# 2021–22 AFC Bournemouth season

The 2021–22 season was Bournemouth's second consecutive season in the Championship and the 120th year in their history. This season, the club participated in the Championship, FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.
With a 1–0 home win over Nottingham Forest on 3 May 2022, Bournemouth secured automatic promotion back to the Premier League after a two-year absence.

## Managerial changes

On 27 June 2021, it was announced that Jonathan Woodgate would leave as role as first team manager when his contract expired on 30 June 2021. A day later the club announced Scott Parker as the new head coach on a three-year contract.

## Pre-season friendlies

The Cherries announced pre-season friendlies against Linense, Granada and Chelsea as part of their preparations for the new season.

## Competitions
### Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Fulham (C, P) | 46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 106 | 43 | +63 | 90 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 2 | Bournemouth (P) | 46 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 74 | 39 | +35 | 88 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 3 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 82 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Nottingham Forest (O, P) | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 73 | 40 | +33 | 80 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Sheffield United | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 63 | 45 | +18 | 75 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Luton Town | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 63 | 55 | +8 | 75 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 May 2022. 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

The Cherries fixtures were released on 24 June 2021.

### FA Cup

Bournemouth were drawn away to Yeovil Town in the third round, and home to Boreham Wood in the fourth round.

### EFL Cup

Bournemouth were drawn at home to Milton Keynes Dons in the first round and away to Norwich City in the second round.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 2 July 2021 | AM | Emiliano Marcondes | Brentford | Free transfer |
| 17 August 2021 | GK | Ørjan Nyland | Norwich City | Free transfer |
| 20 August 2021 | CB | Gary Cahill | Crystal Palace | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2021 | AM | Ryan Christie | Celtic | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2021 | RW | Jamal Lowe | Swansea City | Undisclosed |
| 18 October 2021 | LM | Robbie Brady | Burnley | Free transfer |
| 5 January 2022 | CB | James Hill | Fleetwood Town | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2022 | LW | Siriki Dembélé | Peterborough United | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2022 | CF | Kieffer Moore | Cardiff City | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 27 July 2021 | LB | Leif Davis | Leeds United | End of season |
| 23 August 2021 | LW | Morgan Rogers | Manchester City | End of season |
| 6 January 2022 | RB | Ethan Laird | Manchester United | End of season |
| 31 January 2022 | CB | Nathaniel Phillips | Liverpool | End of season |
| 31 January 2022 | GK | Freddie Woodman | Newcastle United | End of season |
| 31 January 2022 | CM | Todd Cantwell | Norwich | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 10 August 2021 | GK | Billy Terrell | Wimborne Town | End of season |
| 20 August 2021 | CB | Sam Sherring | Accrington Stanley | 11 January 2022 |
| 20 August 2021 | CF | Jake Scrimshaw | Scunthorpe United | 11 January 2022 |
| 10 September 2021 | CF | Euan Pollock | Truro City | 1 January 2022 |
| 2 October 2021 | RB | Brooklyn Genesini | Poole Town | 2 January 2022 |
| 22 October 2021 | RM | Ryan Glover | Aldershot Town | End of season |
| 11 December 2021 | GK | Will Dennis | Wealdstone | 6 January 2022 |
| 11 December 2021 | FW | Connor Kurran-Browne | King's Lynn Town | End of season |
| 16 December 2021 | CM | Luke Nippard | Eastbourne Borough | End of season |
| 11 January 2022 | CB | Sam Sherring | Cambridge United | End of season |
| 14 January 2022 | CB | Owen Bevan | Truro City | End of season |
| 31 January 2022 | CF | Christian Saydee | Burton Albion | End of season |
| 9 February 2022 | CB | Zeno Ibsen Rossi | Dundee | End of season |
| 21 February 2022 | RB | Brennan Camp | Eastleigh | End of season |
| 22 February 2022 | LB | Noa Boutin | Poole Town | Work experience |
| 22 February 2022 | AM | Ferdinand Okoh | Truro City | Work experience |
| 23 February 2022 | RW | Marcus Daws | Poole Town | Work experience |
| 25 February 2022 | CB | Aaron Roberts | Wimborne Town | Work experience |
| 4 March 2022 | CM | Matt Burgess | Truro City | Work experience |
| 24 March 2022 | LB | Ben Greenwood | Weymouth | April 2022 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | Joe Besant | Nacional | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Brandon Channell | | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Tyler Cordner | Weymouth | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Dinesh Gillela | Hayes & Yeading United | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CM | George Hunt | Slough Town | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Corey Jordan | Gloucester City | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CM | Abdi Mohamed | | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RM | Keelan O'Connell | Torquay United | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CM | Nnamdi Ofoborh | Rangers | Compensation |
| 30 June 2021 | LM | Frank Vincent | Notts County | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CM | Jack Wilshere | AGF | Released |
| 9 July 2021 | LW | Ajani Burchall | Aston Villa | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2021 | GK | Asmir Begović | Everton | Free Transfer |
| 26 July 2021 | LB | Diego Rico | Real Sociedad | £1,000,000 |
| 4 August 2021 | RW | Jake Adams | AFC Totton | Rejected contract |
| 4 August 2021 | CF | Sam Surridge | Stoke City | £5,500,000 |
| 19 August 2021 | LW | Arnaut Danjuma | Villarreal | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2021 | CM | Kyle Taylor | Exeter City | Undisclosed |
| 4 January 2022 | CB | Steve Cook | Nottingham Forest | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2022 | GK | Ørjan Nyland | Reading | Mutual consent |

## Squad statistics

    As of match played 7 May 2022

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Freddie Woodman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Nathaniel Phillips | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Ethan Laird | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Lewis Cook | 29 | 1 | 25+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Lloyd Kelly | 42 | 1 | 40+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | WAL | Chris Mepham | 24 | 0 | 12+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | WAL | David Brooks | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | COL | Jefferson Lerma | 34 | 1 | 33+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Dominic Solanke | 48 | 30 | 46 | 29 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Ryan Christie | 39 | 3 | 36+2 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | DEN | Emiliano Marcondes | 21 | 5 | 8+9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | IRL | Robbie Brady | 7 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Todd Cantwell | 12 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Adam Smith | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Jack Stacey | 27 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | JAM | Jamal Lowe | 36 | 7 | 9+25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Junior Stanislas | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Leif Davis | 15 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | WAL | Kieffer Moore | 4 | 4 | 0+4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Ben Pearson | 26 | 0 | 8+15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | James Hill | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Gary Cahill | 22 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | IRL | Gavin Kilkenny | 18 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | DEN | Philip Billing | 42 | 11 | 37+3 | 10 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | FW | ENG | Jaidon Anthony | 48 | 8 | 38+7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ZIM | Jordan Zemura | 34 | 3 | 32+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | SCO | Siriki Dembélé | 13 | 2 | 4+9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | GUY | Nathan Moriah-Welsh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | ENG | Will Dennis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | IRL | Mark Travers | 46 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | NOR | Ørjan Nyland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Steve Cook | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Morgan Rogers | 17 | 1 | 1+14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Kyle Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | ENG | Christian Saydee | 5 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Zeno Ibsen Rossi | 7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | SCO | Brennan Camp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |