2021–22 A.F.C. Bournemouth season

Bournemouth 2021–22
Club information
Manager	Scott Parker
Stadium	Vitality Stadium
League Season information
Final League position	Championship, 2nd, (promoted)
Cup placements
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	Second round
Season statistics
Top goalscorer	Dominic Solanke (29)
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The 2021–22 season is AFC Bournemouth's 120th season in existence and 2nd season back in the Championship. Bournemouth also competed in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

With a 1–0 home win over Nottingham Forest on 2 May 2022, Bournemouth secured automatic promotion back to the Premier League.

Managerial changes

On 27 June 2021, it was announced that Jonathan Woodgate would leave as role as first team manager when his contract expired on 30 June 2021. A day later the club announced Scott Parker as the new head coach on a three-year contract.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
2 July 2021	AM		Emiliano Marcondes	Brentford	Free transfer
17 August 2021	GK		Ørjan Nyland	Norwich City	Free transfer
20 August 2021	CB		Gary Cahill	Crystal Palace	Free transfer
31 August 2021	AM		Ryan Christie	Celtic	Undisclosed
31 August 2021	RW		Jamal Lowe	Swansea City	Undisclosed
18 October 2021	LM		Robbie Brady	Burnley	Free transfer
5 January 2022	CB		James Hill	Fleetwood Town	Undisclosed
31 January 2022	LW		Siriki Dembélé	Peterborough United	Undisclosed
31 January 2022	CF		Kieffer Moore	Cardiff City	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until
27 July 2021	LB		Leif Davis	Leeds United	End of season
23 August 2021	LW		Morgan Rogers	Manchester City	End of season
6 January 2022	RB		Ethan Laird	Manchester United	End of season
31 January 2022	CB		Nathaniel Phillips	Liverpool	End of season
31 January 2022	GK		Freddie Woodman	Newcastle United	End of season
31 January 2022	CM		Todd Cantwell	Norwich	End of season

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until
10 August 2021	GK		Billy Terrell	Wimborne Town	End of season
20 August 2021	CB		Sam Sherring	Accrington Stanley	11 January 2022
20 August 2021	CF		Jake Scrimshaw	Scunthorpe United	11 January 2022
10 September 2021	CF		Euan Pollock	Truro City	1 January 2022
2 October 2021	RB		Brooklyn Genesini	Poole Town	2 January 2022
22 October 2021	RM		Ryan Glover	Aldershot Town	End of season
11 December 2021	GK		Will Dennis	Wealdstone	6 January 2022
11 December 2021	FW		Connor Kurran-Browne	King's Lynn Town	End of season
16 December 2021	CM		Luke Nippard	Eastbourne Borough	End of season
11 January 2022	CB		Sam Sherring	Cambridge United	End of season
14 January 2022	CB		Owen Bevan	Truro City	End of season
31 January 2022	CF		Christian Saydee	Burton Albion	End of season
9 February 2022	CB		Zeno Ibsen Rossi	Dundee	End of season
21 February 2022	RB		Brennan Camp	Eastleigh	End of season
22 February 2022	LB		Noa Boutin	Poole Town	Work experience
22 February 2022	AM		Ferdinand Okoh	Truro City	Work experience
23 February 2022	RW		Marcus Daws	Poole Town	Work experience
25 February 2022	CB		Aaron Roberts	Wimborne Town	Work experience
4 March 2022	CM		Matt Burgess	Truro City	Work experience
24 March 2022	LB		Ben Greenwood	Weymouth	April 2022

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
30 June 2021	GK		Joe Besant	Nacional	Released
30 June 2021	CB		Brandon Channell		Released
30 June 2021	CB		Tyler Cordner	Weymouth	Released
30 June 2021	CB		Dinesh Gillela	Hayes & Yeading United	Released
30 June 2021	CM		George Hunt	Slough Town	Released
30 June 2021	CB		Corey Jordan	Gloucester City	Released
30 June 2021	CM		Abdi Mohamed		Released
30 June 2021	RM		Keelan O'Connell	Torquay United	Released
30 June 2021	CM		Nnamdi Ofoborh	Rangers	Compensation
30 June 2021	LM		Frank Vincent	Notts County	Released
30 June 2021	CM		Jack Wilshere	AGF	Released
9 July 2021	LW		Ajani Burchall	Aston Villa	Undisclosed
20 July 2021	GK		Asmir Begović	Everton	Free Transfer
26 July 2021	LB		Diego Rico	Real Sociedad	£1,000,000
4 August 2021	RW		Jake Adams	AFC Totton	Rejected contract
4 August 2021	CF		Sam Surridge	Stoke City	£5,500,000
19 August 2021	LW		Arnaut Danjuma	Villarreal	Undisclosed
31 August 2021	CM		Kyle Taylor	Exeter City	Undisclosed
4 January 2022	CB		Steve Cook	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed
31 January 2022	GK		Ørjan Nyland	Reading	Mutual consent

Kits

Home

Away

Third

Pre-season friendlies

The Cherries announced pre-season friendlies against Linense, Granada and Chelsea as part of their preparations for the new season.

