# 2018–19 AFC Bournemouth season

The 2018–19 AFC Bournemouth season is the club's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their 129th year in existence. This season Bournemouth participated in the Premier League as well as the FA Cup and EFL Cup.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Squad

    As of 9 August 2018
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 | POL | Artur Boruc |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Simon Francis (captain) |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Steve Cook |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Dan Gosling |
| 5 | DF | NED | Nathan Aké |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Andrew Surman (vice-captain) |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Marc Pugh |
| 8 | MF | COL | Jefferson Lerma |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Lys Mousset |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Jordon Ibe |
| 11 | DF | ENG | Charlie Daniels |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Aaron Ramsdale |
| 13 | FW | ENG | Callum Wilson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Adam Smith |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Lewis Cook |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Joshua King |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Jermain Defoe |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Junior Stanislas |
| 20 | MF | WAL | David Brooks |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Diego Rico |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Ryan Fraser |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Jack Simpson |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Tyrone Mings |
| 27 | GK | BIH | Asmir Begović |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Kyle Taylor |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | AM | David Brooks | Sheffield United | £11,500,000 |
| 24 July 2018 | LB | Diego Rico | Leganés | Undisclosed |
| 7 August 2018 | DM | Jefferson Lerma | Levante | Undisclosed |
| 4 January 2019 | FW | Dominic Solanke | Liverpool | £19,000,000 |
| 22 January 2019 | CB | Chris Mepham | Brentford | £12,000,000 |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Benik Afobe | Wolverhampton Wanderers | £10,000,000 |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Ryan Allsop | Wycombe Wanderers | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Baily Cargill | Milton Keynes Dons | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | LW | Max Gradel | Toulouse | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Patrick O'Flaherty | Gosport Borough | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | LB | Ollie Harfield | Dagenham & Redbridge | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Sam Matthews | Bristol Rovers | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Joe Quigley | Maidstone United | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | LB | Rhoys Wiggins | Retired | — |
| 3 July 2018 | GK | Adam Federici | Stoke City | Undisclosed |
| 6 July 2018 | CF | Lewis Grabban | Nottingham Forest | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2018 | CM | Ben Whitfield | Port Vale | Free transfer |
| 18 January 2019 | CM | Matt Worthington | Yeovil Town | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. |
| 4 January 2019 | RB | | Nathaniel Clyne | Liverpool | 31 May 2019 | |
| 19 February 2019 | GK | | Rafal Stefán Daníelsson | Fram Reykjavík | 31 May 2019 | |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 4 July 2018 | LW | Mikael Ndjoli | Kilmarnock | 31 May 2019 |
| 30 July 2018 | CF | Sam Surridge | Oldham Athletic | 31 May 2019 |
| 7 August 2018 | RW | Connor Mahoney | Birmingham City | 31 May 2019 |
| 8 August 2018 | CM | Emerson Hyndman | Hibernian | 1 January 2019 |
| 8 August 2018 | LB | Brad Smith | Seattle Sounders FC | 31 May 2019 |
| 9 August 2018 | CM | Harry Arter | Cardiff City | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | CM | Matt Worthington | Forest Green Rovers | January 2019 |
| 30 October 2018 | CF | Jake Scrimshaw | Poole Town | December 2018 |
| 22 December 2018 | CB | Brennan Camp | Dorchester Town | 27 March 2019 |
| 3 January 2019 | CF | Jermain Defoe | Rangers | 31 May 2020 |
| 4 January 2019 | GK | Aaron Ramsdale | AFC Wimbledon | 31 May 2019 |
| 11 January 2019 | MF | James Boote | Poole Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 11 January 2019 | RM | Alex Dobre | Yeovil Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 15 January 2019 | FW | Tyrell Skeen-Hamilton | Salisbury | 31 May 2019 |
| 18 January 2019 | GK | Jordan Holmes | St Mirren | 31 May 2019 |
| 22 January 2019 | LW | Marc Pugh | Hull City | 31 May 2019 |
| 24 January 2019 | DF | Charlie Seaman | Dundee United | 31 May 2019 |
| 30 January 2019 | RM | Keelan O'Connell | Greenock Morton | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CB | Corey Jordan | Eastbourne Borough | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CB | Tyrone Mings | Aston Villa | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | AM | Frank Vincent | Torquay United | 31 May 2019 |
| 1 February 2019 | CB | Shaun Hobson | Eastleigh | 31 May 2019 |
| 28 March 2019 | CB | Brennan Camp | Weymouth | 31 May 2019 |

## Competitions
### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 49 |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 45 |
| 14 | Bournemouth | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 56 | 70 | −14 | 45 |
| 15 | Burnley | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 45 | 68 | −23 | 40 |
| 16 | Southampton | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 45 | 65 | −20 | 39 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 12 May 2019. Source: Premier League

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 |

#### Matches

On 14 June 2018, the Premier League fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

### FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.

### EFL Cup

The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August. The third round draw was made on 30 August 2018 by David Seaman and Joleon Lescott. The fourth round draw was made live on Quest by Rachel Yankey and Rachel Riley on 29 September. The draw for the quarter-final was made live on Sky Sports by Jamie Redknapp and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink on 31 October.

## Squad statistics

    As of 12 May 2019
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | POL | Artur Boruc | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | BIH | Asmir Begović | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | IRL | Mark Travers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG | Simon Francis | 20 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Steve Cook | 35 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Nathan Aké | 39 | 4 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | ENG | Charlie Daniels | 24 | 1 | 17+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Adam Smith | 26 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Diego Rico | 16 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Nathaniel Clyne | 15 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Jack Simpson | 11 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | WAL | Chris Mepham | 13 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ENG | Dan Gosling | 26 | 2 | 19+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Andrew Surman | 20 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | COL | Jefferson Lerma | 32 | 2 | 29+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Jordon Ibe | 24 | 3 | 9+10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Lewis Cook | 15 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Junior Stanislas | 27 | 4 | 11+12 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | WAL | David Brooks | 33 | 7 | 29+1 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | USA | Emerson Hyndman | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Ryan Fraser | 42 | 8 | 35+3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Kyle Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | FRA | Lys Mousset | 28 | 2 | 1+23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | ENG | Callum Wilson | 33 | 15 | 29+1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Joshua King | 38 | 12 | 34+1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Dominic Solanke | 10 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | ENG | Sam Surridge | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | ENG | Marc Pugh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Jermain Defoe | 8 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Tyrone Mings | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |