# 2013–14 AFC Bournemouth season

The 2013–14 season was AFC Bournemouth's first season in the Football League Championship following their promotion from Football League One the previous year. This season marks the second time they were higher than the Third Division of English football.

## Championship data
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 70 | 62 | +8 | 70 |
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 60 | 54 | +6 | 68 |
| 10 | Bournemouth | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 67 | 66 | +1 | 66 |
| 11 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 67 | 64 | +3 | 65 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 64 |

### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 3 May 2014. Source:

### Result 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 3 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 |

## Kit

Supplier: Fila Sponsor(s): Energy Consulting
| Home | Away | Alternative |
Last updated: 2 June 2013. Source: AFC Bournemouth 13/14 Fila Away kit

## First-team squad

    As of 18 March 2014
| No. | Name | Position (s) | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Int. caps | Int. goals | Signed from | Date signed | Fee | Contract End |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| NA | Shwan Jalal | GK | Baghdad | (1983-08-14) 14 August 1983 (age 41) | 1 | 0 | Peterborough United | July 2008 | Free | – |
| 1 | Ryan Allsop | GK | Birmingham | (1992-06-17) 17 June 1992 (age 32) | – | – | Leyton Orient | 18 January 2013 | Free | 30 June 2016 |
| 25 | Darryl Flahavan | GK | Southampton | (1978-11-28) 28 November 1978 (age 45) | – | – | Portsmouth | July 2011 | Free | 30 June 2014 |
| 42 | Lee Camp | GK | Derby | (1984-08-22) 22 August 1984 (age 40) | 8 | 0 | West Bromwich Albion | 4 January 2014 | Free | 30 June 2016 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | Simon Francis | RB | Nottingham | (1985-02-16) 16 February 1985 (age 39) | – | – | Charlton Athletic | 9 January 2012 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2016 |
| 3 | Steve Cook | CB | Hastings | (1991-04-19) 19 April 1991 (age 33) | – | – | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 January 2012 | £158,400 | 30 June 2016 |
| 4 | Stéphane Zubar | CB | Pointe-à-Pitre | (1986-10-09) 9 October 1986 (age 37) | 2 | 0 | Free agent | 22 September 2011 | Free | 30 June 2014 |
| 5 | Tommy Elphick | CB | Brighton | (1987-09-07) 7 September 1987 (age 37) | – | – | Brighton & Hove Albion | 11 August 2012 | £220,000 | 30 June 2015 |
| 11 | Charlie Daniels | LB | Harlow | (1986-09-07) 7 September 1986 (age 38) | – | – | Leyton Orient | November 2011 | £198,000 | 30 June 2015 |
| 14 | Ian Harte | LB | Drogheda | (1977-08-31) 31 August 1977 (age 47) | 64 | 12 | Reading | 1 July 2013 | Free | 30 June 2014 |
| 15 | Adam Smith | RB | London | (1991-04-29) 29 April 1991 (age 33) | – | – | Tottenham Hotspur | 28 January 2014 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2017 |
| 22 | Elliott Ward | CB | Harrow | (1985-01-19) 19 January 1985 (age 39) | – | – | Norwich City | 1 July 2013 | Free | 30 June 2014 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | Andrew Surman | LM | Johannesburg | (1986-08-20) 20 August 1986 (age 38) | – | – | Norwich City | 31 July 2013 | Loan | 31 May 2014 |
| 7 | Marc Pugh | LM | Bacup | (1987-04-02) 2 April 1987 (age 37) | – | – | Hereford United | July 2010 | £110,000 | 30 June 2014 |
| 8 | Harry Arter | CM | London | (1989-12-28) 28 December 1989 (age 34) | – | – | Woking | July 2010 | £123,200 | 30 June 2014 |
| 12 | Wes Fogden | RM | Brighton | (1988-04-12) 12 April 1988 (age 36) | – | – | Havant & Waterlooville | October 2011 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2015 |
| 16 | Shaun MacDonald | CM | Swansea | (1988-06-17) 17 June 1988 (age 36) | 1 | 0 | Swansea City | 25 August 2011 | £149,600 | 30 June 2016 |
| 19 | Stephen Purches | DM | London | (1980-01-14) 14 January 1980 (age 44) | – | – | Leyton Orient | July 2010 | Free | 30 June 2014 |
| 20 | Ryan Fraser | RM | Aberdeen | (1994-02-24) 24 February 1994 (age 30) | – | – | Aberdeen | 18 January 2013 | £422,400 | 30 June 2016 |
| 21 | Mohamed Coulibaly | RM | Bakel | (1988-08-07) 7 August 1988 (age 36) | – | – | FC Grasshoppers | 11 July 2013 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2015 |
| 26 | Richard Hughes | DM | Glasgow | (1979-06-25) 25 June 1979 (age 45) | 5 | 0 | Free agent | 4 August 2012 | Free | 30 June 2014 |
| 30 | Matt Ritchie | RM | Gosport | (1989-09-10) 10 September 1989 (age 35) | – | – | Swindon Town | 30 January 2013 | £409,200 | 30 June 2016 |
| 32 | Eunan O'Kane | CM | Derry | (1990-07-10) 10 July 1990 (age 34) | – | – | Torquay United | 26 July 2012 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2015 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | Lewis Grabban | CF | London | (1988-01-12) 12 January 1988 (age 36) | – | – | Rotherham United | 1 July 2012 | £325,600 | 30 June 2016 |
| 10 | Brett Pitman | CF | St Helier | (1988-01-31) 31 January 1988 (age 36) | – | – | Bristol City | 3 January 2013 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2016 |
| 15 | Wes Thomas | CF | London | (1987-01-23) 23 January 1987 (age 37) | - | - | Crawley Town | 1 January 2012 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2014 |
| 17 | Josh McQuoid | RW | Southampton | (1989-12-15) 15 December 1989 (age 34) | 5 | 0 | Millwall | 1 July 2012 | Player swap | 30 June 2015 |
| 18 | Yann Kermorgant | FW | Vannes | (1981-11-08) 8 November 1981 (age 42) | – | – | Charlton Athletic | January 2014 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2016 |
| 23 | Donal McDermott | LW | Dublin | (1989-10-19) 19 October 1989 (age 34) | – | – | Huddersfield Town | January 2012 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2015 |
| 28 | Tokelo Rantie | CF | Parys | (1990-09-08) 8 September 1990 (age 34) | 15 | 4 | Malmö FF | 28 August 2013 | £3,520,000 | 30 June 2015 |

