| Club: | Alashkert |
| Season: | 2020-21 |
| Manager: | Yegishe Melikyan Abraham Khashmanyan Aleksandr Grigoryan |
| Chairman: | Bagrat Navoyan |
| Stadium: | Alashkert Stadium |
| League: | Premier League |
| League Result: | Champions |
| Cup1: | Armenian Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Runners Up |
| Cup3: | Europa League |
| Cup3 Result: | First qualifying round vs Renova |
| League Topscorer: | David Davidyan (5) |
| Season Topscorer: | Two Players (7) |
| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
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The 2020–21 season was Alashkert's ninth season in the Armenian Premier League and fourteenth overall. Alashkert finished the season as Champions for the first time since 2017–18. Alashkert where also Runners Up in the Armenian Cup and where knocked out of the UEFA Europa League by Renova at the first qualifying round.
On 27 July, Alashkert announced that Henri Avagyan, Aleksandar Miljković, Nikita Baranov and Hayk Ishkhanyan had left the club after their contracts had been terminated by mutual consent, whilst Ognjen Čančarević, Tiago Cametá and Thiago Galvão had all extended their contract with the club.[1] On the same day, Alashkert announced the signing of Grigor Aghekyan to a two-year contract from Gandzasar Kapan.[2]
On 29 July, Alashkert announced the signing of Perdigão.[3]
On 2 August, Edgar Manucharyan announced his retirement from football,[4] and Alashkert announced the signing of Ihor Honchar.[5]
On 7 August, Alashkert announced the signing of Aghvan Papikyan from Chojniczanka Chojnice.[6]
On 12 August, Alashkert announced the signing of Rumyan Hovsepyan after his contract with Arda Kardzhali had expired.[7]
On 4 September, after less than a month with the club, Aghvan Papikyan left the club to join Ararat Yerevan.[8]
On 23 September, goalkeeper Andrija Dragojević Alashkert, having previously signed for the club in 2018, from Pyunik where his contract had expired.[9]
On 29 September, the season was suspended indefinitely due to the escalating 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[10] On 13 October, the FFA announced that the season would resume on 17 October.[11]
On 17 October, Alashkert announced the signing of Marko Tomić.[12]
On 22 October, Alashkert's match against Ararat Yerevan was postponed due to 4 positive COVID-19 cases within the Alashkert team.[13] A week later, their game against Ararat-Armenia was also postponed due to the positive COVID-19 cases.[14]
On 5 January, Alashkert terminated their contract with head coach Yegishe Melikyan by mutual consent,[15] with Abraham Khashmanyan being appointed as his replacement on 7 January.[16]
On 14 January, Alashkert announced the signing of David Yurchenko.[17]
On 2 February, Alashkert announced that Risto Mitrevski had returned to the club having previously left the club in October.[18]
On 9 February, Alashkert announced the signing of Didier Kadio,[19] with Mihailo Jovanović signing from Valletta the following day.[20] On 11 February, Alashkert announced the signing of Dejan Boljević from Taraz.[21]
On 12 February, Branko Mihajlović signed for Alashkert from Mačva Šabac.[22]
On 21 February, Alashkert announced the signings of Gevorg Kasparov, Ashot Kocharyan, Vaspurak Minasyan, Davit Minasyan and Mihran Manasyan.[23]
On 9 March, Alashkert announced the signing of Vincent Bezecourt who'd last played for Miami.[24]
On 9 April, Alashkert's match against Shirak was postponed as Alashkert were unable to travel to Gyumri due to protests.[25] The following day, the match was rearranged for 11 April.[26]
On 20 May, Abraham Khashmanyan left his role as Head Coach by mutual consent, with Aleksandr Grigoryan being announced as his replacement the same day.[27]
| Number | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | David Yurchenko |  | GK | 1986 3, df=yes | Shakhter Karagandy | 2021 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Ognjen Čančarević |  | GK | 1989 9, df=yes | Radnik Surdulica | 2018 | 103 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Gevorg Kasparov | | GK | 1980 7, df=yes | Shirak | 2021 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Tiago Cametá |  | DF | 1992 5, df=yes | Vila Nova | 2019 | 59 | 0 | ||
