2019–20 FC Alashkert season explained

Club:	Alashkert
Season:	2019-20
Manager:	Abraham Khashmanyan Armen Adamyan Yegishe Melikyan
Chairman:	Bagrat Navoyan
Stadium:	Alashkert Stadium
League Topscorer:	Gustavo Marmentini (9)
Season Topscorer:	Gustavo Marmentini (12)
Prevseason:	2018–19
Nextseason:	2020–21

The 2019–20 season was Alashkert's eighth season in the Armenian Premier League and thirteenth overall. After the season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia, Alashkert finished third in the League, reached the quarterfinals of the Armenian Cup and were runners-up in the Armenian Supercup. In Europe Alashkert were knocked out of the Europa League in the second qualifying round by FCSB.

Season events

On 4 September, manager Abraham Khashmanyan was fired, with Armen Adamyan being appointed as the clubs caretaker manager.^[1]

On 12 March 2020, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that all Armenian Premier League games had been postponed until 23 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia.^[2]

On 28 June, Yegishe Melikyan was appointed as manager.^[3]

Squad

^[4]

Number	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Henri Avagyan		GK	2020 7, df=yes	Banants	2018		12	0
31	Gor Manukyan		GK	2020 7, df=yes	Pyunik	2019		0	0
55	Ognjen Čančarević		GK	2020 7, df=yes	Radnik Surdulica	2018		81	0
Defenders
2	Aleksandar Miljković		DF	2020 7, df=yes	Miedź Legnica	2019		14	0
3	Taron Voskanyan		DF	2020 7, df=yes	Nea Salamis Famagusta	2018		77	1
5	Nikita Baranov		DF	2020 7, df=yes	Beroe Stara Zagora	2019		23	0
8	Gagik Daghbashyan		DF	2020 7, df=yes	MFK Ružomberok	2016		126	0
14	Risto Mitrevski		DF	2020 7, df=yes	Enosis Neon Paralimni	2020		12	2
18	Tiago Cametá		DF	2020 7, df=yes	Vila Nova	2019		31	0
20	Bryan		DF	2020 7, df=yes	CRB	2020		10	1
22	Hayk Ishkhanyan		DF	2020 7, df=yes	Zhetysu	2020		36	1
25	Gor Poghosyan		DF	2020 7, df=yes	Ararat Yerevan	2019		2	0
Midfielders
4	Arman Sargsyan		MF	2020 7, df=yes	Youth team	2019		1	0
6	Pape Abdou Camara		MF	2020 7, df=yes	Urartu	2019		10	1
7	Wangu Gome		MF	2020 7, df=yes	Cape Umoya United	2020		11	0
10	Gustavo Marmentini		MF	2020 7, df=yes	loan from Athletico Paranaense	2018		56	17
11	Vahagn Hayrapetyan		MF	2020 7, df=yes	Pyunik	2019		27	1
12	Hayk Galstyan		MF	2020 7, df=yes		2020		1	0
21	Artak Grigoryan		MF	2020 7, df=yes	Mika	2015		157	4
24	Eduard Avagyan		MF	2020 7, df=yes	Pyunik	2019		4	2
Forwards
9	Thiago Galvão		FW	2020 7, df=yes	Floriana	2019		33	12
15	Aleksandar Glišić		FW	2020 7, df=yes	Urartu	2020		25	11
17	Sunday Ingbede		FW	2020 7, df=yes	on loan from Lori	2020		2	0
19	Nikita Tankov		FW	2020 7, df=yes	Dnepr Smolensk	2019		34	6
23	David Gatikoyev		FW	2020 7, df=yes	Spartak Vladikavkaz	2020		7	1
77	Edgar Manucharyan		FW	2020 7, df=yes	Pyunik	2020		31	3
Away on loan
Left during the season
4	Mladen Zeljković		DF	2020 7, df=yes	Radnik Bijeljina	2017		50	3
6	Artur Yedigaryan		MF	2020 7, df=yes	Proleter Novi Sad	2019		116	18
7	Mihran Manasyan		FW	2020 7, df=yes	Mika	2019
12	David Ghandilyan		FW	2020 7, df=yes	Shirak	2019		3	1
13	Artur Avahimyan		MF	2020 7, df=yes	Arsenal Kyiv	2019		3	0
13	Victor Mudrac		DF	2020 7, df=yes	Petrocub Hîncești	2020		1	0
14	Sargis Shahinyan		MF	2020 7, df=yes	Ararat Yerevan	2018		24	3
17	Ghukas Poghosyan		MF	2020 7, df=yes	Gorodeya	2018		24	4
23	Kirill Aloyan		DF	2020 7, df=yes	Zenit-2 St.Petersburg	2019		3	0
77	Gegham Kadymyan		FW	2020 7, df=yes	Arsenal Kyiv	2019		8	1
	Akhmed Jindoyan		FW	2020 7, df=yes	Mika	2016		1	0

Transfers

See main article: List of Armenian football transfers summer 2019 and List of Armenian football transfers winter 2019–20.

