ŽRK Vardar
| ЖРК Вардар ŽRK Vardar WHC Vardar | |||
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| Full name |
Ženski rakometen klub Vardar Skopje | ||
| Founded | 1961 | ||
| Arena | Jane Sandanski Arena | ||
| Capacity | 6,500 | ||
| President | Gordana Naceva | ||
| Head coach | Indira Kastratović | ||
| League | Skopsko Super League | ||
| 2014–15 | Skopsko Super League, 1st | ||
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Website Official site | |||
ŽRK Vardar (WHC Vardar) (Macedonian: ЖРК Вардар) is a Macedonian women's handball club from Skopje. The team currently competes in the Macedonian women's First League of Handball and 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 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 two 3rd-place finishes in the EHF Champions League.
Accomplishments
- Winners (3): 1994, 2014, 2015
- Winners (3): 2013, 2014, 2015
Other tournaments
- Bucharest Trophy:
- Third Placed: 2015
Team
Current squad
- Squad for the 2015–16 season [1]
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Transfers
- Transfers for the 2016-17 season
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Technical staff
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Owner: Sergei Samsonenko -
President: Gordana Naceva - Head Coach: Indira Kastratović
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Assistant Coach: Jan Pytlick -
Conditional coach: Marija Lojanica - Physiotherapist: Rubincho Srbinoski
- Physiotherapist: Bojana Bozinovska
Selected former players
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Ana Đokić - Marija Lojpur
- Marina Dmitrović
- Nigina Saidova
- Ekaterina Kostyukova
- Marija Shteriova
- Dragana Pecevska
- Biljana Crvenkoska
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Allison Pineau -
Begoña Fernández - Julija Portjanko
- Ivana Gakidova
Kit manufacturers
European competitions record
Last update: 2 November 2015
| UEFA competitions | |||||||
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| Competition | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Last season played |
| EHF Champions League | 2015–16 | ||||||
| EHF Cup | 2012–13 | ||||||
| EHF Cup Winners' Cup | 2009–10 | ||||||
| EHF Challenge Cup | 2008–09 | ||||||
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#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 | |
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| 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 | 2st | |
| 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 |
26–28 | ||||
| 2015-16 | GM (Group C) |
FC Midtjylland |
33–24 | 25-15 | 1st | |
 Hypo Niederösterreich |
37-25 | 33–21 | ||||
| Győri Audi ETO KC |
22–27 | 27-28 | ||||
| MR (Group 2) |
 CSM Bucharest |
22-21 | - | st | ||
| Budućnost |
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| IK Sävehof |
37-25 | - | ||||
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References
- ↑ "ЖРК Вардар - Ekипа" (in Macedonian). ZRK Vardar Official Website. Retrieved 13 February 2014.