### Statistics

    As of 3 May 2014
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Ryan Allsop | 15 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Simon Francis | 50 | 1 | 45+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Steve Cook | 40 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Andrew Surman (on loan from Norwich City) | 39 | 0 | 30+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Tommy Elphick | 42 | 2 | 34+4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | WAL | Joe Partington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Marc Pugh | 45 | 5 | 32+10 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Harry Arter | 34 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Lewis Grabban | 46 | 22 | 43+1 | 22 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Jersey | Brett Pitman | 37 | 7 | 12+22 | 5 | 1+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | ENG | Charlie Daniels | 26 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Wes Fogden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Shwan Jalal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | IRL | Ian Harte | 26 | 1 | 22+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Adam Smith | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | WAL | Shaun MacDonald | 25 | 0 | 11+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | NIR | Josh McQuoid | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Yann Kermorgant | 16 | 9 | 11+5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Stephen Purches | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | Ryan Fraser | 41 | 5 | 23+14 | 4 | 0+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Mohamed Coulibaly | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Elliott Ward | 25 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | IRL | Donal McDermott | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Miles Addison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ENG | Darryl Flahavan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Richard Hughes | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Sam Matthews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | RSA | Tokelo Rantie | 31 | 3 | 14+15 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Matt Ritchie | 32 | 9 | 28+2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | IRL | Eunan O'Kane | 40 | 2 | 32+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | GK | NIR | Lee Camp (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) | 34 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players currently out on loan: ||||||||||||
| 18 | FW | ENG | Matt Tubbs (at Rotherham United) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Jayden Stockley (at Leyton Orient) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season: ||||||||||||
| 15 | FW | ENG | Wesley Thomas | 12 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | WAL | Jack Collison (on loan from West Ham United) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | IRL | Stephen Henderson (on loan from West Ham United) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goalscorers

