Valur (women's handball)
Valur | |||
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Full name | Knattspyrnufélagið Valur | ||
Short name | Valur | ||
Founded | 1948 | ||
Arena | Origo-höllin (Origo arena) | ||
Capacity | 2,000 | ||
Head coach | Ágúst Þór Jóhannsson | ||
League | Úrvalsdeild kvenna | ||
2020-21 | 2nd | ||
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Website Official site |
The Valur women's handball team, commonly known as Valur, is the women's handball department of the Knattspyrnufélagið Valur multi-sport club. It has won the Icelandic championship 17 times.[1]
History[]
In 2019, Valur won the Icelandic Cup for the 7th time[2] and the national championship for the 17th time, the later after beating Fram in the Úrvalsdeild finals 3-0.[3]
Titles[]
- Úrvalsdeild kvenna
- Winner (17) : 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1983, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2019
- Icelandic Women's Handball Cup
- Winner (7) : 1988, 1993, 2000, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019
European record[]
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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EHF Cup | Önnereds HK | 24–35 | 26–30 | 50–65 | ||
Challenge Cup | 37–29 | 24–26 | 61–55 | |||
LC Brühl Handball | 25–21 | 32–27 | 57–48 | |||
CSU Tomis Constanța | 35–28 | 25–37 | 60–65 | |||
Challenge Cup | ŽORK Napredak Kruševac | 40–18 | 34–20 | 74–38 | ||
RK Lasta Radnički Petrol Beograd | 31–30 | 31–26 | 62–56 | |||
Mérignac Handball | 24–23 | 30–36 | 54–58 | |||
2010–11 | EHF Cup | R1 | IUVENTA Michalovce | 26–21 | 30–30 | 56–51 |
R2 | VfL Oldenburg | 28–26 | 25–36 | 53–62 | ||
2012–13 | EHF Cup | R2 | Valencia Aicequip | 37–25 | 27–22 | 64–47 |
R3 | HC Zalău | 24–23 | 21–22 | 45–45 | ||
2018–19 | Challenge Cup | R3 | Virto / Quintus | 20–21 | 20–24 | 40–45 |
Team[]
Current squad[]
- Squad for the 2021-22 season[4]
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Notable players[]
- Anna Úrsúla Guðmundsdóttir
- Dagný Skúladóttir
- Dröfn Haraldsdóttir
- Guðný Jenny Ásmundsdóttir
- Hildigunnur Einarsdóttir
- Lovísa Thompson
- Ragnhildur Rósa Guðmundsdóttir
- Sandra Erlingsdóttir
- Þorgerður Anna Atladóttir
- Arna Sif Pálsdóttir
References[]
- ^ Hjörvar Ólafsson (28 April 2019). "Valur orðinn meistari". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ Valur Páll Eiríksson (9 March 2019). "Valskonur bikarmeistarar í sjöunda sinn". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ Bjarni Helgason (28 April 2019). "Valur Íslandsmeistari í sautjánda sinn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ "Valur". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
External links[]
Categories:
- Handball teams in Iceland
- Valur
- Valur (handball)
- Handball clubs established in 1948
- 1940s establishments in Iceland