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 name	Knattspyrnufélagið Valur
Short name	Valur
Founded	1948
Arena	Origo-höllin (Origo arena)
Capacity	2,000
Head coach	Ágúst Þór Jóhannsson
League	Úrvalsdeild kvenna
2018-19	1st
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

• 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
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]

Goalkeepers 12 Andrea Gunnlaugsdóttir 14 Emelia Dögg Sigmarsdóttir 26 Iris Björk Simonardóttir Wingers RW 19 Audur Ester Gestsdóttir 20 Elin Helga Larusdóttir 23 Iris Asta Petursdóttir LW 03 Lilja Agústdóttir 04 Ragnhildur Edda Thordardóttir 24 Vigdis Birna Thórsteinsdóttir Line players 06 Hildur Björnsdóttir 39 Arna Sif Pálsdóttir

Back players LB 13 Asdis Thora Agústsdóttir 35 Lovisa Thompson CB 09 Olöf Maria Stefansdóttir 10 Sandra Erlingsdóttir 33 Elin Rosa Magnusdóttir RB 07 Diana Dögg Magnusóttir 18 Heidrun Berg Sverrisdóttir 21 Ida Margret Stéfansdóttir

Notable players

• Anna Úrsúla Guðmundsdóttir
• Dagný Skúladóttir
• Dröfn Haraldsdóttir
• Guðný Jenny Ásmundsdóttir
• Hildigunnur Einarsdóttir
• Lovísa Thompson
• Ragnhildur Rósa Guðmundsdóttir
• Sandra Erlingsdóttir
• Þorgerður Anna Atladóttir

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.

External links

• Official website