# 2015–16 AFC Bournemouth season

The 2015–16 season was Bournemouth's first season in the Premier League (and their first ever season in the top-flight of English football) after gaining promotion in the previous season in their 126th year in existence. This season Bournemouth participated in the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

## Squad

| No. | Name | Pos. | Place of Birth | Age | Apps | Goals | Signed from | Date signed | Fee | End |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | Artur Boruc | GK | Siedlce | 44 | 49 | 0 | Southampton | 1 July 2015 | Free | 2016 |
| 21 | Ryan Allsop | GK | Birmingham | 32 | 26 | 0 | Leyton Orient | 18 January 2013 | Free | 2016 |
| 23 | Adam Federici | GK | Nowra | 39 | 8 | 0 | Reading | 1 July 2015 | Free | 2018 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | Simon Francis | CB | Nottingham | 39 | 197 | 3 | Charlton Athletic | 7 November 2011 | Free | 2017 |
| 3 | Steve Cook | CB/RB | Hastings | 33 | 161 | 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 January 2012 | £150,000 | 2017 |
| 5 | Tommy Elphick | CB | Brighton | 37 | 217 | 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 10 August 2012 | £220,000 | Undisclosed |
| 11 | Charlie Daniels | LB | Walthamstow | 38 | 145 | 9 | Leyton Orient | November 2011 | £198,000 | 2017 |
| 14 | Tyrone Mings | LB | Bath | 31 | 2 | 0 | Ipswich Town | 26 June 2015 | £8,000,000 | 2019 |
| 15 | Adam Smith | RB | London | 33 | 101 | 3 | Tottenham Hotpsur | 28 January 2014 | Undisclosed | 2017 |
| 22 | Elliott Ward | CB | Harrow | 39 | 28 | 0 | Norwich City | 18 June 2013 | Free | 2017 |
| 25 | Sylvain Distin | CB | Bagnolet | 46 | 10 | 0 | Everton | 1 July 2015 | Free | 2016 |
| 33 | Joe Bennett | LB | Rochdale | 34 | 0 | 0 | Aston Villa | 1 September 2015 | Loan | 2016 |
| 38 | Baily Cargill | CB | Winchester | 29 | 7 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2014 | Trainee | 2017 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | Dan Gosling | CM | Brixham | 34 | 42 | 8 | Newcastle United | 16 May 2014 | Free | 2018 |
| 6 | Andrew Surman | CM | Johannesburg | 38 | 121 | 5 | Norwich City | 1 September 2014 | Undisclosed | 2017 |
| 7 | Marc Pugh | WG/CF | Bacup | 37 | 254 | 51 | Hereford United | 4 June 2010 | £110,000 | 2018 |
| 8 | Harry Arter | CM | Sidcup | 34 | 185 | 25 | Woking | 7 June 2010 | £8,000 | 2018 |
| 16 | Shaun MacDonald | DM | Swansea | 36 | 97 | 7 | Swansea City | 25 August 2011 | £125,000 | 2016 |
| 19 | Junior Stanislas | WG | Kidbrooke | 35 | 31 | 7 | Burnley | 26 June 2014 | Free | 2017 |
| 20 | Christian Atsu | WG/AM | Ada Foah | 32 | 2 | 0 | Chelsea | 29 May 2015 | Loan | 2016 |
| 24 | Lee Tomlin | AM/WG/CF | Leicester | 35 | 9 | 0 | Middlesbrough | 4 August 2015 | £3,500,000 | 2018 |
| 30 | Matt Ritchie | LW | Gosport | 35 | 117 | 29 | Swindon Town | 30 January 2013 | £409,200 | 2018 |
| 32 | Eunan O'Kane | DM | Derry | 34 | 109 | 6 | Torquay United | 26 July 2012 | Undisclosed | 2017 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | Tokelo Rantie | CF | Parys | 34 | 51 | 5 | Malmö FF | 28 August 2013 | £2,500,000 | 2016 |
| 13 | Callum Wilson | CF | Coventry | 32 | 57 | 28 | Coventry City | 4 July 2014 | £3,000,000 | 2019 |
| 17 | Joshua King | CF/LW | Oslo | 32 | 16 | 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 28 May 2015 | £1,000,000 | 2018 |
| 18 | Yann Kermorgant | CF | Vannes | 43 | 66 | 27 | Charlton Athletic | 31 January 2014 | Undisclosed | 2016 |
| 27 | Glenn Murray | CF | Maryport | 41 | 12 | 3 | Crystal Palace | 7 August 2015 | £4,000,000 | 2018 |

