List of AFC Bournemouth seasons explained

This is a list of seasons played by AFC Bournemouth in English football, as of 1919 to the most recent completed season. The club was originally known as Boscombe F.C.. The exact date of the club's foundation is not known, but there is proof that it was formed in the autumn of 1899 out of the remains of the older Boscombe St. John's Lads’ Institute F.C.. In their first season 1899–1900 Boscombe F.C. competed in the Bournemouth and District Junior League, part of the Hampshire Football League.

In the season of 1905–06 Boscombe F.C. graduated to senior amateur football. For the first time during the season of 1913–14 the club competed in the F.A. Cup. The club's progress was halted in 1914 with the outbreak of the war and Boscombe F.C. returned to the Hampshire Football League. In 1920 the Third Division was formed and Boscombe were promoted to the Southern Football League. Three years later the club was promoted to the Football League Third Division South at which time they renamed themselves to Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Football Club. The club remain on the records as the longest continuous members of the Third Division.

Bournemouth's run in the Third Division ended in 1970 with relegation, though the club were promoted back the following year. In 1972 the club adopted the more streamlined AFC Bournemouth name. For the first time in 1987 they won promotion to the Football League Second Division, although they would remain there for just three seasons, being relegated in 1990. In 2008 Bournemouth had 10 points deducted for entering administration and were relegated. In the 2008–09 Football League Two season they started with a 17-point deduction, but after narrowly avoiding relegation from the Football League that season, they were promoted to League One at the end of the following season. Bournemouth's ascent continued: 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. In the 2014–15 season, they won the Championship title, and earned promotion to the Premier League for the first time in their history.[1]

Seasons

SeasonLeagueFA CupEFL CupOther
DivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPos
1903–04HLW1410133117212nd
1904–05HLW169344224214th
1905–06HLW125162127114th
1906–07HLW121002291020bgcolor=gold1st
1907–08HLW146622323182nd
1908–09HLW12246212885th
1909–10HLW125342616133rd
1910–11HL147432922182nd
1911–12HL1410133014212nd
1912–13HL148063016163rd
1913–14HL1611325414252nd
1914–156Q
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War
1919–20HL126333014153rd
1920–21SL24 10 6 8 25 40 26 5th
1921–22SL36 17 5 14 38 55 39 7th6Q
1922–23bgcolor=#DFD38 22 7 9 67 34 51 bgcolor=silver2nd
1923–24Div 3S42 11 11 20 40 65 33 21st
1924–25Div 3S42 13 8 21 40 58 34 20th
1925–26Div 3S42 17 9 16 75 91 43 8thR4
1926–27Div 3S42 18 8 16 78 66 44 7thR3
1927–28Div 3S42 13 12 17 72 79 38 14thR3
1928–29Div 3S42 19 9 14 84 77 47 9thR5
1929–30Div 3S42 15 13 14 72 61 43 10thR3
1930–31Div 3S42 15 13 14 72 73 43 10thR1
1931–32Div 3S42 13 12 17 70 78 38 15thR4
1932–33Div 3S42 12 12 18 60 81 36 18thR1
1933–34Div 3S42 9 9 24 60 102 27 21stR2
1934–35Div 3S42 15 7 20 54 71 37 17thR1
1935–36Div 3S42 16 11 15 60 56 43 8thR3
1936–37Div 3S42 20 9 13 65 59 49 6thR3
1937–38Div 3S42 14 12 16 56 57 40 13thR2
1938–39Div 3S42 13 13 16 52 58 39 15thR3
1939–40Div 3S3 1 1 1 13 4 3
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1945 due to the Second World War
1945–46R1Third Division South Cupbgcolor=goldW
1946–47Div 3S42 18 8 16 72 54 44 7thR3
1947–48Div 3S42 24 9 9 76 35 57 bgcolor=silver2ndR3
1948–49Div 3S42 22 8 12 69 48 52 3rdR3
1949–50Div 3S42 16 10 16 57 56 42 12thR4
1950–51Div 3S46 22 7 17 65 57 51 9thR2
1951–52Div 3S46 16 10 20 69 75 42 14thR1
1952–53Div 3S46 19 9 18 74 69 47 9thR1
1953–54Div 3S46 16 8 22 67 70 40 19thR2
1954–55Div 3S46 12 18 16 57 65 42 17thR3
1955–56Div 3S46 19 10 17 63 51 48 9thR1
1956–57Div 3S46 19 14 13 88 62 52 5thQF
1957–58Div 3S46 21 9 16 81 74 51 9thR2
1958–59Div 346 17 12 17 69 69 46 12thR1
1959–60Div 346 17 13 16 72 72 47 10thR4
1960–61Div 346 15 10 21 58 76 40 19thR3R2
1961–62Div 346 21 17 8 69 45 59 3rdR1R4
1962–63Div 346 18 16 12 63 46 52 5thR1R2
1963–64Div 346 24 8 14 79 58 56 4thR1R4
1964–65Div 346 18 11 17 72 63 47 11thR2R2
1965–66Div 346 13 12 21 38 56 38 18thR3R1
1966–67Div 346 12 17 17 39 57 41 20thR2R1
1967–68Div 346 16 15 15 56 51 47 12thR3R1
1968–69Div 346 21 9 16 60 45 51 4thR2R1
1969–70bgcolor=#fcc46 12 15 19 48 71 39 bgcolor=#fcc21stR1R3
1970–71bgcolor=#DFD46 24 12 10 81 46 60 bgcolor=silver2ndR2R1
1971–72Div 346 23 16 7 73 37 62 3rdR3R2
1972–73Div 346 17 16 13 66 44 50 7thR3R2
1973–74Div 346 16 15 15 54 58 47 11thR3R2
1974–75bgcolor=#fcc46 13 12 21 44 58 38 bgcolor=#fcc21stR2R2
1975–76Div 446 20 12 14 57 48 52 6thR2R1
1976–77Div 446 15 18 13 54 44 48 13thR1R1
1977–78Div 446 14 15 17 41 51 43 17thR1R2
1978–79Div 446 14 11 21 47 48 39 18thR2R1
1979–80Div 446 13 18 15 52 51 44 11thR2R1
1980–81Div 446 16 13 17 47 48 45 13thR2R1
1981–82bgcolor=#DFD46 23 19 4 62 30 88 bgcolor=#DFD4thR3R1
1982–83Div 346 16 13 17 59 68 61 14thR1R2
1983–84Div 346 16 7 23 63 73 55 17thR4R1Associate Members' Cupbgcolor=goldW
1984–85Div 346 19 11 16 57 46 68 10thR3R1Associate Members' CupSF(S)
1985–86Div 346 15 9 22 65 72 54 15thR3R2Associate Members' CupR1(S)
1986–87bgcolor=#DFD46 29 10 7 76 40 97 bgcolor=gold1stR2R1Associate Members' CupR1(S)
1987–88Div 244 13 10 21 56 68 49 17thR3R3
1988–89Div 246 18 8 20 53 62 62 12thR5R2
1989–90bgcolor=#fcc46 12 12 22 57 76 48 bgcolor=#fcc22ndR3R3
1990–91Div 346 19 13 14 58 58 70 9thR4R2Associate Members' CupPR(S)
1991–92Div 346 20 11 15 52 48 71 8thR4R2Associate Members' CupR1(S)
1992–93Div 246 12 17 17 45 52 53 17thR3R1Football League TrophyR1(S)
1993–94Div 246 14 15 17 51 59 57 17thR3R2Football League TrophyR2(S)
1994–95Div 246 13 11 22 49 69 50 19thR2R2Football League TrophyR1(S)
1995–96Div 246 16 10 20 51 70 58 14thR2R2Football League TrophyR2(S)
1996–97Div 246 15 15 16 43 45 60 16thR1R1Football League TrophyR1(S)
1997–98Div 246 18 12 16 57 52 66 9thR3R1Football League Trophybgcolor=silverRU
1998–99Div 246 21 13 12 63 41 76 7thR4R3Football League TrophyQF(S)
1999–2000Div 246 16 9 21 59 62 57 16thR2R3Football League TrophyQF(S)
2000–01Div 246 20 13 13 79 55 73 7thR3R1Football League TrophyR2(S)
2001–02bgcolor=#fcc46 10 14 22 56 71 44 bgcolor=#fcc21stR2R1Football League TrophyR1(S)
2002–03bgcolor=#DFD46 20 14 12 60 48 74 bgcolor=#DFD4thR4R1Football League Trophy
League play-offs
SF(S)

