Valur women's football

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
Full nameKnattspyrnufélagið Valur
Nickname(s)Valsarar
GroundHlíðarendi, Reykjavík, Iceland
Capacity1,524
Head CoachPétur Pétursson
LeagueÚrvalsdeild kvenna
20191st (Champions)
WebsiteClub website

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

Recent history

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
  • 1978, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2019
  • 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
  • 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2019
  • 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2017

Current squad
  • As of 20 June 2020

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
3 MF  ISL Arna Eiríksdóttir
4 DF  ISL Guðný Árnadóttir
6 MF  ISL Mist Edvardsdottir
7 DF  ISL Elísa Viðarsdóttir
8 MF  ISL Ásdís Karen Halldórsdóttir
9 FW  ISL Ída Marín Hermannsdóttir
10 FW  ISL Elín Metta Jensen
11 DF  ISL Hallbera Guðný Gísladóttir
14 FW  ISL Hlín Eiríksdóttir
15 MF  ISL Bergdís Fanney Einarsdóttir
16 GK  ISL Aldis Guðlaugsdóttir
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  ISL Málfríður Anna Eiríksdóttir
20 GK  ISL Fanney Inga Birkisdótir
21 MF  ISL Lillý Rut Hlynsdóttir
22 DF  ISL Dóra María Lárusdóttir
23 FW  ISL Guðrún Karítas Sigurðardóttir
27 MF  ISL Ásgerður Baldursdóttir
31 MF  ISL Katla Tryggvadóttir
32 FW  ISL Fanndís Friðriksdóttir
44 DF  ISL Málfríður Erna Sigurðardóttir
77 FW  ISL Diljá Ýr Zomers

References
  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.
  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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