The 2019–20 AFC Bournemouth season was the club's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their 130th year in existence. This season, Bournemouth participated in the Premier League and also participated in the EFL Cup and the FA Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020, which was extended to 26 July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bournemouth were relegated to the EFL Championship after five years in the Premier League on the final day of the season as they finished just one point from safety in 18th, with their relegation followed by the exit of manager Eddie Howe after eight years in charge five days after the season concluded.
Squad Current squad
Transfers Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 LB Lloyd Kelly Bristol City £13,000,000 8 July 2019 RB Jack Stacey Luton Town £4,000,000 8 July 2019 DF Jordan Zemura Charlton Athletic Free transfer 29 July 2019 CM Philip Billing Huddersfield Town Undisclosed 1 August 2019 LW Arnaut Danjuma Club Brugge £13,700,000
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 6 August 2019 RW Harry Wilson Liverpool 30 June 2020
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 1 July 2019 LW Mikael Ndjoli Gillingham 8 January 2020 8 July 2019 CM Emerson Hyndman Atlanta United 9 December 2019 11 July 2019 MF Frank Vincent Torquay United 30 June 2020 18 July 2019 GK Cameron Plain Wimborne Town Work experience 25 July 2019 GK Calum Ward Weymouth 30 June 2020 6 August 2019 CM Harry Arter Fulham 30 June 2020 6 August 2019 ST Sam Surridge Swansea City 1 January 2020 10 August 2019 CB Sam Sherring Weymouth 30 June 2020 30 August 2019 MF Kyle Taylor Forest Green Rovers 30 June 2020 2 September 2019 GK Asmir Begović Qarabağ 1 January 2020 2 September 2019 CB Tyler Cordner Ebbsfleet United 1 January 2020 2 September 2019 CM Nnamdi Ofoborh Wycombe Wanderers 30 June 2020 2 September 2019 RB Charlie Seaman Eastleigh 1 January 2020 3 September 2019 CB Shaun Hobson Weymouth 30 June 2020 21 September 2019 MF Jack Torniainen Dorchester Town Work experience 26 October 2019 CB Brennan Camp Weymouth Work experience 13 January 2020 GK Asmir Begović Milan 30 June 2020 13 January 2020 LW Mikael Ndjoli Motherwell 30 June 2020 16 January 2020 CF Jake Scrimshaw Eastleigh 30 June 2020 30 January 2020 LB Brad Smith Cardiff City 30 June 2020 31 January 2020 FW Jaidon Anthony Weymouth 30 June 2020 31 January 2020 DM Matt Butcher St Johnstone 30 June 2020 31 January 2020 LM Alex Dobre Wigan Athletic 30 June 2020 31 January 2020 FW Tyrell Hamilton Gosport Borough 30 June 2020 1 February 2020 RB Charlie Seaman Maidstone United 30 June 2020 5 March 2020 CM Luke Nippard Poole Town 30 June 2020
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 LW Marc Pugh Queens Park Rangers Released 1 July 2019 CM James Boote Free agent Released 1 July 2019 FW Nathan Clements Free agent Released 1 July 2019 GK Jordan Holmes Ebbsfleet United Released 1 July 2019 GK Tom Parker-Trott Free agent Released 8 July 2019 CB Tyrone Mings Aston Villa £20,000,000 9 July 2019 RW Connor Mahoney Millwall £1,100,000 21 July 2019 CF Lys Mousset Sheffield United £10,000,000 9 December 2019 CM Emerson Hyndman Atlanta United Undisclosed
Pre-season In May 2019, AFC Bournemouth announced friendlies with AFC Wimbledon, Brentford and Lazio.
Competitions Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches On 13 June 2019, the Premier League fixtures were announced.
FA Cup
EFL Cup
The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches. The third round draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports.
Squad statistics
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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
References