2015–16 A.F.C. Bournemouth season

The 2015–16 season was Bournemouth's first season in the Premier League (and their first ever season in the top-flight) after gaining promotion in the previous season in their 126th year in existence.^[1] This season Bournemouth participate in the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	End
Goalkeepers
1	Artur Boruc	GK	Siedlce	36	49	0	Southampton	1 July 2015	Free	2016
21	Ryan Allsop	GK	Birmingham	24	26	0	Leyton Orient	18 January 2013	Free	2016
23	Adam Federici	GK	Nowra	31	8	0	Reading	1 July 2015	Free	2018
Defenders
2	Simon Francis	CB	Nottingham	31	197	3	Charlton Athletic	7 November 2011	Free	2017
3	Steve Cook	CB/RB	Hastings	25	161	9	Brighton & Hove Albion	3 January 2012	£150,000	2017
5	Tommy Elphick	CB	Brighton	29	217	5	Brighton & Hove Albion	10 August 2012	£220,000	Undisclosed
11	Charlie Daniels	LB	Walthamstow	30	145	9	Leyton Orient	November 2011	£198,000	2017
14	Tyrone Mings	LB	Bath	23	2	0	Ipswich Town	26 June 2015	£8,000,000	2019
15	Adam Smith	RB	London	25	101	3	Tottenham Hotpsur	28 January 2014	Undisclosed	2017
22	Elliott Ward	CB	Harrow	31	28	0	Norwich City	18 June 2013	Free	2017
25	Sylvain Distin	CB	Bagnolet	38	10	0	Everton	1 July 2015	Free	2016
33	Joe Bennett	LB	Rochdale	26	0	0	Aston Villa	1 September 2015	Loan	2016
38	Baily Cargill	CB	Winchester	21	7	0	Academy	1 July 2014	Trainee	2017
Midfielders
4	Dan Gosling	CM	Brixham	26	42	8	Newcastle United	16 May 2014	Free	2018
6	Andrew Surman	CM	Johannesburg	30	121	5	Norwich City	1 September 2014	Undisclosed	2017
7	Marc Pugh	WG/CF	Bacup	29	254	51	Hereford United	4 June 2010	£110,000	2018
8	Harry Arter	CM	Sidcup	26	185	25	Woking	7 June 2010	£8,000	2018
16	Shaun MacDonald	DM	Swansea	28	97	7	Swansea City	25 August 2011	£125,000	2016
19	Junior Stanislas	WG	Kidbrooke	27	31	7	Burnley	26 June 2014	Free	2017
20	Christian Atsu	WG/AM	Ada Foah	24	2	0	Chelsea	29 May 2015	Loan	2016
24	Lee Tomlin	AM/WG/CF	Leicester	27	9	0	Middlesbrough	4 August 2015	£3,500,000	2018
30	Matt Ritchie	LW	Gosport	27	117	29	Swindon Town	30 January 2013	£409,200	2018
32	Eunan O'Kane	DM	Derry	26	109	6	Torquay United	26 July 2012	Undisclosed	2017
Forwards
9	Tokelo Rantie	CF	Parys	26	51	5	Malmö FF	28 August 2013	£2,500,000	2016
13	Callum Wilson	CF	Coventry	24	57	28	Coventry City	4 July 2014	£3,000,000	2019
17	Joshua King	CF/LW	Oslo	24	16	2	Blackburn Rovers	28 May 2015	£1,000,000	2018
18	Yann Kermorgant	CF	Vannes	35	66	27	Charlton Athletic	31 January 2014	Undisclosed	2016
27	Glenn Murray	CF	Maryport	33	12	3	Crystal Palace	7 August 2015	£4,000,000	2018

Statistics

As of 17 May 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF		Steve Cook	38	4	36+0	4	0+1	0	1+0	0
4	MF		Dan Gosling	37	4	28+6	3	1+0	0	1+1	1
5	DF		Tommy Elphick	14	1	11+1	1	2+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF		Andrew Surman	38	0	38+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF		Marc Pugh	30	5	15+11	3	1+1	1	1+1	1
8	MF		Harry Arter	22	1	21+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
9	FW		Tokelo Rantie	6	0	0+3	0	1+0	0	0+2	0
10	MF		Max Gradel	14	1	11+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	DF		Charlie Daniels	39	3	37+0	3	1+0	0	1+0	0
12	FW		Juan Iturbe	4	0	0+2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
13	FW		Callum Wilson	13	5	9+4	5	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF		Tyrone Mings	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
15	DF		Adam Smith	35	2	22+9	2	1+0	0	3+0	0
16	MF		Shaun MacDonald	9	1	0+3	0	3+0	0	3+0	1
17	FW		Joshua King	35	7	24+7	6	2+0	1	1+1	0
18	FW		Yann Kermorgant	11	1	0+7	0	1+0	0	3+0	1
19	MF		Junior Stanislas	25	5	17+4	3	1+0	0	3+0	2
20	FW		Benik Afobe	15	4	12+3	4	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	GK		Ryan Allsop	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	GK		Adam Federici	12	0	6+0	0	3+0	0	3+0	0
24	MF		Lee Tomlin	10	1	3+3	0	1+0	1	1+2	0
25	DF		Sylvain Distin	16	0	9+3	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
27	FW		Glenn Murray	21	4	6+13	3	1+1	1	0+0	0
28	FW		Lewis Grabban	16	0	4+11	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
30	MF		Matt Ritchie	41	4	33+4	4	0+2	0	1+1	0
32	MF		Eunan O'Kane	20	0	6+10	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
36	DF		Matt Butcher	2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
38	DF		Baily Cargill	4	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
47	DF		Jordan Lee	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0

Goals record

As of 12 March 2016

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	17	FW	Joshua King	6	1	0	7
2	13	FW	Callum Wilson	5	0	0	5
2	19	MF	Junior Stanislas	3	0	2	5
4	3	DF	Steve Cook	4	0	0	4
	4	MF	Dan Gosling	3	0	1	4
	7	MF	Marc Pugh	2	1	1	4
	20	FW	Benik Afobe	4	0	0	4
	27	FW	Glenn Murray	3	1	0	4
9	11	DF	Charlie Daniels	3	0	0	3
9	30	MF	Matt Ritchie	3	0	0	3
11	15	DF	Adam Smith	2	0	0	2
12	5	DF	Tommy Elphick	1	0	0	1
	8	MF	Harry Arter	1	0	0	1
	10	FW	Max Gradel	1	0	0	1
	16	MF	Shaun MacDonald	0	0	1	1
	18	FW	Yann Kermorgant	0	0	1	1
	24	MF	Lee Tomlin	0	1	0	1
Total				42	4	6	52

Disciplinary Record

As of 20 December 2015

No.	Po.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
No.	Po.	Name
1	GK	Artur Boruc	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF	Simon Francis	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
3	DF	Steve Cook	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
4	MF	Dan Gosling	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
6	MF	Andrew Surman	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
8	MF	Harry Arter	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
10	MF	Max Gradel	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	DF	Charlie Daniels	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
12	FW	Juan Iturbe	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
15	DF	Adam Smith	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
16	MF	Shaun MacDonald	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
17	FW	Joshua King	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
19	MF	Junior Stanislas	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF	Lee Tomlin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	FW	Glenn Murray	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
28	FW	Lewis Grabban	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
30	MF	Matt Ritchie	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
32	MF	Eunan O'Kane	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
38	DF	Baily Cargill	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Total			51	1	4	0	3	0	58	1

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	GK	Artur Boruc	Southampton	Free transfer	^[2]
1 July 2015	CB	Sylvain Distin	Everton	Free transfer	^[3]
1 July 2015	GK	Adam Federici	Reading	Free transfer	^[4]
1 July 2015	LW	Joshua King	Blackburn Rovers	£1,000,000	^[5]^[6]
1 July 2015	LB	Tyrone Mings	Ipswich Town	£8,000,000 + Fraser loan	^[7]
4 August 2015	RW	Max Gradel	Saint-Étienne	£7,000,000	^[8]^[9]
4 August 2015	ST	Lee Tomlin	Middlesbrough	£3,000,000	^[10]^[11]
1 September 2015	CF	Glenn Murray	Crystal Palace	Undisclosed	^[12]
17 September 2015	CM	Alessandro Cannataro	Internazionale	Free transfer	^[13]
10 January 2016	CF	Benik Afobe	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£10,000,000	^[14]
11 January 2016	ST	Lewis Grabban	Norwich City	£8,000,000	^[15]

Total spending: £37,000,000

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	CB	Miles Addison	Peterborough United	Released	^[16]
1 July 2015	GK	Benjamin Büchel	Oxford United^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Released	^[16]
1 July 2015	RM	Mohamed Coulibaly	Racing Santander^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Free Transfer	^[16]
1 July 2015	GK	Darryl Flahavan	Crawley Town^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Released	^[16]
1 July 2015	LB	Ian Harte	Retired^{[lower-alpha 4]}	N/A	^[16]
1 July 2015	CF	Josh McQuoid	Luton Town^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Free transfer	^[16]
1 July 2015	CB	Joe Partington	Eastleigh^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Free transfer	^[16]
1 July 2015	CF	Brett Pitman	Ipswich Town	Undisclosed	^[22]
1 September 2015	GK	Lee Camp	Rotherham United	Free transfer	^[23]
1 February 2016	CM	Alessandro Cannataro	Unattached	Free transfer	^[24]

↑ Following Büchel's release he joined Oxford United.^[17]
↑ Following Coulibaly's release he joined Racing Santander.^[18]
↑ Following Flahavan's release he joined Crawley Town
↑ Following Harte's release he announced his retirement.^[19]
↑ Following McQuoid's release he joined Luton Town.^[20]
↑ Following Partington's release he joined Eastleigh.^[21]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Until	Ref.
1 July 2015	RW	Christian Atsu	Chelsea	End of season	^[25]
13 July 2015	LB	Filippo Costa	Chievo	End of season	^[26]
1 September 2015	LW	Tomás Andrade	River Plate	1 February 2016	^[27]
1 September 2015	LB	Joe Bennett	Aston Villa	4 January 2016	^[28]
1 January 2016	RW	Juan Iturbe	Roma	End of season	^[29]
28 January 2016	GK	Marius Adamonis	Atlantas	End of season	^[30]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Until	Ref.
1 July 2015	RM	Ryan Fraser	Ipswich Town	End of season	^[7]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7 July 2015	CF	Jayden Stockley	Portsmouth	3 January 2016	^[31]
7 August 2015	CF	Harry Cornick	Yeovil Town	7 October 2015	^[32]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
18 August 2015	AM	Josh Wakefield	Yeovil Town	19 September 2015	^[34]
1 September 2015	ST	Josh O'Hanlon	Chester	1-Month	^[35]
9 September 2015	CB	Elliott Ward	Huddersfield Town	7 October 2015	^[36]

↑ Fraser's loan to Ipswich Town was included with the £8,000,000 transfer of Tyrone Mings.^[7]
↑ On 9 September 2015, Cornick's loan at Yeovil was extended until 10 October 2015.^[33]

Pre-season friendlies

On 2 June 2015, AFC Bournemouth announced they will travel to the United States to face the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer on 14 July 2015.^[37] A day later the club announced they will face French Ligue 1 side Nantes and German Bundesliga side 1899 Hoffenheim.^[38] Also confirmed was a home friendly against Cardiff City.^[39] On 8 June, friendlies against Exeter City and Yeovil Town was confirmed.^[40]

14 July 2015 (2015-07-14) Friendly	Philadelphia Union	1–4	AFC Bournemouth	Chester, United States
19:00 EDT	Marquez 35'	Report	King 20' Wilson 26' Pugh 62' Rantie 85' (pen.)	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 22,478

18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly	Exeter City	1–2	AFC Bournemouth	Exeter
15:00 GMT (UTC+1)	Wheeler 33'	Report	Gosling 53' Stanislas 77'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 2,125 (inc. 360 Cherries supporters)

21 July 2015 (2015-07-21) Friendly	Salisbury	2–1	AFC Bournemouth	Old Sarum
19:30 BST	Nolan 65' Ford ?'	Report	Cornick 23'	Stadium: The Raymond McEnhill Stadium Attendance: 1,727

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Friendly	Nantes	0–0	AFC Bournemouth	Nantes, France
19:30 GMT (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) Friendly	Yeovil Town	0–3	AFC Bournemouth	Yeovil
19:45 BST		Report	Stanislas ?' (pen.), ?' King ?'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 2,422 (687 Bournemouth) Referee: Kevin Johnson

31 July 2015 (2015-07-31) Friendly	AFC Bournemouth	2–3	Cardiff City	Bournemouth
19:45 BST	Rantie ?' Pugh ?'	Report	Ralls ?' Revell ?', ?'	Stadium: Dean Court

1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly	1899 Hoffenheim	0–0	AFC Bournemouth	Sinsheim, Germany
17:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Premier League	—	14th		8 August 2015	17 May 2016
FA Cup	—	—	Fifth Round	9 January 2016	20 February 2016
League Cup	Third round	—	4th Round	25 August 2015	29 October 2015

Last updated: 1 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	7001360000000000000♠36	7001110000000000000♠11	7000800000000000000♠8	7001170000000000000♠17	7001430000000000000♠43	7001630000000000000♠63	−20	7001305600000000000♠30.56
FA Cup	7000300000000000000♠3	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000400000000000000♠4	7000400000000000000♠4	+0	7001666700000000000♠66.67
League Cup	7000300000000000000♠3	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000600000000000000♠6	7000300000000000000♠3	+3	7001666700000000000♠66.67
Total	7001400000000000000♠40	7001150000000000000♠15	7000800000000000000♠8	7001170000000000000♠17	7001510000000000000♠51	7001640000000000000♠64	−13	7001375000000000000♠37.50

Last updated: 1 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2015-16 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	West Bromwich Albion	38	10	13	15	34	48	−14	43
15	Crystal Palace	38	11	9	18	39	51	−12	42
16	AFC Bournemouth	38	11	9	18	45	67	−22	42
17	Sunderland	38	9	12	17	48	62	−14	39
18	Newcastle United (R)	38	9	10	19	44	65	−21	37	Relegation to the Football League Championship

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[41]
(R) Relegated.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	11	9	18	45	67	−22	42	5	5	9	23	34	−11	6	4	9	22	33	−11

Last updated: 18 May 2016.
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
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L
Position	14	19	10	11	15	11	16	15	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	14	14	14	16	15	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	11	13	14	15	16	16

Last updated: 9 April 2016.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[42]

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1	Bournemouth	0–1	Aston Villa	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	King 24' Cook 41' Gosling 80'	Report	Clark 45+1' Gestede 72' Bacuna 74' Gueye 75' Westwood 90+2'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,155 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

17 August 2015 2	Liverpool	1–0	Bournemouth	Liverpool
20:00 BST	Benteke 26' Gomez 75'	Report	O'Kane 34' Ritchie 76' Tomlin 77' Cook 90+1'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,102 Referee: Craig Pawson

22 August 2015 3	West Ham United	3–4	Bournemouth	London
15:00 BST	Noble 48' (pen.) Kouyaté 53' Jenkinson 79' Maïga 82'	Report	Wilson 11', 28', 79' (pen.) Pugh 66' Boruc 75'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,977 Referee: Jonathan Moss

