The 2017–18 season was Alashkert's sixth season in the

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and eleventh overall. Alashkert were defending Premier League champions, having won the title the previous season. Domestically, Alashkert finished the season as Champions for the third season in a row, six-points ahead of second placed Banants, whilst they were beaten in the final of the

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by Gandzasar Kapan on penalties. In Europe, Alashkert reached the Second qualifying round of the Champions League for the second season in a row, where they were knocked out by

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Season events

In December 2017, Alashkert entered into partnerships with Brazilian clubs

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and

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. On 13 December 2017,

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, Zaven Badoyan, Darko Tofiloski,

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and

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all left the club after their contracts were cancelled by mutual consent. On 8 February 2018, Alashkert announced the signing of Brazilian midfielder Odaílson to a long-term contract from Ferroviária. A day later, 9 February, Aleksandr Shcherbakov and Sergey Serchenkov both joined Alashkert on loan from Ural Yekaterinburg for the remainder of the season. February 14th saw Brazilian Alan Pires, join Alashkert on an 18-month contract with the club after leaving

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, with former Montenegro youth team international goalkeeper

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joining on 20 February from

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. At the start of March 2018, Dragojević, Pires and Odaílson, all joined

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on loan for the remainder of the season, whilst Miljan Jablan left the club by mutual consent. At the beginning of April 2018, Abraham Khashmanyan resigned as manager with Varuzhan Sukiasyan being appointed as his replacement. On 16 May, Alashkert played against Gandzasar Kapan in their first

final. After the game ended 0-0 in regular time, goals from Mihran Manasyan and

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saw the game end 1-1 after extra time, going to penalties which Gandzasar Kapan won 4-3.

Squad

Out on loan

Transfers

In

Loans in

Loans out

Released

Competitions

Supercup

Premier League

Results summary

Results

Table

Armenian Cup

Final

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

References

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