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
Ground Capacity	12,000
Manager	Eddie Howe
League	English Premier League
2018/19	Premier League, 14th
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 2015–2016 season, Bournemouth are playing in The English Premier League.

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. Position Player 1 GK Artur Boruc 2 DF Simon Francis (captain) 3 DF Steve Cook 4 MF Dan Gosling 5 DF Nathan Aké 6 MF Andrew Surman (vice-captain) 7 MF Marc Pugh 8 MF Harry Arter 9 FW Benik Afobe 11 DF Charlie Daniels 12 GK Aaron Ramsdale 13 FW Callum Wilson 14 DF Brad Smith 15 DF Adam Smith

No. Position Player 16 MF Lewis Cook 17 FW Joshua King 18 FW Jermain Defoe 19 MF Junior Stanislas 22 MF Emerson Hyndman 23 MF Connor Mahoney 24 MF Ryan Fraser 26 DF Tyrone Mings 27 GK Asmir Begović 29 DF Rhoys Wiggins 31 FW Lys Mousset 32 GK Adam Federici 33 MF 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. Position Player 10 FW Max Gradel (on loan at Toulouse) 21 GK Ryan Allsop (on loan at Blackpool) 28 FW Lewis Grabban (on loan at Sunderland) 38 DF Baily Cargill (on loan at Fleetwood Town) 39 MF Ben Whitfield (on loan at Port Vale)

No. Position Player 43 MF Matt Worthington (on loan at Yeovil Town) 44 FW Sam Surridge (on loan at Yeovil Town) 47 DF Jordan Lee (on loan at Torquay United) 53 FW 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