# 2017–18 AFC Bournemouth season

The 2017–18 AFC Bournemouth season was the club's 3rd consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their 128th year in existence. This season Bournemouth participated in the Premier League as well as the FA Cup and EFL Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## First-team squad

    As of 31 January 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 | IRL | Harry Arter |
| 9 | FW | COD | Benik Afobe |
| 11 | DF | ENG | Charlie Daniels |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Aaron Ramsdale |
| 13 | FW | ENG | Callum Wilson |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Brad Smith |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Adam Smith |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Lewis Cook |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Joshua King |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Jermain Defoe |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Junior Stanislas |
| 22 | MF | USA | Emerson Hyndman |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Connor Mahoney |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Ryan Fraser |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Tyrone Mings |
| 27 | GK | BIH | Asmir Begović |
| 29 | DF | WAL | Rhoys Wiggins |
| 31 | FW | FRA | Lys Mousset |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Jordon Ibe |
| 36 | FW | ENG | Matt Butcher |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | CB | Nathan Aké | Chelsea | £20,000,000 |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | Asmir Begović | Chelsea | £10,000,000 |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Jermain Defoe | Sunderland | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Frankie Vincent | Barnet | Free |
| 4 July 2017 | RM | Connor Mahoney | Blackburn Rovers | Compensation |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | LB | Callum Buckley | Weymouth | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Jake McCarthy | Weymouth | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Matt Neale | Free agent | Released |
| 8 August 2017 | RW | Harry Cornick | Luton Town | Undisclosed |
| 16 August 2017 | RW | Jordan Green | Yeovil Town | Free |
| 31 August 2017 | CB | Marc Wilson | Sunderland | Undisclosed |
* ↑ Callum Buckley joined Weymouth following his release.
* ↑ Jake McCarthy joined Weymouth following his release.

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 7 July 2017 | GK | Mark Travers | Weymouth | January 2018 |
| 18 July 2017 | GK | Ryan Allsop | Blackpool | 30 June 2018 |
| 24 July 2017 | RB | Jordan Lee | Torquay United | January 2018 |
| 26 July 2017 | CF | Lewis Grabban | Sunderland | 30 June 2018 |
| 3 August 2017 | FW | Sam Surridge | Yeovil Town | 30 June 2018 |
| 4 August 2017 | CM | Ben Whitfield | Port Vale | January 2018 |
| 8 August 2017 | CM | Sam Matthews | Eastleigh | January 2018 |
| 16 August 2017 | LW | Max Gradel | Toulouse | 30 June 2018 |
| 17 August 2017 | CB | Baily Cargill | Fleetwood Town | 30 June 2018 |
| 18 August 2017 | CF | Joe Quigley | Newport County | January 2018 |
| 30 August 2017 | RM | Mihai Dobre | Bury | January 2018 |
| 31 August 2017 | GK | Adam Federici | Nottingham Forest | 11 September 2017 |
| 31 August 2017 | DF | Oliver Harfield | Poole Town | January 2018 |
| 31 August 2017 | MF | Matt Worthington | Yeovil Town | 1 January 2018 |
* ↑ On 11 September 2017, Adam Federici's loan at Nottingham Forest was mutually rescinded due to a knee injury.

### Overall transfer activity
## Pre-season

Bournemouth announced six pre-season friendlies, against Queens Park Rangers, Yeovil Town, Portsmouth, Valencia, Estoril and Napoli.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Newcastle United | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 44 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 44 |
| 12 | Bournemouth | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 45 | 61 | −16 | 44 |
| 13 | West Ham United | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 48 | 68 | −20 | 42 |
| 14 | Watford | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 44 | 64 | −20 | 41 |

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 April 2018. 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 15 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

#### Matches

On 14 June 2017, AFC Bournemouth's 2017–18 Premier League fixtures was announced.

### FA Cup

In the FA Cup, Bournemouth entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to either AFC Fylde or Wigan Athletic. The latter won their replayed match 3–2 to set up the third round tie.

### EFL Cup

Bournemouth entered the competition in the second round and were drawn against Birmingham City away. A home tie versus Brighton & Hove Albion was confirmed for the third round. The Cherries were drawn at home to Middlesbrough for the fourth round. A quarter-final trip to face Chelsea was drawn out for Bournemouth.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 29 April 2018.
| 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 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Aaron Ramsdale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | BIH | Asmir Begović | 38 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | AUS | Adam Federici | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG | Simon Francis | 33 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Steve Cook | 39 | 3 | 30+3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Nathan Aké | 40 | 2 | 37+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | ENG | Charlie Daniels | 37 | 1 | 34+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Brad Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Adam Smith | 32 | 1 | 22+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Tyrone Mings | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | WAL | Rhoys Wiggins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | ENG | Jack Simpson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ENG | Dan Gosling | 32 | 3 | 21+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Andrew Surman | 28 | 2 | 20+5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Marc Pugh | 25 | 1 | 11+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Harry Arter | 16 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Lewis Cook | 32 | 0 | 25+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Junior Stanislas | 20 | 5 | 17+2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | USA | Emerson Hyndman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Connor Mahoney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Ryan Fraser | 32 | 6 | 23+3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Jordon Ibe | 37 | 2 | 21+10 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 58 | MF | ENG | Kyle Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 13 | FW | ENG | Callum Wilson | 31 | 9 | 23+5 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Joshua King | 33 | 9 | 27+5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Jermain Defoe | 26 | 4 | 11+13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | FRA | Lys Mousset | 28 | 3 | 4+18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | ENG | Matt Butcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player(s) who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ENG | Benik Afobe | 22 | 1 | 5+12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | CIV | Max Gradel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | ENG | Baily Cargill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Cards

    Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 1 January 2018.
| No. | Pos. | Name | | |
| 1 | GK | Artur Boruc | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Simon Francis | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Steve Cook | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Dan Gosling | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Nathan Aké | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Andrew Surman | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Marc Pugh | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Harry Arter | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Adam Smith | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Lewis Cook | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Joshua King | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Jermain Defoe | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Junior Stanislas | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Tyrone Mings | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | Asmir Begović | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | Lys Mousset | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Jordon Ibe | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | Jack Simpson | 1 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

    Last updated on 1 January 2018.
| Number | Nation | Name | Matches Played | Premier League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total |
| 1 | | Artur Boruc | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | | Aaron Ramsdale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | | Asmir Begović | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 32 | | Adam Federici | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |