2025)
6 DF Wales WAL Chris Mepham (at Sunderland until 30 June 2025)
21 FW Canada CAN Daniel Jebbison (at Watford until 30 June 2025)
32 FW England ENG Jaidon Anthony (at Burnley until 30 June 2025)
49 MF England ENG Dominic Sadi (at Carlisle United until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
51 FW England ENG Daniel Adu-Adjei (at Carlisle United until 30 June 2025)
— MF France FRA Romain Faivre (at Brest until 30 June 2025)
— GK New Zealand NZL Alex Paulsen (at Auckland FC until 30 June 2025)
— MF England ENG Joe Rothwell (at Leeds United until 30 June 2025)
— MF Ivory Coast CIV Hamed Traorè (at Auxerre until 30 June 2025)

Under-21s and Academy

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Main article: AFC Bournemouth Under-21s and Academy

Club officials

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Source:[70]
Board
Owner
United States Black Knight Football Club
Chairman President of Football Operations Assistant first-team technical director President of Business
United States Bill Foley Portugal Tiago Pinto England Simon Francis United States Jim Frevola
First team
Management
Manager
Spain Andoni Iraola
First team coaches
England Tommy Elphick

England Shaun Cooper

Head of goalkeeping First Team Assistant Goalkeeper Coach
England Neil Moss England Gareth Stewart
First Team Fitness Coach
Spain Pablo de la Torre
Medical
Performance Director Head of Therapy Physiotherapists
United States Jay Mellette England Scot McAllister England Michael Harding England Joe Barton
England Dave Gardner England Natasha Nolan
Sports scientists
Head of Performance and Physical Development Lead Rehabilitation & Performance Specialist Sports Scientists
England Alastair Harris England Charlie Moore Northern Ireland Sean McCullagh England Rob Lloyd
Analysis & performance
First Team Senior Performance Analyst Analysts
England Ryan Dawes England Tom Webber England Sam May England Luke Summers
Position Name
Academy manager England Sam Gisbourne
Academy head of coaching & development England Bruce Suraci
Academy head of goalkeeping England Billy Granger
Development squad manager England Alan Connell
U18 coach England James Lowy
U18 assistant coach England Junior Stanislas

Former officials

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Managers

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Source:[73]

Colours

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to AFC Bournemouth kits.

The team's colours have varied slightly throughout the club's history. Starting off playing in red-and-white stripes, Bournemouth have also played in all-red shirts, red with white sleeves, and mostly, since 1990, in red-and-black stripes.[74] A predominantly red shirt was chosen for the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons, but – due to fan demand – a return was made to the stripes for the 2006–07 season.[75]

Since 2017 Bournemouth's kit has been manufactured by Umbro. Previously it has been made by Umbro (1974–78, 1983–86), Adidas (1978–81), Osca (1982–83), Henson (1986–87), Scoreline (1987–90), Ellgren (1990–92), Matchwinner (1993–95), Le Coq Sportif (1995–96), Patrick (1996–2000), Super League (2000-01), TFG Sportswear (2001–03), Bourne Red (2003–08), Carbrini Sportswear (2008–11, 2014–15), Fila (2011–14) and JD Sports (2015–17).[citation needed]

For the 2024–25 season, the team's shirts are sponsored by bj88,[76] with LEOS International as the shirt sleeve sponsor.[77] Before this, sponsors have been Reg Heynes Toyota (1980–82, 1983–85), Coopers Beers (1985–87), Canberra Homes (1987–88), Nolan (1988–89), A1 Windscreens (1990–92), Exchange & Mart (1992–94), Frizzell (1994–97), Seward (1997–2006), Focal Point (2006–08, 2011–12), Carbrini Sportswear (2008–11), Energy Consulting (2012–15), Mansion (2015–2020), Vitality (2020), MSP Capital (2020–2022) and Dafabet (2022–2024).[78] From the 2017–2018 season until the 2019–20 season, the Mansion logo appeared on the left shirt sleeve of Bournemouth's shirts, in addition DeWalt was shirt sleeve sponsor from the 2022–23 season until the 2023–24 season.

