| Club: | AFC Bournemouth |
| Season: | 2015–16 |
| Stadium: | Dean Court |
| League: | Premier League |
| League Result: | 16th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Fifth round |
| Cup2: | League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Fourth round |
| League Topscorer: | Joshua King (6) |
| Season Topscorer: | Joshua King (7) |
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| Prevseason: | 2014–15 |
| Nextseason: | 2016–17 |
The 2015–16 season was Bournemouth's first season in the Premier League (and their first ever season in the top-flight of English football) after gaining promotion in the previous season in their 126th year in existence. This season Bournemouth participated in the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.
| No. | Name | Pos. | Nat. | Place of Birth | Age | Apps | Goals | Signed from | Date signed | Fee | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Artur Boruc | GK |  | Siedlce | 49 | 0 | Southampton | 1 July 2015 | Free | 2016 | |||
| 21 | Ryan Allsop | GK | Birmingham | 26 | 0 | Leyton Orient | 18 January 2013 | Free | 2016 | ||||
| 23 | Adam Federici | GK |  | Nowra | 8 | 0 | Reading | 1 July 2015 | Free | 2018 | |||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Simon Francis | CB | Nottingham | 197 | 3 | Charlton Athletic | 7 November 2011 | Free | 2017 | ||||
| 3 | Steve Cook | CB/RB | Hastings | 161 | 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 January 2012 | £150,000 | 2017 | ||||
| 5 | Tommy Elphick | CB | Brighton | 217 | 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 10 August 2012 | £220,000 | Undisclosed | ||||
| 11 | Charlie Daniels | LB | Walthamstow | 145 | 9 | Leyton Orient | November 2011 | £198,000 | 2017 | ||||
| 14 | Tyrone Mings | LB | Bath | 2 | 0 | Ipswich Town | 26 June 2015 | £8,000,000 | 2019 | ||||
| 15 | Adam Smith | RB | London | 101 | 3 | Tottenham Hotpsur | 28 January 2014 | Undisclosed | 2017 | ||||
| 22 | Elliott Ward | CB | Harrow | 28 | 0 | Norwich City | 18 June 2013 | Free | 2017 | ||||
| 25 | Sylvain Distin | CB |  | Bagnolet | 10 | 0 | Everton | 1 July 2015 | Free | 2016 | |||
| 33 | Joe Bennett | LB | Rochdale | 0 | 0 | Aston Villa | 1 September 2015 | Loan | 2016 | ||||
| 38 | Baily Cargill | CB | Winchester | 7 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2014 | Trainee | 2017 | ||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Dan Gosling | CM | Brixham | 42 | 8 | Newcastle United | 16 May 2014 | Free | 2018 | ||||
| 6 | Andrew Surman | CM | Johannesburg | 121 | 5 | Norwich City | 1 September 2014 | Undisclosed | 2017 | ||||
| 7 | Marc Pugh | WG/CF | Bacup | 254 | 51 | Hereford United | 4 June 2010 | £110,000 | 2018 | ||||
| 8 | Harry Arter | CM |  | Sidcup | 185 | 25 | Woking | 7 June 2010 | £8,000 | 2018 | |||
| 16 | Shaun MacDonald | DM | Swansea | 97 | 7 | Swansea City | 25 August 2011 | £125,000 | 2016 | ||||
| 19 | Junior Stanislas | WG | Kidbrooke | 31 | 7 | Burnley | 26 June 2014 | Free | 2017 | ||||
| 20 | Christian Atsu | WG/AM |  | Ada Foah | 2 | 0 | Chelsea | 29 May 2015 | Loan | 2016 | |||
| 24 | Lee Tomlin | AM/WG/CF | Leicester | 9 | 0 | Middlesbrough | 4 August 2015 | £3,500,000 | 2018 | ||||
| 30 | Matt Ritchie | LW | Gosport | 117 | 29 | Swindon Town | 30 January 2013 | £409,200 | 2018 | ||||
| 32 | Eunan O'Kane | DM | | Derry | 109 | 6 | Torquay United | 26 July 2012 | Undisclosed | 2017 | |||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| 9 | Tokelo Rantie | CF | Parys | 51 | 5 | Malmö FF | 28 August 2013 | £2,500,000 | 2016 | ||||
| 13 | Callum Wilson | CF | Coventry | 57 | 28 | Coventry City | 4 July 2014 | £3,000,000 | 2019 | ||||
| 17 | Joshua King | CF/LW |  | Oslo | 16 | 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 28 May 2015 | £1,000,000 | 2018 | |||
| 18 | Yann Kermorgant | CF | | Vannes | 66 | 27 | Charlton Athletic | 31 January 2014 | Undisclosed | 2016 | |||
| 27 | Glenn Murray | CF | Maryport | 12 | 3 | Crystal Palace | 7 August 2015 | £4,000,000 | 2018 | ||||