    As of 3 May 2014
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | Lewis Grabban | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2 | 18 | FW | Yann Kermorgant | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 30 | MF | Matt Ritchie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 10 | FW | Brett Pitman | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 7 | MF | Marc Pugh | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 20 | MF | Ryan Fraser | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 28 | FW | Tokelo Rantie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 8 | MF | Harry Arter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | DF | Steve Cook | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 32 | MF | Eunan O'Kane | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | DF | Tommy Elphick | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 2 | DF | Simon Francis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 14 | DF | Ian Harte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Own Goal | Own Goal | Own Goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 67 | 4 | 1 | 72 |

#### Disciplinary record

    As of 3 May 2014
| No. | Pos. | Name | Championship | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Ryan Allsop | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Simon Francis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Steve Cook | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Andrew Surman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Tommy Elphick | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Marc Pugh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Harry Arter | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Lewis Grabban | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Brett Pitman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Charlie Daniels | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Ian Harte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Adam Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Shaun MacDonald | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Yann Kermorgant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Ryan Fraser | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Elliott Ward | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Richard Hughes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Tokelo Rantie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Matt Ritchie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Jack Collison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Eunan O'Kane | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | Lee Camp | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 65 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 2 | 2 |

### Contracts

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Status | Contract length | Expiry date | Source |
| 37 | GK | Benjamin Büchel | 23 | Signed | 1 year | June 2014 | BBC Sport |
| 25 | GK | Darryl Flahavan | 34 | Signed | 1 year | June 2014 | BBC Sport |
| 6 | MF | Joe Partington | 23 | Signed | 2 years | June 2015 | Bournemouth Official Site |
| 3 | DF | Steve Cook | 22 | Signed | 3 years | June 2016 | Dorset Echo |
| 2 | DF | Simon Francis | 28 | Signed | 3 years | June 2016 | BBC Sport |
| 9 | FW | Lewis Grabban | 25 | Signed | 3 years | June 2016 | |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 22 | DF | Elliott Ward | 28 | EU | Norwich City | Free Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free | BBC Sport |
| 14 | DF | Ian Harte | 35 | EU | Reading | Free Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Free | BBC Sport |
| 21 | FW | Mohamed Coulibaly | 24 | EU | Grasshoppers | Free Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free | BBC Sport |
| 4 | MF | Andrew Surman | 26 | EU | Norwich City | Loan | Summer | 2014 | Season Long Loan | Sky Sports |
| 28 | FW | Tokelo Rantie | 22 | EU | Malmö FF | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | BBC Sport |
* Total income: – Undisclosed

### Loans in

| No. | P | Name | Age | Loan club | Started | Ended | Start source | End source |
| 31 | MF | Jack Collison | 35 | West Ham United | 1 October | November | BBC Sport | |
| 35 | GK | Stephen Henderson | 25 | West Ham United | 2 October | 31 October | BBC Sport | BBC Sport |
| 42 | GK | Lee Camp | 40 | West Bromwich Albion | 31 October | | BBC Sport | |

### Transfers out

| N | P | Name | Age | Type | Moving to | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Apps | Goals | Source |
| 10 | FW | Charlie Sheringham | 25 | Contract Ended | AFC Wimbledon | Summer | Free | 7 | 1 | Bournemouth Official Site |
| 33 | FW | Steve Fletcher | 40 | Contract Ended | Retired | Summer | N/A | 527 | 54 | BBC Sport |
| 27 | MF | Jonathan Meades | 21 | Contract Terminated | Oxford United | Summer | Free | 0 | 0 | BBC Sport |
| 14 | FW | Frank Demouge | 31 | Contract Terminated | Roda JC | Summer | Free | 2 | 0 | Sky Sports |
* Total income: ~ £0

### Loans out

| No. | P | Name | Age | Loan club | Started | Ended | Start source | End source |
| 18 | FW | Matt Tubbs | 40 | Rotherham United | 27 July | January | BBC Sport | |
| 29 | FW | Jayden Stockley | 31 | Leyton Orient | 2 September | 5 October | BBC Sport | |
| 13 | GK | Shwan Jalal | 30 | Oxford United | 12 September | 2 October | BBC Sport | BBC Sport |