W

2003–04Div 246 17 15 14 56 51 66 9thR2R1Football League TrophyR1(S)
2004–05Lge 146 20 10 16 77 64 70 8thR4R3Football League TrophyR1(S)
2005–06Lge 146 12 19 15 49 53 55 17thR1R2Football League TrophyR2(S)
2006–07Lge 146 13 13 20 50 64 52 19thR2R1Football League TrophyR2(S)
2007–08bgcolor=#fcc46 17 7 22 62 72 48 bgcolor=#fcc21stR2R1Football League TrophyQF(S)
2008–09Lge 246 17 12 17 59 51 46 21stR2R1Football League TrophyQF(S)
2009–10bgcolor=#DFD46 25 8 13 61 44 83 bgcolor=silver2ndR2R1Football League TrophyR2(S)
2010–11Lge 146 19 14 13 75 54 71 6thR2R1Football League Trophy
League play-offs
R1(S)
SF
2011–12Lge 146 15 13 18 48 52 58 11thR1R2Football League TrophyQF(S)
2012–13bgcolor=#DFD46 24 11 11 76 53 83 bgcolor=silver2ndR3R1Football League TrophyR1(S)
2013–14Champ46 18 12 16 67 66 66 10thR4R2
2014–15bgcolor=#DFD46 26 12 8 98 45 90 bgcolor=gold1stR4QF
2015–16Prem38 11 9 18 45 67 42 16thR5R4
2016–17Prem38 12 10 16 55 67 46 9thR3R3
2017–18Prem38 11 11 16 45 61 44 12thR3QF
2018–19Prem38 13 6 19 56 70 45 14thR3QF
2019–20bgcolor=#fcc38 9 7 22 40 65 34 bgcolor=#fcc18thR4R3
2020–2146 22 11 13 73 46 77 6thQFR3League play-offsSF
2021–22bgcolor=#DFD46 25 13 8 74 39 88 bgcolor=silver2ndR4R2
2022–23Prem38 11 6 21 37 71 39 15thR3R4
2023–24Prem38 13 9 16 54 67 48 12thR5R4

Key

bgcolor=goldChampionsbgcolor=silverRunners-upbgcolor=#DFDPromoted bgcolor=#FCCRelegated

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. News: Bournemouth top Championship, Derby denied play-off spot . . 2 May 2015 . 3 May 2015.