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.

However this period ended in 1970 with relegation, but the club were promoted again 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. But they only managed to 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. The climb 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[lower-alpha 1] Other
Division P W D L GF GA Pts Pos
1914–15 N/A 6Q
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War
1919–20 HL —
1920–21 SL 2410682540265th —
1921–22 SL 36175143855397th 6Q
1922–23 SL 3822796734512nd —
1923–24[lower-alpha 2] Div 3S 4211112040653321st —
1924–25 Div 3S 421382140583420th —
1925–26 Div 3S 42179167591438th R4
1926–27 Div 3S 42188167866447th R3
1927–28 Div 3S 4213121772793814th R3
1928–29 Div 3S 42199148477479th R5
1929–30 Div 3S 4215131472614310th R3
1930–31 Div 3S 4215131472734310th R1
1931–32 Div 3S 4213121770783815th R4
1932–33 Div 3S 4212121860813618th R1
1933–34 Div 3S 429924601022721st R2
1934–35 Div 3S 421572054713717th R1
1935–36 Div 3S 421611156056438th R3
1936–37 Div 3S 42209136559496th R3
1937–38 Div 3S 4214121656574013th R2
1938–39 Div 3S 4213131652583915th R3
1939–40 Div 3S 31111343—[lower-alpha 3] —
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1945 due to the Second World War
1945–46 N/A[lower-alpha 4] R1 Third Division South Cup W
1946–47 Div 3S 42188167254447th R3
1947–48 Div 3S 4224997635572nd R3
1948–49 Div 3S 42228126948523rd R3
1949–50 Div 3S 4216101657564212th R4
1950–51 Div 3S 46227176557519th R2
1951–52 Div 3S 4616102069754214th R1
1952–53 Div 3S 46199187469479th R1
1953–54 Div 3S 461682267704019th R2
1954–55 Div 3S 4612181657654217th R3
1955–56 Div 3S 461910176351489th R1
1956–57 Div 3S 461914138862525th QF
1957–58 Div 3S 46219168174519th R2
1958–59 Div 3[lower-alpha 5] 4617121769694612th R1
1959–60 Div 3 4617131672724710th R4
1960–61 Div 3 4615102158764019th R3 R2
1961–62 Div 3 46211786945593rd R1 R4
1962–63 Div 3 461816126346525th R1 R2
1963–64 Div 3 46248147958564th R1 R4
1964–65 Div 3 4618111772634711th R2 R2
1965–66 Div 3 4613122138563818th R3 R1
1966–67 Div 3 4612171739574120th R2 R1
1967–68 Div 3 4616151556514712th R3 R1
1968–69 Div 3 46219166045514th R2 R1
1969–70 Div 3 ↓ 4612151948713921st R1 R3
1970–71 Div 4 462412108146602nd R2 R1
1971–72[lower-alpha 6] Div 3 46231677337623rd R3 R2
1972–73 Div 3 461716136644507th R3 R2
1973–74 Div 3 4616151554584711th R3 R2
1974–75 Div 3 ↓ 4613122144583821st R2 R2
1975–76 Div 4 462012145748526th R2 R1
1976–77 Div 4 4615181354444813th R1 R1
1977–78 Div 4 4614151741514317th R1 R2
1978–79 Div 4 4614112147483918th R2 R1
1979–80 Div 4 4613181552514411th R2 R1
1980–81 Div 4 4616131747484513th R2 R1
1981–82 Div 4 46231946230884th R3 R1
1982–83 Div 3 4616131759686114th R1 R2
1983–84 Div 3 461672363735517th R4 R1 Associate Members' Cup W
1984–85 Div 3 4619111657466810th R3 R1 Associate Members' Cup SF(S)
1985–86 Div 3 461592265725415th R3 R2 Associate Members' Cup R1(S)
1986–87 Div 3 46291077640971st R2 R1 Associate Members' Cup R1(S)
1987–88 Div 2 4413102156684917th R3 R3
1988–89 Div 2 461882053626212th R5 R2
1989–90 Div 2 ↓ 4612122257764822nd R3 R3
1990–91 Div 3 461913145858709th R4 R2 Associate Members' Cup PR(S)
1991–92 Div 3 462011155248718th R4 R2 Associate Members' Cup R1(S)
1992–93 Div 2[lower-alpha 7] 4612171745525317th R3 R1 Football League Trophy R1(S)
1993–94 Div 2 4614151751595717th R3 R2 Football League Trophy R2(S)
1994–95 Div 2 4613112249695019th R2 R2 Football League Trophy R1(S)
1995–96 Div 2 4616102051705814th R2 R2 Football League Trophy R2(S)
1996–97 Div 2 4615151643456016th R1 R1 Football League Trophy R1(S)
1997–98 Div 2 461812165752669th R3 R1 Football League Trophy RU
1998–99 Div 2 462113126341767th R4 R3 Football League Trophy QF(S)
1999–2000 Div 2 461692159625716th R2 R3 Football League Trophy QF(S)
2000–01 Div 2 462013137955737th R3 R1 Football League Trophy R2(S)
2001–02 Div 2 ↓ 4610142256714421st R2 R1 Football League Trophy R1(S)
2002–03 Div 3 462014126048744th[lower-alpha 8] R4 R1 Football League Trophy
League play-offs		 SF(S)
2003–04 Div 2 461715145651669th R2 R1 Football League Trophy R1(S)
2004–05 Lge 1[lower-alpha 9] 462010167764708th R4 R3 Football League Trophy R1(S)
2005–06 Lge 1 4612191549535517th R1 R2 Football League Trophy R2(S)
2006–07 Lge 1 4613132050645219th R2 R1 Football League Trophy R2(S)
2007–08 Lge 1 ↓ 4617722627248[lower-alpha 10]21st R2 R1 Football League Trophy QF(S)
2008–09 Lge 2 46171217595146[lower-alpha 11]21st R2 R1 Football League Trophy QF(S)
2009–10 Lge 2 46258136144832nd R2 R1 Football League Trophy R2(S)
2010–11 Lge 1 461914137554716th R2 R1 Football League Trophy
League play-offs		 R1(S)
SF
2011–12 Lge 1 4615131848525811th R1 R2 Football League Trophy QF(S)
2012–13 Lge 1 462411117653832nd R3 R1 Football League Trophy R1(S)
2013–14 Champ 4618121667666610th R4 R2
2014–15 Champ 46261289845901st R4 QF
2015–16 Prem 381191845674216th R5 R4
2016–17 Prem 381210165567469th R3 R3
2017–18 Prem 3811111645614412th R3 QF
2018–19 Prem 381361956704514th R3 QF
2019–20 Prem ↓ 38972240653418th R4 R3
2020–21 Champ

Key
Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated ↓

Notes
  1. The EFL Cup was founded in 1961.
  2. Renamed Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic.
  3. The 1939–40 season was abandoned due to the outbreak of the Second World War.
  4. The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46 but the Football League did not resume until the following season.
  5. The Third Division South and Third Division North merged upon Football League re-organisation.
  6. Renamed AFC Bournemouth.
  7. 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.
  8. Promoted via the play-offs.
  9. 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.
  10. Deducted 10 points for entering administration.
  11. Deducted 17 points for leaving administration without a Company Voluntary Agreement.

References
  • "Boscombe". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  • "Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  • "A F C Bournemouth". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  1. "Bournemouth top Championship, Derby denied play-off spot". ESPN FC. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
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