Valur (women's handball)

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Valur
Full nameKnattspyrnufélagið Valur
Short nameValur
Founded1948
ArenaOrigo-höllin (Origo arena)
Capacity2,000
Head coachAnton Rúnarsson
LeagueÚrvalsdeild kvenna
2024-251st
Website
Official site
File:BM Porriño - Valur, ida da final da Copa de Europa EHF feminina 2024-25 021.jpg
Valur players (2025).

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]

In 2025, the team won the 2024–25 Women's EHF European Cup for the first title after beating Spanish Conservas Orbe Zendal BM Porriño in the final.[4]

Titles

European record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2004–05 EHF Cup R1 Error creating thumbnail: Önnereds HK 24–35 26–30 50–65
2005–06 Challenge Cup 1/8 Greece HC Athinaikos Athens 37–29 24–26 61–55
1/4 Switzerland LC Brühl Handball 25–21 32–27 57–48
1/2 Romania CSU Tomis Constanța 35–28 25–37 60–65
2007–08 Challenge Cup R3 Serbia ŽORK Napredak Kruševac 40–18 34–20 74–38
1/8 Serbia RK Lasta Radnički Petrol Beograd 31–30 31–26 62–56
1/4 France Mérignac Handball 24–23 30–36 54–58
2010–11 EHF Cup R1 Error creating thumbnail: IUVENTA Michalovce 26–21 30–30 56–51
R2 Germany VfL Oldenburg 28–26 25–36 53–62
2012–13 EHF Cup R2 Spain Valencia Aicequip 37–25 27–22 64–47
R3 Romania HC Zalău 24–23 21–22 45–45
2018–19 Challenge Cup R3 Netherlands Virto/Quintus 20–21 20–24 40–45

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025-26 season[5]

Notable players

References

  1. ^ Hjörvar Ólafsson (28 April 2019). "Valur orðinn meistari". Fréttablaðið (in íslenska). Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  2. ^ Valur Páll Eiríksson (9 March 2019). "Valskonur bikarmeistarar í sjöunda sinn". RÚV (in íslenska). Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  3. ^ Bjarni Helgason (28 April 2019). "Valur Íslandsmeistari í sautjánda sinn". Morgunblaðið (in íslenska). Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  4. ^ "History-makers Valur lift EHF European Cup Women trophy". ehfec.eurohandball.com.
  5. ^ "Valur". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
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