29 August 2015 4	Bournemouth	1–1	Leicester City	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Gradel 1' Wilson 24' O'Kane 75'	Report	De Laet 13' King 36' Huth 48' Vardy 86' (pen.) Schlupp 90+2'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,155 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

12 September 2015 5	Norwich City	3–1	Bournemouth	Norwich
15:00 BST	Jerome 35' Hoolahan 52' Jarvis 67'	Report	Cook 81'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 27,018 Referee: Martin Atkinson

19 September 2015 6	Bournemouth	2–0	Sunderland	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Wilson 4' Ritchie 9' Gosling 80' Murray 90'	Report	Coates 15' Jones 23' Kaboul 43', 74' Borini 63' Toivonen 84'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,271 Referee: Kevin Friend

26 September 2015 7	Stoke City	2–1	Bournemouth	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Walters 32' Diouf 83'	Report	Gosling 76'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 27,742 Referee: Lee Mason

3 October 2015 8	Bournemouth	1–1	Watford	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Murray 28', 43'	Report	Ighalo 45' Gomes 84'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,187 Referee: Michael Oliver

17 October 2015 9	Manchester City	5–1	Bournemouth	Manchester
15:00 BST	Sterling 7', 29', 45' Bony 11', 89' Sagna 27' Otamendi 42'	Report	Murray 22' Ritchie 87'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 54,502 Referee: Mike Dean

25 October 2015 10	Bournemouth	1–5	Tottenham Hotspur	Bournemouth
15:05 BST	Ritchie 1'	Report	Kane 9' (pen.), 56', 64' Dembélé 17' Lamela 30' Rose 32'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,332 Referee: Roger East

1 November 2015 11	Southampton	2–0	Bournemouth	Southampton
16:00 GMT	Wanyama 21', 78' Davis 31' Pellè 36'	Report	Francis 57' Gosling 64'	Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,229 Referee: Craig Pawson

7 November 2015 12	Bournemouth	0–1	Newcastle United	Bournemouth
12:45 GMT	Arter 69' Smith 83'	Report	Pérez 27' Janmaat 44' Tioté 88'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium Attendance: 11,155 Referee: Lee Mason

21 November 2015 13	Swansea City	2–2	Bournemouth	Swansea
15:00 GMT	Ayew 28' Shelvey 39' (pen.), 88' Bartley 72' Sigurðsson 87'	Report	King 10' Gosling 26' Ritchie 30' Stanislas 51'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,878 Referee: Andre Marriner

28 November 2015 14	Bournemouth	3–3	Everton	Bournemouth
15:00 GMT	Smith 80' Gosling 82' Stanislas 87', 90' Daniels 90'	Report	Funes Mori 25' Lukaku 35' Barkley 90'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,228 Referee: Kevin Friend

5 December 2015 15	Chelsea	0–1	Bournemouth	London
17:30 GMT	Pedro 21' Costa 63'	Report	Surman 23' Murray 82'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,631 Referee: Mike Jones

12 December 2015 16	Bournemouth	2–1	Manchester United	Bournemouth
17:30 GMT	Stanislas 2' King 54' Arter 85' Boruc 90'	Report	Fellaini 24' Pereira 41'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,334 Referee: Anthony Taylor

19 December 2015 17	West Bromwich Albion	1–2	Bournemouth	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	McClean 34' Evans 39' Fletcher 64' McAuley 79' Rondón 90'	Report	Smith 52', 90' Daniels 87' (pen.)	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 26,127 Referee: Mike Dean

26 December 2015 18	Bournemouth	0–0	Crystal Palace	Bournemouth
15:00 GMT	Arter 36'	Report		Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,218 Referee: Michael Oliver

28 December 2015 19	Arsenal	2–0	Bournemouth	London
17:30 GMT	Gabriel 27' Ramsey 30' Chambers 61' Özil 63'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,983 Referee: Roger East

2 January 2016 20	Leicester City	0–0	Bournemouth	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Albrighton 62'	Report	Arter 34' Francis 57'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,006 Referee: Andre Marriner

