2015–16 AFC Bournemouth season

The 2015–16 season was Bournemouth's first season in the Premier League (and their first ever season in the top-flight of English football) after gaining promotion in the previous season in their 126th year in existence. This season Bournemouth participate in the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

AFC Bournemouth

2015–16 season
Owner	Maxim Demin
Chairman	Jeff Mostyn
Manager	Eddie Howe
Stadium	Dean Court
Premier League	16th
FA Cup	Fifth Round
League Cup	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Joshua King (6) All: Joshua King (7)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	End
Goalkeepers
1	Artur Boruc	GK		Siedlce	40	49	0	Southampton	1 July 2015	Free	2016
21	Ryan Allsop	GK		Birmingham	28	26	0	Leyton Orient	18 January 2013	Free	2016
23	Adam Federici	GK		Nowra	36	8	0	Reading	1 July 2015	Free	2018
Defenders
2	Simon Francis	CB		Nottingham	35	197	3	Charlton Athletic	7 November 2011	Free	2017
3	Steve Cook	CB/RB		Hastings	29	161	9	Brighton & Hove Albion	3 January 2012	£150,000	2017
5	Tommy Elphick	CB		Brighton	33	217	5	Brighton & Hove Albion	10 August 2012	£220,000	Undisclosed
11	Charlie Daniels	LB		Walthamstow	34	145	9	Leyton Orient	November 2011	£198,000	2017
14	Tyrone Mings	LB		Bath	27	2	0	Ipswich Town	26 June 2015	£8,000,000	2019
15	Adam Smith	RB		London	29	101	3	Tottenham Hotpsur	28 January 2014	Undisclosed	2017
22	Elliott Ward	CB		Harrow	36	28	0	Norwich City	18 June 2013	Free	2017
25	Sylvain Distin	CB		Bagnolet	43	10	0	Everton	1 July 2015	Free	2016
33	Joe Bennett	LB		Rochdale	30	0	0	Aston Villa	1 September 2015	Loan	2016
38	Baily Cargill	CB		Winchester	25	7	0	Academy	1 July 2014	Trainee	2017
Midfielders
4	Dan Gosling	CM		Brixham	31	42	8	Newcastle United	16 May 2014	Free	2018
6	Andrew Surman	CM		Johannesburg	34	121	5	Norwich City	1 September 2014	Undisclosed	2017
7	Marc Pugh	WG/CF		Bacup	33	254	51	Hereford United	4 June 2010	£110,000	2018
8	Harry Arter	CM		Sidcup	31	185	25	Woking	7 June 2010	£8,000	2018
16	Shaun MacDonald	DM		Swansea	32	97	7	Swansea City	25 August 2011	£125,000	2016
19	Junior Stanislas	WG		Kidbrooke	31	31	7	Burnley	26 June 2014	Free	2017
20	Christian Atsu	WG/AM		Ada Foah	29	2	0	Chelsea	29 May 2015	Loan	2016
24	Lee Tomlin	AM/WG/CF		Leicester	32	9	0	Middlesbrough	4 August 2015	£3,500,000	2018
30	Matt Ritchie	LW		Gosport	31	117	29	Swindon Town	30 January 2013	£409,200	2018
32	Eunan O'Kane	DM		Derry	30	109	6	Torquay United	26 July 2012	Undisclosed	2017
Forwards
9	Tokelo Rantie	CF		Parys	30	51	5	Malmö FF	28 August 2013	£2,500,000	2016
13	Callum Wilson	CF		Coventry	28	57	28	Coventry City	4 July 2014	£3,000,000	2019
17	Joshua King	CF/LW		Oslo	29	16	2	Blackburn Rovers	28 May 2015	£1,000,000	2018
18	Yann Kermorgant	CF		Vannes	39	66	27	Charlton Athletic	31 January 2014	Undisclosed	2016
27	Glenn Murray	CF		Maryport	37	12	3	Crystal Palace	7 August 2015	£4,000,000	2018

Statistics

As of 17 May 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF		Steve Cook	38	4	36+0	4	0+1	0	1+0	0
4	MF		Dan Gosling	37	4	28+6	3	1+0	0	1+1	1
5	DF		Tommy Elphick	14	1	11+1	1	2+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF		Andrew Surman	38	0	38+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF		Marc Pugh	30	5	15+11	3	1+1	1	1+1	1
8	MF		Harry Arter	22	1	21+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
9	FW		Tokelo Rantie	6	0	0+3	0	1+0	0	0+2	0
10	MF		Max Gradel	14	1	11+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	DF		Charlie Daniels	39	3	37+0	3	1+0	0	1+0	0
12	FW		Juan Iturbe	4	0	0+2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
13	FW		Callum Wilson	13	5	9+4	5	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF		Tyrone Mings	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
15	DF		Adam Smith	35	2	22+9	2	1+0	0	3+0	0
16	MF		Shaun MacDonald	9	1	0+3	0	3+0	0	3+0	1
17	FW		Joshua King	35	7	24+7	6	2+0	1	1+1	0
18	FW		Yann Kermorgant	11	1	0+7	0	1+0	0	3+0	1
19	MF		Junior Stanislas	25	5	17+4	3	1+0	0	3+0	2
20	FW		Benik Afobe	15	4	12+3	4	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	GK		Ryan Allsop	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	GK		Adam Federici	12	0	6+0	0	3+0	0	3+0	0
24	MF		Lee Tomlin	10	1	3+3	0	1+0	1	1+2	0
25	DF		Sylvain Distin	16	0	9+3	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
27	FW		Glenn Murray	21	4	6+13	3	1+1	1	0+0	0
28	FW		Lewis Grabban	16	0	4+11	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
30	MF		Matt Ritchie	41	4	33+4	4	0+2	0	1+1	0
32	MF		Eunan O'Kane	20	0	6+10	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
36	DF		Matt Butcher	2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
38	DF		Baily Cargill	4	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
47	DF		Jordan Lee	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0

Goals record

As of 12 March 2016

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	17	FW	Joshua King	6	1	0	7
2	13	FW	Callum Wilson	5	0	0	5
	19	MF	Junior Stanislas	3	0	2	5
4	3	DF	Steve Cook	4	0	0	4
	4	MF	Dan Gosling	3	0	1	4
	7	MF	Marc Pugh	2	1	1	4
	20	FW	Benik Afobe	4	0	0	4
	27	FW	Glenn Murray	3	1	0	4
9	11	DF	Charlie Daniels	3	0	0	3
	30	MF	Matt Ritchie	3	0	0	3
11	15	DF	Adam Smith	2	0	0	2
12	5	DF	Tommy Elphick	1	0	0	1
	8	MF	Harry Arter	1	0	0	1
	10	FW	Max Gradel	1	0	0	1
	16	MF	Shaun MacDonald	0	0	1	1
	18	FW	Yann Kermorgant	0	0	1	1
	24	MF	Lee Tomlin	0	1	0	1
Total				42	4	6	52

Disciplinary Record

As of 20 December 2015

No.	Po.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
1	GK	Artur Boruc	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF	Simon Francis	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
3	DF	Steve Cook	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
4	MF	Dan Gosling	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
6	MF	Andrew Surman	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
8	MF	Harry Arter	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
10	MF	Max Gradel	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	DF	Charlie Daniels	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
12	FW	Juan Iturbe	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
15	DF	Adam Smith	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
16	MF	Shaun MacDonald	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
17	FW	Joshua King	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
19	MF	Junior Stanislas	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF	Lee Tomlin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	FW	Glenn Murray	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
28	FW	Lewis Grabban	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
30	MF	Matt Ritchie	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
32	MF	Eunan O'Kane	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
38	DF	Baily Cargill	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Total			51	1	4	0	3	0	58	1

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	GK		Artur Boruc	Southampton	Free transfer	[1]
1 July 2015	CB		Sylvain Distin	Everton	Free transfer	[2]
1 July 2015	GK		Adam Federici	Reading	Free transfer	[3]
1 July 2015	LW		Joshua King	Blackburn Rovers	£1,000,000	[4][5]
1 July 2015	LB		Tyrone Mings	Ipswich Town	£8,000,000 + Fraser loan	[6]
4 August 2015	RW		Max Gradel	Saint-Étienne	£7,000,000	[7][8]
4 August 2015	ST		Lee Tomlin	Middlesbrough	£3,000,000	[9][10]
1 September 2015	CF		Glenn Murray	Crystal Palace	Undisclosed	[11]
17 September 2015	CM		Alessandro Cannataro	Internazionale	Free transfer	[12]
10 January 2016	CF		Benik Afobe	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£10,000,000	[13]
11 January 2016	ST		Lewis Grabban	Norwich City	£8,000,000	[14]

