2024–25 AFC Bournemouth season

Bournemouth
2024–25 season
OwnerBlack Knight Football Club
ChairmanBill Foley
Head coachAndoni Iraola
StadiumDean Court
Premier League14th
FA CupThird round
EFL CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Antoine Semenyo
Marcus Tavernier
(1 each)
All:
Antoine Semenyo
Marcus Tavernier
(1 each)
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The 2024–25 season is the 123rd season in the history of AFC Bournemouth and the club's third consecutive season in the Premier League, making it their eighth season in the top flight overall. In addition to the domestic league, the club are participating in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

Transfers

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In

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Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
14 June 2024[a] CF Turkey Enes Ünal Spain Getafe £13,000,000 [1]
14 June 2024[b] GK New Zealand Alex Paulsen New Zealand Wellington Phoenix £850,000 [2]
10 July 2024 CF Canada Daniel Jebbison England Sheffield United £1,500,000 [3][4]
11 July 2024 CF England Koby Mottoh[c] England Portsmouth Free [5]
30 July 2024 CB Spain Dean Huijsen Italy Juventus £12,800,000 [6]
13 August 2024 RB Mexico Julián Araujo Spain Barcelona £8,500,000 [7]
16 August 2024 CF Brazil Evanilson Portugal Porto £40,200,000 [8]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 29 May, and would become official on 14 June once the transfer window re-opened.
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 4 June, and would become official on 14 June once the transfer window re-opened.
  3. ^ Signed initially for the Under-21s.

Out

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Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
28 June 2024 CM England Jack Wadham England Sutton United Undisclosed [9]
15 July 2024 CF Wales Kieffer Moore England Sheffield United £2,000,000 [10]
10 August 2024 CF England Dominic Solanke England Tottenham Hotspur £65,000,000 [11]

Loaned in

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Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
29 August 2024 GK Spain Kepa Arrizabalaga England Chelsea End of Season [12]

Loaned out

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Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
10 July 2024 LW Spain Michael Dacosta Gonzalez England Crawley Town End of Season [13]
10 July 2024 CM England Charlie Osborne Austria Hartberg End of Season [14]
11 July 2024 CM England Joe Rothwell England Leeds United End of Season [15]
26 July 2024 RB England Finn Tonks England Torquay United End of Season [16]
1 August 2024 CF England Daniel Adu-Adjei England Carlisle United End of Season [17]
3 August 2024 GK England Billy Terrell England Weymouth End of Season [18]
9 August 2024 GK New Zealand Alex Paulsen New Zealand Auckland FC End of Season [19]
16 August 2024 RM France Romain Faivre France Brest End of Season [20]
21 August 2024 LW England Dominic Sadi England Carlisle United End of Season [21]
23 August 2024 LB France Noa Boutin England Eastleigh End of Season [22]
26 August 2024 AM Ivory Coast Hamed Traorè France Auxerre End of Season [23]
29 August 2024 LW England Jaidon Anthony England Burnley End of Season [24]

Released / Out of Contract

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Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2024 CB England Lloyd Kelly England Newcastle United 1 July 2024 [25][26]
30 June 2024 CF Jamaica Jamal Lowe England Sheffield Wednesday 1 July 2024 [25][27]
30 June 2024 CB England Harry Redknapp England Dorchester Town 1 July 2024 [25][28]
30 June 2024 GK England Cameron Plain England Poole Town 31 July 2024 [25][29]
30 June 2024 LW England Baylin Johnson Wales Cardiff City 7 August 2024 [25][30]
30 June 2024 GK England Noah Crisp [25]
30 June 2024 CB England Ollie Eagle [25]
30 June 2024 RB England Ryan Fredericks [25]
30 June 2024 LB Republic of Ireland Ben Greenwood [25]
30 June 2024 CB England Jack Holman [25]
30 June 2024 AM Denmark Emiliano Marcondes [25]
30 June 2024 AM England Ferdinand Okoh [25]
30 June 2024 CF England Euan Pollock [25]
30 June 2024 GK Republic of Ireland Darren Randolph [25]

