A.F.C. Bournemouth

AFC Bournemouth, known in short name as 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. They are currently in the Premier League.

AFC Bournemouth

Full name	AFC Bournemouth
Nickname(s)	The Cherries
Founded	1899
Ground	Vitality Stadium (capacity: 12,000)
Owner	Black Knight Sports and Entertainment
Chairman	Bill Foley
Manager	Andoni Iraola
League	Premier League
2025–26	Premier League, 6th of 20
Home colours Away colours Third colours

AFC Bournemouth's football stadium (Dean Court)

Name

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

Current squad

As of August 2022

No. Position Player 1 GK Ireland Mark Travers 2 DF England Ryan Fredericks 3 DF England Jack Stephens (on loan from Southampton) 4 MF England Lewis Cook 5 DF England Lloyd Kelly (captain) 6 DF Wales Chris Mepham (vice-captain) 7 MF Wales David Brooks 8 MF Colombia Jefferson Lerma 9 FW England Dominic Solanke 10 MF Scotland Ryan Christie 11 MF Denmark Emiliano Marcondes 13 GK Brazil Neto 14 MF England Joe Rothwell 15 DF England Adam Smith

No. Position Player 16 MF England Marcus Tavernier 17 DF England Jack Stacey 18 FW Jamaica Jamal Lowe 19 MF England Junior Stanislas 20 FW Scotland Siriki Dembélé 21 FW Wales Kieffer Moore 22 MF England Ben Pearson 23 DF England James Hill 25 DF Argentina Marcos Senesi 29 MF Denmark Philip Billing 32 FW England Jaidon Anthony 33 DF Zimbabwe Jordan Zemura 40 GK England Will Dennis

Out on loan

No. Position Player 10 FW [[|Côte d'Ivoire]] 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. Position 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 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 1999/2000: Second Division – 16th

A.F.C. Bournemouth Media

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  Panorama of Goldsands Stadium (Dean Court) from East Stand. Prior to Football League Championship fixture 14/9/2013 AFC Bournemouth v Blackpool FC.

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  Chart of yearly table positions of Bournemouth in the League.

Other websites

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