# 2022–23 AFC Bournemouth season

The 2022–23 season was the 121st season in the existence of AFC Bournemouth. It was the club's first campaign back in the Premier League since 2019–20, following promotion in the previous season, making it their sixth season in the top flight overall. In addition to the domestic league, they also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| 10 June 2022 | CB | Chris Francis | North Leigh | Undisclosed |
| 10 June 2022 | FW | Dominic Sadi | Wingate & Finchley | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2022 | RB | Ryan Fredericks | West Ham United | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2022 | CM | Joe Rothwell | Blackburn Rovers | Free Transfer |
| 1 August 2022 | LW | Marcus Tavernier | Middlesbrough | £12,500,000 |
| 7 August 2022 | GK | Neto | Barcelona | Free Transfer |
| 8 August 2022 | CB | Marcos Senesi | Feyenoord | £13,500,000 |
| 19 January 2023 | RW | Dango Ouattara | Lorient | £20,000,000 |
| 26 January 2023 | GK | Darren Randolph | West Ham United | Free Transfer |
| 27 January 2023 | FW | Antoine Semenyo | Bristol City | £10,500,000 |
| 31 January 2023 | CB | Illya Zabarnyi | Dynamo Kyiv | £24,000,000 |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 22 June, and would become official on July 1, once his West Ham United contract expired.
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 24 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Blackburn Rovers contract expired.

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | CB | Gary Cahill | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | RB | Brennan Camp | Eastleigh | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CF | Connor Kurran-Browne | Hampton & Richmond Borough | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CM | Luke Nippard | Weymouth | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CB | Owen Palmer | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CB | Aaron Roberts | Wimborne Town | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CB | Jack Seddon | Weymouth | Released |
| 4 July 2022 | LM | Robbie Brady | Preston North End | Free Transfer |
| 5 July 2022 | CB | Sam Sherring | Northampton Town | Compensation |
| 18 July 2022 | CB | Zeno Ibsen Rossi | Cambridge United | Undisclosed |
| 5 August 2022 | RW | Ryan Glover | Aldershot Town | Free Transfer |
| 26 August 2022 | CF | Jake Scrimshaw | Yeovil Town | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned from | On loan until |
| 1 September 2022 | CB | Jack Stephens | Southampton | End of Season |
| 30 January 2023 | LB | Matías Viña | Roma | End of Season |
| 31 January 2023 | AM | Hamed Traorè | Sassuolo | End of Season |
* ↑ The transfer is an initial loan agreement that will become a permanent deal in the summer.

### Loans out

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned to | On loan until |
| 2 July 2022 | CM | Gavin Kilkenny | Stoke City | 31 January 2023 |
| 3 August 2022 | RW | Marcus Daws | Poole Town | Work Experience |
| 5 August 2022 | AM | Ferdinand Okoh | Truro City | Work Experience |
| 10 August 2022 | CM | Nathan Moriah-Welsh | Newport County | End of Season |
| 13 August 2022 | LB | Noa Boutin | Weymouth | Work Experience |
| 20 August 2022 | GK | Billy Terrell | Weymouth | 1 January 2023 |
| 1 September 2022 | RB | Brooklyn Genesini | Næstved | End of Season |
| 1 September 2022 | CF | Christian Saydee | Shrewsbury Town | End of Season |
| 2 September 2022 | CB | Owen Bevan | Yeovil Town | End of Season |
| 6 January 2023 | CB | Chris Francis | Weymouth | End of Season |
| 7 January 2023 | AM | Ferdinand Okoh | Dorchester Town | End of Season |
| 9 January 2023 | CB | James Hill | Heart of Midlothian | End of Season |
| 10 January 2023 | RW | Jamal Lowe | Queens Park Rangers | End of Season |
| 10 January 2023 | AM | Emiliano Marcondes | FC Nordsjælland | End of Season |
| 20 January 2023 | GK | Will Dennis | Slough Town | End of Season |
| 26 January 2023 | LB | Noa Boutin | Gosport Borough | Work Experience |
| 31 January 2023 | FW | Siriki Dembélé | Auxerre | End of Season |
| 31 January 2023 | CM | Gavin Kilkenny | Charlton Athletic | End of Season |
| 31 January 2023 | CM | Ben Pearson | Stoke City | End of Season |
| 1 February 2023 | CM | Matt Burgess | Slough Town | End of Season |
| 17 February 2023 | CF | Daniel Adu-Adjei | Poole Town | End of Season |
| 23 March 2023 | LW | Baylin Johnson | Dorchester Town | Work Experience |
| 24 March 2023 | GK | Mack Allan | AFC Totton | End of Season |
| 24 March 2023 | CB | Max Kinsey | Gosport Borough | Work Experience |
* ↑ On 31 January, Kilkenny was recalled from his season-long loan at Stoke City and loaned to Charlton Athletic.

