HC Vardar

ЖРК Вардар ŽRK Vardar WHC Vardar
Full name	Женски ракометен клуб Вардар Скопје (Ženski rakometen klub Vardar Skopje)
Founded	1961
Arena	Jane Sandanski Arena
Capacity	6,500
President	Gordana Naceva
Head coach	Irina Dibirova
League	Skopsko Super League
2016–17	1st
Colours
Club colours
Website Official site

HC 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, 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, the team had three 3rd-place finishes in the EHF Champions League, but in the 2016/2017 season they managed to finish on the second place in the EHF Champions League.

Accomplishments

Domestic competitions

Macedonian First League:

Winners (5): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

Macedonian Cup

Winners (5): 1994, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

European competitions

EHF Champions League:

Runner-up (1): 2016–17

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

Other competitions

Women’s Regional Handball League:

Winners (1): 2016–17

Runner-up (1): 2013–14

Bucharest Trophy:

Third placed (1): 2015

Vardar Trophy:

Winners (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 2017–18 season ^[1]

Goalkeepers

12 Amandine Leynaud
31 Inna Suslina

Right Wingers

04 Jovanka Radičević
91 Sara Ristovska

Left Wingers

07 Jovana Sazdovska
08 Polina Kuznetsova

Line players

Left Backs

13 Mirjeta Bajramoska
23 Andrea Penezić
24 Teodora Keramičieva

Central Backs

71 Tatiana Khmyrova
77 Andrea Lekić

Right Backs

Transfers

Transfers for the 2017-18 season

Joining

Dragana Cvijić (from ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica)
Jovana Sazdovska (from CS Măgura Cisnădie)
Mirjeta Bajramoska (from RK Krim)
Polina Kuznetsova (from HC Kuban Krasnodar)

Leaving

Current squad of the second team (HC Vardar SCJS)

Squad for the 2017–18 season

Goalkeepers

12 Nina Ladeva
16 Jovana Micevska
21 Dragana Petkovska

Right Wingers

19 Ana Stanikevska

Left Wingers

77 Anastasija Nikolovska

Line players

98 Anja Velkova

Left Backs

32 Iva Božinoska
88 Leonida Gičevska

Central Backs

08 Sara Nikolovska

Right Backs

24 Monika Georgievska

Transfers

Transfers for the 2017-18 season

Joining

Leaving

Teodora Keramičieva (to first team)
Simona Stojanovska (to Pogoń Baltica Szczecin)
Nataša Nolevska (to Viborg HK)
Ljupka Belmezova (to Panorama Handball)
Sara Mitova (to SønderjyskE Håndbold)
Maja Trpkovska (to Ardeşen GSK)
Marija Prlenda (to ?)
Nikolina Bojadjiska (to ?)
Stefanija Miševska (to ?)
Angela Todorovska (to ?)
Klaudija Gjeorgievska (to ?)

Staff

Professional staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Irina Dibirova
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

Notable former coaches

Kit manufacturers

Hummel International

European competitions record (WHC Vardar)

EHF competitions
Competition	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Last season played
EHF Champions League	16	12	1	3	519	439	2016–17
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	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 Audi ETO KC	30–31 (ET)

2017-18	GM (Group C)	Ferencvárosi TC	-	-
		Larvik	-	-
		Qualifier Group 2	-	-

EHF Cup

Season	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

2011–12	R32	Békéscsabai Előre	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 (City Cup until the 1999–2000 season)

Season	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

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

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

Women’s 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

European competitions record (WHC Vardar SCJS)

EHF Cup

Season	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

2014–15	R3	Dunaújvárosi Kohász	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	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 2016–17 season

Rank	Name	Seasons played	Goals
1	Andrea Penezić	3	279
2	Andrea Lekić	4	266
3	Jovanka Radičević	4	233
4	Siraba Dembélé	3	113
-	Barbara Lazović	3	113
6	Maja Sokać	3	95
7	Anja Althaus	3	90
8	Tatiana Khmyrova	4	81
9	Alexandra Lacrabère	1	58
10	Sanja Damnjanović	2	51

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)

Individual awards in the Women’s Regional Handball League

Season	Player	Award
2016–2017	Andrea Penezić	MVP
2016–2017	Amandine Leynaud	Best Goalkeeper

References

↑ "ЖРК Вардар - Ekипа" (in Macedonian). ZRK Vardar Official Website. Retrieved 13 February 2014.

External links

Official website
HC Vardar on Facebook

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