12 January 2016 21	Bournemouth	1–3	West Ham United	Bournemouth
19:45 GMT	Arter 17' Smith 66'	Report	Payet 67', 68' Valencia 74', 84'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,071 Referee: Martin Atkinson

16 January 2016 22	Bournemouth	3–0	Norwich City	Bournemouth
15:00 GMT	Gosling 10' Arter 48' Daniels 54' (pen.) Afobe 75'	Report	Rudd 43'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,065 Referee: Robert Madley

23 January 2016 23	Sunderland	1–1	Bournemouth	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Van Aanholt 45+1' Jones 89'	Report	Afobe 13' Surman 18'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,367 Referee: Roger East

2 February 2016 24	Crystal Palace	1–2	Bournemouth	London
20:00 GMT	Dann 27', 51' Zaha 43' Jedinak 69'	Report	Pugh 34' Afobe 57' Francis 65' Cook 76' Smith 71' Grabban 90+1'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 24,855 Referee: Mike Jones

7 February 2016 25	Bournemouth	0–2	Arsenal	Bournemouth
13:30 GMT		Report	Flamini 9' Özil 23' Chamberlain 24'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,357 Referee: Kevin Friend

13 February 2016 26	Bournemouth	1–3	Stoke City	Bournemouth
15:00 GMT	Pugh 36' Ritchie 57' Surman 74' Francis 85' Arter 90'	Report	Imbula 9', 90' Diouf 21' Affelay 52' Joselu 55'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 10,683 Referee: Graham Scott

27 February 2016 27	Watford	0–0	Bournemouth	Watford
15:00 GMT	Watson 78' Behrami 83' Cathcart 87'	Report	Surman 85'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,831 Referee: Anthony Taylor

1 March 2016 28	Bournemouth	2–0	Southampton	Bournemouth
19:45 GMT	Cook 31' Afobe 79'	Report		Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,033 Referee: Mike Dean

5 March 2016 29	Newcastle United	1–3	Bournemouth	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	Pérez 56', 80'	Report	Taylor 28' (o.g.) Cook 45' King 70' Gosling 75' Grabban 89' Daniels 90'	Stadium: St. James Park Attendance: 52,107 Referee: Paul Tierney

12 March 2016 30	Bournemouth	3–2	Swansea City	Bournemouth
15:00 GMT	Gosling 34' Gradel 37' King 50' Cook 78'	Report	Barrow 39' Sigurðsson 62'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,179 Referee: Roger East

20 March 2016 31	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	Bournemouth	London
16:00 GMT	Kane 1', 16' Eriksen 52'	Report	Francis 59'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,084 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

2 April 2016 32	Bournemouth	0–4	Manchester City	Bournemouth
15:00 BST		Report	Fernando 7', 89' De Bruyne 12' Agüero 19' Kolarov 90+3'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,192 Referee: Robert Madley

9 April 2016 33	Aston Villa	1–2	Bournemouth	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Gueye 36' Ayew 85', 90'	[ Report]	Cook 27', 45+2' Daniels 32' King 74'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,057 Referee: Martin Atkinson

17 April 2016 34	Bournemouth	1–2	Liverpool	Bournemouth
13:30 BST	King 90+3'	Report	Firmino 41' Sturridge 45+2'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,386 Referee: Mike Jones

23 April 2016 35	Bournemouth	1–4	Chelsea	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Elphick 36' Ritchie 89'	Report	Pedro 5' Hazard 34', 90+1' Willian 71'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,365 Referee: Roger East

30 April 2016 36	Everton	2–1	Bournemouth	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Cleverley 7' Gibson 62' Baines 64'	Report	Pugh 9'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,345 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

7 May 2016 37	Bournemouth	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Elphick 42' Arter 70' Ritchie 82'	Report	Rondón 15' Evans 62' Yacob 63'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,040 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

17 May 2016 38	Manchester United	3–1	Bournemouth	Manchester
20:00 BST	Rooney 43' Mata 66' Rashford 74' Young 87'	Report	Smalling 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 74,363 Referee: Jonathan Moss