| 3 | Taron Voskanyan | | DF | 1993 2, df=yes | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 2018 | 105 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Mihailo Jovanović | | DF | 1989 2, df=yes | Valletta | 2021 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Didier Kadio |  | DF | 1990 4, df=yes | Al-Hilal | 2021 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Gagik Daghbashyan | | DF | 1990 10, df=yes | MFK Ružomberok | 2016 | 142 | 1 | ||
| 15 | Vaspurak Minasyan | | DF | 1994 6, df=yes | Gandzasar Kapan | 2021 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 33 | Dejan Boljević |  | DF | 1990 5, df=yes | Taraz | 2021 | 17 | 1 | ||
| 94 | Ashot Kocharyan | | DF | 1999 7, df=yes | Gandzasar Kapan | 2021 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 7 | Wangu Gome |  | MF | 1993 2, df=yes | Cape Umoya United | 2020 | 38 | 4 | ||
| 9 | Rumyan Hovsepyan | | MF | 1991 11, df=yes | Arda Kardzhali | 2020 | 25 | 2 | ||
| 11 | Davit Minasyan | | MF | 1993 3, df=yes | Gandzasar Kapan | 2021 | ||||
| 16 | Vincent Bezecourt |  | MF | 1993 6, df=yes | Miami | 2021 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 19 | Pape Camara |  | MF | 1991 9, df=yes | Urartu | 2019 | 30 | 2 | ||
| 21 | Artak Grigoryan | | MF | 1987 10, df=yes | Mika | 2015 | 183 | 5 | ||
| 96 | Erik Soghomonyan | | MF | 1999 4, df=yes | Youth team | 2020 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 97 | David Davidyan |  | MF | 1997 12, df=yes | Ararat Yerevan | 2020 | 26 | 7 | ||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 10 | Aleksandar Glišić |  | FW | 1992 9, df=yes | Urartu | 2020 | 49 | 18 | ||
| 20 | Thiago Galvão | | FW | 1989 8, df=yes | Floriana | 2019 | 54 | 14 | ||
| 27 | Mihran Manasyan | | FW | 1989 1, df=yes | Van | 2021 | ||||
| 77 | Grigor Aghekyan | | FW | 1996 4, df=yes | Gandzasar Kapan | 2020 | 2022 | 15 | 0 | |
| 88 | Sunday Ingbede | FW | 1998 4, df=yes | Lori | 2020 | 14 | 1 | |||
| 98 | Branko Mihajlović | | FW | 1991 2, df=yes | Mačva Šabac | 2021 | 14 | 1 | ||
| 99 | Nikita Tankov | | FW | 1996 9, df=yes | Dnepr Smolensk | 2019 | 57 | 9 | ||
| Away on loan | ||||||||||
| Left during the season | ||||||||||
| 1 | Gor Manukyan | | GK | 1993 9, df=yes | Pyunik | 2019 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Risto Mitrevski |  | DF | 1991 10, df=yes | Alashkert | 2021 | 18 | 2 | ||
| 5 | Arman Sargsyan | | MF | 1997 7, df=yes | Youth team | 2019 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Vahagn Hayrapetyan | | MF | 1997 6, df=yes | Pyunik | 2019 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 15 | Bryan | | DF | 1992 3, df=yes | CRB | 2020 | 22 | 2 | ||
| 16 | Marko Tomić | | DF | 1991 10, df=yes | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2020 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 23 | David Gatikoyev | | FW | 1993 9, df=yes | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 2020 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 25 | Andrija Dragojević | | GK | 1991 12, df=yes | Pyunik | 2020 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Gor Poghosyan | | DF | 1988 6, df=yes | Ararat Yerevan | 2019 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 27 | Ghukas Poghosyan | | FW | 1994 2, df=yes | Van | 2020 | 27 | 4 | ||
| 33 | Ihor Honchar |  | DF | 1993 1, df=yes | Lviv | 2020 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 88 | Perdigão | | FW | 1991 7, df=yes | Boavista | 2020 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 94 | Aghvan Papikyan | | MF | 1994 2, df=yes | Chojniczanka Chojnice | 2020 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 96 | Eduard Avagyan | | MF | 1996 3, df=yes | Pyunik | 2019 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 98 | Hayk Galstyan | | MF | 1998 3, df=yes | 2020 | 2 | 0 | |||
See main article: List of Armenian football transfers summer 2020 and List of Armenian football transfers winter 2020–21.
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2020 | MF | | David Davidyan | Ararat Yerevan | Free | ||
| 27 July 2020 | FW | | Grigor Aghekyan | Gandzasar Kapan | Undisclosed | ||
| 29 July 2020 | FW | | Perdigão | Unattached | Free | ||
| 2 August 2020 | DF | | Ihor Honchar | Lviv | Undisclosed | ||
| 7 August 2020 | MF | | Aghvan Papikyan | Chojniczanka Chojnice | Undisclosed | ||
| 12 August 2020 | MF | | Rumyan Hovsepyan | Arda Kardzhali | Free | ||
| 17 September 2020 | FW | | Ghukas Poghosyan | Van | Free | ||
| 23 September 2020 | GK | | Andrija Dragojević | Pyunik | Free | ||
| 17 October 2020 | DF | | Marko Tomić | Irtysh Pavlodar | Free | ||
| 14 January 2021 | GK | | David Yurchenko | Shakhter Karagandy | Undisclosed | ||
| 2 February 2021 | DF | | Risto Mitrevski | Alashkert | Free | ||
| 9 February 2021 | DF | | Didier Kadio | Al-Hilal | Undisclosed | ||
| 10 February 2021 | DF | | Mihailo Jovanović | Valletta | Undisclosed | ||
| 11 February 2021 | DF | | Dejan Boljević | Taraz | Undisclosed | ||
| 12 February 2021 | FW | | Branko Mihajlović | Mačva Šabac | Undisclosed | ||
| 21 February 2021 | GK | | Gevorg Kasparov | Shirak | Free | ||
| 21 February 2021 | DF | | Ashot Kocharyan | Gandzasar Kapan | Free | ||
| 21 February 2021 | DF | | Vaspurak Minasyan | Gandzasar Kapan | Free | ||
| 21 February 2021 | MF | | Davit Minasyan | Gandzasar Kapan | Free | ||
| 21 February 2021 | FW | | Mihran Manasyan | Van | Free | ||
| 9 March 2021 | MF | | Vincent Bezecourt | Miami | Free |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2020 | MF | | Eduard Avagyan | Gandzasar Kapan | Undisclosed | [29] | |
| 4 September 2020 | MF | | Aghvan Papikyan | Ararat Yerevan | Undisclosed | ||
| 27 October 2020 | FW | | Perdigão | Cuiabá | Undisclosed | [30] | |
| 26 January 2021 | DF | | Ihor Honchar | Pyunik | Undisclosed | [31] | |
| 3 February 2021 | DF | | Marko Tomić | Napredak Kruševac | Undisclosed | [32] | |
| 5 February 2021 | DF | | Bryan | Atyrau | Undisclosed |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 July 2020 | DF | | Hayk Ishkhanyan | Gandzasar Kapan | 21 July 2020 | [33] | |
| 27 July 2020 | GK | | Henri Avagyan | Van | 5 August 2020 | [34] | |
| 27 July 2020 | DF | | Aleksandar Miljković | Partizan | 3 September 2020 | [35] | |
| 27 July 2020 | DF |  | Nikita Baranov | Karmiotissa | |||
| 1 August 2020 | DF | | Gor Poghosyan | West Armenia | 1 August 2021 | ||
| 2 August 2020 | FW | | Edgar Manucharyan | Retired | |||
| 1 October 2020 | MF | | Arman Sargsyan | West Armenia | 1 October 2021 | ||
| 1 October 2020 | FW | | David Gatikoyev | ||||
| 5 October 2020 | DF | | Risto Mitrevski | Alashkert | 2 February 2021 | ||
| 31 December 2020 | GK | | Gor Manukyan | Lori | 19 February 2021 | ||
| 31 December 2020 | GK | | Andrija Dragojević | Dečić | |||
| 31 December 2020 | MF | | Vigen Avetisyan | ||||
| 31 December 2020 | MF | | Vahagn Hayrapetyan | ||||
| 31 December 2020 | FW | | Ghukas Poghosyan | Lori | 17 February 2021 | [36] | |
| 9 February 2021 | DF | | Risto Mitrevski | Sabah | |||
| 31 May 2020 | MF | | Davit Minasyan | Noravank | |||
| 31 May 2020 | MF | | Pape Camara | Al-Qous | |||
| 31 May 2020 | FW | | Mihran Manasyan | ||||
| 31 May 2020 | FW | | Thiago Galvão | Pyunik | 17 January 2022 | [37] | |
| 31 May 2020 | FW | Sunday Ingbede | Noravank | 14 September 2021 | [38] | ||
See main article: 2020–21 Armenian Premier League.
See main article: 2020–21 Armenian Cup.
See main article: 2020-21 UEFA Europa League.
See main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round.
|-|colspan="16"|Players away on loan:|-|colspan="16"|Players who left Alashkert during the season:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=200 | Premier League | width=200 | Armenian Cup | width=200 | UEFA Europa League | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF | | 97 | David Davidyan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| FW | | 10 | Aleksandar Glišić | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3 | MF | | 7 | Wangu Gome | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 4 | FW | | 99 | Nikita Tankov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 5 | FW | | 20 | Thiago Galvão | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| DF | | 3 | Taron Voskanyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 9 | Rumyan Hovsepyan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | | 21 | Artak Grigoryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| FW | | 98 | Branko Mihajlović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 16 | Vincent Bezecourt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| DF | | 33 | Dejan Boljević | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| DF | | 15 | Bryan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 19 | Pape Camara | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| DF | | 8 | Gagik Daghbashyan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| FW | 88 | Sunday Ingbede | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| FW | | 27 | Mihran Manasyan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Awarded | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 25 | 14 | 0 | 39 | |||||||||||||
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=200 | Premier League | width=200 | Armenian Cup | width=200 | UEFA Europa League | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | | 22 | Ognjen Čančarević | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| 2 | GK | | 1 | David Yurchenko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 3 | GK | | 25 | Andrija Dragojević | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| TOTALS | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | UEFA Europa League | Total | ||||||
| 2 | | DF | Tiago Cametá | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | DF | Taron Voskanyan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | DF | Mihailo Jovanović | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 5 | | DF | Didier Kadio | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | MF | Wangu Gome | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | DF | Gagik Daghbashyan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9 | | MF | Rumyan Hovsepyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 10 | | FW | Aleksandar Glišić | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | DF | Vaspurak Minasyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | MF | Vincent Bezecourt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | FW | Thiago Galvão | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | MF | Artak Grigoryan | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | GK | Ognjen Čančarević | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 27 | | FW | Mihran Manasyan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 77 | | FW | Grigor Aghekyan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 88 | FW | Sunday Ingbede | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 96 | | MF | Erik Soghomonyan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 97 | | MF | David Davidyan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Players who left Alashkert during the season: | |||||||||||||
| 4 | | DF | Risto Mitrevski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | DF | Bryan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | DF | Marko Tomić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | GK | Andrija Dragojević | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 33 | | DF | Ihor Honchar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 88 | | FW | Perdigão | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| TOTALS | 55 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 76 | 5 | |||||