ŽRK Vardar

ЖРК Вардар; WHC Vardar
Full name	Женски ракометен клуб Вардар Скопје (Ženski rakometen klub Vardar Skopje)
Founded	1961
Arena	Jane Sandanski Arena
Capacity	7,500
President	Gordana Naceva
Head coach	Dragana Pecevska Ristova
League	Skopsko Super League
2018-19	3rd
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

ŽRK Vardar (Macedonian: ЖРК Вардар) is a Macedonian women's handball club from Skopje, North Macedonia. The team currently competes in the Macedonian women's First League of Handball, Women’s Regional Handball League and used to be a top competitor in the Women's EHF Champions League.

History

Until Kometal Gjorče Petrov officially stopped working, Vardar was the only other club to win any title in any of the competitions in Macedonia by winning the 1994 Macedonian Cup. In the 2012/2013 season with the arrival of the new sponsor and sporting director Sergey Samsonenko along with some new players, the team started to achieve more positive results and won its first league title.

Since 2013, the team had three 3rd-place finishes in the EHF Champions League and two 2nd-place finishes in the seasons 2016–17 and 2017–18 being the only team that competed in the all EHF Final Four Tournaments. Earlier in 2018 the president of the club, Gordana Naceva, announced the break - up of the team made up from world class players and added that they will focus on young players.

Accomplishments

Domestic competitions

Macedonian First League:

Winners (6): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18

Macedonian Cup

Winners (6): 1994, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

European competitions

EHF Champions League:

Runner-up: 2016–17, 2017–18

Third placed: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16

Other competitions

Women’s Regional Handball League:

Winners: 2016–17, 2017–18

Runner-up: 2013–14

Bucharest Trophy:

Third placed: 2015

Vardar Trophy:

Winners: 2015

Runner-up: 2017

Arena information

Unlike the usual situation in handball of clubs renting halls from municipalities or private owners, HC Vardar itself is the owner of the Jane Sandanski Arena where they play all their home matches in the Women's EHF Champions League, the Women’s Regional Handball League and in the domestic competitions.

Jane Sandanski Arena

Team

Current squad of the first team

Squad for the 2018–19 season

Goalkeepers

01 Jovana Trajkoska
12 Simona Grujovska
16 Andrea Ilić

Right Wingers

28 Sara Minovska
40 Iva Jakovchevska
74 Mirjana Petkovska

Left Wingers

08 Stefanija Gjeorgievska
21 Ivona Trpevska
26 Bojana Dinevska

Line players

93 Katerina Damjanoska

Left Backs

03 Marija Gocevska
31 Andrea Sedloska
97 Milica Nikolić

Central Backs

10 Ana Marija Božinovska
14 Keti Angelovska
23 Angela Grozdanovska
33 Ana Marija Kolarovska
51 Marija Galevska

Right Backs

24 Angela Kostović

Staff

Professional staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Dragana Pecevska Ristova
Assistant coach	Biljana Crvenkoska
Goalkeeping coach	Aleksandar Carchev
Conditioning coach	Marija Lojanica
Physiotherapists	Bojana Božinovska

Management

Position	Name
Owner	Mihajlo Mihajlovski
President	Gordana Naceva
Executive director	Davor Stojanovski
Operative manager	Ana Stojkov
Sporting director	Eduard Koksharov

Former club members

Notable former players

Julija Nikolić
Marija Shteriova
Dragana Pecevska
Biljana Crvenkoska
Andrea Beleska
Ivana Sazdovski
Robertina Mečevska
Dragana Petkovska
Sara Ristovska
Mirjeta Bajramoska
Teodora Keramičieva
Ivana Gakidova
Simona Stojanovska
Sara Mitova
Jovana Micevska
Leonida Gičevska
Jovana Sazdovska

Notable former coaches

Kit manufacturers

Hummel International

European competitions record

EHF Champions League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate

2013-14	Q2-SF	Jomi Salerno	35–16
	Q2-F	Fleury Loiret Handball	33–25
	GM (Group D)	Larvik	27–27	31–29	1st
		Balonmano Bera Bera	30–20	23–19
		RK Podravka Koprivnica	39–26	35–17
	MR (Group 1)	FC Midtjylland	24–23	24–25	1st
		Thüringer HC	31–25	24–24
		IK Sävehof	24–18	27–27
	SF (F4)	Budućnost	20–22
	3rd (F4)	FC Midtjylland	34–31

2014-15	GM (Group C)	Budućnost	24–24	17–23	2nd
		Podravka Koprivnica	35–25	27–26
		Thüringer HC	26–21	20–21
	MR (Group 1)	Dinamo-Sinara	28–27	25–33	2nd
		HC Leipzig	26–20	23–26
		RK Krim	41–30	47–29
	QF	Győri ETO KC	24–18	27–27	51–45
	SF (F4)	Budućnost	17–27
	3rd (F4)	Dinamo-Sinara	28–26

2015-16	GM (Group C)	FC Midtjylland	33–24	25−15	2nd
		Hypo Niederösterreich	37−25	38–25
		Győri ETO KC	22–27	27−28
	MR (Group 2)	CSM Bucharest	22−21	30−25	3rd
		Budućnost	26−24	19−31
		IK Sävehof	37−25	29−26
	QF	Larvik	34–20	26–28	60–48
	SF (F4)	CSM Bucharest	21–27
	3rd (F4)	Budućnost	30–28

