HC Vardar

ЖРК Вардар ŽRK Vardar HC Vardar
Full name	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
Colours
Club colours
Home Away
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 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 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

• Macedonian First League:

Winners (4): 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016

• Macedonian Cup

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

European

• EHF Champions League:

Semifinalists (3): 2013–14 (3rd), 2014–15 (3rd), 2015–16 (3rd)

Other tournaments

• Bucharest Trophy:
  • Third Placed: 2015

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2016–17 season ^[1]

Transfers

Transfers for the 2017-18 season

HC Vardar SCJS

Technical staff

• Owner: Sergei Samsonenko
• President: Gordana Naceva
• Head Coach: David Davis
• Assistant Coach: Ace Stankovski
• Conditional coach: Marija Lojanica
• Physiotherapist: Rubincho Srbinoski
• Physiotherapist: Bojana Bozinovska

Selected former players

Selected former coaches

• Indira Kastratović
• Jan Pytlick
• Kim Rasmussen

Kit manufacturers

• Hummel International

European competitions record

#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	−	−
		Budućnost	−	−
		Thüringer HC	−	−

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

References

External links

• Official website
• HC Vardar on Facebook