Valur women's handball

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]

Valur
Full nameKnattspyrnufélagið Valur
Short nameValur
Founded1948
ArenaOrigo-höllin (Origo arena)
Capacity2,000
Head coachÁgúst Þór Jóhannsson
LeagueÚrvalsdeild kvenna
2018-191st
Home
Away
Website
Official site

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

European record
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2004–05 EHF Cup R1 Önnereds HK 24–35 26–30 50–65
2005–06 Challenge Cup 1/8 HC Athinaikos Athens 37–29 24–26 61–55
1/4 LC Brühl Handball 25–21 32–27 57–48
1/2 CSU Tomis Constanța 35–28 25–37 60–65
2007–08 Challenge Cup R3 ŽORK Napredak Kruševac 40–18 34–20 74–38
1/8 RK Lasta Radnički Petrol Beograd 31–30 31–26 62–56
1/4 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 2019-20 season[4]

Notable players

References
  1. Hjörvar Ólafsson (28 April 2019). "Valur orðinn meistari". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  2. Valur Páll Eiríksson (9 March 2019). "Valskonur bikarmeistarar í sjöunda sinn". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  3. Bjarni Helgason (28 April 2019). "Valur Íslandsmeistari í sautjánda sinn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  4. "Valur". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
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