ЖРК Вардар ŽRK Vardar WHC Vardar |
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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 |
2015–16 | 1st |
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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.
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.
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.