Pre-season and friendlies

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On 25 April, Bournemouth announced a pre-season tour to Los Angeles, with a friendly against Wrexham.[31][32] Two home friendlies against Spanish opposition was later confirmed, Rayo Vallecano and Girona.[33] On 1 July, a second fixture for the United States tour was announced, against Arsenal.[34]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

20 July 2024 Friendly Wrexham 1–1 Bournemouth Santa Barbara, United States
16:00 PDT
(00:00 BST)
Report
Stadium: Harder Stadium
Attendance: 13,322
24 July 2024 Friendly Arsenal 1–1
(5–4 p)		 Bournemouth Carson, United States
19:30 PDT
(03:30 BST)
Report
Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Brandon Stevis (United States)
Penalties
4 August 2024 Friendly Bournemouth 1–0 Rayo Vallecano Kings Park
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Dean Court
Referee: Tim Robinson (England)
10 August 2024 Friendly Bournemouth 3–2 Girona Kings Park
17:15 BST
Report
Stadium: Dean Court
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 19:00 kick-off, but was moved to help facilitate Girona's immediate return to Spain.[35]

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 17 August 2024 25 May 2025 Matchday 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 +0 000.00
FA Cup January 2025 Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
EFL Cup 28 August 2024 Second round Second round 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Total 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 000.00

Last updated: 28 August 2024
Source: Soccerway

Premier League

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Main article: 2024–25 Premier League

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
12 Aston Villa 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
13 Brentford 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
14 Bournemouth 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
15 Leicester City 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
16 Southampton 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0
Updated to match(es) played on 25 August 2024. Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs[36]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
2 0 2 0 2 2  0 2 0 1 0 1 1  0 0 1 0 1 1  0

Last updated: 25 August 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAH
ResultDD
Position914
Points12
Updated to match(es) played on 25 August 2024. Source: Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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On 18 June 2024, the Premier League fixtures were released.[37]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

17 August 2024 1 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Bournemouth West Bridgford
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 29,763
Referee: Michael Oliver
25 August 2024 2 Bournemouth 1–1 Newcastle United Kings Park
14:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 11,161
Referee: David Coote
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 24 August, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[38]
31 August 2024 3 Everton v Bournemouth Walton
15:00 BST Stadium: Goodison Park
14 September 2024 4 Bournemouth v Chelsea Kings Park
20:00 BST Report Stadium: Dean Court
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[38]
21 September 2024 5 Liverpool v Bournemouth Liverpool
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Anfield
30 September 2024 6 Bournemouth v Southampton Kings Park
20:00 BST Stadium: Dean Court
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 28 September, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[38]
5 October 2024 7 Leicester City v Bournemouth Leicester
15:00 BST Stadium: King Power Stadium
20 October 2024 8 Bournemouth v Arsenal Kings Park
14:00 BST Stadium: Dean Court
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 19 October, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[39]
26 October 2024 9 Aston Villa v Bournemouth Aston
15:00 BST Stadium: Villa Park
2 November 2024 10 Bournemouth v Manchester City Kings Park
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Dean Court
9 November 2024 11 Brentford v Bournemouth Brentford
15:00 GMT Stadium: Gtech Community Stadium
23 November 2024 12 Bournemouth v Brighton & Hove Albion Kings Park
15:00 GMT Stadium: Dean Court
30 November 2024 13 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Bournemouth Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Stadium: Molineux Stadium
3 December 2024 14 Bournemouth v Tottenham Hotspur Kings Park
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Dean Court
7 December 2024 15 Ipswich Town v Bournemouth Ipswich
15:00 GMT Stadium: Portman Road
14 December 2024 16 Bournemouth v West Ham United Kings Park
15:00 GMT Stadium: Dean Court
21 December 2024 17 Manchester United v Bournemouth Manchester
15:00 GMT Stadium: Old Trafford
26 December 2024 18 Bournemouth v Crystal Palace Kings Park
19:45 GMT Stadium: Dean Court
29 December 2024 19 Fulham v Bournemouth Fulham
15:00 GMT Stadium: Craven Cottage
4 January 2025 20 Bournemouth v Everton Kings Park
15:00 GMT Stadium: Dean Court
15 January 2025 21 Chelsea v Bournemouth Fulham
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
18 January 2025 22 Newcastle United v Bournemouth Newcastle
15:00 GMT Stadium: St James' Park
25 January 2024 23 Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest Kings Park
15:00 GMT Stadium: Dean Court
1 February 2025 24 Bournemouth v Liverpool Kings Park
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Dean Court
15 February 2025 25 Southampton v Bournemouth Southampton
15:00 GMT Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
22 February 2025 26 Bournemouth v Wolverhampton Wanderers Kings Park
15:00 GMT Stadium: Dean Court
25 February 2025 27 Brighton & Hove Albion v Bournemouth Falmer
19:45 GMT Stadium: American Express Stadium
8 March 2025 28 Tottenham Hotspur v Bournemouth Tottenham
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
15 March 2025 29 Bournemouth v Brentford Kings Park
15:00 GMT Stadium: Dean Court
1 April 2025 30 Bournemouth v Ipswich Town Kings Park
19:45 BST Stadium: Dean Court
5 April 2025 31 West Ham United v Bournemouth Stratford
15:00 BST Stadium: London Stadium
12 April 2025 32 Bournemouth v Fulham Kings Park
15:00 BST Stadium: Dean Court
19 April 2025 33 Crystal Palace v Bournemouth Selhurst
15:00 BST Stadium: Selhurst Park
26 April 2025 34 Bournemouth v Manchester United Kings Park
15:00 BST Stadium: Dean Court
3 May 2025 35 Arsenal v Bournemouth Holloway
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Emirates Stadium
10 May 2025 36 Bournemouth v Aston Villa Kings Park
15:00 BST Stadium: Dean Court
18 May 2025 37 Manchester City v Bournemouth Manchester
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Etihad Stadium
25 May 2025 38 Bournemouth v Leicester City Kings Park
16:00 BST Stadium: Dean Court