### Statistics

    As of 17 May 2016
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Steve Cook | 38 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Dan Gosling | 37 | 4 | 28+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Tommy Elphick | 14 | 1 | 11+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Andrew Surman | 38 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Marc Pugh | 30 | 5 | 15+11 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Harry Arter | 22 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RSA | Tokelo Rantie | 6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | CIV | Max Gradel | 14 | 1 | 11+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | ENG | Charlie Daniels | 39 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | PAR | Juan Iturbe | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | ENG | Callum Wilson | 13 | 5 | 9+4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Tyrone Mings | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Adam Smith | 35 | 2 | 22+9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | WAL | Shaun MacDonald | 9 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Joshua King | 35 | 7 | 24+7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Yann Kermorgant | 11 | 1 | 0+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Junior Stanislas | 25 | 5 | 17+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Benik Afobe | 15 | 4 | 12+3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Ryan Allsop | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | AUS | Adam Federici | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Lee Tomlin | 10 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Sylvain Distin | 16 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Glenn Murray | 21 | 4 | 6+13 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Lewis Grabban | 16 | 0 | 4+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | SCO | Matt Ritchie | 41 | 4 | 33+4 | 4 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | IRL | Eunan O'Kane | 20 | 0 | 6+10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ENG | Matt Butcher | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | ENG | Baily Cargill | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | ENG | Jordan Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goals record

    As of 12 March 2016
| Rank | No. | Po. | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 17 | FW | Joshua King | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 13 | FW | Callum Wilson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 19 | MF | Junior Stanislas | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | DF | Steve Cook | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | MF | Dan Gosling | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | Marc Pugh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 20 | FW | Benik Afobe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 27 | FW | Glenn Murray | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | 11 | DF | Charlie Daniels | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 30 | MF | Matt Ritchie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | 15 | DF | Adam Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 5 | DF | Tommy Elphick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 8 | MF | Harry Arter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 10 | FW | Max Gradel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 16 | MF | Shaun MacDonald | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 18 | FW | Yann Kermorgant | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 24 | MF | Lee Tomlin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 4 | 6 | 52 |

#### Disciplinary record

    As of 20 December 2015
| No. | Po. | Name | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Artur Boruc | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Simon Francis | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Steve Cook | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Dan Gosling | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Andrew Surman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Harry Arter | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Max Gradel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Charlie Daniels | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Juan Iturbe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Adam Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Shaun MacDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Joshua King | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Junior Stanislas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Lee Tomlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Glenn Murray | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Lewis Grabban | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Matt Ritchie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Eunan O'Kane | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | Baily Cargill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 51 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 1 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Artur Boruc | Southampton | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Sylvain Distin | Everton | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Adam Federici | Reading | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | LW | Joshua King | Blackburn Rovers | £1,000,000 |
| 1 July 2015 | LB | Tyrone Mings | Ipswich Town | £8,000,000 + Fraser loan |
| 4 August 2015 | RW | Max Gradel | Saint-Étienne | £7,000,000 |
| 4 August 2015 | ST | Lee Tomlin | Middlesbrough | £3,000,000 |
| 1 September 2015 | CF | Glenn Murray | Crystal Palace | Undisclosed (reported £3,000,000) |
| 17 September 2015 | CM | Alessandro Cannataro | Internazionale | Free transfer |
| 10 January 2016 | CF | Benik Afobe | Wolverhampton Wanderers | £10,000,000 |
| 11 January 2016 | ST | Lewis Grabban | Norwich City | £8,000,000 |
Total spending: £40,000,000