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| Rank | No. | Po. | Name | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | FW | Joshua King | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| 2 | 13 | FW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 30 | MF | Matt Ritchie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 15 | DF | 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 | ||||
| No. | Po. | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Artur Boruc | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 12 | FW | Juan Iturbe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 15 | DF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 16 | MF | Shaun MacDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 17 | FW | 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 | |||
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2015 | GK | | Free transfer | [1] | |||
| 1 July 2015 | CB | | Free transfer | [2] | |||
| 1 July 2015 | GK | | Free transfer | [3] | |||
| 1 July 2015 | LW | | £1,000,000 | [4] [5] | |||
| 1 July 2015 | LB | £8,000,000 + Fraser loan | [6] | ||||
| 4 August 2015 | RW | | £7,000,000 | [7] [8] | |||
| 4 August 2015 | ST | £3,000,000 | [9] [10] | ||||
| 1 September 2015 | CF | Undisclosed (reported £3,000,000) | [11] [12] | ||||
| 17 September 2015 | CM |  | Alessandro Cannataro | Free transfer | [13] | ||
| 10 January 2016 | CF | £10,000,000 | [14] | ||||
| 11 January 2016 | ST |  | £8,000,000 | [15] |
Total spending: £40,000,000
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Released | |||||
| 1 July 2015 | GK |  | Released | ||||
| 1 July 2015 | RM |  | Free transfer | ||||
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Released | |||||
| 1 July 2015 | LB | | [16] | ||||
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Free transfer | |||||
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Free transfer | |||||
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Undisclosed | [17] | ||||
| 1 September 2015 | GK | Free transfer | [18] | ||||
| 1 February 2016 | CM | | Alessandro Cannataro | Unattached | Free transfer | [19] |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Until | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2015 | RW | | End of season | [20] | |||
| 13 July 2015 | LB | | End of season | [21] | |||
| 1 September 2015 | LW |  | 1 February 2016 | [22] | |||
| 1 September 2015 | LB | 4 January 2016 | [23] | ||||
| 1 January 2016 | RW | | End of season | [24] | |||
| 28 January 2016 | GK | End of season | [25] |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Until | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2015 | RM | End of season | |||||
| 7 July 2015 | CF | 3 January 2016 | [26] | ||||
| 7 August 2015 | CF | 7 October 2015 | [27] | ||||
| 18 August 2015 | AM | Yeovil Town | 19 September 2015 | [28] | |||
| 1 September 2015 | ST | 1-Month | [29] | ||||
| 9 September 2015 | CB | 7 October 2015 | [30] |
On 2 June 2015, AFC Bournemouth announced they would travel to the United States to face the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer on 14 July 2015.[31] A day later the club announced they would face French Ligue 1 side Nantes and German Bundesliga side 1899 Hoffenheim.[32] Also confirmed was a home friendly against Cardiff City.[33] On 8 June, friendlies against Exeter City and Yeovil Town were confirmed.[34]
| Competition | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | ||||||||
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| League Cup | ||||||||
TotalPremier LeagueSee main article: 2015–16 Premier League. MatchesOn 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[35] FA CupSee main article: 2015–16 FA Cup. League CupSee main article: 2015–16 Football League Cup. Bournemouth entered in the second round and were drawn away against Hartlepool United.[36] 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.[37] Hampshire Senior CupOn the Hampshire FA website, the second round details were announced; Bournemouth faced Havant & Waterlooville.[38] References | ||||||||