FA Cup

Main article: 2015-16 FA Cup

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

9 January 2016 (2016-01-09) Third round	Birmingham City	1–2	Bournemouth	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Morrison 40', 44'	Report	Tomlin 44' (pen.) Murray 85'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 13,140 Referee: Mike Jones

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) Fourth round	Portsmouth	1–2	Bournemouth	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Burgess 22' Roberts 43'	Report	King 71' Pugh 83' O'Kane 90+1'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,901 Referee: Mike Dean

20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) Fifth round	Bournemouth	0–2	Everton	Bournemouth
17:15 GMT	Gosling 45+1' Iturbe 66' King 68'	Report	McCarthy 18' Barkley 55' Lukaku 76'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,404 Referee: Martin Atkinson

League Cup

Main article: 2015-16 Football League Cup

Bournemouth entered in the second round and were drawn away against Hartlepool United.^[43] The third round draw was made on 25 August 2015 live on Sky Sports by Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson. Bournemouth were drawn away to Preston North End.^[44]

25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) Second round	Hartlepool United	0–4	Bournemouth	Hartlepool
19:45 BST		Report	Kermorgant 30' Gosling 34' Stanislas 44', 64'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,890 Referee: Carl Boyeson

22 September 2015 (2015-09-22) Third round	Preston North End	2–2 (2–3 p)	Bournemouth	Preston
19:45 BST	Hugill 84' Johnson 118' (pen.)	Report	MacDonald 23' Pugh 96'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 5,643 Referee: Nigel Miller
		Penalties
	Hugill Keane Reid Browne Johnson		Stanislas Cook Gosling Pugh

29 October 2015 (2015-10-29) Fourth round	Liverpool	1–0	Bournemouth	Liverpool
19:45 GMT	Clyne 17' Allen 61'		MacDonald 80'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 41,948 Referee: Mike Jones

Hampshire Senior Cup

On the Hampshire FA website, the second round details were announced; Bournemouth faced Havant & Waterlooville.^[45]

22 September 2015 (2015-09-22) Second round	Havant & Waterlooville	4–0	Bournemouth	Havant
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: West Leigh Park

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A.F.C. Bournemouth

General	History Players Managers Honours Seasons All articles Matches

Ground	Dean Court

Matches	1984 Football League Trophy Final 1998 Football League Trophy Final 2003 Football League Third Division play-off Final

A.F.C. Bournemouth seasons

1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

001990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000

2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20

2015–16 in English football

« 2014–15

2016–17 »

National teams

Senior (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round, finals)
U21 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)
U19 (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round, finals)
U17 (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round, finals)

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League

Levels 2–4	Football League (Championship, League One, League Two, play-offs)

Levels 5–6	National League (National, North, South)

Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, North, South) Northern Premier League (Premier, North, South) Southern League (Premier, Central, South & West)

Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League (Premier, First) East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, First) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, East, West) Kent Invicta League (level 10 only) Midland League (Premier, First) Northern Counties East League (Premier, First) Northern League (First, Second) North West Counties League (Premier, First) Southern Combination League (First, Second) Southern Counties East League (level 9 only) South West Peninsula League Premier Division (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, First) United Counties League (Premier, First) Wessex League (Premier, First) Western League (Premier, First) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)

Football League cups	Football League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under 21	Professional U21 Development Leagues U21 Premier League Cup

Under 18	Professional U18 Development Leagues FA Youth Cup

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Bournemouth Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Championship	Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Middlesbrough Milton Keynes Dons Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	Barnsley Blackpool Bradford City Burton Albion Bury Chesterfield Colchester United Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town Gillingham Millwall Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall Wigan Athletic

League Two	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Barnet Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Carlisle United Crawley Town Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter City Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Stevenage Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town York City

National League	Barrow Boreham Wood Chester Gateshead Grimsby Town Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Southport Torquay United Tranmere Rovers

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