FC Alashkert

Alashkert
Ալաշկերտ
Full nameFootball Club Alashkert
Nickname(s)Դեղինները (The Yellows)
Founded1990; 34 years ago (1990)
GroundAlashkert Stadium
Capacity6,850
OwnerBagrat Navoyan
PresidentBagrat Navoyan
ManagerAbraham Khashmanyan
LeagueArmenian Premier League
2023–245th of 10
Websitehttp://fcalashkert.am/
Current season

Football Club Alashkert (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Ալաշկերտ, romanizedFutbolayin Akumb Alashkert), commonly known as Alashkert, is an Armenian football club based in the capital Yerevan, founded in 1990 in Martuni and after folding in 2000 re-founded in 2011. They currently play in the Armenian Premier League. The home stadium of the team is the Alashkert Stadium in Yerevan. The club headquarters are located on Saryan street 25, Yerevan.[1] Although based in Yerevan they are in fact named after the historic town of Alashkert in the Western Armenia, now Eleşkirt.

Alashkert have won the Armenian Premier League title on four occasions and the Armenian Cup once. The club has also won the Armenian Supercup three times.

They are owned by Bagret Navoyan, a businessman and founder of Bagretour LLC, and have a cooperation agreement with the Brazilian club Botafogo since August 2017.[2]

In 2021, Alashkert qualified for the 2021-22 UEFA Europa Conference League, become the first club from Armenia to qualify for a UEFA organsied club competition

  1. ^ "Clubs". www.ffa.am.
  2. ^ LLC, Helix Consulting. "Ալաշկերտը կհամագործակցի բրազիլական Բոտաֆոգո ակումբի հետ - Սպորտային լուրեր". www.armsport.am. Archived from the original on 2018-06-24. Retrieved 2017-08-05.