| Season: | 2013–14 |
| Chairman: | Jeff Mostyn |
| League Result: | 10th |
| Cup1 Result: | Fourth round |
| Cup2 Result: | Second round |
| League Topscorer: | Lewis Grabban (22 goals) |
| Season Topscorer: | Lewis Grabban (22 goals) |
| Highest Attendance: | 11,475 vs Liverpool (FA Cup, 25 Jan 14) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 7,258 vs Huddersfield Town (Champ, 28 Jan 14) |
| Average Attendance: | 9,114 |
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| Nextseason: | 2014–15 |
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.
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| No. | Name | Position (s) | Nationality | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Int. caps | Int. goals | Signed from | Date signed | Fee | Contract End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
| NA | Shwan Jalal | GK |  | Baghdad | 14 August 1983 | 1 | 0 | Peterborough United | July 2008 | Free | – | ||
| 1 | Ryan Allsop | GK | Birmingham | 17 June 1992 | – | – | Leyton Orient | 18 January 2013 | Free | 30 June 2016 | |||
| 25 | Darryl Flahavan | GK | Southampton | 28 November 1978 | – | – | Portsmouth | July 2011 | Free | 30 June 2014 | |||
| 42 | Lee Camp | GK | 22 August 1984 | 8 | 0 | West Bromwich Albion | 4 January 2014 | Free | 30 June 2016 | ||||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Simon Francis | RB | Nottingham | 16 February 1985 | – | – | Charlton Athletic | 9 January 2012 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2016 | |||
| 3 | Steve Cook | CB | Hastings | 19 April 1991 | – | – | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 January 2012 | £158,400 | 30 June 2016 | |||
| 4 | Stéphane Zubar | CB |  | Pointe-à-Pitre | 9 October 1986 | 2 | 0 | Free agent | 22 September 2011 | Free | 30 June 2014 | ||
| 5 | Tommy Elphick | CB | Brighton | 7 September 1987 | – | – | Brighton & Hove Albion | 11 August 2012 | £220,000 | 30 June 2015 | |||
| 11 | Charlie Daniels | LB | Harlow | 7 September 1986 | – | – | Leyton Orient | November 2011 | £198,000 | 30 June 2015 | |||
| 14 | Ian Harte | LB |  | Drogheda | 31 August 1977 | 64 | 12 | Reading | 1 July 2013 | Free | 30 June 2014 | ||
| 15 | Adam Smith | RB | London | 29 April 1991 | – | – | Tottenham Hotspur | 28 January 2014 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2017 | |||
| 22 | Elliott Ward | CB | Harrow | 19 January 1985 | – | – | Norwich City | 1 July 2013 | Free | 30 June 2014 | |||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Andrew Surman | LM | 20 August 1986 | – | – | Norwich City | 31 July 2013 | Loan | 31 May 2014 | ||||
| 7 | Marc Pugh | LM | Bacup | 2 April 1987 | – | – | Hereford United | July 2010 | £110,000 | 30 June 2014 | |||
| 8 | Harry Arter | CM | London | 28 December 1989 | – | – | Woking | July 2010 | £123,200 | 30 June 2014 | |||
| 12 | Wes Fogden | RM | Brighton | 12 April 1988 | – | – | Havant & Waterlooville | October 2011 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2015 | |||
| 16 | Shaun MacDonald | CM | Swansea | 17 June 1988 | 1 | 0 | Swansea City | 25 August 2011 | £149,600 | 30 June 2016 | |||
| 19 | Stephen Purches | DM | London | 14 January 1980 | – | – | Leyton Orient | July 2010 | Free | 30 June 2014 | |||
| 20 | Ryan Fraser | RM | Aberdeen | 24 February 1994 | – | – | Aberdeen | 18 January 2013 | £422,400 | 30 June 2016 | |||
| 21 | Mohamed Coulibaly | RM |  | Bakel | 7 August 1988 | – | – | FC Grasshoppers | 11 July 2013 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2015 | ||
| 26 | Richard Hughes | DM | Glasgow | 25 June 1979 | 5 | 0 | Free agent | 4 August 2012 | Free | 30 June 2014 | |||
| 30 | Matt Ritchie | RM | Gosport | 10 September 1989 | – | – | Swindon Town | 30 January 2013 | £409,200 | 30 June 2016 | |||
| 32 | Eunan O'Kane | CM | | 10 July 1990 | – | – | Torquay United | 26 July 2012 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2015 | |||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| 9 | Lewis Grabban | CF | London | 12 January 1988 | – | – | Rotherham United | 1 July 2012 | £325,600 | 30 June 2016 | |||
| 10 | Brett Pitman | CF | St Helier | 31 January 1988 | – | – | Bristol City | 3 January 2013 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2016 | |||
