ŽRK Vardar

ЖРК Вардар ŽRK Vardar HC 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	David Davis
League	Skopsko Super League
2015–16	1st
Club colours
Website Official site

HC Vardar (Template:Lang-mk) is a Macedonian women's handball club from Skopje. The team currently competes in the Macedonian women's First League of Handball, Women's EHF Champions League and in the Women’s Regional Handball 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, they have three 3rd-place finishes in the EHF Champions League.

Accomplishments

Domestic competitions

• Macedonian First League:

Winners (4): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16

• Macedonian Cup

Winners (4): 1994, 2014, 2015, 2016

European competitions

• EHF Champions League:

Third placed (3): 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16

Other competitions

• Bucharest Trophy:

Third placed (1): 2015

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.

Team

Current squad of the first team (HC Vardar)

Squad for the 2016–17 season

Goalkeepers

• 12 Amandine Leynaud
• 31 Inna Suslina
• 84 Mayssa Pessoa

Right Wingers

• 04 Jovanka Radicević
• 91 Sara Ristovska

Left Wingers

• 07 Camilla Herrem
• 08 Tamara Mavsar

Line players

• 20 Anja Althaus
• 27 Andrea Čović

Left Backs

• 11 Sanja Damnjanović
• 23 Andrea Penezić

Central Backs

• 21 Dziyana Ilyina
• 71 Tatiana Khmyrova
• 77 Andrea Lekić

Right Backs

• 05 Andrea Klikovac
• 15 Barbara Lazović
• 64 Alexandra Lacrabère

Transfers

Transfers for the 2017-18 season

Joining

• Dragana Cvijić (from ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica)

Leaving

Current squad of the second team (HC Vardar SCJS)

Squad for the 2016–17 season

Goalkeepers

• 01 Ljupka Belmezova
• 12 Nina Ladeva
• 16 Jovana Micevska
• 21 Dragana Petkovska

Right Wingers

• 17 Natasha Nolevska
• 19 Ana Stanikevska

Left Wingers

• 03 Marija Prlenda
• 10 Sara Mitova
• 77 Anastasija Nikolovska

Line players

• 11 Nikolina Bojadjiska
• 98 Anja Velkova

Left Backs

• 15 Angela Todorovska
• 23 Teodora Keramičieva
• 32 Iva Božinoska
• 28 Stefanija Miševska
• 88 Leonida Gičevska

Central Backs

• 05 Simona Stojanovska
• 06 Maja Trpkovska
• 08 Sara Nikolovska

Right Backs

• 07 Klaudija Gjeorgievska
• 24 Monika Georgievska

Staff

Professional staff

Position	Name
Head coach	David Davis
Assistant coach	Ace Stankovski
Conditioning coach	Marija Lojanica
Physiotherapists	Rubinčo Srbinoski Bojana Božinovska

Management

Position	Name
Owner	Sergey Samsonenko
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
• Ivana Gakidova
• Nigina Saidova
• Ekaterina Kostyukova
• Olga Chernoivanenko
• Alena Ikhneva

• Marija Lojpur
• Marina Dmitrović
• Allison Pineau
• Siraba Dembele
• Ana Đokić
• Itana Grbić
• Maja Sokać
• Begoña Fernández

Notable former coaches

• Indira Kastratović
• Jan Pytlick
• Kim Rasmussen

Kit manufacturers

• Hummel International

European competitions record

UEFA competitions
Competition	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Last season played
EHF Champions League	16	11	0	5	456	399	2015–16
EHF Champions League	16	9	2	5	435	403	2014–15
EHF Champions League	16	11	3	2	461	374	2013–14
EHF Cup	4	3	0	1	102	85	2012–13
EHF Cup	2	0	0	2	40	79	2011–12
EHF Cup Winners' Cup	2	0	0	2	31	75	2009–10
EHF Challenge Cup	2	0	1	1	62	65	2008–09
Total	58	34	6	18	1587	1480

#Q = #preliminary, #R = #round, PO = play-offs, G = Group stage, R16 = last 16, QF = quarter-finals

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 Audi 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 Audi 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	−
		Budućnost	−	31−28
		Thüringer HC	−	31−29

EHF Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2011–12	R32	Békéscsabai Előre	20–39	20–40	40–79
2012–13	2Q	Patras	28–19	27–16	55–35
	R16	Kuban Krasnodar	30–28	17–22	47–50

Women’s Regional Handball League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away
2016-17	MR	Budućnost	29–30	-
		Podravka Koprivnica	-	-
		RK Krim	38–29	-
	SF		-	-
	F		-	-

References

External links

• Official website
• ŽRK Vardar on Facebook