Year Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front) Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
1974–1978 Umbro No sponsor No sponsor
1978–1980 Adidas
1980–1981 Reg Heynes Toyota
1981–1982 In-House
1982–1983 Osca No sponsor
1983–1985 Umbro Reg Heynes Toyota
1985–1986 Coopers Beers
1986–1987 Hensons
1987–1988 Scoreline Canberra Homes
1988–1989 Nolan
1989–1990 No sponsor
1990–1992 Ellgren A1 Windscreens
1992–1994 Matchwinner Exchange & Mart
1994–1995 Frizzell
1995–1996 Le Coq Sportif
1996–1997 Patrick
1997–2000 Seward
2000–2001 Super League
2001–2003 TFG Sports
2003–2006 Bourne Red
2006–2008 Focal Point
2008–2011 Carbrini Sportswear Cabrini Sportswear
2011–2012 Fila Focal Point
2012–2014 Energy Consulting
2014–2015 Carbrini Sportswear
2015–2017 JD Sports Mansion
2017–2020 Umbro Mansion
2020 Vitality
2020–2022 MSP Capital No sponsor
2022–2024 Dafabet DeWalt
2024– bj88 LEOS International

Rivalries

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According to a recent poll named 'The League of Love and Hate' in August 2019, Bournemouth supporters named their club's near neighbour Southampton as its biggest rival, with Portsmouth, Brighton and Hove Albion, Reading and Leeds United following.[79] In recent seasons the club has also experienced tensions with Nottingham Forest; the two were Championship rivals in 2021–22, both achieving promotion that season after tension between the two fanbases.[80]

Records and statistics

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For a more detailed list, see List of AFC Bournemouth records and statistics.

Steve Fletcher holds the record for Bournemouth appearances, having played 726 first-team matches between 1992 and 2013.[81] He also holds the record for most League appearances, making 628.[82] Ron Eyre holds the record for the most goals 229 in a Bournemouth shirt having played 337 first-team matches between 1924 and 1933.[83] Ted MacDougall holds the record for the most goals scored in a single season, 42 in the 1970–71 season in the Fourth Division.[84]

The highest transfer fee received for a Bournemouth player to date is £65 million, from Tottenham Hotspur for Dominic Solanke in August 2024,[85] whilst the highest transfer fee paid by the club to date is £40.2 million, for Evanilson from Porto, also in August 2024.[86]

The club's highest ever league finish to date is 9th place in the Premier League, achieved in the 2016–17 season.[87]

Honours

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Source:[88][15]

League

Cup

Notes

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  1. ^ The full name of the club is AFC Bournemouth, without expansion.[1][2] The AFC prefix is not an abbreviation, but was included in the full name as letters to ensure that AFC Bournemouth would appear before Arsenal and Aston Villa in alphabetical lists.[3] The letters are a reference to (but not an abbreviation of) the club's previous name of Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Football Club.[4] AFC is nevertheless occasionally expanded to Athletic Football Club[5] or Association Football Club[6] by third parties.

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  3. ^ "AFC Bournemouth". Premier Skills English. British Council. 17 July 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023. The AFC is part of the name and not an abbreviation. The name was changed by Dickie Dowsett who was the club's commercial manager and an ex-player. He insisted that the AFC should not stand for anything because that way, the club would appear in alphabetical league lists above Arsenal and Aston Villa and is why the club is the first in the list of clubs on the Premier League and Premier Skills English websites.
  4. ^ "AFC Bournemouth". Premier Skills English. British Council. 17 July 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023. The AFC recalls the older name of the club, it represents Athletic Football Club, but it does not stand for Athletic Football Club.
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  7. ^ "Premier League Handbook 2022/23" (PDF). 19 July 2022. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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  12. ^ Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 270. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
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