FA Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 EFL Cup

As a Premier League club not competing in any European competitions, Bournemouth entered the EFL Cup in the second round, and were drawn away to fellow Premier League side West Ham United, where they were eliminated from the competition after defeat.[40][41]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

28 August 2024 Second round West Ham United 1–0 Bournemouth Stratford
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: London Stadium
Attendance: 47,381
Referee: Peter Bankes

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of match played 28 August 2024

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Brazil BRA Neto 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF Spain ESP Dean Huijsen 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF Hungary HUN Milos Kerkez 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF England ENG Lewis Cook 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
5 DF Argentina ARG Marcos Senesi 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF Wales WAL Chris Mepham 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW Wales WAL David Brooks 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Brazil BRA Evanilson 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Ryan Christie 3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
11 FW Burkina Faso BFA Dango Ouattara 3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
12 MF United States USA Tyler Adams 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF England ENG Alex Scott 3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
15 DF England ENG Adam Smith 3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
16 MF England ENG Marcus Tavernier 3 1 2+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
17 FW Colombia COL Luis Sinisterra 3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
19 FW Netherlands NED Justin Kluivert 3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
21 FW Canada CAN Daniel Jebbison 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
23 DF England ENG James Hill 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
24 FW Ghana GHA Antoine Semenyo 3 1 2+0 1 0+0 0 0+1 0
26 FW Turkey TUR Enes Ünal 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 DF Ukraine UKR Illya Zabarnyi 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 DF Mexico MEX Julián Araujo 3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
29 MF Denmark DEN Philip Billing 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 DF Wales WAL Owen Bevan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 DF England ENG Max Aarons 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
40 GK England ENG Will Dennis 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
42 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Mark Travers 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— GK Spain ESP Kepa Arrizabalaga (on loan from Chelsea) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Gavin Kilkenny 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players away on loan:
8 MF France FRA Romain Faivre 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF Ivory Coast CIV Hamed Traorè 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 FW England ENG Jaidon Anthony 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— GK New Zealand NZL Alex Paulsen 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF England ENG Joe Rothwell 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

References

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