# 2017–18 FC Alashkert season

The 2017–18 season was Alashkert's sixth season in the Armenian Premier League and eleventh overall. Alashkert were defending Premier League champions, having won the title the previous season. Domestically, Alashkert finished the season as Champions for the third season in a row, six-points ahead of second placed Banants, whilst they were beaten in the final of the Armenian Cup by Gandzasar Kapan on penalties. In Europe, Alashkert reached the Second qualifying round of the Champions League for the second season in a row, where they were knocked out by BATE Borisov.

## Season events

In December 2017, Alashkert entered into partnerships with Brazilian clubs Botafogo and Fluminense.
On 13 December 2017, Karen Muradyan, Zaven Badoyan, Darko Tofiloski, Norair Aslanyan and Lester Peltier all left the club after their contracts were cancelled by mutual consent.
On 8 February 2018, Alashkert announced the signing of Brazilian midfielder Odaílson to a long-term contract from Ferroviária. A day later, 9 February, Aleksandr Shcherbakov and Sergey Serchenkov both joined Alashkert on loan from Ural Yekaterinburg for the remainder of the season.
February 14th saw Brazilian Alan Pires, join Alashkert on an 18-month contract with the club after leaving A.F.C. Tubize, with former Montenegro youth team international goalkeeper Andrija Dragojević joining on 20 February from OFK Grbalj.
At the start of March 2018, Dragojević, Pires and Odaílson, all joined Ararat Yerevan on loan for the remainder of the season, whilst Miljan Jablan left the club by mutual consent.
At the beginning of April 2018, Abraham Khashmanyan resigned as manager with Varuzhan Sukiasyan being appointed as his replacement.
On 16 May, Alashkert played against Gandzasar Kapan in their first Armenian Cup final. After the game ended 0-0 in regular time, goals from Mihran Manasyan and Lubambo Musonda saw the game end 1-1 after extra time, going to penalties which Gandzasar Kapan won 4-3.

## Squad

    As of 2 March 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | ARM | Taron Voskanyan |
| 3 | DF | ARM | Andranik Voskanyan |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Mladen Zeljković |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Danijel Stojković |
| 7 | FW | ARM | Mihran Manasyan |
| 8 | DF | ARM | Gagik Daghbashyan |
| 9 | MF | ARM | Artak Dashyan |
| 10 | MF | ARM | Khoren Veranyan (third captain) |
| 11 | FW | NGA | Sunny Omoregie (loan from Maribor) |
| 12 | DF | RUS | Konstantin Morozov |
| 13 | DF | CRO | Dino Škvorc |
| 14 | MF | ARM | Artem Simonyan |
| 15 | FW | SRB | Uroš Nenadović |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | ARM | Aleksandr Petrosyan |
| 17 | MF | ARM | Artak Yedigaryan |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Scherbakov (on loan from Ural Yekaterinburg) |
| 19 | MF | ARM | David Manoyan |
| 20 | MF | ARM | Artur Yedigaryan (vice-captain) |
| 21 | MF | ARM | Artak Grigoryan |
| 22 | MF | ARM | Ashot Sardaryan |
| 23 | DF | RUS | Rustam Vazitdinov (on loan from Amkar Perm) |
| 24 | MF | RUS | Sergey Serchenkov (on loan from Ural Yekaterinburg) |
| 27 | FW | CRO | Marko Jordan |
| 55 | GK | SRB | Ognjen Čančarević |
| 93 | GK | ARM | Arsen Beglaryan |
| 99 | GK | ARM | Arsen Petrosyan |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Alan Pires (at Ararat Yerevan until 30 June 2018) |
| 88 | GK | MNE | Andrija Dragojević (at Ararat Yerevan until 30 June 2018) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | MF | BRA | Odaílson (at Ararat Yerevan until 30 June 2018) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Miljan Jablan | Mladost Podgorica | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Mladen Zeljković | Radnik Bijeljina | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Karen Muradyan | Gällivare Malmbergets | Undisclosed |
| 24 July 2017 | MF | Norair Aslanyan | Telstar | Undisclosed |
| 2 August 2017 | MF | Ashot Sardaryan | Jeunesse Esch | Undisclosed |
| 2 August 2017 | MF | Nairi Minasyan | Banants | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2017 | MF | Artem Simonyan | Zürich | Undisclosed |
| 22 August 2017 | GK | Darko Tofiloski | DAC Dunajská Streda | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2018 | FW | Aleksandr Petrosyan | Ararat Yerevan | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2018 | MF | Kamo Hovhannisyan | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | Undisclosed |
| 8 February 2018 | MF | David Manoyan | Nea Salamis Famagusta | Undisclosed |
| 8 February 2018 | MF | Odaílson | Ferroviária | Undisclosed |
| 11 February 2018 | FW | Marko Jordan | Latina | Undisclosed |
| 12 February 2018 | DF | Taron Voskanyan | Nea Salamis Famagusta | Undisclosed |
| 12 February 2018 | DF | Dino Škvorc | NK Ankaran | Undisclosed |
| 13 February 2018 | GK | Ognjen Čančarević | Radnik Surdulica | Undisclosed |
| 14 February 2018 | DF | Alan Pires | Tubize | Undisclosed |
| 20 February 2018 | GK | Andrija Dragojević | OFK Grbalj | Undisclosed |
| 27 February 2018 | DF | Konstantin Morozov | Ararat Moscow | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 21 February 2018 | FW | Sunny Omoregie | NK Maribor | End of season |
| 9 February 2018 | MF | Aleksandr Shcherbakov | Ural Yekaterinburg | End of season |
| 9 February 2018 | MF | Sergey Serchenkov | Ural Yekaterinburg | End of season |
| 22 February 2018 | DF | Rustam Vazitdinov | Amkar Perm | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 1 March 2018 | GK | Andrija Dragojević | Ararat Yerevan | End of season |
| 1 March 2018 | DF | Alan Pires | Ararat Yerevan | End of season |
| 1 March 2018 | MF | Odaílson | Ararat Yerevan | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 19 July 2017 | FW | Gevorg Nranyan | Gandzasar Kapan | 25 July 2017 |
| 20 July 2017 | GK | Gevorg Kasparov | Gandzasar Kapan | 22 July 2017 |
| 13 December 2017 | GK | Darko Tofiloski | Pobeda AD | 30 January 2018 |
| 13 December 2017 | MF | Norair Aslanyan | Emmen | 1 January 2018 |
| 13 December 2017 | MF | Zaven Badoyan | Shabab Sahel | 16 January 2018 |
| 13 December 2017 | MF | Karen Muradyan | Shirak | 1 September 2018 |
| 13 December 2017 | FW | Lester Peltier | Banants | 24 February 2018 |
| 31 January 2018 | MF | Kamo Hovhannisyan | Zhetysu | 31 January 2018 |
| 1 January 2018 | DF | Vahagn Minasyan | Artsakh | 1 July 2018 |
| 19 February 2018 | DF | Dmytro Khovbosha | Avanhard Kramatorsk | 19 February 2018 |
| 28 February 2018 | DF | Edvard Hovhannisyan | Ararat Yerevan | |
| 1 March 2018 | DF | Ararat Arakelyan | | |
| 1 March 2018 | DF | Miljan Jablan | Proleter Novi Sad | 15 July 2018 |
| 13 June 2018 | GK | Arsen Beglaryan | Liepāja | |
| 13 June 2018 | MF | Khoren Veranyan | Shirak | |
| 13 June 2018 | MF | David Manoyan | Sandecja Nowy Sącz | |
| 13 June 2018 | FW | Marko Jordan | Episkopi | |
| 24 June 2018 | GK | Andrija Dragojević | Pyunik | 24 June 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | GK | Arsen Petrosyan | Retired | |
| 30 June 2018 | DF | Alan Pires | America | 12 December 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | DF | Konstantin Morozov | Veles Moscow | 26 July 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | MF | Ashot Sardaryan | Lunéville | |
| 30 June 2018 | MF | Odaílson | AD São Pedro da Cova | |
| 30 June 2018 | FW | Aleksandr Petrosyan | Retired | |

## Competitions
### Premier League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 May 2018. Source: See Results

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Alashkert (C) | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 50 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Banants | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 44 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Gandzasar Kapan | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Shirak | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 38 | |
| 5 | Pyunik | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 6 | Ararat Yerevan | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 65 | −32 | 21 | |
* 1 2 Gandzasar Kapan qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Armenian Cup.
* ↑ Shirak were deducted 12 points on decision of Disciplinary Committee, upheld on May 18, due to match fixing scandal.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Statistics

    As of match played 20 May 2018

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | Armenian Supercup | Armenian Supercup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | ARM | Taron Voskanyan | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ARM | Andranik Voskanyan | 28 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Mladen Zeljković | 21 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Danijel Stojković | 28 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ARM | Mihran Manasyan | 33 | 11 | 19+7 | 9 | 2+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | ARM | Gagik Daghbashyan | 35 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | ARM | Artak Dashyan | 36 | 4 | 25+2 | 2 | 3+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARM | Khoren Veranyan | 24 | 1 | 8+7 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | NGA | Sunny Omoregie | 10 | 5 | 4+5 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | RUS | Konstantin Morozov | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | CRO | Dino Škvorc | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ARM | Artem Simonyan | 27 | 3 | 17+8 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | SRB | Uroš Nenadović | 37 | 11 | 20+9 | 8 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 3 |
| 16 | FW | ARM | Aleksandr Petrosyan | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ARM | Artak Yedigaryan | 34 | 5 | 24+3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Scherbakov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ARM | David Manoyan | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ARM | Artur Yedigaryan | 34 | 11 | 17+9 | 7 | 3+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ARM | Artak Grigoryan | 35 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | CRO | Marko Jordan | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | RUS | Sergey Serchenkov | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | GK | SRB | Ognjen Čančarević | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | GK | ARM | Arsen Beglaryan | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ARM | Artashes Arakelyan | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ARM | Benik Hovhannisyan | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ARM | Ashot Sardaryan | 12 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Alashkert during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | UKR | Dmytro Khovbosha | 13 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ARM | Ararat Arakelyan | 7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARM | Zaven Badoyan | 7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ARM | Karen Muradyan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | SRB | Miljan Jablan | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ARM | Norair Aslanyan | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ARM | Vahagn Minasyan | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | TRI | Lester Peltier | 10 | 2 | 4+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 90 | GK | MKD | Darko Tofiloski | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ARM | Aram Hovsepyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Supercup | UEFA Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 7 | Mihran Manasyan | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | MF | 20 | Artur Yedigaryan | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | 15 | Uroš Nenadović | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | FW | 11 | Sunny Omoregie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | 17 | Artak Yedigaryan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 9 | Artak Dashyan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | 14 | Artem Simonyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | 77 | Lester Peltier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 10 | Khoren Veranyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 13 | Miljan Jablan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | | | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 44 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 60 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Supercup | UEFA Champions League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 93 | Arsen Beglaryan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | GK | 55 | Ognjen Čančarević | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | GK | 90 | Darko Tofiloski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | Armenian Supercup | Armenian Supercup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Taron Voskanyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Andranik Voskanyan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Mladen Zeljković | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Danijel Stojković | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Mihran Manasyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Gagik Daghbashyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Artak Dashyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Khoren Veranyan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | Konstantin Morozov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Dino Škvorc | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Artem Simonyan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Uroš Nenadović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Artak Yedigaryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Aleksandr Scherbakov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Vahagn Minasyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Artur Yedigaryan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Artak Grigoryan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Sergey Serchenkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | GK | Ognjen Čančarević | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | GK | Arsen Beglaryan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | Benik Hovhannisyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Alashkert during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Dmytro Khovbosha | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Ararat Arakelyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Miljan Jablan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Karen Muradyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Lester Peltier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 56 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 70 | 2 |