Bournemouth 2021–22 football season
The 2021–22 season was Bournemouth 's second consecutive season in the Championship and the 120th year in their history. This season, the club participated in the Championship , FA Cup and EFL Cup . The season covered the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.
With a 1–0 home win over Nottingham Forest on 3 May 2022, Bournemouth secured automatic promotion back to the Premier League after a two-year absence.[ 1]
Managerial changes
On 27 June 2021, it was announced that Jonathan Woodgate would leave as role as first team manager when his contract expired on 30 June 2021.[ 2] A day later the club announced Scott Parker as the new head coach on a three-year contract.[ 3]
Pre-season friendlies
The Cherries announced pre-season friendlies against Linense ,[ 4] Granada [ 5] and Chelsea [ 6] as part of their preparations for the new season.
Competitions
Championship
League table
Source:
EFL Official Website Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences
[ 7] (C) Champions;
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted
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
46
25
13
8
74
39
+35
88
14
7
3
42
21
+21
11
6
5
32
18
+14
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 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Ground H A A H A H H A H A H A A H A H H A A H A H A A H A H A H A H A H H H A H A A H A H A A H H Result D W W D D W W W W D W W W W W L W L D D D L L W W L L W W W W L D W D W W L D D W D D W W W Position 1 5 4 7 6 5 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2022. Source:
Statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Matches
The Cherries fixtures were released on 24 June 2021.[ 8]
FA Cup
Bournemouth were drawn away to Yeovil Town in the third round,[ 9] and home to Boreham Wood in the fourth round.[ 10]
EFL Cup
Bournemouth were drawn at home to Milton Keynes Dons in the first round[ 11] [ 12] and away to Norwich City in the second round.[ 13] [ 14]
Transfers
Transfers in
Loans in
Loans out
Transfers out
Squad statistics
As of match played 7 May 2022
Appearances and goals
References
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–8 Levels 9–10
Combined Counties League (Premier North , Premier South , One )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One North , One South )
Essex Senior League (level 9 only)
Hellenic League (Premier , One )
Midland League (Premier , One )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
North West Counties League (Premier , One North , One South )
Southern Combination League (Premier , One )
Southern Counties East League (Premier , One )
South West Peninsula League (Premier East , Premier West - level 10 only )
Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One )
United Counties League (Premier North , Premier South , One )
Wessex League (Premier , One )
Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
Youth competitions