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Summer 2019	FW		David Ghandilyan	Shirak	Undisclosed
21 June 2019	DF		Hayk Ishkhanyan	Lori	Free	^[5]
5 July 2019	DF		Gor Poghosyan	Ararat Yerevan	Undisclosed	^[6]
5 July 2019	DF		Aram Shakhnazaryan	Shirak	Undisclosed
5 July 2019	MF		Vahagn Hayrapetyan	Pyunik	Undisclosed
5 July 2019	MF		Sargis Shahinyan	Ararat Yerevan	Undisclosed
5 July 2019	FW		Mihran Manasyan	Gandzasar Kapan	Undisclosed
5 July 2019	FW		Vardan Pogosyan	Banants	Undisclosed
7 July 2019	FW		Thiago Galvão	Floriana	Undisclosed	^[7]
8 July 2019	DF		Tiago Cametá	Vila Nova	Undisclosed	^[8]
9 July 2019	FW		Gegham Kadymyan	Arsenal Kyiv	Undisclosed	^[9]
10 July 2019	MF		Artur Avahimyan	Arsenal Kyiv	Undisclosed	^[10]
19 August 2019	DF		Kirill Aloyan	Zenit-2 St.Petersburg	Free	^[11]
21 August 2019	FW		Aleksandar Glišić	Urartu	Free	^[12]
25 August 2019	DF		Nikita Baranov	Beroe Stara Zagora	Undisclosed	^[13]
26 August 2019	GK		Gor Manukyan	Pyunik	Undisclosed	^[14]
26 August 2019	MF		Eduard Avagyan	Pyunik	Undisclosed
26 August 2019	MF		Artur Yedigaryan	Proleter Novi Sad	Undisclosed
28 August 2019	DF		Aleksandar Miljković	Miedź Legnica	Undisclosed	^[15]
11 December 2019	MF		Pape Abdou Camara	Urartu	Undisclosed	^[16]
6 February 2020	FW		David Gatikoyev	Spartak Vladikavkaz	Undisclosed	^[17]
27 February 2020	DF		Risto Mitrevski	Enosis Neon Paralimni	Undisclosed	^[18]
28 February 2020	DF		Bryan	CRB	Undisclosed	^[19]
1 March 2020	DF		Victor Mudrac	Petrocub Hîncești	Undisclosed	^[20]
2 March 2020	MF		Wangu Gome	Cape Umoya United	Undisclosed	^[21]
4 March 2020	DF		Hayk Ishkhanyan	Zhetysu	Free	^[22]
4 March 2020	FW		Edgar Manucharyan	Pyunik	Free

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
7 July 2018	MF		Gustavo Marmentini	Athletico Paranaense B	End of season	^[23]
22 June 2018	MF		Danilo Sekulić	Debreceni	31 July 2019	^[24]
22 January 2020	FW		Sunday Ingbede	Lori	End of season	^[25]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref
4 August 2019^[26]	DF		Hrayr Mkoyan	Shirak
9 December 2019^[27]	DF		Mladen Zeljković	Čelik Zenica	26 January 2020	^[28]
9 December 2019	MF		Ghukas Poghosyan	Van	16 February 2020
9 December 2019	MF		Sargis Shahinyan	Lori	8 February 2020	^[29]
9 December 2019	MF		Artur Yedigaryan	Retired
9 December 2019	FW		David Ghandilyan	Lori	9 February 2020	^[30]
9 December 2019	FW		Gegham Kadymyan	Neman Grodno
9 December 2019	FW		Mihran Manasyan	Lori	1 March 2020	^[31]
24 January 2020^[32]	DF		Hayk Ishkhanyan	Zhetysu
31 January 2020^[33]	MF		Artur Avahimyan	Chornomorets Odesa
31 December 2020	DF		Kirill Aloyan	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
31 December 2020	FW		Akhmed Jindoyan
10 July 2020	DF		Victor Mudrac	Slavia Mozyr	10 July 2020

Competitions

Supercup

See main article: Armenian Supercup.

Premier League

See main article: 2019–20 Armenian Premier League.

Regular season

Table

Championship round

Table

Armenian Cup

See main article: 2019–20 Armenian Cup.