Total spending: £37,000,000

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	CB		Miles Addison	Peterborough United	Released	[15]
1 July 2015	GK		Benjamin Büchel	Oxford United[lower-alpha 1]	Released	[15]
1 July 2015	RM		Mohamed Coulibaly	Racing Santander[lower-alpha 2]	Free transfer	[15]
1 July 2015	GK		Darryl Flahavan	Crawley Town[lower-alpha 3]	Released	[15]
1 July 2015	LB		Ian Harte	Retired[lower-alpha 4]	N/A	[15]
1 July 2015	CF		Josh McQuoid	Luton Town[lower-alpha 5]	Free transfer	[15]
1 July 2015	CB		Joe Partington	Eastleigh[lower-alpha 6]	Free transfer	[15]
1 July 2015	CF		Brett Pitman	Ipswich Town	Undisclosed	[21]
1 September 2015	GK		Lee Camp	Rotherham United	Free transfer	[22]
1 February 2016	CM		Alessandro Cannataro	Unattached	Free transfer	[23]

1. Following Büchel's release he joined Oxford United.[16]
2. Following Coulibaly's release he joined Racing Santander.[17]
3. Following Flahavan's release he joined Crawley Town
4. Following Harte's release he announced his retirement.[18]
5. Following McQuoid's release he joined Luton Town.[19]
6. Following Partington's release he joined Eastleigh.[20]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Until	Ref.
1 July 2015	RW		Christian Atsu	Chelsea	End of season	[24]
13 July 2015	LB		Filippo Costa	Chievo	End of season	[25]
1 September 2015	LW		Tomás Andrade	River Plate	1 February 2016	[26]
1 September 2015	LB		Joe Bennett	Aston Villa	4 January 2016	[27]
1 January 2016	RW		Juan Iturbe	Roma	End of season	[28]
28 January 2016	GK		Marius Adamonis	Atlantas	End of season	[29]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Until	Ref.
1 July 2015	RM		Ryan Fraser	Ipswich Town	End of season	[6][lower-alpha 1]
7 July 2015	CF		Jayden Stockley	Portsmouth	3 January 2016	[30]
7 August 2015	CF		Harry Cornick	Yeovil Town	7 October 2015	[31][lower-alpha 2]
18 August 2015	AM		Josh Wakefield	Yeovil Town	19 September 2015	[33]
1 September 2015	ST		Josh O'Hanlon	Chester	1-Month	[34]
9 September 2015	CB		Elliott Ward	Huddersfield Town	7 October 2015	[35]

1. Fraser's loan to Ipswich Town was included with the £8,000,000 transfer of Tyrone Mings.[6]
2. On 9 September 2015, Cornick's loan at Yeovil was extended until 10 October 2015.[32]

Pre-season friendlies

On 2 June 2015, AFC Bournemouth announced they will travel to the United States to face the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer on 14 July 2015.[36] A day later the club announced they will face French Ligue 1 side Nantes and German Bundesliga side 1899 Hoffenheim.[37] Also confirmed was a home friendly against Cardiff City.[38] On 8 June, friendlies against Exeter City and Yeovil Town was confirmed.[39]

14 July 2015 Friendly	Philadelphia Union	1–4	AFC Bournemouth	Chester, United States
19:00 EDT	Marquez  35'	Report	King  20' Wilson  26' Pugh  62' Rantie  85' (pen.)	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 22,478

18 July 2015 Friendly	Exeter City	1–2	AFC Bournemouth	Exeter
15:00 GMT (UTC+1)	Wheeler  33'	Report	Gosling  53' Stanislas  77'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 2,125 (inc. 360 Cherries supporters)

21 July 2015 Friendly	Salisbury	2–1	AFC Bournemouth	Old Sarum
19:30 BST	Nolan  65' Ford  ?'	Report	Cornick  23'	Stadium: The Raymond McEnhill Stadium Attendance: 1,727

