A.F.C. Bournemouth

AFC Bournemouth's football stadium (Dean Court)

A.F.C. Bournemouth

Full name	Athletic Football Club Bournemouth
Founded	1899
Ground	Vitality Stadium
Capacity	12,000
Manager	Scott Parker
League	English Football League Championship
2020/21	Premier League, 6th of 24th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

A.F.C. Bournemouth are an English football club. They are based in Bournemouth and play their home games at a stadium called the Vitality Stadium. They started in 1899 and have had Harry Redknapp as a manager and his son Jamie Redknapp as a player. In the 2020–2021 season, Bournemouth are playing in The English Football League Championship.

Name

• 1899–1923 Boscombe F.C.
• 1923–1971 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic F.C.
• 1971–present A.F.C. Bournemouth

Players

Current squad

As of 31 August 2017

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK Poland Artur Boruc 2 DF England Simon Francis (captain) 3 DF England Steve Cook 4 MF England Dan Gosling 5 DF Netherlands Nathan Aké 6 MF England Andrew Surman (vice-captain) 7 MF England Marc Pugh 8 MF Republic of Ireland Harry Arter 9 FW DR Congo Benik Afobe 11 DF England Charlie Daniels 12 GK England Aaron Ramsdale 13 FW England Callum Wilson 14 DF Australia Brad Smith 15 DF England Adam Smith

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF England Lewis Cook 17 FW Norway Joshua King 18 FW England Jermain Defoe 19 MF England Junior Stanislas 22 MF United States Emerson Hyndman 23 MF England Connor Mahoney 24 MF Scotland Ryan Fraser 26 DF England Tyrone Mings 27 GK Bosnia and Herzegovina Asmir Begović 29 DF Wales Rhoys Wiggins 31 FW France Lys Mousset 32 GK Australia Adam Federici 33 MF England Jordon Ibe

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 10 FW Ivory Coast Max Gradel (on loan at Toulouse) 21 GK England Ryan Allsop (on loan at Blackpool) 28 FW England Lewis Grabban (on loan at Sunderland) 38 DF England Baily Cargill (on loan at Fleetwood Town) 39 MF England Ben Whitfield (on loan at Port Vale)

No. Pos. Nation Player 43 MF England Matt Worthington (on loan at Yeovil Town) 44 FW England Sam Surridge (on loan at Yeovil Town) 47 DF England Jordan Lee (on loan at Torquay United) 53 FW Republic of Ireland Joe Quigley (on loan at Newport County)

League position

Season	League	Position
2000/01	Second Division	7th
2001/02	Second Division	21st
2002/03	Third Division	4th
2003/04	Second Division	9th
2004/05	League One	8th
2005/06	League One	17th
2006/07	League One	19th
2007/08	League One	21st
2008/09	League Two	21st
2009/10	League Two	2nd
2010/11	League One	6th
2011/12	League One	11th
2012/13	League One	2nd

Former position

1923/24: Third Division – 21st / South 1924/25: Third Division – 20th / South 1925/26: Third Division – 8th / South 1926/27: Third Division – 7th / South 1927/28: Third Division – 14th / South 1928/29: Third Division – 9th / South 1929/30: Third Division – 10th / South 1930/31: Third Division – 10th / South 1931/32: Third Division – 15th / South 1932/33: Third Division – 18th / South 1933/34: Third Division – 21st / South 1934/35: Third Division – 17th / South 1935/36: Third Division – 8th / South 1936/37: Third Division – 6th / South 1937/38: Third Division – 13th / South 1938/39: Third Division – 15th / South 1939/40: Third Division – - / South 1946/47: Third Division – 7th / South 1947/48: Third Division – 2nd / South 1948/49: Third Division – 3rd / South 1949/50: Third Division – 12th / South 1950/51: Third Division – 9th / South 1951/52: Third Division – 14th / South 1952/53: Third Division – 9th / South 1953/54: Third Division – 19th / South 1954/55: Third Division – 17th / South 1955/56: Third Division – 9th / South 1956/57: Third Division – 5th / South 1957/58: Third Division – 9th / South 1958/59: Third Division – 12th 1959/60: Third Division – 10th 1960/61: Third Division – 19th 1961/62: Third Division – 3rd 1962/63: Third Division – 5th 1963/64: Third Division – 4th 1964/65: Third Division – 11th 1965/66: Third Division – 18th 1966/67: Third Division – 20th 1967/68: Third Division – 12th 1968/69: Third Division – 4th 1969/70: Third Division – 21st 1970/71: Fourth Division – 2nd 1971/72: Third Division – 3rd 1972/73: Third Division – 7th 1973/74: Third Division – 11th 1974/75: Third Division – 21st 1975/76: Fourth Division – 6th 1976/77: Fourth Division – 13th 1977/78: Fourth Division – 17th 1978/79: Fourth Division – 18th 1979/80: Fourth Division – 11th 1980/81: Fourth Division – 13th 1981/82: Fourth Division – 4th 1982/83: Third Division – 14th 1983/84: Third Division – 17th 1984/85: Third Division – 10th 1985/86: Third Division – 15th 1986/87: Third Division – Champions 1987/88: Second Division – 17th 1988/89: Second Division – 12th 1989/90: Second Division – 22nd 1990/91: Third Division – 9th 1991/92: Third Division – 8th 1992/93: Second Division] – 17th 1993/94: Second Division – 17th 1994/95: Second Division – 19th 1995/96: Second Division – 14th 1996/97: Second Division – 16th 1997/98: Second Division – 9th 1998/99: Second Division – 7th 1999/00: Second Division – 16th

Other websites

• Official A.F.C. Bournemouth website Archived 2008-04-09 at the Wayback Machine