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]

For the men's team, see Valur men's football.
Valur
Full nameKnattspyrnufélagið Valur
Nickname(s)Valsarar
GroundHlíðarendi, Reykjavík, Iceland
Capacity1,524
Head CoachPétur Pétursson
LeagueÚrvalsdeild kvenna
20231st (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, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
  • 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2019, 2022
  • 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2017

Current squad
  • 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 Iceland ISL Sandra Sigurðardóttir
4 DF Iceland ISL Arna Ásgrímsdóttir
5 MF Iceland ISL Lára Pedersen
6 MF Iceland ISL Mist Edvardsdottir
7 DF Iceland ISL Elísa Viðarsdóttir
8 MF Iceland ISL Ásdís Halldórsdóttir
9 FW Iceland ISL Ída Marín Hermannsdóttir
10 FW Iceland ISL Elín Metta Jensen
11 DF Iceland ISL Anna Rakel Pétursdóttir
13 FW United States USA Cyera Hintzen
15 MF United States USA Brookelynn Entz
16 MF Iceland ISL þórdís Ágústsdóttir
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Iceland ISL þórdís Sigfúsdóttir
18 DF Iceland ISL Málfríður Anna Eiríksdóttir
19 FW Iceland ISL Bryndis Níelsdóttir
20 GK Iceland ISL Fanney Inga Birkisdótir
21 MF Iceland ISL Lillý Rut Hlynsdóttir
22 FW Venezuela VEN Mariana Speckmaier
23 FW Iceland ISL Guðrún Karítas Sigurðardóttir
24 DF Iceland ISL Mikaela Pétursdóttir
27 MF Iceland ISL Ásgerður Baldursdóttir
32 FW Iceland ISL Fanndís Friðriksdóttir

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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