Valur (women's handball)

Valur
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
2021-22	2nd
Home Away
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 (8) : 1988, 1993, 2000, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2022

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 2022-23 season^[4]

Goalkeepers 03 Sara Helgadóttir 12 Hrafnhildur Þorleifsdóttir 14 Saga Sif Gísládóttir Wingers RW 05 Karlotta Kjerulf Oskarsdóttir 19 Audur Ester Gestsdóttir LW 02 Sigriður Hauksdóttir 09 Lilja Ágústsdóttir 11 Hanna Ólafsdóttir 21 Berglind Gunnarsdóttir Line players 06 Hildur Björnsdóttir 18 Hildigunnur Einarsdóttir 23 Brynja Benediktsdóttir

Back players LB 24 Mariam Eradze 35 Lovisa Thompson CB 04 Sara Dögg Hjaltadóttir 07 Morgan Marie Þorkelsdóttir 33 Elín Rósa Magnúsdóttir RB 10 Þórey Ásgeirsdóttir 25 Thea Imani Sturludóttir

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

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 2021.

External links

• Official website