## Pre-season and friendlies

The Cherries announced their first pre-season friendly on June 2, against Real Sociedad. A second announcement was made twelve days later, against Bristol City. A pre-season training camp in Portugal, along with two matches against Sheffield Wednesday and Braga was also confirmed.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 % |
| Premier League | 6 August 2022 | 28 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 15th | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 37 | 71 | −34 | 028.95 |
| FA Cup | 7 January 2023 | 7 January 2023 | Third round | Third round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 000.00 |
| EFL Cup | 23 August 2022 | 20 December 2022 | Second round | Fourth round | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 45 | 79 | −34 | 028.57 |
Source: Soccerway

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 41 | |
| 14 | West Ham United | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 40 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 15 | Bournemouth | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 37 | 71 | −34 | 39 | |
| 16 | Nottingham Forest | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 68 | −30 | 38 | |
| 17 | Everton | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 36 | |
* ↑ West Ham United qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Premier League

#### Results by round

| Round | 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 3 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| Points | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 36 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
On 16 June 2022, the Premier League fixtures were released.
Mid-season break for 2022 FIFA World Cup

### FA Cup

The club joined the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to Burnley. They exited the competition in the third round after losing to the Championship side.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

Bournemouth entered the competition in the second round and were drawn away to Norwich City. Bournemouth were eliminated from the competition after losing to Newcastle United in the fourth round.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| 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 |
| 1 | GK | IRL | Mark Travers | 15 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Ryan Fredericks | 13 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Jack Stephens | 17 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Lewis Cook | 31 | 0 | 18+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Lloyd Kelly | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | WAL | Chris Mepham | 28 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | WAL | David Brooks | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | COL | Jefferson Lerma | 37 | 5 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Dominic Solanke | 35 | 7 | 32+1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Ryan Christie | 36 | 2 | 22+10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BFA | Dango Ouattara | 19 | 1 | 15+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | BRA | Neto | 28 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Joe Rothwell | 22 | 0 | 12+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Adam Smith | 38 | 0 | 33+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Marcus Tavernier | 23 | 5 | 19+4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Jack Stacey | 14 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | URU | Matías Viña | 12 | 2 | 5+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Junior Stanislas | 5 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | WAL | Kieffer Moore | 29 | 4 | 12+15 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | CIV | Hamed Traorè | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | GHA | Antoine Semenyo | 11 | 1 | 2+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ARG | Marcos Senesi | 34 | 2 | 29+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | UKR | Illya Zabarnyi | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | DEN | Philip Billing | 38 | 7 | 34+2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ENG | Jaidon Anthony | 34 | 4 | 11+19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | ZIM | Jordan Zemura | 22 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | IRL | Ben Greenwood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | ENG | Dominic Sadi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season ||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | DEN | Emiliano Marcondes | 3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 18 | FW | JAM | Jamal Lowe | 4 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | Siriki Dembélé | 9 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Ben Pearson | 9 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | James Hill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | WAL | Owen Bevan | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | ENG | Christian Saydee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | ENG | Brooklyn Genesini | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |