AFC Bournemouth
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AFC Bournemouth ( BORN-məth) is a professional football club based in Kings Park, Boscombe, a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. The club 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. By then 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.
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| Competition | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
| UEFA Europa League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Season | Competition | Round | Opposition | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2026–27 | UEFA Europa League | TBD |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SRB | Đorđe Petrović |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Adrien Truffert |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Lewis Cook (vice-captain) |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Marcos Senesi |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Julio Soler |
| 7 | MF | WAL | David Brooks (3rd captain) |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Alex Scott |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Evanilson |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Ryan Christie (4th captain) |
| 11 | FW | SCO | Ben Gannon-Doak |
| 12 | MF | USA | Tyler Adams |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Adam Smith (captain) |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Marcus Tavernier |
| 17 | GK | ENG | Fraser Forster |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Bafodé Diakité |
| 19 | FW | NED | Justin Kluivert |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Álex Jiménez |
| 21 | MF | MAR | Amine Adli |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Eli Junior Kroupi |
| 23 | DF | ENG | James Hill |
| 26 | FW | TUR | Enes Ünal |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Alex Tóth |
| 29 | GK | GRE | Christos Mandas (on loan from Lazio) |
| 35 | DF | WAL | Owen Bevan |
| 37 | FW | BRA | Rayan |
| 44 | DF | SRB | Veljko Milosavljević |
| 45 | DF | USA | Matai Akinmboni |
| 50 | FW | ENG | Remy Rees-Dottin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Julián Araujo (at Celtic until 30 June 2026) |
| 13 | GK | NZL | Alex Paulsen (at Lechia Gdańsk until 30 June 2026) |
| 25 | MF | CIV | Hamed Traorè (at Marseille until 30 June 2026) |
| 40 | GK | ENG | Will Dennis (at Leyton Orient until 30 June 2026) |
| 47 | MF | ENG | Ben Winterburn (at Barnet until 30 June 2026) |
References
- The full name of the club is AFC Bournemouth, without expansion. The AFC prefix is not an abbreviation, but was included
- Black Knight Football Club UK Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Foley Entertainment Group.
- Bournemouth's main shirt sponsor was M88 until 13 June 2020, when Vitality became the main sponsor for the rest of the s
- "Company details"https://www.afcb.co.uk/company-details/
- "Club trademarks"https://www.afcb.co.uk/brand-protection/club-trademarks/
- Premier Skills Englishhttps://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/clubs/afc-bournemouth
- Premier Skills Englishhttps://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/clubs/afc-bournemouth
- The Telegraphhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/12147256/Ticket-price-war-places-clubs-at-a-tipping-point.html
- Financial Timeshttps://www.ft.com/stream/b28f3f9e-e474-3a1e-b4c6-579272edccb4
- "Premier League Handbook 2022/23"https://resources.premierleague.com/premierleague/document/2022/07/19/40085fed-1e9e-4c33-9f14-0bcf57857da2/PL_Handbook_2022-23_DIGITAL_18.07.pdf
- https://www.foleyentertainmentgroup.com/affiliate-list/https://www.foleyentertainmentgroup.com/affiliate-list/
- Bournemouth Daily Echohttps://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/23247929.bill-foley-outlines-black-knight-football-club-structure/
- "AFC Bournemouth History"https://web.archive.org/web/20150626130115/http://www.afcb.co.uk/club/club-history/
- The official Handbook of Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Football Club; Golden Jubilee 1899–1949
- "AFCB Club History"https://web.archive.org/web/20150626130115/http://www.afcb.co.uk/club/club-history/
- The Alphabet of the Saints
- NBC Sportshttps://www.nbcsports.com/soccer/news/ever-wonder-why-bournemouth-are-nicknamed-the-cherries
- fchdhttps://fchd.info/AFC-BOUR.HTM
- Football Club History Databasehttps://www.fchd.info/AFC-BOUR.HTM
- The Beautiful Historyhttps://thebeautifulhistory.wordpress.com/clubs/bournemouth-afc/