| 15 | Wes Thomas | CF | London | 23 January 1987 | - | - | Crawley Town | 1 January 2012 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2014 | |||
| 17 | Josh McQuoid | RW | 15 December 1989 | 5 | 0 | Millwall | 1 July 2012 | Player swap | 30 June 2015 | ||||
| 18 | Yann Kermorgant | FW |  | Vannes | 8 November 1981 | – | – | Charlton Athletic | January 2014 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2016 | ||
| 23 | Donal McDermott | LW | | Dublin | 19 October 1989 | – | – | Huddersfield Town | January 2012 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2015 | ||
| 28 | Tokelo Rantie | CF | Parys | 8 September 1990 | 15 | 4 | Malmö FF | 28 August 2013 | £3,520,000 | 30 June 2015 | |||
|-!colspan=14|Players currently out on loan:|-!colspan=14|Players who left the club during the season:|}
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 8 | MF | Harry Arter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3 | DF | Steve Cook | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 32 | MF | Eunan O'Kane | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | DF | Tommy Elphick | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 2 | DF | Simon Francis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | DF | Ian Harte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Own Goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 67 | 4 | 1 | 72 | ||||
| No. | Pos. | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Ryan Allsop | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | DF | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 65 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Games played | 50 (46 Championship, 2 FA Cup, 2 League Cup) | |
| Games won | 20 (18 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup) | |
| Games drawn | 12 (12 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) | |
| Games lost | 18 (16 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup) | |
| Goals scored | 72 (67 Championship, 4 FA Cup, 1 League Cup) | |
| Goals conceded | 71 (66 Championship, 3 FA Cup, 2 League Cup) | |
| Goal difference | 1 | |
| Clean sheets | 10 (9 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup) | |
| Yellow cards | 68 (65 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 2 League Cup) | |
| Second yellow cards | 2 (2 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) | |
| Red cards | 2 (2 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) | |
| Worst discipline | Harry Arter (8, 1) | |
| Best result | 5–0 vs Doncaster Rovers | |
| Worst result | 1–6 vs Watford | |
| Most appearances | Simon Francis (50 appearances) | |
| Top scorer | Lewis Grabban (22 goals) | |
| Points | 66 |
| Opposition | Home score | Away score | Double | Point allocated | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | 1–0 | 1-0 | 6 | ||
| Birmingham City | 0–2 | 4-2 | 3 | ||
| Blackburn Rovers | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3 | ||
| Blackpool | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3 | ||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2 | ||
| Bolton Wanderers | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1 | ||
| Burnley | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2 | ||
| Charlton Athletic | 2–1 | 0-1 | 3 | ||
| Derby County | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0 | ||
| Doncaster Rovers | 5–0 | 1–0 | 6 | ||
| Huddersfield Town | 2–1 | 1–5 | 3 | ||
| Ipswich Town | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2 | ||
| Leeds United | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3 | ||
| Leicester City | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0 | ||
| Middlesbrough | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2 | ||
| Millwall | 5–2 | 0–1 | 3 | ||
| Nottingham Forest | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4 | ||
| Queens Park Rangers | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3 | ||
| Reading | 3–1 | 2–1 | 6 | ||
| Sheffield Wednesday | 2–4 | 2–1 | 3 | ||
| Watford | 1–1 | 1–6 | 1 | ||
| Wigan Athletic | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3 | ||
| Yeovil Town | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4 |