The Valur men's handball is a

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its ...

team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...

club from

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, that plays in the Úrvalsdeild karla.

History

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

: 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 The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...

in 1980, which it lost against the German

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. 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

Kit manufacturers

Kits

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–23 season''

Technical staff

* Head Coach: Snorri Guðjónsson * Assistant Coach: Óskar Bjarni Óskarsson * Goalkeeping Coach: Hlynur Morthens

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2022–23 season'' ;Joining * Aron Pálsson from Elverum Håndball * Bergur Elí Rúnarsson from FH ;Leaving

Previous Squads

Accomplishments

Domestic

* 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 The Icelandic Men's Handball Cup (Icelandic: Bikarkeppni karla í handknattleik), also known as the Coca-Cola Cup since 2013 for sponsorship reasons, is an annual handball competition between clubs in Iceland. It is run by the Icelandic Handball ...

** Winner (12) : 1974, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1998, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022

International

: ** Runners-up : 1979–80

European record

European Cup and Champions League

EHF ranking

Former club members

Notable former players

* Ernir Hrafn Arnarson (2006-2011) * Fannar Fridgeirsson (2004-2010) *

Ýmir Örn Gíslason Ýmir Örn Gíslason (born 1 July 1997) is an Icelandic handball player for Rhein-Neckar Löwen and the Icelandic national team. He participated at the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship The 2018 EHF European Men's Handball Champi ...

(2016-2020) * Snorri Guðjónsson (2000-2003, 2017-2018) * Hreiðar Guðmundsson (2022-) *

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(1984-1994, 2000-2001) *

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(2006-2010) * Björgvin Páll Gústavsson (2021–) * Guðmundur Hólmar Helgason (2013-2016) *

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(1991-1999) *

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(2013–2016) * Einar Örn Jónsson (1995-2000) *

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(1965-1975, 1984-1985) * Kári Kristján Kristjánsson (2014-2015) *

Ómar Ingi Magnússon Ómar Ingi Magnússon (born 12 March 1997) is an Icelandic handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Iceland men's national handball team, Icelandic national handball team. In both 2021 and 2022, he was named the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year ...

(2014–2016) * Markus Mani Michaelsson-Maute (-2004, 2006-2011) *

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(2007-2012, 2016-2021) * Árni Þór Sigtryggsson (2017–2018) *

Dagur Sigurðsson Dagur Sigurðsson (born 3 April 1973) is an Icelandic retired handball player and current coach of the Japanese national team. He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγ� ...

(1990-1996) *

Ólafur Stefánsson Ólafur Indriði Stefánsson (born 3 July 1973 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is a former Icelandic handball player who, for many years was the captain of the Iceland men's national handball team but announced his international retirement after the 2 ...

(1984–1996) *

Geir Sveinsson Geir Sveinsson (born 27 January 1964) is an Icelandic handball coach and former player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He was hired as the head coach of Akureyri Handboltafélag Akureyri Handboltafélag ...

(1980-1989, 1999–2003) * Josip Jurić-Grgić (2016-2017) *

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