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Valur (men's handball)

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Valur
Full nameKnattspyrnufélagið Valur
Short nameValur
Founded1911; 113 years ago (1911)
ArenaN1 höllin
Head coachÓskar Bjarni Óskarsson
LeagueÚrvalsdeild karla
Club colours   
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Home
Team colours
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Away
Website
Official site

The Valur men's handball is an Iceland professional team handball club from Reykjavík, that plays in the Úrvalsdeild karla.

Location of Valur
Reykjavík
Reykjavík
Location of Valur

History

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The Valur men's handball team has a long history in Icelandic handball, the club is one of the most successful in the sport in Iceland: no team has won the Icelandic Championship and the Icelandic Cup as many times as the Valur men's team. The team's greatest achievement was undoubtedly reaching the final of the EHF Champions League in 1980, which it lost against the German TV Grosswallstadt. The final was played in the Munich Olympic Hall and was lost 21:12. Since then, no Icelandic club team has reached the finals of a European competition.

Crest, colours, supporters

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Kit manufacturers

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Period Kit manufacturer
- 2016 Denmark Hummel
2016–present Italy Macron

Kits

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Team

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Current squad

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Squad for the 2023–24 season[1]
Valur

Technical staff

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Transfers

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Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Previous Squads

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Accomplishments

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Domestic

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  • Úrvalsdeild karla
    • Winner (24) : 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2007, 2017, 2021, 2022
  • Icelandic Men's Handball Cup
    • Winner (13) : 1974, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1998, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2024

International

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European record

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European Cup and Champions League

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Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1979–80
Finalist
Round 2 England Brentwood'72 HC 38–14 32–19 70–33
Quarter-finals Sweden HK Drott 18–16 17–18 35–34
Semi-finals Spain Atlético Madrid BM 18–15 21–24 39–39 (a)
Finals Germany TV Grosswallstadt 12–21

EHF ranking

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As of 12/10/2022[6]
Rank Team Points
65 Russia Dinamo Viktor Stavropol 83
66 Austria Handballclub Fivers Margareten 82
67 Turkey Beşiktaş JK 80
68 Iceland Valur 80
69 Sweden Ystads IF 79
70 Poland Górnik Zabrze 78
71 Norway ØIF Arendal 76

Former club members

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Notable former players

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Former coaches

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Seasons Coach Country
2017-2023 Snorri Guðjónsson Iceland
2023– Óskar Bjarni Óskarsson Iceland

References

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  1. ^ "Handbolti - Leikmenn - Meistaraflokkur karla - Knattspyrnufélagið Valur". www.valur.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Benni til Noregs".
  3. ^ "Alexander Petersson að Hlíðarenda".
  4. ^ "Sti짯ven til li챨s vi챨 Ben짯fi짯ca - V챠sir". 25 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Arnór Snær Óskarsson til Rhein-Neckar Löwen".
  6. ^ "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".
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