A.F.C. Bournemouth

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Bournemouth
Full name	A.F.C. Bournemouth
Nickname(s)	The Cherries Boscombe
Founded	1890
Ground	Dean Court (Capacity: 11,307)
Owner	Turquoise Bidco Ltd
Chairman	Bill Foley
Head Coach	Andoni Iraola
Current League	Premier League
2022–23	Premier League, 15th
Website	Club home page
Current season

A.F.C. Bournemouth is a football club playing in the Premier League, the first tier in the English football league system. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899.

Nicknamed The Cherries, the team traditionally played in red shirts with white sleeves until 1971, when the strip was changed to red and black stripes, similar to that of A.C. Milan. A predominantly red shirt was chosen for the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons before announcing a return to the stripes for the 2006–07 season due to fan demand.

After narrowly avoiding relegation from the Football League in the 2008–09 season, Bournemouth were promoted to League One at the end of the 2009–10. After making the League One play-off semi-finals in 2010–11 and achieving a mid-table finish in 2011–12, Bournemouth won promotion to the Championship at the end of the 2012–13 season, putting them in the second tier of the league for only the second time in their history.

Players

Current squad

As of 28 October 2023

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK Neto (captain) 2 DF Ryan Fredericks 3 DF Milos Kerkez 4 MF Lewis Cook 5 DF Lloyd Kelly 6 DF Chris Mepham (3rd captain) 7 MF David Brooks (4th captain) 8 MF Joe Rothwell 9 FW Dominic Solanke 10 MF Ryan Christie 11 MF Dango Ouattara 12 GK Darren Randolph 13 MF Emiliano Marcondes 14 MF Alex Scott 15 DF Adam Smith (vice-captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF Marcus Tavernier 17 MF Luis Sinisterra (on loan from Leeds United) 18 MF Tyler Adams 19 FW Justin Kluivert 20 GK Ionuț Radu (on loan from Inter Milan) 21 FW Kieffer Moore 22 MF Hamed Traorè 24 FW Antoine Semenyo 25 DF Marcos Senesi 26 MF Gavin Kilkenny 27 DF Illya Zabarnyi 29 MF Philip Billing 37 DF Max Aarons 42 GK Mark Travers

Out on loan

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF James Hill (at Blackburn Rovers until 30 June 2024) 32 FW Jaidon Anthony (at Leeds United until 30 June 2024) 40 GK Will Dennis (at Kilmarnock until 31 May 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player MF Romain Faivre (at Lorient until 30 June 2024) FW Jamal Lowe (at Swansea City until 30 June 2024)

Under-21s and Academy

Main article: AFC Bournemouth Under-21s and Academy

Club alumni

Former players

Main article: A.F.C. Bournemouth players

Managers

Main article: A.F.C. Bournemouth managers

External links

• Official website

A.F.C. Bournemouth matches - 2023–24

2023-24 Premier League

Arsenal (h) · Fulham (h) · Manchester United (h) · Arsenal (a) · Chelsea (a)

2023-24 FA Cup

Queens Park Rangers (a) · Swansea City (h) · Leicester City (h) ·

2023-24 EFL Cup

Swansea City (a) · Stoke City (h) · Liverpool (h)