Valur (women's football)

Valur
Full name	Knattspyrnufélagið Valur
Nickname(s)	Valsarar
Ground	Hlíðarendi, Reykjavík, Iceland
Capacity	1,524
Head Coach	Pétur Pétursson
League	Úrvalsdeild kvenna
2023	1st (Champions)
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

The Valur women's football team, commonly known as Valur, is the women's football department of the Valur multi-sport club. It is based in Reykjavík, Iceland, and currently plays in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, the top-tier women's football league in Iceland. The team plays it home games at Hlíðarendi located in Reykjavík. The team's colors are red and white.^[1]

Valur has won the Icelandic championship 11 times^[2] and the Icelandic Women's Cup 13 times.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Recent history edit

In 2017, the team hired Pétur Pétursson as head coach. In September 2019, Valur won the national championship for the eleventh time in its history, and first time since 2010.^[6]

Titles edit

Icelandic Championships: 14^[5]

1978, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

Cup Champions: 13^[5]

1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011

Super Cup Champions: 9^[5]

2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2019, 2022

Icelandic Women's League Cup: 5^[5]

2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2017

Current squad edit

As of 4 July 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ISL	Sandra Sigurðardóttir
4	DF	ISL	Arna Ásgrímsdóttir
5	MF	ISL	Lára Pedersen
6	MF	ISL	Mist Edvardsdottir
7	DF	ISL	Elísa Viðarsdóttir
8	MF	ISL	Ásdís Halldórsdóttir
9	FW	ISL	Ída Marín Hermannsdóttir
10	FW	ISL	Elín Metta Jensen
11	DF	ISL	Anna Rakel Pétursdóttir
13	FW	USA	Cyera Hintzen
15	MF	USA	Brookelynn Entz
16	MF	ISL	þórdís Ágústsdóttir


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	ISL	þórdís Sigfúsdóttir
18	DF	ISL	Málfríður Anna Eiríksdóttir
19	FW	ISL	Bryndis Níelsdóttir
20	GK	ISL	Fanney Inga Birkisdótir
21	MF	ISL	Lillý Rut Hlynsdóttir
22	FW	VEN	Mariana Speckmaier
23	FW	ISL	Guðrún Karítas Sigurðardóttir
24	DF	ISL	Mikaela Pétursdóttir
27	MF	ISL	Ásgerður Baldursdóttir
32	FW	ISL	Fanndís Friðriksdóttir

References edit

^ "Valur Reykjavík". Soccerway Women. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
^ "Valur Íslandsmeistari eftir 8:1 sigur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 4 September 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (22 August 2011). "Bikardrottningin í Valsliðinu". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). p. 30. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
^ Ólafur Már Þórisson (22 August 2011). "Tilfinningin er yndisleg". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 4–5. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Knattspyrnudeild – Titlar" (in Icelandic). valur.is. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
^ "Ég var eiginlega hættur í fótbolta". RÚV (in Icelandic). 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.

External links edit

Official website
Team Profile at ksi.is

[Soccerway2018-1] "Valur Reykjavík". Soccerway Women. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[2] "Valur Íslandsmeistari eftir 8:1 sigur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 4 September 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[3] Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (22 August 2011). "Bikardrottningin í Valsliðinu". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). p. 30. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[4] Ólafur Már Þórisson (22 August 2011). "Tilfinningin er yndisleg". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 4–5. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[Knattspyrnudeild_-_Titlar-5] "Knattspyrnudeild – Titlar" (in Icelandic). valur.is. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

[6] "Ég var eiginlega hættur í fótbolta". RÚV (in Icelandic). 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.

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