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 53577745665556984577774th 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.<ref>((cite news |url=http://www.espnfc.com/english-league-championship/story/2428642/championship-bournemouth-top-and-derby-denied |title=Bournemouth top Championship, Derby denied play-off spot |publisher=ESPN FC |date=2 May 2015 |access-date=3 May 2015

Seasons

Season League FA Cup EFL Cup[a] Other
Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos
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)
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 R5 R4

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.

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