UEFA Europa League

See main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

|-|colspan="16"|Players away on loan:|-|colspan="16"|Players who left Alashkert during the season:|}

Goal scorers

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1	MF		10	Gustavo Marmentini	11	0	1	2	14
2	FW		9	Thiago Galvão	8	2	0	2	12
3	FW		15	Aleksandar Glišić	11	0	0	0	11
4	FW		19	Nikita Tankov	4	0	0	1	5
5	FW		7	Mihran Manasyan	3	0	1	0	4
6	MF		24	Eduard Avagyan	2	1	0	0	3
7	MF		14	Sargis Shahinyan	2	0	0	0	2
	DF		14	Risto Mitrevski	2	0	0	0	2
9	MF		11	Vahagn Hayrapetyan	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		77	Gegham Kadymyan	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		23	David Gatikoyev	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		6	Pape Abdou Camara	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		20	Bryan	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		12	David Ghandilyan	0	1	0	0	1
	MF		17	Danilo Sekulić	0	0	0	1	1
	FW		15	Uroš Nenadović	0	0	0	1	1
	DF		3	Taron Voskanyan	0	0	0	1	1
				Own goal	0	0	0	1	1
				Awarded	3	0	0	0	3
				TOTALS	51	4	2	9	64

Clean sheets

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1	GK		55	Ognjen Čančarević	4	0	0	1	5
				TOTALS	4	0	0	1	5

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Armenian Cup		Armenian Supercup		Europa League		Total
1		GK	Henri Avagyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Aleksandar Miljković	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
3		DF	Taron Voskanyan	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	9	0
5		DF	Nikita Baranov	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2
7		MF	Wangu Gome	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
8		DF	Gagik Daghbashyan	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
9		FW	Thiago Galvão	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
10		MF	Gustavo Marmentini	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	4	1
11		MF	Vahagn Hayrapetyan	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1
15		FW	Aleksandar Glišić	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
18		DF	Tiago Cametá	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
19		FW	Nikita Tankov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
20		DF	Bryan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21		MF	Artak Grigoryan	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
22		DF	Hayk Ishkhanyan	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
55		GK	Ognjen Čančarević	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Players who left Alashkert during the season:
13		MF	Artur Avahimyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		MF	Sargis Shahinyan	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		MF	Danilo Sekulić	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
20		FW	Vardan Pogosyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23		DF	Kirill Aloyan	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
77		FW	Gegham Kadymyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	60	4	7	0	3	0	6	1	77	5

Notes and References

1. Web site: Պաշտոնական հայտարարություն . fcalashkert.am . FC Alashkert . 17 July 2020 . Armenian . 4 September 2019.
2. Web site: ՀՖՖ հովանու ներքո անցկացվող բոլոր մրցաշաշերը հետաձգվում են . ffa.am/ . Football Federation of Armenia . 13 March 2020 . Armenian . 13 March 2020.
3. Web site: Եղիշե Մելիքյանը' "Ալաշկերտի" գլխավոր մարզիչ . fcalashkert.am . FC Alashkert . 17 July 2020 . Armenian . 28 June 2020.
4. Web site: Հիմնական կազմ . fcalashkert.am/ . FC Alashkert . 26 February 2019 . Armenian . 11 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180811181508/http://fcalashkert.am/list/main-squad/ . dead .
5. Web site: Պաշտոնական հայտարարություն. Հայկ Իշխանյան . fcalashkert.am . FC Alashkert . 28 June 2019 . Armenian . 21 June 2019 . 3 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230403214422/http://fcalashkert.am/%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%BF%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6-%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6-%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AF-%D5%AB%D5%B7%D5%AD/ . dead .
6. Web site: Ալաշկերտի 6 նորեկները . fcalashkert.am . FC Alashkert . 8 July 2019 . Armenian . 5 July 2019.
7. Web site: Պաշտոնական հայտարարություն. Գալվաո . fcalashkert.am . FC Alashkert . 8 July 2019 . Armenian . 7 July 2019.
8. Web site: Պաշտոնական հայտարարություն. Տիագո Անդրադե . fcalashkert.am . FC Alashkert . 11 July 2019 . Armenian . 10 July 2019.
9. Web site: Պաշտոնական հայտարարություն. Գեղամ Կադիմյան . fcalashkert.am . FC Alashkert . 11 July 2019 . Armenian . 9 July 2019.
10. Web site: Պաշտոնական հայտարարություն. Արթուր Ավագիմյան . fcalashkert.am . FC Alashkert . 11 July 2019 . Armenian . 10 July 2019.
11. Web site: Պաշտոնական հայտարարություն. Կիրիլ Ալոյան . fcalashkert.am . FC Alashkert . 20 August 2019 . Armenian . 19 August 2019.
12. Web site: Պաշտոնական հայտարարություն. Ալեքսանդր Գլիշիչ . fcalashkert.am . FC Alashkert . 22 August 2019 . Armenian . 21 August 2019.
13. Web site: Էստոնիայի հավաքականի պաշտպանը համալրեց Ալաշկերտը . fcalashkert.am . FC Alashkert . 27 August 2019 . Armenian . 25 August 2019.
14. Web site: 3 նորեկ . fcalashkert.am . FC Alashkert . 27 August 2019 . Armenian . 26 August 2019.
15. Web site: Պարտիզանի, Բրագայի և Ամկարի նախկին ֆուտբոլիստը' Ալաշկերտում . fcalashkert.am . FC Alashkert . 2 September 2019 . Armenian . 28 August 2019 . 14 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191214232743/http://fcalashkert.am/%d5%ba%d5%a1%d6%80%d5%bf%d5%ab%d5%a6%d5%a1%d5%b6%d5%ab-%d5%a2%d6%80%d5%a1%d5%a3%d5%a1%d5%b5%d5%ab-%d6%87-%d5%a1%d5%b4%d5%af%d5%a1%d6%80%d5%ab-%d5%b6%d5%a1%d5%ad/ . dead .
16. Web site: ԱՌԱՋԻՆ ՆՈՐԵԿԸ . facebook.com . FC Alashkert Facebook . 12 December 2019 . Armenian . 11 December 2019.
17. Web site: Պաշտոնական հայտարարություն. Դավիթ Գատիկոև . fcalashkert.am . FC Alashkert . 6 February 2020 . Armenian . 6 February 2020.
18. Web site: Պաշտոնական հայտարարություն. Ռիստո Միտրևսկի . fcalashkert.am . FC Alashkert . 27 February 2020 . Armenian . 27 February 2020.
19. Web site: Պաշտոնական հայտարարություն. Բրիան Սիլվա Գարսիա . fcalashkert.am . FC Alashkert . 29 February 2020 . Armenian . 28 February 2020.
20. Web site: Պաշտոնական հայտարարություն. Վիկտոր Մուդրակ . fcalashkert.am . FC Alashkert . 1 March 2020 . Armenian . 1 March 2020.
21. Web site: Պաշտոնական հայտարարություն. Վանգու Բատիստա Գոմե . fcalashkert.am . FC Alashkert . 2 March 2020 . Armenian . 2 March 2020.
22. Web site: Պաշտոնական հայտարարություն. Իշխանյան, Մանուչարյան . fcalashkert.am . FC Alashkert . 5 March 2020 . Armenian . 4 March 2020 .
23. Web site: Ալաշկերտի նորեկները . fcalashkert.am/ . FC Alashkert . 10 July 2018 . Armenian . 7 July 2018 . 8 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210508204721/http://fcalashkert.am/%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%AF%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%AB-%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A8/ . dead .
24. Web site: Դանիլո Սեկուլիչը' "Ալաշկերտի" ֆուտբոլիստ . fcalashkert.am/ . FC Alashkert . 10 July 2018 . Armenian . 22 June 2018.
25. Web site: ՊԱՇՏՈՆԱԿԱՆ ՀԱՅՏԱՐԱՐՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ . facebook.com . FC Alashkert Facebook . 22 January 2020 . Armenian . 22 January 2020.
26. Web site: Պաշտոնական հայտարարություն. Հրայր Մկոյան . fcalashkert.am . FC Alashkert . 13 August 2019 . Armenian . 4 August 2019.
27. Web site: Պաշտոնական հայտարարություն . fcalashkert.am . FC Alashkert . 10 December 2019 . Armenian . 9 December 2019.
28. Web site: Mladen Zeljković umjesto u Radniku karijeru nastavlja u Čeliku. 26 January 2020. 26 January 2020. Bosnian. D. Kurbegović. sportsport.ba.
29. Web site: Սարգիս Շահինյանը տեղափոխվել է Լոռի . fclori.am . Lori FC . 8 February 2020 . Armenian . 8 February 2020 . 10 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200210065952/http://fclori.am/%D5%BD%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%BD-%D5%B7%D5%A1%D5%B0%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A8-%D5%BF%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%A1%D6%83%D5%B8%D5%AD%D5%BE%D5%A5%D5%AC-%D5%A7-%D5%AC%D5%B8%D5%BC%D5%AB/ . dead .
30. Web site: Դավիթ Ղանդիլյանը համալրել է Լոռին . fclori.am . Lori FC . 9 February 2020 . Armenian . 9 February 2020 . 10 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200210065837/http://fclori.am/%D5%A4%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%A9-%D5%B2%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A8-%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AC%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%AC-%D5%A7-%D5%AC%D5%B8%D5%BC%D5%AB%D5%B6/ . dead .
31. Web site: Միհրան Մանասյանը տեղափոխվեց Լոռի . fclori.am . Lori FC . 2 March 2020 . Armenian . 1 March 2020 . 8 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200808205617/http://fclori.am/%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%B0%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6-%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A8-%D5%BF%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%A1%D6%83%D5%B8%D5%AD%D5%BE%D5%A5%D6%81-%D5%AC%D5%B8%D5%BC%D5%AB/ . dead .
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