The 2017–18 AFC Bournemouth season was the club's 3rd consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their 128th year in existence. This season Bournemouth participated in the Premier League, as well as the FA Cup and EFL Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
First-team squad
(vice-captain)
Transfers Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2017 CB Nathan Aké Chelsea £20,000,000 1 July 2017 GK Asmir Begović Chelsea £10,000,000 1 July 2017 CF Jermain Defoe Sunderland Free 1 July 2017 MF Frankie Vincent Barnet Free 4 July 2017 RM Connor Mahoney Blackburn Rovers Compensation
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2017 LB Callum Buckley Weymouth Released 1 July 2017 DF Jake McCarthy Weymouth Released 1 July 2017 MF Matt Neale Free agent Released 8 August 2017 RW Harry Cornick Luton Town Undisclosed 16 August 2017 RW Jordan Green Yeovil Town Free 31 August 2017 CB Marc Wilson Sunderland Undisclosed
Loans out Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref. 7 July 2017 GK Mark Travers Weymouth January 2018 18 July 2017 GK Ryan Allsop Blackpool 30 June 2018 24 July 2017 RB Jordan Lee Torquay United January 2018 26 July 2017 CF Lewis Grabban Sunderland 30 June 2018 3 August 2017 FW Sam Surridge Yeovil Town 30 June 2018 4 August 2017 CM Ben Whitfield Port Vale January 2018 8 August 2017 CM Sam Matthews Eastleigh January 2018 16 August 2017 LW Max Gradel Toulouse 30 June 2018 17 August 2017 CB Baily Cargill Fleetwood Town 30 June 2018 18 August 2017 CF Joe Quigley Newport County January 2018 30 August 2017 RM Mihai Dobre Bury January 2018 31 August 2017 GK Adam Federici Nottingham Forest 11 September 2017 31 August 2017 DF Oliver Harfield Poole Town January 2018 31 August 2017 MF Matt Worthington Yeovil Town 1 January 2018
Overall transfer activity
Expenditure Summer: £30,000,000
Winter:
Total: £30,000,000
Income Summer:
Winter:
Total:
Net Totals Summer: £30,000,000
Winter:
Total: £30,000,000
Pre-season Bournemouth announced six pre-season friendlies, against Queens Park Rangers, Yeovil Town, Portsmouth, Valencia, Estoril and Napoli.
Competitions
Premier League
League table
Result summary
Results by matchday
Matches On 14 June 2017, AFC Bournemouth's 2017–18 Premier League fixtures was announced.
FA Cup In the FA Cup, Bournemouth entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to either AFC Fylde or Wigan Athletic. The latter won their replayed match 3–2 to set up the third round tie.
EFL Cup Bournemouth entered the competition in the second round and were drawn against Birmingham City away. A home tie versus Brighton & Hove Albion was confirmed for the third round. The Cherries were drawn at home to Middlesbrough for the fourth round. A quarter-final trip to face Chelsea was drawn out for Bournemouth.
Statistics Appearances and goals Last updated on 29 April 2018.
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Goalkeepers
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Defenders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Midfielders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Player(s) who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
Cards Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 1 January 2018.
No.Pos.Name1GK Artur Boruc102DF Simon Francis613DF Steve Cook404MF Dan Gosling205DF Nathan Aké306MF Andrew Surman107MF Marc Pugh208MF Harry Arter4015DF Adam Smith6016MF Lewis Cook3017FW Joshua King1018FW Jermain Defoe1019MF Junior Stanislas1026DF Tyrone Mings1027GK Asmir Begović2031FW Lys Mousset2033MF Jordon Ibe1042DF Jack Simpson10
Clean sheets Last updated on 1 January 2018. NumberNationNameMatchesPlayedPremier LeagueFA CupEFL CupTotal1Artur Boruc4001112Aaron Ramsdale0000027Asmir Begović22400432Adam Federici00000TOTALS4015
References