FC Alashkert
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Football Club Alashkert (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Ալաշկերտ, romanized: Futbolayin 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.
Full name | Football Club Alashkert | ||
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Nickname(s) | Դեղինները (The Yellows) | ||
Founded | 1990; 34 years ago (1990) | ||
Ground | Alashkert Stadium | ||
Capacity | 6,850 | ||
Owner | Bagrat Navoyan | ||
President | Bagrat Navoyan | ||
Manager | Abraham Khashmanyan | ||
League | Armenian Premier League | ||
2023–24 | 5th of 10 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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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 Bagrat Navoyan, a businessman and founder of Bagratour LLC, and have a cooperation agreement with the Brazilian club Botafogo since August 2017.[2]