List of AFC Bournemouth seasons

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

Season	League									FA Cup	EFL Cup^[a]	Other
Season	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	FA Cup	EFL Cup^[a]	Other
1903–04	HLW	14	10	1	3	31	17	21	2nd
1904–05	HLW	16	9	3	4	42	24	21	4th
1905–06	HLW	12	5	1	6	21	27	11	4th
1906–07	HLW	12	10	0	2	29	10	20	1st
1907–08	HLW	14	6	6	2	23	23	18	2nd
1908–09	HLW	12	2	4	6	21	28	8	5th
1909–10	HLW	12	5	3	4	26	16	13	3rd
1910–11	HL	14	7	4	3	29	22	18	2nd
1911–12	HL	14	10	1	3	30	14	21	2nd
1912–13	HL	14	8	0	6	30	16	16	3rd
1913–14	HL	16	11	3	2	54	14	25	2nd
1914–15	—									6Q
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War
1919–20	HL	12	6	3	3	30	14	15	3rd	—
1920–21	SL	24	10	6	8	25	40	26	5th	—
1921–22	SL	36	17	5	14	38	55	39	7th	6Q
1922–23	SL ↑	38	22	7	9	67	34	51	2nd	—
1923–24^[b]	Div 3S	42	11	11	20	40	65	33	21st	—
1924–25	Div 3S	42	13	8	21	40	58	34	20th	—
1925–26	Div 3S	42	17	9	16	75	91	43	8th	R4
1926–27	Div 3S	42	18	8	16	78	66	44	7th	R3
1927–28	Div 3S	42	13	12	17	72	79	38	14th	R3
1928–29	Div 3S	42	19	9	14	84	77	47	9th	R5
1929–30	Div 3S	42	15	13	14	72	61	43	10th	R3
1930–31	Div 3S	42	15	13	14	72	73	43	10th	R1
1931–32	Div 3S	42	13	12	17	70	78	38	15th	R4
1932–33	Div 3S	42	12	12	18	60	81	36	18th	R1
1933–34	Div 3S	42	9	9	24	60	102	27	21st	R2
1934–35	Div 3S	42	15	7	20	54	71	37	17th	R1
1935–36	Div 3S	42	16	11	15	60	56	43	8th	R3
1936–37	Div 3S	42	20	9	13	65	59	49	6th	R3
1937–38	Div 3S	42	14	12	16	56	57	40	13th	R2
1938–39	Div 3S	42	13	13	16	52	58	39	15th	R3
1939–40	Div 3S	3	1	1	1	13	4	3	—^[c]	—
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1945 due to the Second World War
1945–46	—^[d]									R1		Third Division South Cup	W
1946–47	Div 3S	42	18	8	16	72	54	44	7th	R3
1947–48	Div 3S	42	24	9	9	76	35	57	2nd	R3
1948–49	Div 3S	42	22	8	12	69	48	52	3rd	R3
1949–50	Div 3S	42	16	10	16	57	56	42	12th	R4
1950–51	Div 3S	46	22	7	17	65	57	51	9th	R2
1951–52	Div 3S	46	16	10	20	69	75	42	14th	R1
1952–53	Div 3S	46	19	9	18	74	69	47	9th	R1
1953–54	Div 3S	46	16	8	22	67	70	40	19th	R2
1954–55	Div 3S	46	12	18	16	57	65	42	17th	R3
1955–56	Div 3S	46	19	10	17	63	51	48	9th	R1
1956–57	Div 3S	46	19	14	13	88	62	52	5th	QF
1957–58	Div 3S	46	21	9	16	81	74	51	9th	R2
1958–59	Div 3^[e]	46	17	12	17	69	69	46	12th	R1
1959–60	Div 3	46	17	13	16	72	72	47	10th	R4
1960–61	Div 3	46	15	10	21	58	76	40	19th	R3	R2
1961–62	Div 3	46	21	17	8	69	45	59	3rd	R1	R4
1962–63	Div 3	46	18	16	12	63	46	52	5th	R1	R2
1963–64	Div 3	46	24	8	14	79	58	56	4th	R1	R4
1964–65	Div 3	46	18	11	17	72	63	47	11th	R2	R2
1965–66	Div 3	46	13	12	21	38	56	38	18th	R3	R1
1966–67	Div 3	46	12	17	17	39	57	41	20th	R2	R1
1967–68	Div 3	46	16	15	15	56	51	47	12th	R3	R1
1968–69	Div 3	46	21	9	16	60	45	51	4th	R2	R1
1969–70	Div 3 ↓	46	12	15	19	48	71	39	21st	R1	R3
1970–71	Div 4 ↑	46	24	12	10	81	46	60	2nd	R2	R1
1971–72^[f]	Div 3	46	23	16	7	73	37	62	3rd	R3	R2
1972–73	Div 3	46	17	16	13	66	44	50	7th	R3	R2
1973–74	Div 3	46	16	15	15	54	58	47	11th	R3	R2
1974–75	Div 3 ↓	46	13	12	21	44	58	38	21st	R2	R2
1975–76	Div 4	46	20	12	14	57	48	52	6th	R2	R1
1976–77	Div 4	46	15	18	13	54	44	48	13th	R1	R1
