| Club: | AFC Bournemouth |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Ownertitle: | Owner |
| Owner: | Maxim Demin |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| Chairman: | Jeff Mostyn |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Manager: | Jason Tindall (until 3 February)[1] Jonathan Woodgate (from 21 February)[2] |
| Stadium: | Dean Court |
| League: | Championship |
| League Result: | 6th |
| Cup1: | Play-offs |
| Cup1 Result: | Semi-finals |
| Cup2: | FA Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Quarter-finals |
| Cup3: | EFL Cup |
| Cup3 Result: | Third round |
| League Topscorer: | Arnaut Danjuma Dominic Solanke (15 goals each) |
| Season Topscorer: | Arnaut Danjuma (17 goals) |
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| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
The 2020–21 AFC Bournemouth season was the club's 119th season in existence and first season back in the Championship following relegation from the Premier League in the previous season. Aside of the Championship, Bournemouth also competed in the FA Cup, and participated in the EFL Cup.
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2020 | Joshua Clarke | Undisclosed | [3] | ||||
| 18 January 2021 | Free transfer | [4] | |||||
| 28 January 2021 | Undisclosed | [5] |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 October 2020 |  | End of season | [6] | ||||
| 16 October 2020 |  | End of season | [7] | ||||
| 2 February 2021 |  | End of season | [8] |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date until | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 2020 | Zeno Ibsen Rossi | End of season | [9] | ||||
| 6 August 2020 | Frank Vincent | 5 January 2021 | [10] [11] | ||||
| 20 August 2020 | Tyler Cordner | 14 January 2021 | [12] [13] | ||||
| 7 September 2020 | Brennan Camp | End of season | [14] | ||||
| 25 September 2020 | 1 January 2021 | [15] | |||||
| 3 October 2020 | 1 January 2021 | [16] | |||||
| 3 October 2020 | Sam Sherring | End of season | [17] [18] [19] | ||||
| 16 October 2020 | Jake Scrimshaw | 3 January 2021 | [20] | ||||
| 23 December 2020 |  | Christian Saydee | [21] | ||||
| 6 January 2021 | | 11 February 2021 | [22] [23] | ||||
| 8 January 2021 | End of season | [24] | |||||
| 20 January 2021 | End of season | [25] | |||||
| 25 January 2021 | End of season | [26] | |||||
| 31 January 2021 | Calum Ward | End of season | [27] | ||||
| 1 February 2021 |  | End of season | [28] | ||||
| 2 February 2021 | Dinesh Gillela | March 2021 | [29] |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2020 | Harvey Bertrand | Unattached | Released | ||||
| 1 July 2020 | Jake Cope | Unattached | Released | ||||
| 1 July 2020 | Free transfer | [30] | |||||
| 1 July 2020 | Tom Dinsmore | Released | [31] [32] | ||||
| 1 July 2020 | Released | [33] | |||||
| 1 July 2020 | Luke Gray | Unattached | Released | ||||
| 1 July 2020 | Tom Hanfrey | Unattached | Released | ||||
| 1 July 2020 | Released | [34] | |||||
| 1 July 2020 | Jordan Murray | Unattached | Released | ||||
| 1 July 2020 | James Oliver | Released | [35] | ||||
| 1 July 2020 | Luke Pardoe | Unattached | Released | ||||
| 1 July 2020 | Jack Torniainen | Unattached | Released | ||||
| 17 July 2020 | Undisclosed | [36] | |||||
| 27 July 2020 | Released | [37] | |||||
| 27 July 2020 |  | Released | [38] | ||||
| 27 July 2020 | Released | [39] [40] | |||||
| 27 July 2020 | Unattached | Released | |||||
| 27 July 2020 | Released | [41] | |||||
| 5 August 2020 | £40,000,000 | [42] | |||||
| 5 August 2020 |  | Released | [43] [44] | ||||
| 12 August 2020 |  | Undisclosed | [45] | ||||
| 19 August 2020 | £18,500,000 | [46] | |||||
| 24 August 2020 | Undisclosed | [47] | |||||
| 5 September 2020 | Shaun Hobson | Free transfer | [48] | ||||
| 7 September 2020 | £20,000,000 | [49] | |||||
| 22 September 2020 | | Undisclosed | [50] | ||||
| 2 October 2020 | Khavarn Williams | Undisclosed | [51] | ||||
| 31 January 2021 | Undisclosed | [52] | |||||
| 1 February 2021 | Undisclosed | [53] | |||||
| 2 February 2021 |  | Nominal fee | [54] | ||||
| 2 February 2021 | Undisclosed | [55] |
See main article: 2020–21 EFL Championship.
The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[56]
See main article: 2021 English Football League play-offs.
See main article: 2020–21 FA Cup.
The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition.[57] The draw for the fourth and fifth round were made on 11 January, conducted by Peter Crouch.[58]
See main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup.
The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.[59]
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| Rank | Position | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DF | Steve Cook < | --Championship--> | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Chris Mepham < | --Championship--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Adam Smith< | --Championship--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| DF | Jack Stacey < | --Championship--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| DF | Diego Rico < | --Championship--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| DF | Jordan Zemura < | --Championship--> | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| MF | Dan Gosling < | --Championship--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| MF |  Jefferson Lerma < | --Championship--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| MF | Lewis Cook< | --Championship--> | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||