25 July 2015 Friendly	Nantes	0–0	AFC Bournemouth	Nantes, France
19:30 GMT (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

28 July 2015 Friendly	Yeovil Town	0–3	AFC Bournemouth	Yeovil
19:45 BST		Report	Stanislas  ?' (pen.), ?' King  ?'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 2,422 (687 Bournemouth) Referee: Kevin Johnson

31 July 2015 Friendly	AFC Bournemouth	2–3	Cardiff City	Bournemouth
19:45 BST	Rantie  ?' Pugh  ?'	Report	Ralls  ?' Revell  ?', ?'	Stadium: Dean Court

1 August 2015 Friendly	1899 Hoffenheim	0–0	AFC Bournemouth	Sinsheim, Germany
17:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Premier League	—	—	16th	8 August 2015	17 May 2016
FA Cup	Third round	—	Fifth round	9 January 2016	20 February 2016
League Cup	Second round	—	Fourth round	25 August 2015	29 October 2015

Updated to match played 17 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	38	11	9	18	45	67	−22	028.95
FA Cup	3	2	0	1	4	4	+0	066.67
League Cup	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	066.67
Total	44	15	9	20	55	74	−19	034.09

Updated to match played 17 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	West Bromwich Albion	38	10	13	15	34	48	−14	43
15	Crystal Palace	38	11	9	18	39	51	−12	42
16	Bournemouth	38	11	9	18	45	67	−22	42
17	Sunderland	38	9	12	17	48	62	−14	39
18	Newcastle United (R)	38	9	10	19	44	65	−21	37	Relegation to the EFL Championship

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[40]
(R) Relegated.

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
38	11	9	18	45	67	−22	42	5	5	9	23	34	−11	6	4	9	22	33	−11

Last updated: 18 May 2016.
Source:

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L
Position	14	19	10	11	15	11	16	15	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	14	14	14	16	15	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	11	13	14	15	16	16

Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2016. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[41]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

8 August 2015 1	Bournemouth	0–1	Aston Villa	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	King  24' Cook  41' Gosling  80'	Report	Clark  45+1' Gestede  72' Bacuna  74' Gueye  75' Westwood  90+2'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,155 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

17 August 2015 2	Liverpool	1–0	Bournemouth	Liverpool
20:00 BST	Benteke  26' Gomez  75'	Report	O'Kane  34' Ritchie  76' Tomlin  77' Cook  90+1'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,102 Referee: Craig Pawson

22 August 2015 3	West Ham United	3–4	Bournemouth	London
15:00 BST	Noble  48' (pen.) Kouyaté  53' Jenkinson  79' Maïga  82'	Report	Wilson  11', 28', 79' (pen.) Pugh  66' Boruc  75'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,977 Referee: Jonathan Moss

29 August 2015 4	Bournemouth	1–1	Leicester City	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Gradel  1' Wilson  24' O'Kane  75'	Report	De Laet  13' King  36' Huth  48' Vardy  86' (pen.) Schlupp  90+2'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,155 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

12 September 2015 5	Norwich City	3–1	Bournemouth	Norwich
15:00 BST	Jerome  35' Hoolahan  52' Jarvis  67'	Report	Cook  81'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 27,018 Referee: Martin Atkinson

19 September 2015 6	Bournemouth	2–0	Sunderland	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Wilson  4' Ritchie  9' Gosling  80' Murray  90'	Report	Coates  15' Jones  23' Kaboul  43'  74' Borini  63' Toivonen  84'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,271 Referee: Kevin Friend

26 September 2015 7	Stoke City	2–1	Bournemouth	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Walters  32' Diouf  83'	Report	Gosling  76'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 27,742 Referee: Lee Mason

3 October 2015 8	Bournemouth	1–1	Watford	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Murray  28',  43'	Report	Ighalo  45' Gomes  84'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,187 Referee: Michael Oliver

17 October 2015 9	Manchester City	5–1	Bournemouth	Manchester
15:00 BST	Sterling  7', 29', 45' Bony  11', 89' Sagna  27' Otamendi  42'	Report	Murray  22' Ritchie  87'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 54,502 Referee: Mike Dean

25 October 2015 10	Bournemouth	1–5	Tottenham Hotspur	Bournemouth
15:05 BST	Ritchie  1'	Report	Kane  9' (pen.), 56', 64' Dembélé  17' Lamela  30' Rose  32'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,332 Referee: Roger East

1 November 2015 11	Southampton	2–0	Bournemouth	Southampton
16:00 GMT	Wanyama  21'  78' Davis  31' Pellè  36'	Report	Francis  57' Gosling  64'	Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,229 Referee: Craig Pawson

7 November 2015 12	Bournemouth	0–1	Newcastle United	Bournemouth
12:45 GMT	Arter  69' Smith  83'	Report	Pérez  27' Janmaat  44' Tioté  88'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium Attendance: 11,155 Referee: Lee Mason

21 November 2015 13	Swansea City	2–2	Bournemouth	Swansea
15:00 GMT	Ayew  28' Shelvey  39' (pen.),  88' Bartley  72' Sigurðsson  87'	Report	King  10' Gosling  26' Ritchie  30' Stanislas  51'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,878 Referee: Andre Marriner

28 November 2015 14	Bournemouth	3–3	Everton	Bournemouth
15:00 GMT	Smith  80' Gosling  82' Stanislas  87', 90+8' Daniels  90'	Report	Funes Mori  25' Lukaku  35' Barkley  90+5'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,228 Referee: Kevin Friend

5 December 2015 15	Chelsea	0–1	Bournemouth	London
17:30 GMT	Pedro  21' Costa  63'	Report	Surman  23' Murray  82'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,631 Referee: Mike Jones

12 December 2015 16	Bournemouth	2–1	Manchester United	Bournemouth
17:30 GMT	Stanislas  2' King  54' Arter  85' Boruc  90'	Report	Fellaini  24' Pereira  41'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,334 Referee: Anthony Taylor

19 December 2015 17	West Bromwich Albion	1–2	Bournemouth	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	McClean  34' Evans  39' Fletcher  64' McAuley  79' Rondón  90'	Report	Smith  52',  90' Daniels  87' (pen.)	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 26,127 Referee: Mike Dean

26 December 2015 18	Bournemouth	0–0	Crystal Palace	Bournemouth
15:00 GMT	Arter  36'	Report		Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,218 Referee: Michael Oliver

28 December 2015 19	Arsenal	2–0	Bournemouth	London
17:30 GMT	Gabriel  27' Ramsey  30' Chambers  61' Özil  63'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,983 Referee: Roger East

2 January 2016 20	Leicester City	0–0	Bournemouth	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Albrighton  62'	Report	Arter  34' Francis  57'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,006 Referee: Andre Marriner

12 January 2016 21	Bournemouth	1–3	West Ham United	Bournemouth
19:45 GMT	Arter  17' Smith  66'	Report	Payet  67',  68' Valencia  74', 84'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,071 Referee: Martin Atkinson

16 January 2016 22	Bournemouth	3–0	Norwich City	Bournemouth
15:00 GMT	Gosling  10' Arter  48' Daniels  54' (pen.) Afobe  75'	Report	Rudd  43'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,065 Referee: Robert Madley

23 January 2016 23	Sunderland	1–1	Bournemouth	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Van Aanholt  45+1' Jones  89'	Report	Afobe  13' Surman  18'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,367 Referee: Roger East

2 February 2016 24	Crystal Palace	1–2	Bournemouth	London
20:00 GMT	Dann  27',  51' Zaha  43' Jedinak  69'	Report	Pugh  34' Afobe  57' Francis  65' Cook  76' Smith  71' Grabban  90+1'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 24,855 Referee: Mike Jones

7 February 2016 25	Bournemouth	0–2	Arsenal	Bournemouth
13:30 GMT		Report	Flamini  9' Özil  23' Chamberlain  24'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,357 Referee: Kevin Friend

13 February 2016 26	Bournemouth	1–3	Stoke City	Bournemouth
15:00 GMT	Pugh  36' Ritchie  57' Surman  74' Francis  85' Arter  90'	Report	Imbula  9',  90' Diouf  21' Affelay  52' Joselu  55'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 10,683 Referee: Graham Scott

27 February 2016 27	Watford	0–0	Bournemouth	Watford
15:00 GMT	Watson  78' Behrami  83' Cathcart  87'	Report	Surman  85'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,831 Referee: Anthony Taylor

