The 2018–19 AFC Bournemouth season was the club's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their 129th year in existence. This season Bournemouth participated in the Premier League as well as the FA Cup and EFL Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
Squad
Transfers Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2018 AM David Brooks Sheffield United £11,500,000 24 July 2018 LB Diego Rico Leganés Undisclosed 7 August 2018 DM Jefferson Lerma Levante Undisclosed 4 January 2019FWDominic SolankeLiverpool£19,000,000 22 January 2019 CB Chris Mepham Brentford £12,000,000
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2018 CF Benik Afobe Wolverhampton Wanderers £10,000,000 1 July 2018 GK Ryan Allsop Wycombe Wanderers Free Transfer 1 July 2018 CB Baily Cargill Milton Keynes Dons Released 1 July 2018 LW Max Gradel Toulouse Undisclosed 1 July 2018 GK Patrick O'Flaherty Gosport Borough Released 1 July 2018 LB Ollie Harfield Dagenham & Redbridge Released 1 July 2018 CM Sam Matthews Bristol Rovers Released 1 July 2018 CF Joe Quigley Maidstone United Released 1 July 2018 LB Rhoys Wiggins Retired 3 July 2018 GK Adam Federici Stoke City Undisclosed 6 July 2018 CF Lewis Grabban Nottingham Forest Undisclosed 30 August 2018 CM Ben Whitfield Port Vale Free transfer 18 January 2019 CM Matt Worthington Yeovil Town Free transfer
Loans in Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref. 4 January 2019 RB Nathaniel Clyne Liverpool 31 May 2019 19 February 2019 GK Rafal Stefán Daníelsson Fram Reykjavík 31 May 2019
Loans out Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref. 4 July 2018 LW Mikael Ndjoli Kilmarnock 31 May 2019 30 July 2018 CF Sam Surridge Oldham Athletic 31 May 2019 7 August 2018 RW Connor Mahoney Birmingham City 31 May 2019 8 August 2018 CM Emerson Hyndman Hibernian 1 January 2019 8 August 2018 LB Brad Smith Seattle Sounders FC 31 May 2019 9 August 2018 CM Harry Arter Cardiff City 31 May 2019 31 August 2018 CM Matt Worthington Forest Green Rovers January 2019 30 October 2018 CF Jake Scrimshaw Poole Town December 2018 22 December 2018 CB Brennan Camp Dorchester Town 27 March 2019 3 January 2019 CF Jermain Defoe Rangers 31 May 2020 4 January 2019 GK Aaron Ramsdale AFC Wimbledon 31 May 2019 11 January 2019 MF James Boote Poole Town 31 May 2019 11 January 2019 RM Alex Dobre Yeovil Town 31 May 2019 15 January 2019 FW Tyrell Skeen-Hamilton Salisbury 31 May 2019 18 January 2019 GK Jordan Holmes St Mirren 31 May 2019 22 January 2019 LW Marc Pugh Hull City 31 May 2019 24 January 2019 DF Charlie Seaman Dundee United 31 May 2019 30 January 2019 RM Keelan O'Connell Greenock Morton 31 May 2019 31 January 2019 CB Corey Jordan Eastbourne Borough 31 May 2019 31 January 2019 CB Tyrone Mings Aston Villa 31 May 2019 31 January 2019 AM Frank Vincent Torquay United 31 May 2019 1 February 2019 CB Shaun Hobson Eastleigh 31 May 2019 28 March 2019 CB Brennan Camp Weymouth 31 May 2019
Pre-season
Competitions Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches On 14 June 2018, the Premier League fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.
FA Cup The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.
EFL Cup The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August. The third round draw was made on 30 August 2018 by David Seaman and Joleon Lescott. The fourth round draw was made live on Quest by Rachel Yankey and Rachel Riley on 29 September. The draw for the quarter-final was made live on Sky Sports by Jamie Redknapp and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink on 31 October.
Squad statistics
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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
References