2016-17	GM (Group B)	Ferencvárosi TC	27–27	37–24	1st
		HC Astrakhanochka	39–25	31–26
		HC Leipzig	41–24	45–22
	MR (Group 1)	Metz	23−21	28−42	1st
		Budućnost	28−31	31−28
		Thüringer HC	36−26	31−29
	QF	FC Midtjylland	26–24	28–26	54–50
	SF (F4)	CSM Bucharest	38–33
	F (F4)	Győri ETO KC	30–31 (ET)

2017-18	GM (Group C)	Ferencvárosi TC	34–31	29–28	1st
		Larvik	30–27	31–19
		Thüringer HC	29–21	29–21
	MR (Group 2)	Metz	29−23	22−24	1st
		SG BBM Bietigheim	30−22	38−26
		Budućnost	31−24	30−25
	QF	FC Midtjylland	32–25	24–23	56–48
	SF (F4)	Rostov-Don	25–19
	F (F4)	Győri ETO KC	26–27 (ET)

EHF Cup

Season	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

2002–03	R2	Duvanska Industrija Nis	11–45	14–33	25–78

2003–04	R2	O.F.N. Ionias	21–28	12–30	33–58

2011–12	R32	Békéscsabai ENKSE	20–39	20–40	40–79

2012–13	2Q	Patras	28–19	27–16	55–35
2012–13	R16	Kuban Krasnodar	30–28	17–22	47–50

Challenge Cup

Season	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

1999–00	1/16	Eastcon AG Vilnius	15–35	13–35	28–70

1994–95	1/16	ATV Basel	24–16	23–23	47–39
1994–95	1/8	TV Mainzlar	20–31	24–24	44–54

1995–96	1/16	Austria Tabak	15–24	11–21	26–45

2001–02	R3	RK Skopje	18–20	16–14	34–34
2001–02	R4	CD Gil Eanes-Lagos	13–25	31–26	44–51

2008–09	R3	Cankaya Beld	30–33	32–32	52–55

Regional Handball League

Season	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Placement

2012-13	MR	ŽRK Zaječar	25–28	32–29	5th
		ŽORK Jagodina	36–26	24–22
		Budućnost	21–26	21–41
		ŽRK Biseri Pljevlja	31–24	37–20
		RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	21–23	25–28
		Podravka Koprivnica	23–25	22–25
		ŽRK Metalurg	16–25	14–23

2013-14	MR	ŽRK Danilovgrad	33–13	25–16	2nd
		Budućnost	20–24	28–32
		RK Krim	26–22	CAN
		RK Zagorje	35–27	33–22
		RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	16–14	21–25
		Podravka Koprivnica	28–28	29–24
		ŽRK Metalurg	35–26	29–22

2016-17	MR	Budućnost	29–30	28–27	1st
		Podravka Koprivnica	30–19	35–18
		RK Krim	38–29	27–26
	SF	Podravka Koprivnica	29–16
	F	Budućnost	27–25

2017-18	MR	Budućnost	24–22 31–24 27–26	21–20 25–25	1st
2017-18		RK Krim	30–27 25–24 29–34	32–29 32–31

European competitions record (WHC Vardar SCJS)

EHF Cup

Season	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

2014–15	R3	Dunaújvárosi KKA	20–28	15–30	35–58

Challenge Cup

Season	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

2015–16	R3	London Angels HC	27–14	35–17	62–31
	L16	Minaqua Vojvodina	26–24	31–27	57–51
	QF	HC Karpaty Uzhgorod	22–19	17–28	39–47

2016–17	R3	HC Svilengrad-PU	24–17	29–22	53–39
2016–17	1/8	H 65 Höör	13–26	20–26	33–52

Statistics

All–time Top 10 Scorers in the EHF Champions League

As of 2017–18 season

Rank	Name	Seasons	Goals
1	Andrea Penezić	4	371
2	Andrea Lekić	5	335
3	Jovanka Radičević	5	293
4	Barbara Lazović	4	144
5	Alexandra Lacrabère	2	114
6	Siraba Dembélé	3	113
7	Tatiana Khmyrova	5	105
8	Maja Sokać	3	95
9	Anja Althaus	3	90
10	Dragana Cvijić	1	55

Most appearances in the EHF Champions League

As of 2017–18 season

Rank	Name	Seasons	Appearances
1	Jovanka Radičević	5	77
2	Amandine Leynaud	5	75
3	Andrea Klikovac	5	74
4	Inna Suslina	5	73
5	Andrea Lekić	5	70
6	Tatiana Khmyrova	5	63
	Andrea Penezić	4	63
	Barbara Lazović	4	63
9	Siraba Dembélé	3	46
10	Maja Sokać	3	45
10	Anja Althaus	3	45

Individual awards in the EHF Champions League

Season	Player	Award
2013–14	Ana Đokić	All–Star Team (Best Line Player)
2013–14	Jovanka Radičević	All–Star Team (Best Right Wing)
2014–15	Andrea Penezić (shared with Cristina Neagu)	Top Scorer (102 goals)
2014–15	Siraba Dembélé	All–Star Team (Best Left Wing)
2015–16	Jovanka Radičević	All–Star Team (Best Right Wing)
2016–17	Andrea Penezić	Top Scorer (98 goals)
2016–17	Camilla Herrem	All–Star Team (Best Left Wing)
2017–18	Dragana Cvijić	All–Star Team (Best Line Player)
2017–18	Amandine Leynaud	MVP

References

External links

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