The 2025–26 season was the 124th season in the history of AFC Bournemouth and the club's fourth consecutive season in the Premier League, making it their ninth season in the top flight overall. In addition to the domestic league, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
Transfers
In DatePos.PlayerFromFeeRef. 16 June 2025 LB Adrien Truffert Rennes £14,400,000 16 July 2025 GK Đorđe Petrović Chelsea £25,000,000 13 August 2025 CB Bafodé Diakité Lille £34,600,000 18 August 2025 RW Ben Gannon-Doak Liverpool £25,000,000 21 August 2025 LW Amine Adli Bayer Leverkusen £25,100,000 1 September 2025 CB Veljko Milosavljević Red Star Belgrade £13,000,000 2 January 2026 GK Fraser Forster Tottenham Hotspur Free 15 January 2026 LB Ade Solanke Lorient Undisclosed 20 January 2026 CM Alex Tóth Ferencváros £10,400,000 27 January 2026 CF Rayan Vasco da Gama £24,700,000 12 February 2026 RB Álex Jiménez AC Milan £16,500,000
Out DatePos.PlayerToFeeRef. 1 June 2025 CB Dean Huijsen Real Madrid £50,000,000 1 June 2025 LW Jaidon Anthony Burnley £8,000,000 26 June 2025 LB Milos Kerkez Liverpool £40,000,000 2 July 2025 CM Joe Rothwell Rangers £400,000 15 July 2025 GK Mark Travers Everton £4,000,000 8 August 2025 GK Neto Botafogo Free 12 August 2025 CB Illia Zabarnyi Paris Saint-Germain £54,500,000 16 August 2025 RW Dango Ouattara Brentford £42,500,000 26 August 2025 CF Daniel Adu-Adjei Rijeka £1,200,000 26 August 2025 CM Philip Billing Midtjylland £5,000,000 28 August 2025 CB Chris Mepham West Bromwich Albion £1,000,000 10 September 2025 LW Zain Silcott-Duberry Olympiacos Undisclosed 9 January 2026 RW Antoine Semenyo Manchester City £64,000,000 7 February 2026 AM Balraj Landa Salisbury Free 14 February 2026 LW Dominic Sadi Novi Pazar Undisclosed 30 May 2026 LW Luis Sinisterra Cruzeiro £5,200,000
Loaned in DatePos.PlayerFromDate untilRef. 1 September 2025 RB Álex Jiménez AC Milan 12 February 2026 27 January 2026 GK Christos Mandas Lazio End of season
Loaned out DatePos.PlayerToDate untilRef. 25 June 2025 RB Max Aarons Rangers End of season 1 July 2025 CF Jonny Stuttle Walsall 22 August 2025 7 July 2025 CF Daniel Jebbison Preston North End End of season 8 July 2025 LB Archie Harris Eastleigh End of season 10 July 2025 CB Max Kinsey Truro City End of season 19 July 2025 GK Danny Dixon New Milton Town Work Experience 19 July 2025 GK Will Upstell New Milton Town Work Experience 23 July 2025 GK Mack Allan Plymouth Parkway End of season 1 August 2025 CF Ash Clarke AFC Totton End of season 15 August 2025 CM Karlos Gregory Sholing End of season 22 August 2025 LW Luis Sinisterra Cruzeiro 30 May 2026 25 August 2025 GK Alex Paulsen Lechia Gdańsk End of season 29 August 2025 AM Hamed Traorè Marseille End of season 30 August 2025 LB Noa Boutin Sutton United 4 January 2026 1 September 2025 DM Ben Winterburn Barnet End of season 10 September 2025 RM Romain Faivre Al Taawoun 15 January 2026 17 September 2025 LW Dominic Sadi Novi Pazar 12 January 2026 26 September 2025 LW Michael Dacosta Hartlepool United 27 October 2025 27 September 2025 LB Ollie Morgan Salisbury End of season 14 November 2025 GK Kai Crampton Wimborne Town 13 December 2025 21 November 2025 CM Malachi Ogunleye Salisbury Work Experience 12 December 2025 CM Charlie Osborne AFC Totton 27 March 2026 2 January 2026 RB Julián Araujo Celtic End of season 15 January 2026 RM Romain Faivre Auxerre End of season 2 February 2026 GK Will Dennis Leyton Orient End of season 21 February 2026 LB Alfie Merritt AFC Totton End of season 28 February 2026 LW George Chubinidze Dorchester Town Work Experience 27 March 2026 CM Charlie Osborne Torquay United End of season
Released / Out of contract DatePos.PlayerSubsequent clubJoin dateRef.30 June 2025 CM Toure Williams Bashley 2 August 2025 DM Lewis Brown Havant & Waterlooville 8 August 2025 AM Kian Tydeman Shrewton United Summer 2025 CB Coby Small Currently unattached
Pre-season and friendlies On 10 June, Bournemouth announced their pre-season schedule, with friendlies against Hibernian, Bristol City, Everton, Manchester United, West Ham United, and two same day friendlies against Real Sociedad.
Competitions Overall record
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches On 18 June 2025, the Premier League fixtures were released.
FA Cup
As a Premier League club, Bournemouth entered the FA Cup in the third round, and were drawn away to fellow Premier League side Newcastle United, who eliminated Bournemouth from the competition after winning on penalties.
EFL Cup
As a Premier League club not competing in any European competitions, Bournemouth entered the EFL Cup in the second round, and were drawn at home to fellow Premier League side Brentford, where they were eliminated from the competition after defeat.
Statistics Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Players who featured but departed the club on loan during the season:
|colspan="14"|Players who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
References