# 2020–21 AFC Bournemouth season

The 2020–21 AFC Bournemouth season was the club's 119th season in existence and first season back in the Championship following relegation from the Premier League in the previous season. Aside of the Championship, Bournemouth also competed in the FA Cup, and participated in the EFL Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | BIH | Asmir Begović |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Steve Cook |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Lloyd Kelly |
| 6 | DF | WAL | Chris Mepham |
| 7 | MF | WAL | David Brooks |
| 8 | MF | COL | Jefferson Lerma |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Dominic Solanke |
| 10 | MF | NED | Arnaut Danjuma |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Jack Wilshere |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Sam Surridge |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Adam Smith |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Lewis Cook |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Jack Stacey |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Junior Stanislas |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Rodrigo Riquelme (on loan from Atlético Madrid) |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Diego Rico |
| 23 | GK | IRL | Mark Travers |
| 24 | MF | NGA | Nnamdi Ofoborh |
| 26 | MF | IRL | Gavin Kilkenny |
| 29 | MF | DEN | Philip Billing |
| 32 | FW | ENG | Jaidon Anthony |
| 33 | DF | ZIM | Jordan Zemura |
| 40 | GK | ENG | Will Dennis |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Kyle Taylor (on loan at Southend United) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 23 July 2020 | GK | Joshua Clarke | Chelsea | Undisclosed |
| 18 January 2021 | CM | Jack Wilshere | West Ham United | Free transfer |
| 28 January 2021 | CM | Ben Pearson | Preston North End | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 1 October 2020 | RW | Rodrigo Riquelme | Atlético Madrid | End of season |
| 16 October 2020 | CB | Cameron Carter-Vickers | Tottenham Hotspur | End of season |
| 2 February 2021 | CF | Shane Long | Southampton | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 15 July 2020 | CB | Zeno Ibsen Rossi | Kilmarnock | End of season |
| 6 August 2020 | LM | Frank Vincent | Scunthorpe United | 5 January 2021 |
| 20 August 2020 | CB | Tyler Cordner | Scunthorpe United | 14 January 2021 |
| 7 September 2020 | CB | Brennan Camp | Weymouth | End of season |
| 25 September 2020 | CM | Kyle Taylor | Southend United | 1 January 2021 |
| 3 October 2020 | CB | Corey Jordan | Weymouth | 1 January 2021 |
| 3 October 2020 | DF | Sam Sherring | Torquay United | End of season |
| 16 October 2020 | CF | Jake Scrimshaw | Walsall | 3 January 2021 |
| 23 December 2020 | MF | Christian Saydee | Weymouth | |
| 6 January 2021 | GK | Mark Travers | Swindon Town | 11 February 2021 |
| 8 January 2021 | CF | Jake Scrimshaw | Newport County | End of season |
| 20 January 2021 | LM | Frank Vincent | Walsall | End of season |
| 25 January 2021 | CB | Tyler Cordner | Southend United | End of season |
| 31 January 2021 | GK | Calum Ward | HIFK | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | CM | Nnamdi Ofoborh | Wycombe Wanderers | End of season |
| 2 February 2021 | CB | Dinesh Gillela | Aldershot Town | March 2021 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | DF | Harvey Bertrand | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | FW | Jake Cope | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Jermain Defoe | Rangers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2020 | CM | Tom Dinsmore | Moneyfields | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | LW | Ryan Fraser | Newcastle United | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Luke Gray | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | LB | Tom Hanfrey | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | RW | Jordon Ibe | Derby County | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | RW | Jordan Murray | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | FW | James Oliver | Buxton | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | FW | Luke Pardoe | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Jack Torniainen | Unattached | Released |
| 17 July 2020 | MF | Remy Coddington | West Ham United | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2020 | RB | Charlie Seaman | Doncaster Rovers | Released |
| 27 July 2020 | GK | Artur Boruc | Legia Warsaw | Released |
| 27 July 2020 | LB | Charlie Daniels | Shrewsbury Town | Released |
| 27 July 2020 | RB | Simon Francis | Unattached | Released |
| 27 July 2020 | CM | Andrew Surman | Milton Keynes Dons | Released |
| 5 August 2020 | CB | Nathan Aké | Manchester City | £40,000,000 |
| 5 August 2020 | LB | Brad Smith | Seattle Sounders FC | Released |
| 12 August 2020 | LM | Alex Dobre | Dijon FCO | Undisclosed |
| 19 August 2020 | GK | Aaron Ramsdale | Sheffield United | £18,500,000 |
| 24 August 2020 | CM | Matt Butcher | Accrington Stanley | Undisclosed |
| 5 September 2020 | CB | Shaun Hobson | Southend United | Free transfer |
| 7 September 2020 | CF | Callum Wilson | Newcastle United | £20,000,000 |
| 22 September 2020 | CM | Harry Arter | Nottingham Forest | Undisclosed |
| 2 October 2020 | FW | Khavarn Williams | Nice | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2021 | CM | Dan Gosling | Watford | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2021 | CB | Jack Simpson | Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 2 February 2021 | SS | Joshua King | Everton | Nominal fee |
| 2 February 2021 | CF | Mikael Ndjoli | Barrow | Undisclosed |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| EFL Championship | 11 September 2020 | 8 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 73 | 46 | +27 | 047.83 |
| FA Cup | 9 January 2021 | 20 March 2021 | Third round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 075.00 |
| EFL Cup | 15 September 2020 | 24 September 2020 | Second round | Third round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 82 | 53 | +29 | 048.08 |
Last updated: 8 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### EFL Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Brentford (O, P) | 46 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 79 | 42 | +37 | 87 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Swansea City | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 80 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Barnsley | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 78 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Bournemouth | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 73 | 46 | +27 | 77 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 7 | Reading | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 70 | |
| 8 | Cardiff City | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 66 | 49 | +17 | 68 | |
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 68 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 May 2021. 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |

#### Matches

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.

#### Play-offs
### FA Cup

The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition. The draw for the fourth and fifth round were made on 11 January, conducted by Peter Crouch.

### EFL Cup

The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 22 May 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | Play-offs | Play-offs | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BIH | Asmir Begović | 51 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | IRL | Mark Travers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | ENG | Will Dennis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ENG | Steve Cook | 47 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Lloyd Kelly | 41 | 1 | 33+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | WAL | Chris Mepham | 28 | 1 | 20+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Adam Smith | 46 | 0 | 38+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Jack Stacey | 37 | 1 | 18+12 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | USA | Cameron Carter-Vickers | 26 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Diego Rico | 38 | 1 | 23+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ZIM | Jordan Zemura | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | WAL | David Brooks | 39 | 6 | 25+7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | COL | Jefferson Lerma | 48 | 3 | 40+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Jack Wilshere | 17 | 2 | 9+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Lewis Cook | 35 | 1 | 30+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Junior Stanislas | 36 | 11 | 29+6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Ben Pearson | 20 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | IRL | Gavin Kilkenny | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | DEN | Philip Billing | 42 | 8 | 23+11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ENG | Dominic Solanke | 45 | 15 | 38+2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NED | Arnaut Danjuma | 38 | 17 | 29+4 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | IRL | Shane Long | 12 | 2 | 4+7 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Sam Surridge | 35 | 6 | 7+22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Rodrigo Riquelme | 19 | 2 | 2+14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ENG | Jaidon Anthony | 7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ENG | Dan Gosling | 18 | 2 | 7+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | IRL | Harry Arter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | NGA | Nnamdi Ofoborh | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Jack Simpson | 12 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | NOR | Joshua King | 14 | 3 | 5+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 2 October 2020
| Rank | Position | Name | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | DF | Steve Cook | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Chris Mepham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Adam Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Jack Stacey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Diego Rico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Jordan Zemura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Dan Gosling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Jefferson Lerma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Lewis Cook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |