title: 2016–17 FC Alashkert season
text: # 2016–17 FC Alashkert season
  
  The 2016–17 season was Alashkert's fifth season in the Armenian Premier League and tenth overall, of which Alashkert were defending Premier League champions, having won the title previous season. Alashkert retained their title, seeing off Gandzasar Kapan by 7 points, were knocked out of the Armenian Cup in the Quarterfinals and reached the Second Qualifying Round in their first appearance in the Champions League.
  
  ## Season events
  
  On 28 June, Alashkert drew 0-0 with Andorran Champions Santa Coloma in their first UEFA Champions League qualifier. In the second leg, on 5 July, Alashkert ran out 3-0 winners against 8-man Santa Coloma.
  
  On 3 August, Alashkert announced the signing of Dmitri Kortava to a three-year contract from Luch-Energiya Vladivostok, However less than two weeks later, Kortava left Alashkert by mutual consent and signed for Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, with Yuriy Fomenko signing for Alashkert on the same day after his contract with Inter Baku had expired.
  
  At the end of August 2016, Gevorg Poghosyan, Rafael Ghazaryan, Aram Loretsyan and Marat Daudov all left Alashkert to sign for Ararat Yerevan.
  
  In December 2016, Abraham Khashmanyan returned to Alashkert as manager, having previously resigned from the role following their Armenian Cup defeat to Pyunik in the October.
  
  In February 2017, Alashkert took Serbian defender Danijel Stojković, Iranian midfielder Arsia Jabbari, Serbian Forward Uroš Nenadović and Brazilian forward Valdir Da Silva Filho on trial during their winter training camp in Antalya.
  
  ## Squad
  
      As of 27 March 2017
  
  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 | UKR | Dmytro Khovbosha |
  | 3 | DF | ARM | Andranik Voskanyan |
  | 4 | MF | SRB | Sasa Filipović |
  | 5 | DF | SRB | Danijel Stojković |
  | 6 | MF | ARM | Ararat Arakelyan |
  | 7 | FW | ARM | Mihran Manasyan |
  | 8 | MF | ARM | Gagik Daghbashyan |
  | 9 | MF | ARM | Artak Dashyan |
  | 10 | MF | ARM | Khoren Veranyan |
  | 11 | MF | GEO | Irakli Kvekveskiri |
  | 12 | FW | RUS | Atsamaz Buraev |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 13 | MF | ARM | Benik Hovhannisyan |
  | 15 | MF | SRB | Uroš Nenadović |
  | 17 | DF | ARM | Artak Yedigaryan |
  | 19 | DF | ARM | Vahagn Minasyan (captain) |
  | 20 | MF | ARM | Artur Yedigaryan |
  | 21 | MF | ARM | Artak Grigoryan |
  | 22 | MF | ARM | Zaven Badoyan |
  | 55 | GK | ARM | Edvard Hovhannisyan |
  | 77 | FW | TRI | Lester Peltier |
  | 93 | GK | ARM | Arsen Beglaryan |
  | — | FW | ARM | Narek Beglaryan |
  | — | FW | ARM | Gevorg Nranyan |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### In
  
  | Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 July 2016 | GK | Arsen Beglaryan | Mika | Undisclosed |
  | 1 July 2016 | GK | Samvel Melkonyan | Mika | Undisclosed |
  | 1 July 2016 | DF | Dmytro Khovbosha | Kremin Kremenchuk | Undisclosed |
  | 1 July 2016 | DF | Aleksandar Tasić | Tërbuni Pukë | Undisclosed |
  | 1 July 2016 | MF | Artak Dashyan | Vardar | Undisclosed |
  | 1 July 2016 | MF | Anton Savin | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | Undisclosed |
  | 1 July 2016 | MF | Marat Daudov | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | Undisclosed |
  | 3 July 2016 | MF | Irakli Kvekveskiri | Guria Lanchkhuti | Undisclosed |
  | 31 July 2016 | DF | Gagik Daghbashyan | Ružomberok | Undisclosed |
  | 31 July 2016 | MF | Benik Hovhannisyan | Ararat Yerevan | Undisclosed |
  | 3 August 2016 | FW | Dmitri Kortava | Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | Undisclosed |
  | 16 August 2016 | FW | Yuriy Fomenko | Inter Baku | Free |
  | 26 August 2016 | DF | Marat Butuyev | Tskhinvali | Undisclosed |
  | 1 January 2017 | MF | Mher Sahakyan | Ararat Yerevan | Undisclosed |
  | 1 January 2017 | FW | Gevorg Nranyan | Ararat Yerevan | Undisclosed |
  | 25 January 2017 | FW | Narek Beglaryan | Zhetysu | Undisclosed |
  | 14 February 2017 | DF | Danijel Stojković | Radnik Surdulica | Undisclosed |
  | 14 February 2017 | FW | Uroš Nenadović | Radnik Surdulica | Undisclosed |
  | 21 February 2017 | FW | Lester Peltier | Maasmechelen | Undisclosed |
  | 28 February 2017 | MF | Zaven Badoyan | Gomel | Undisclosed |
  | 28 February 2017 | MF | Sasa Filipovic | Napredak Kruševac | Undisclosed |
  | 28 February 2017 | FW | Atsamaz Burayev | Banants | Undisclosed |
  
  ### Out
  
  | Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 July 2016 | MF | Davit Minasyan | Kotayk | Undisclosed |
  | 1 July 2016 | FW | Vardan Bakalyan | Gandzasar Kapan | Undisclosed |
  | 2 August 2016 | MF | Aram Bareghamyan | Banants | Undisclosed |
  | 3 August 2016 | DF | Artur Avagyan | Banants | Undisclosed |
  | 31 August 2016 | DF | Gevorg Poghosyan | Ararat Yerevan | Undisclosed |
  | 31 August 2016 | MF | Rafael Ghazaryan | Ararat Yerevan | Undisclosed |
  | 31 August 2016 | MF | Aram Loretsyan | Ararat Yerevan | Undisclosed |
  | 31 August 2016 | MF | Marat Daudov | Ararat Yerevan | Undisclosed |
  | 17 January 2017 | MF | Aram Hovsepyan | Ararat Yerevan | Undisclosed |
  | 16 March 2017 | MF | Anton Savin | Sumy | Undisclosed |
  | 1 January 2017 | MF | Karen Muradyan | Gällivare Malmbergets | Undisclosed |
  | 1 January 2017 | FW | Norayr Gyozalyan | Banants | Undisclosed |
  | 26 January 2017 | DF | Aleksandar Tasić | Novi Pazar | Undisclosed |
  | 24 February 2017 | DF | Marat Butuyev | Kolomna | Undisclosed |
  
  ### Released
  
  | Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 13 July 2016 | DF | Gagik Poghosyan | Virgen del Camino | 25 November 2016 |
  | 16 August 2016 | FW | Dmitri Kortava | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 16 August 2016 |
  | 31 December 2016 | GK | Samvel Melkonyan | Retired | Retired |
  | 31 December 2016 | MF | Arsen Balabekyan | Retired | Retired |
  | 22 March 2017 | FW | Yuriy Fomenko | Poltava | 13 July 2017 |
  | 2 June 2017 | MF | Irakli Kvekveskiri | Ararat Moscow | |
  | 30 June 2017 | MF | Sasa Filipović | Borac Čačak | |
  | 30 June 2017 | FW | Narek Beglaryan | | |
  | 30 June 2017 | FW | Atsamaz Burayev | Zhetysu | 5 July 2017 |
  
  ## 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: 31 May 2017. Source: See Results
  
  **Table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Alashkert (C) | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 59 | 26 | +33 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
  | 2 | Gandzasar Kapan | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
  | 3 | Shirak | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
  | 4 | Pyunik | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 45 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
  | 5 | Banants | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 44 | −26 | 21 | |
  | 6 | Ararat Yerevan | 30 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 53 | −36 | 12 | |
  
  * ↑ Shirak qualified for Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Armenian Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.
  
  ## Statistics
  
      As of match played 31 May 2017
  
  ### Appearances and goals
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | Supercup | Supercup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | 1 | GK | ARM | Gevorg Kasparov | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | 2 | DF | UKR | Dmytro Khovbosha | 22 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 3 | DF | ARM | Andranik Voskanyan | 28 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 4 | MF | SRB | Sasa Filipović | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 5 | DF | SRB | Danijel Stojković | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 6 | DF | ARM | Ararat Arakelyan | 18 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 7 | FW | ARM | Mihran Manasyan | 31 | 13 | 24+3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 8 | DF | ARM | Gagik Daghbashyan | 24 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 9 | MF | ARM | Artak Dashyan | 33 | 6 | 19+8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
  | 10 | MF | ARM | Khoren Veranyan | 27 | 1 | 12+11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
  | 11 | MF | GEO | Irakli Kvekveskiri | 28 | 1 | 18+7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 12 | FW | RUS | Atsamaz Burayev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 13 | MF | ARM | Benik Hovhannisyan | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 15 | MF | SRB | Uroš Nenadović | 11 | 4 | 10+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 17 | DF | ARM | Artak Yedigaryan | 34 | 13 | 27+1 | 13 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | 19 | DF | ARM | Vahagn Minasyan | 29 | 4 | 22+1 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
  | 20 | MF | ARM | Artur Yedigaryan | 33 | 6 | 12+15 | 4 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 |
  | 21 | MF | ARM | Artak Grigoryan | 32 | 1 | 24+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | 22 | MF | ARM | Zaven Badoyan | 7 | 3 | 3+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 77 | FW | TRI | Lester Peltier | 10 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 93 | GK | ARM | Arsen Beglaryan | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | DF | ARM | Alen Hambartsumyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | DF | ARM | Mikayel Khashmanyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | FW | ARM | Narek Beglaryan | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | FW | ARM | Gevorg Nranyan | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Players who left Alashkert during the season: ||||||||||||||
  | 4 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Tasić | 15 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | 5 | MF | ARM | Karen Muradyan | 13 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | ARM | Rafael Ghazaryan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
  | 11 | FW | ARM | Arsen Balabekyan | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 12 | MF | ARM | Artur Avagyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 12 | FW | UKR | Yuriy Fomenko | 18 | 3 | 4+11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 13 | DF | ARM | Gevorg Poghosyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  | 14 | DF | ARM | Aram Bareghamyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 14 | MF | ARM | Samvel Melkonyan | 7 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
  | 18 | DF | RUS | Marat Butuyev | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 18 | MF | UKR | Anton Savin | 9 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  | 22 | FW | ARM | Norayr Gyozalyan | 15 | 3 | 6+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 2 |
  | | MF | ARM | Aram Hovsepyan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  
  ### Goal scorers
  
  | Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Supercup | UEFA Champions League | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | FW | 7 | Mihran Manasyan | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
  | 2 | DF | 17 | Artak Yedigaryan | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
  | 3 | MF | 9 | Artak Dashyan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
  | 3 | MF | 20 | Artur Yedigaryan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
  | 5 | MF | 15 | Uroš Nenadović | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
  | 5 | DF | 19 | Vahagn Minasyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
  | 5 | MF | 17 | Own goal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
  | 8 | MF | 22 | Zaven Badoyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
  | 8 | FW | 12 | Yuriy Fomenko | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
  | 8 | FW | 22 | Norayr Gyozalyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
  | 11 | MF | 11 | Irakli Kvekveskiri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | MF | 10 | Khoren Veranyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | MF | 21 | Artak Grigoryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | DF | 6 | Ararat Arakelyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | FW | | Narek Beglaryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | FW | | Gevorg Nranyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | | | | TOTALS | 59 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 65 |
  
  ### Clean sheets
  
  | Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Supercup | UEFA Champions League | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | GK | 92 | Arsen Beglaryan | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
  | 2 | GK | 1 | Gevorg Kasparov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
  | | | | TOTALS | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
  
  ### Disciplinary Record
  
  | Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | Supercup | Supercup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | DF | Dmytro Khovbosha | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
  | 3 | DF | Andranik Voskanyan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
  | 4 | DF | Sasa Filipović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 6 | DF | Ararat Arakelyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 7 | FW | Mihran Manasyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
  | 8 | DF | Gagik Daghbashyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | 10 | MF | Khoren Veranyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  | 11 | MF | Irakli Kvekveskiri | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
  | 13 | MF | Benik Hovhannisyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 17 | DF | Artak Yedigaryan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | 19 | DF | Vahagn Minasyan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
  | 20 | MF | Artur Yedigaryan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
  | 21 | MF | Artak Grigoryan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
  | 77 | FW | Lester Peltier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 93 | GK | Arsen Beglaryan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | Players who left Alashkert during the season: ||||||||||||||
  | 4 | DF | Aleksandar Tasić | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
  | 5 | MF | Karen Muradyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 11 | FW | Arsen Balabekyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 12 | FW | Yuriy Fomenko | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 13 | DF | Gevorg Poghosyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 14 | DF | Aram Bareghamyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 22 | FW | Norayr Gyozalyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | | | TOTALS | 59 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 76 | 2 |
  