# 2019–20 AFC Bournemouth season

The 2019–20 AFC Bournemouth season was the club's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their 130th year in existence. This season, Bournemouth participated in the Premier League and also participated in the EFL Cup and the FA Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020, which was extended to 26 July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bournemouth were relegated to the EFL Championship after five years in the Premier League on the final day of the season as they finished just one point from safety in 18th, with their relegation followed by the exit of manager Eddie Howe after eight years in charge five days after the season concluded.

## Squad
### Current squad

    As of 12 August 2019
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 (3rd captain) |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Dan Gosling (4th captain) |
| 5 | DF | NED | Nathan Aké |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Andrew Surman (vice-captain) |
| 7 | FW | NOR | Joshua King |
| 8 | MF | COL | Jefferson Lerma |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Dominic Solanke |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Jordon Ibe |
| 11 | DF | ENG | Charlie Daniels |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Aaron Ramsdale |
| 13 | FW | ENG | Callum Wilson |
| 14 | MF | NED | Arnaut Danjuma |
| 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 | MF | WAL | David Brooks |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Diego Rico |
| 22 | MF | WAL | Harry Wilson (on loan from Liverpool) |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Ryan Fraser |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Jack Simpson |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Lloyd Kelly |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Kyle Taylor |
| 29 | MF | DEN | Philip Billing |
| 33 | DF | WAL | Chris Mepham |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Matt Butcher |
| 38 | MF | NGA | Nnamdi Ofoborh |
| 42 | GK | IRL | Mark Travers |
| 53 | MF | IRL | Gavin Kilkenny |
| 54 | FW | ROU | Alex Dobre |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Lloyd Kelly | Bristol City | £13,000,000 |
| 8 July 2019 | RB | Jack Stacey | Luton Town | £4,000,000 |
| 8 July 2019 | DF | Jordan Zemura | Charlton Athletic | Free transfer |
| 29 July 2019 | CM | Philip Billing | Huddersfield Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2019 | LW | Arnaut Danjuma | Club Brugge | £13,700,000 |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until | Ref. |
| 6 August 2019 | RW | | Harry Wilson | Liverpool | 30 June 2020 | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 1 July 2019 | LW | Mikael Ndjoli | Gillingham | 8 January 2020 |
| 8 July 2019 | CM | Emerson Hyndman | Atlanta United | 9 December 2019 |
| 11 July 2019 | MF | Frank Vincent | Torquay United | 30 June 2020 |
| 18 July 2019 | GK | Cameron Plain | Wimborne Town | Work experience |
| 25 July 2019 | GK | Calum Ward | Weymouth | 30 June 2020 |
| 6 August 2019 | CM | Harry Arter | Fulham | 30 June 2020 |
| 6 August 2019 | ST | Sam Surridge | Swansea City | 1 January 2020 |
| 10 August 2019 | CB | Sam Sherring | Weymouth | 30 June 2020 |
| 30 August 2019 | MF | Kyle Taylor | Forest Green Rovers | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | GK | Asmir Begović | Qarabağ | 1 January 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | CB | Tyler Cordner | Ebbsfleet United | 1 January 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | CM | Nnamdi Ofoborh | Wycombe Wanderers | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | RB | Charlie Seaman | Eastleigh | 1 January 2020 |
| 3 September 2019 | CB | Shaun Hobson | Weymouth | 30 June 2020 |
| 21 September 2019 | MF | Jack Torniainen | Dorchester Town | Work experience |
| 26 October 2019 | CB | Brennan Camp | Weymouth | Work experience |
| 13 January 2020 | GK | Asmir Begović | Milan | 30 June 2020 |
| 13 January 2020 | LW | Mikael Ndjoli | Motherwell | 30 June 2020 |
| 16 January 2020 | CF | Jake Scrimshaw | Eastleigh | 30 June 2020 |
| 30 January 2020 | LB | Brad Smith | Cardiff City | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | FW | Jaidon Anthony | Weymouth | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | DM | Matt Butcher | St Johnstone | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | LM | Alex Dobre | Wigan Athletic | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | FW | Tyrell Hamilton | Gosport Borough | 30 June 2020 |
| 1 February 2020 | RB | Charlie Seaman | Maidstone United | 30 June 2020 |
| 5 March 2020 | CM | Luke Nippard | Poole Town | 30 June 2020 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | LW | Marc Pugh | Queens Park Rangers | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | James Boote | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Nathan Clements | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Jordan Holmes | Ebbsfleet United | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Tom Parker-Trott | Free agent | Released |
| 8 July 2019 | CB | Tyrone Mings | Aston Villa | £20,000,000 |
| 9 July 2019 | RW | Connor Mahoney | Millwall | £1,100,000 |
| 21 July 2019 | CF | Lys Mousset | Sheffield United | £10,000,000 |
| 9 December 2019 | CM | Emerson Hyndman | Atlanta United | Undisclosed |

## Pre-season

In May 2019, AFC Bournemouth announced friendlies with AFC Wimbledon, Brentford and Lazio.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | West Ham United | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 39 | |
| 17 | Aston Villa | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 41 | 67 | −26 | 35 | |
| 18 | Bournemouth (R) | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 40 | 65 | −25 | 34 | Relegation to EFL Championship |
| 19 | Watford (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 64 | −28 | 34 | Relegation to EFL Championship |
| 20 | Norwich City (R) | 38 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 75 | −49 | 21 | 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: 26 July 2020. 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 8 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 |

#### Matches

On 13 June 2019, the Premier League fixtures were announced.

### EFL Cup

The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches. The third round draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports.

## Squad statistics

    As of 26 July 2020
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Aaron Ramsdale | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | IRL | Mark Travers | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG | Simon Francis | 18 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Steve Cook | 31 | 1 | 28+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Nathan Aké | 30 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | ENG | Charlie Daniels | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Adam Smith | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Jack Stacey | 20 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Diego Rico | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Jack Simpson | 8 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Lloyd Kelly | 9 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | WAL | Chris Mepham | 15 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ENG | Dan Gosling | 25 | 3 | 14+10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Andrew Surman | 9 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | COL | Jefferson Lerma | 33 | 1 | 31+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Jordon Ibe | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Lewis Cook | 29 | 0 | 14+13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Junior Stanislas | 16 | 3 | 7+8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | WAL | David Brooks | 9 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | WAL | Harry Wilson | 35 | 7 | 20+11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Ryan Fraser | 32 | 1 | 21+7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | DEN | Philip Billing | 36 | 3 | 29+5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 53 | MF | IRL | Gavin Kilkenny | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | NOR | Joshua King | 27 | 6 | 24+2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Dominic Solanke | 36 | 4 | 17+15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | ENG | Callum Wilson | 39 | 9 | 32+3 | 8 | 0+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | NED | Arnaut Danjuma | 15 | 0 | 6+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | ENG | Sam Surridge | 5 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 54 | FW | ROU | Alex Dobre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |