# 2015–16 FC Alashkert season

The 2015–16 season was Alashkert's fourth season in the Armenian Premier League and 9th overall. It was their second season under the management of Abraham Khashmanyan, and they ended the season as champions of the Armenian Premier League for the first time, reached the Semifinals of the Armenian Cup and the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

## Season events

On 2 July, Alashkert played in their first ever UEFA competition, taking on Scottish side St Johnstone in the first qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League. A goal on the hour from Mihran Manasyan was enough to ensure Alashkert's first win in the competition. The following week, Alashkert traveled to McDiarmid Park for the second leg, where a 73rd-minute goal from Norayr Gyozalyan gave Alashkert a vital away goal, as they lost the game 2–1, but progressed to the second qualifying round on the Away goals rule. In the second qualifying round, Alashkert faced FC Kairat from Kazakhstan, losing the first leg of the tie 3–0 in Almaty. In the second leg, goals from Ararat Arakelyan and Héber saw Alashkert win the game 2–1, but eliminated from the competition with a 2–4 aggregate defeat.
On 18 August, Artak Yedigaryan signed a one-year contract with Alashkert.
In January 2016, Alashkert announced the signing of Richard Cardozo from Maltese club Naxxar Lions.
In February 2016, Alashkert signed Artur Yedigaryan to a two-year contract after he'd left Dinamo Minsk.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ARM | Gevorg Kasparov (vice-captain) |
| 2 | DF | MLI | Sékou Fofana |
| 3 | DF | ARM | Tigran Hakhnazaryan |
| 4 | DF | ARM | Andranik Voskanyan |
| 5 | MF | ARM | Karen Muradyan |
| 6 | DF | ARM | Ararat Arakelyan |
| 7 | FW | ARM | Mihran Manasyan |
| 8 | MF | ARM | Gagik Poghosyan |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Héber (on loan from Coimbra) |
| 10 | MF | ARM | Khoren Veranyan |
| 11 | MF | ARM | Arsen Balabekyan |
| 12 | GK | ARM | Sevak Aghabekyan |
| 13 | DF | ARM | Gevorg Poghosyan |
| 14 | MF | ARM | Aram Bareghamyan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | ARM | Aram Hovsepyan |
| 17 | DF | ARM | Artak Yedigaryan |
| 18 | MF | ARM | Aram Loretsyan |
| 19 | DF | ARM | Vahagn Minasyan (captain) |
| 21 | MF | ARM | Artak Grigoryan |
| 22 | FW | ARM | Norayr Gyozalyan |
| 24 | MF | ARM | Davit Minasyan |
| 25 | FW | ARM | Vardan Bakalyan |
| 55 | GK | ARM | Edvard Hovhannisyan |
| 88 | GK | ARM | Levon Minasyan |
| — | MF | ARM | Rafael Ghazaryan |
| — | DF | ARM | Artur Avagyan |
| — | MF | ARM | Artur Yedigaryan |
| — | MF | ARM | Areg Azatyan |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| Summer 2015 | GK | Gevorg Kasparov | Mika | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2015 | DF | Andranik Voskanyan | Mika | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2015 | MF | Artak Grigoryan | Mika | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Gevorg Poghosyan | Mika | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Rafael Ghazaryan | Mika | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2015 | MF | Aram Loretsyan | Banants | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2015 | MF | Davit Minasyan | Mika | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2015 | FW | Vardan Bakalyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 18 August 2015 | MF | Artak Yedigaryan | Žalgiris | Undisclosed |
| 11 January 2016 | MF | Artur Avagyan | Gandzasar Kapan | Undisclosed |
| 20 January 2016 | DF | Gagik Poghosyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 22 January 2016 | MF | Richard Cardozo | Naxxar Lions | Undisclosed |
| 11 February 2016 | MF | Artur Yedigaryan | Dinamo Minsk | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| Summer 2015 | FW | | Héber | Coimbra | End of season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| Summer 2015 | MF | Stanislav Gnedko | Smorgon | 15 July 2015 |
| Summer 2015 | MF | Dušan Mladenović | Željezničar Sarajevo | |
| Winter 2016 | DF | Sergey Usenya | Gorodeya | 13 January 2016 |
| Winter 2016 | MF | Duško Dukić | Bylis Ballsh | |
| Winter 2016 | MF | Richard Cardozo | Manly United | |
| 30 June 2016 | GK | Sevak Aghabekyan | Aragats | 1 August 2019 |
| 30 June 2016 | GK | Levon Minasyan | Retired | 1 January 2017 |
| 30 June 2016 | DF | Sékou Fofana | | |

## 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: 18 May 2016. Source: See Results

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Alashkert (C) | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 50 | 24 | +26 | 55 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Shirak | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Pyunik | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Gandzasar Kapan | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 45 | |
| 5 | Ararat Yerevan | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 37 | |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Statistics

    As of match played 18 May 2016

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ARM | Gevorg Kasparov | 34 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | MLI | Sékou Fofana | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | FW | BRA | Héber | 34 | 20 | 25+1 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | ARM | Andranik Voskanyan | 24 | 1 | 17+2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ARM | Karen Muradyan | 26 | 1 | 17+2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ARM | Ararat Arakelyan | 33 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | ARM | Mihran Manasyan | 30 | 19 | 20+2 | 16 | 3+1 | 2 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ARM | Gagik Poghosyan | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARM | Khoren Veranyan | 33 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ARM | Arsen Balabekyan | 14 | 1 | 1+11 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ARM | Artur Avagyan | 9 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ARM | Gevorg Poghosyan | 25 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ARM | Aram Bareghamyan | 18 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ARM | Aram Hovsepyan | 20 | 1 | 10+5 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ARM | Artak Yedigaryan | 25 | 2 | 20+2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ARM | Aram Loretsyan | 11 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ARM | Vahagn Minasyan | 25 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ARM | Artur Yedigaryan | 12 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ARM | Artak Grigoryan | 26 | 2 | 19+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ARM | Norayr Gyozalyan | 24 | 1 | 5+13 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | MF | ARM | Liparit Dashtoyan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ARM | Rafael Ghazaryan | 7 | 1 | 0+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ARM | Areg Azatyan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Alashkert during the season: ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ARM | Gevorg Karapetyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | BLR | Sergey Usenya | 8 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | SRB | Duško Dukić | 9 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ARM | Grigor Hovhannisyan | 8 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 9 | Héber | 16 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| 2 | FW | | 7 | Mihran Manasyan | 16 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| 3 | DF | | 17 | Artak Yedigaryan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | | 21 | Artak Grigoryan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | | 6 | Ararat Arakelyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | | 19 | Vahagn Minasyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | 20 | Duško Dukić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | 12 | Artur Avagyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | | Rafael Ghazaryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | 18 | Aram Loretsyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | 5 | Karen Muradyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | 15 | Aram Hovsepyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | | 11 | Arsen Balabekyan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | 4 | Andranik Voskanyan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | | 22 | Norayr Gyozalyan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Awarded Goals | Awarded Goals | Awarded Goals | Awarded Goals | Awarded Goals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 50 | 7 | 4 | 61 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Gevorg Kasparov | 12 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 12 | 3 | 1 | 16 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Gevorg Kasparov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Sékou Fofana | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Andranik Voskanyan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Karen Muradyan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Ararat Arakelyan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Mihran Manasyan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Gagik Poghosyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Héber | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Khoren Veranyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Arsen Balabekyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Artur Avagyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Gevorg Poghosyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Aram Hovsepyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Artak Yedigaryan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Vahagn Minasyan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Artur Yedigaryan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Artak Grigoryan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Norayr Gyozalyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | Rafael Ghazaryan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Alashkert during the season: ||||||||||||
| 17 | DF | Sergey Usenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Duško Dukić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | Grigor Hovhannisyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 54 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 74 | 5 |