1977–78	Div 4	46	14	15	17	41	51	43	17th	R1	R2
1978–79	Div 4	46	14	11	21	47	48	39	18th	R2	R1
1979–80	Div 4	46	13	18	15	52	51	44	11th	R2	R1
1980–81	Div 4	46	16	13	17	47	48	45	13th	R2	R1
1981–82	Div 4 ↑	46	23	19	4	62	30	88	4th	R3	R1
1982–83	Div 3	46	16	13	17	59	68	61	14th	R1	R2
1983–84	Div 3	46	16	7	23	63	73	55	17th	R4	R1	Associate Members' Cup	W
1984–85	Div 3	46	19	11	16	57	46	68	10th	R3	R1	Associate Members' Cup	SF(S)
1985–86	Div 3	46	15	9	22	65	72	54	15th	R3	R2	Associate Members' Cup	R1(S)
1986–87	Div 3 ↑	46	29	10	7	76	40	97	1st	R2	R1	Associate Members' Cup	R1(S)
1987–88	Div 2	44	13	10	21	56	68	49	17th	R3	R3
1988–89	Div 2	46	18	8	20	53	62	62	12th	R5	R2
1989–90	Div 2 ↓	46	12	12	22	57	76	48	22nd	R3	R3
1990–91	Div 3	46	19	13	14	58	58	70	9th	R4	R2	Associate Members' Cup	PR(S)
1991–92	Div 3	46	20	11	15	52	48	71	8th	R4	R2	Associate Members' Cup	R1(S)
1992–93	Div 2^[g]	46	12	17	17	45	52	53	17th	R3	R1	Football League Trophy	R1(S)
1993–94	Div 2	46	14	15	17	51	59	57	17th	R3	R2	Football League Trophy	R2(S)
1994–95	Div 2	46	13	11	22	49	69	50	19th	R2	R2	Football League Trophy	R1(S)
1995–96	Div 2	46	16	10	20	51	70	58	14th	R2	R2	Football League Trophy	R2(S)
1996–97	Div 2	46	15	15	16	43	45	60	16th	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	R1(S)
1997–98	Div 2	46	18	12	16	57	52	66	9th	R3	R1	Football League Trophy	RU
1998–99	Div 2	46	21	13	12	63	41	76	7th	R4	R3	Football League Trophy	QF(S)
1999–2000	Div 2	46	16	9	21	59	62	57	16th	R2	R3	Football League Trophy	QF(S)
2000–01	Div 2	46	20	13	13	79	55	73	7th	R3	R1	Football League Trophy	R2(S)
2001–02	Div 2 ↓	46	10	14	22	56	71	44	21st	R2	R1	Football League Trophy	R1(S)
2002–03	Div 3 ↑	46	20	14	12	60	48	74	4th^[h]	R4	R1	Football League Trophy League play-offs	SF(S) W
2003–04	Div 2	46	17	15	14	56	51	66	9th	R2	R1	Football League Trophy	R1(S)
2004–05	Lge 1^[i]	46	20	10	16	77	64	70	8th	R4	R3	Football League Trophy	R1(S)
2005–06	Lge 1	46	12	19	15	49	53	55	17th	R1	R2	Football League Trophy	R2(S)
2006–07	Lge 1	46	13	13	20	50	64	52	19th	R2	R1	Football League Trophy	R2(S)
2007–08	Lge 1 ↓	46	17	7	22	62	72	48^[j]	21st	R2	R1	Football League Trophy	QF(S)
2008–09	Lge 2	46	17	12	17	59	51	46^[k]	21st	R2	R1	Football League Trophy	QF(S)
2009–10	Lge 2 ↑	46	25	8	13	61	44	83	2nd	R2	R1	Football League Trophy	R2(S)
2010–11	Lge 1	46	19	14	13	75	54	71	6th	R2	R1	Football League Trophy League play-offs	R1(S) SF
2011–12	Lge 1	46	15	13	18	48	52	58	11th	R1	R2	Football League Trophy	QF(S)
2012–13	Lge 1 ↑	46	24	11	11	76	53	83	2nd	R3	R1	Football League Trophy	R1(S)
2013–14	Champ	46	18	12	16	67	66	66	10th	R4	R2
2014–15	Champ ↑	46	26	12	8	98	45	90	1st	R4	QF
2015–16	Prem	38	11	9	18	45	67	42	16th	R5	R4
2016–17	Prem	38	12	10	16	55	67	46	9th	R3	R3
2017–18	Prem	38	11	11	16	45	61	44	12th	R3	QF
2018–19	Prem	38	13	6	19	56	70	45	14th	R3	QF
2019–20	Prem ↓	38	9	7	22	40	65	34	18th	R4	R3
2020–21	Champ	46	22	11	13	73	46	77	6th	QF	R3	League play-offs	SF
2021–22	Champ ↑	46	25	13	8	74	39	88	2nd	R4	R2
2022–23	Prem	38	11	6	21	37	71	39	15th	R3	R4
2023–24	Prem	38	13	9	16	54	67	48	12th	R5	R4