Friendly 16 July 2021	Bournemouth	4–2	Linense	Marbella, Spain
19:00 CEST	Anthony  16' Solanke  52' Taylor  55', 79'	Report	Koroma  35' Alcalde  59'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

Friendly 19 July 2021	Granada	2–1	Bournemouth	Marbella, Spain
19:00 CEST	Soro  27' Suárez  58'	Report	Solanke  31'	Stadium: Marbella Football Centre

Friendly 27 July 2021	Bournemouth	1–2	Chelsea	Kings Park
19:45 BST	Marcondes  66'	Report	Broja  71' Ugbo  75'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium

Competitions

Championship

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fulham  (C) (P)	46	27	9	10	106	43	+63	90	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Bournemouth  (P)	46	25	13	8	73	40	+33	88
3	Huddersfield Town	47	24	13	10	64	47	+17	85	Qualification to the Championship Play-offs
4	Nottm Forest  (P) (O)	46	23	11	12	63	40	+23	80
5	Sheffield Utd	46	21	12	13	63	45	+18	75
6	Luton Town	46	21	12	13	63	55	+8	75
7	Middlesbrough	46	20	10	16	59	50	+9	70
8	Blackburn Rovers	46	19	12	15	59	50	+9	69
9	Millwall	46	18	15	13	53	45	+8	69
10	West Brom	46	18	13	15	52	45	+7	67
11	Queens Park Rangers	46	19	9	18	60	59	+1	66
12	Coventry City	46	17	13	16	60	59	+1	64
13	Preston North End	46	16	16	14	52	56	−4	64
14	Stoke City	46	17	11	18	57	52	+5	62
15	Swansea City	46	16	13	17	58	68	−10	61
16	Blackpool	46	16	12	18	54	58	−4	60
17	Bristol City	46	15	10	21	62	77	−15	55
18	Cardiff City	46	15	8	23	50	68	−18	53
19	Hull City	46	14	9	23	41	54	−13	51
20	Birmingham City	46	11	14	21	50	75	−25	47
21	Reading	46	13	8	25	54	87	−33	41
22	Peterborough United  (R)	46	9	10	27	43	87	−44	37	Relegation to League One
23	Derby County  (R)	46	14	13	19	43	55	−12	34
24	Barnsley  (R)	46	6	12	28	33	73	−40	30

Source: EFL.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

a. Reading were deducted 6 points for breach of profit and sustainability regulations.
b. Derby County were deducted 12 points for entering administration, and a further 9 points for financial irregularities.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
45	24	13	8	73	39	+34	85	13	7	3	41	21	+20	11	6	5	32	18	+14

Last updated: 3 May 2022
Source: BBC

Matches

The Cherries fixtures were released on 24 June 2021.

FA Cup

Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

Bournemouth were drawn away to Yeovil Town in the third round, and home to Boreham Wood in the fourth round.

Third round 8 January 2022	Yeovil Town	1–3	Bournemouth	Yeovil
17:45 GMT	Gorman 2' Worthington 8' Moss 34' Quigley  48'	Report	Marcondes  19', 43', 70' Pearson 65' Ibsen Rossi 90+1' Brady 90+5'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 7,818 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Fourth round 6 February 2022	Bournemouth	0–1	Boreham Wood	Kings Park
18:30 GMT	Phillips 47'	Report	Ricketts  38' Stephens 62' Marsh 63' Ashby-Hammond 86'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium Attendance: 9,548 Referee: Graham Scott

EFL Cup

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

Bournemouth were drawn at home to Milton Keynes Dons in the first round and away to Norwich City in the second round.

First round 31 July 2021	Bournemouth	5–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Kings Park
15:00 BST	Brooks  35', 83' Solanke  47' Billing  72' Saydee  80'	Report		Stadium: Vitality Stadium Attendance: 5,746 Referee: Sam Purkiss

Second round 24 August 2021	Norwich City	6–0	Bournemouth	Norwich
19:00 BST	Tzolis  12', 66' McLean  26' Rupp  33'Sargent  49', 75'	Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 20,090 Referee: Charles Breakspear