Stjarnan
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| Full name | Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan | ||
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| Founded | 1960 | ||
| Ground |
Samsungvöllur Garðabær, Iceland | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Chairman | Jóhann Ingimundarson | ||
| Manager | Rúnar Páll Sigmundsson | ||
| League | Úrvalsdeild | ||
| 2015 | 4th | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan is an Icelandic sports club specialising in handball, football, basketball, volleyball and gymnastics located in Garðabær,
The club have won numerous major titles in handball, both men's and women's.
They won the promotion from the 1. deild karla in 2008. Stjarnan won the Úrvalsdeild for the first time in 2014.
History
The association was founded in 1960. The men's division played in 1997 in the first Icelandic League (then Landsbankadeild) and managed the 2006 promotion to the second highest Icelandic league. In 2008 men's reached the summit and thus to play in Úrvalsdeild since 2009.
The club gained worldwide fame when their elaborate goal celebrations, including highly choreographed depictions of landing a fish, diving, a human toilet, a human bicycle, and a Rambo shooting spree, were published widely across the Internet and football television shows.[1]
In the 2014–15 Europa League, they reached the play-off rounds after beating Scottish club Motherwell and Polish team Lech Poznań, before Italian giants Inter Milan denied them a place in the group stages.
First-team squad
As of 5 January 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
Olafur Thor Gudbjörnsson (interim) (Jan 1, 2010 – Dec 31, 2010)- Bjarni Jóhannsson (Jan 1, 2010 – Dec 31, 2012)
- Logi Ólafsson (Jan 1, 2013 – Oct 16, 2013)
- Rúnar Páll Sigmundsson (Jan 1, 2014–)
Women's team
The Stjarnan Women play in Iceland's top division, the women's Úrvalsdeild. In 2011 the team won the championship two weeks before the end.[2] The team also reached the final of the Icelandic Women's Cup in 1993 and 2010, losing 1–3 and 0–1 respectively.[3] The team won the cup eventually in 2012 with a 1–0 win over Valur.[4] In 2013 they won their second league title, winning every single game that season thus not dropping a single point.[5]
Trophies and achievements
Football
- Úrvalsdeild: 1
- 1. deild karla: 1
- Icelandic Super Cup: 1
- 2015
- Icelandic Cup:
Basketball
- Icelandic Second Division (1):
- 1994–95
Volleyball
- Icelandic Championship (5):
- 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
European record
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate | |
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| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  Bangor City |
4–0 | 4–0 | 8–0 |  |
| 2Q |  Motherwell |
3–2 (aet) | 2–2 | 5–4 | | ||
| 3Q |  Lech Poznań |
1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | ||
| PO |  Inter Milan |
0–3 | 0–6 | 0–9 |  | ||
| 2015–16 | UEFA Champions League | 2Q | Celtic |
1–4 | 0–2 | 1–6 | |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | – | – | – | ||
- Notes
- 1Q: First qualifying round
- 2Q: Second qualifying round
- 3Q: Third qualifying round
- PO: Play-off round
See also
References
- ↑ Lorna Blount (28 July 2010). "Is This The Best Goal Celebration Ever?". Sky News.
- ↑ "Stjarnan women win 1st championship" (in Icelandic). stjarnan.is. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ↑ "Bikarmeistarar meistaraflokks kvenna" (in Icelandic). ksi.is. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ↑ "Kate Deines and Veronica Perez Win Icelandic Cup".
- ↑ "Stjarnan storm to Iceland's women's title". freenewspos.com. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
External links
- (Icelandic) Official website
- (Icelandic) Official football club website
- Stjarnan on Facebook
- Stjarnan on Twitter