Key

Pld – Matches played
W – Matches won
D – Matches drawn
L – Matches lost
GF – Goals for
GA – Goals against
Pts – Points
Pos – Final position

Prem – Premier League
Champ – Football League Championship
Lge 1 – Football League One
Lge 2 – Football League Two
Div 1 – Football League First Division
Div 2 – Football League Second Division
Div 3 – Football League Third Division
Div 3S – Football League Third Division South
Div 4 – Football League Fourth Division
SL – Southern League
HL – Hampshire League
HLW – Hampshire League West
n/a – Not applicable

6Q – Sixth qualifying round
PR – Preliminary round
R1 – First round
R2 – Second round
R3 – Third round
R4 – Fourth round
R5 – Fifth round
QF – Quarter-finals
SF – Semi-finals
RU – Runners-up
W – Winners
(S) – Southern section of regionalised stage

Champions	Runners-up	Promoted ↑	Relegated ↓

Notes

^ The EFL Cup was founded in 1961.
^ Renamed Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic.
^ The 1939–40 season was abandoned due to the outbreak of the Second World War.
^ The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46 but the Football League did not resume until the following season.
^ The Third Division South and Third Division North merged upon Football League re-organisation.
^ Renamed AFC Bournemouth.
^ The 1992–93 season saw the introduction of the Premier League, so Division 1 replaced Division 2, Division 2 replaced Division 3 and Division 3 replaced Division 4.
^ Promoted via the play-offs.
^ From the 2004–05 season, the Football League divisions were rebranded: Division One was renamed the Football League Championship, and Divisions Two and Three became Football League One and Football League Two respectively.
^ Deducted 10 points for entering administration.
^ Deducted 17 points for leaving administration without a Company Voluntary Agreement.