Bournemouth Football Club (AFC Bournemouth) is a professional soccer club in England, founded in 1899, nicknamed "Cherry", the home ground for the Sands Management Stadium, which can accommodate about 12,000 spectators. Bournemouth has long played in the lower divisions of the league, the 2014-15 season won the Championship championship, promoted to the 2015-16 season, since the founding of the club's first promotion to the top league.