1 March 2016 28	Bournemouth	2–0	Southampton	Bournemouth
19:45 GMT	Cook  31' Afobe  79'	Report		Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,033 Referee: Mike Dean

5 March 2016 29	Newcastle United	1–3	Bournemouth	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	Pérez  56',  80'	Report	Taylor  28' (o.g.) Cook  45' King  70' Gosling  75' Grabban  89' Daniels  90'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,107 Referee: Paul Tierney

12 March 2016 30	Bournemouth	3–2	Swansea City	Bournemouth
15:00 GMT	Gosling  34' Gradel  37' King  50' Cook  78'	Report	Barrow  39' Sigurðsson  62'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,179 Referee: Roger East

20 March 2016 31	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	Bournemouth	London
16:00 GMT	Kane  1', 16' Eriksen  52'	Report	Francis  59'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,084 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

2 April 2016 32	Bournemouth	0–4	Manchester City	Bournemouth
15:00 BST		Report	Fernando  7',  89' De Bruyne  12' Agüero  19' Kolarov  90+3'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,192 Referee: Robert Madley

9 April 2016 33	Aston Villa	1–2	Bournemouth	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Gueye  36' Ayew  85',  90'	Report	Cook  27',  45+2' Daniels  32' King  74'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,057 Referee: Martin Atkinson

17 April 2016 34	Bournemouth	1–2	Liverpool	Bournemouth
13:30 BST	King  90+3'	Report	Firmino  41' Sturridge  45+2'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,386 Referee: Mike Jones

23 April 2016 35	Bournemouth	1–4	Chelsea	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Elphick  36' Ritchie  89'	Report	Pedro  5' Hazard  34', 90+1' Willian  71'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,365 Referee: Roger East

30 April 2016 36	Everton	2–1	Bournemouth	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Cleverley  7' Gibson  62' Baines  64'	Report	Pugh  9'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,345 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

7 May 2016 37	Bournemouth	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Elphick  42' Arter  70' Ritchie  82'	Report	Rondón  15' Evans  62' Yacob  63'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,040 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

17 May 2016 38	Manchester United	3–1	Bournemouth	Manchester
20:00 BST	Rooney  43' Mata  66' Rashford  74' Young  87'	Report	Smalling  90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 74,363 Referee: Jonathan Moss

FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

9 January 2016 Third round	Birmingham City	1–2	Bournemouth	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Morrison  40',  44'	Report	Tomlin  44' (pen.) Murray  85'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 13,140 Referee: Mike Jones

30 January 2016 Fourth round	Portsmouth	1–2	Bournemouth	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Burgess  22' Roberts  43'	Report	King  71' Pugh  83' O'Kane  90+1'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,901 Referee: Mike Dean

20 February 2016 Fifth round	Bournemouth	0–2	Everton	Bournemouth
17:15 GMT	Gosling  45+1' Iturbe  66' King  68'	Report	McCarthy  18' Barkley  55' Lukaku  76'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,404 Referee: Martin Atkinson

League Cup

Bournemouth entered in the second round and were drawn away against Hartlepool United.[42] The third round draw was made on 25 August 2015 live on Sky Sports by Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson. Bournemouth were drawn away to Preston North End.[43]

25 August 2015 Second round	Hartlepool United	0–4	Bournemouth	Hartlepool
19:45 BST		Report	Kermorgant  30' Gosling  34' Stanislas  44', 64'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,890 Referee: Carl Boyeson

22 September 2015 Third round	Preston North End	2–2 (2–3 p)	Bournemouth	Preston
19:45 BST	Hugill  84' Johnson  118' (pen.)	Report	MacDonald  23' Pugh  96'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 5,643 Referee: Nigel Miller
	Penalties
	Hugill Keane Reid Browne Johnson		Stanislas Cook Gosling Pugh

29 October 2015 Fourth round	Liverpool	1–0	Bournemouth	Liverpool
19:45 GMT	Clyne  17' Allen  61'		MacDonald  80'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 41,948 Referee: Mike Jones

Hampshire Senior Cup

On the Hampshire FA website, the second round details were announced; Bournemouth faced Havant & Waterlooville.[44]

22 September 2015 Second round	Havant & Waterlooville	4–0	Bournemouth	Havant
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: West Leigh Park

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