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Miles Addison | Peterborough United | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Benjamin Büchel | Oxford United | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | RM | Mohamed Coulibaly | Racing Santander | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Darryl Flahavan | Crawley Town | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | LB | Ian Harte | Retired | — |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Josh McQuoid | Luton Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Joe Partington | Eastleigh | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Brett Pitman | Ipswich Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2015 | GK | Lee Camp | Rotherham United | Free transfer |
| 1 February 2016 | CM | Alessandro Cannataro | Unattached | Free transfer |
* ↑ Following Büchel's release he joined Oxford United.
* ↑ Following Coulibaly's release he joined Racing Santander.
* ↑ Following Flahavan's release he joined Crawley Town
* ↑ Following Harte's release he announced his retirement.
* ↑ Following McQuoid's release he joined Luton Town.
* ↑ Following Partington's release he joined Eastleigh.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Until |
| 1 July 2015 | RW | Christian Atsu | Chelsea | End of season |
| 13 July 2015 | LB | Filippo Costa | Chievo | End of season |
| 1 September 2015 | LW | Tomás Andrade | River Plate | 1 February 2016 |
| 1 September 2015 | LB | Joe Bennett | Aston Villa | 4 January 2016 |
| 1 January 2016 | RW | Juan Iturbe | Roma | End of season |
| 28 January 2016 | GK | Marius Adamonis | Atlantas | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Until |
| 1 July 2015 | RM | Ryan Fraser | Ipswich Town | End of season |
| 7 July 2015 | CF | Jayden Stockley | Portsmouth | 3 January 2016 |
| 7 August 2015 | CF | Harry Cornick | Yeovil Town | 7 October 2015 |
| 18 August 2015 | AM | Josh Wakefield | Yeovil Town | 19 September 2015 |
| 1 September 2015 | ST | Josh O'Hanlon | Chester | 1-Month |
| 9 September 2015 | CB | Elliott Ward | Huddersfield Town | 7 October 2015 |
* ↑ Fraser's loan to Ipswich Town was included with the £8,000,000 transfer of Tyrone Mings.
* ↑ On 9 September 2015, Cornick's loan at Yeovil was extended until 10 October 2015.

## Pre-season friendlies

On 2 June 2015, AFC Bournemouth announced they would travel to the United States to face the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer on 14 July 2015. A day later the club announced they would face French Ligue 1 side Nantes and German Bundesliga side 1899 Hoffenheim. Also confirmed was a home friendly against Cardiff City. On 8 June, friendlies against Exeter City and Yeovil Town were confirmed.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Premier League | — | 16th | 8 August 2015 | 17 May 2016 |
| FA Cup | Third round | Fifth round | 9 January 2016 | 20 February 2016 |
| League Cup | Second round | Fourth round | 25 August 2015 | 29 October 2015 |
Updated to match played 17 May 2016 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 45 | 67 | −22 | 028.95 |
| FA Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 066.67 |
| League Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Total | 44 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 55 | 74 | −19 | 034.09 |
Updated to match played 17 May 2016 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 43 | |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 42 | |
| 16 | Bournemouth | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 45 | 67 | −22 | 42 | |
| 17 | Sunderland | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 48 | 62 | −14 | 39 | |
| 18 | Newcastle United (R) | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 44 | 65 | −21 | 37 | Relegation to EFL Championship |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 May 2016. Source:

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L |
| Position | 14 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 |

#### Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.
Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### FA Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### League Cup

Bournemouth entered in the second round and were drawn away against Hartlepool United. The third round draw was made on 25 August 2015 live on Sky Sports by Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson. Bournemouth were drawn away to Preston North End.

### Hampshire Senior Cup

On the Hampshire FA website, the second round details were announced; Bournemouth faced Havant & Waterlooville.