The Stjarnan men's football team is the men's

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department of the

Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan, commonly known as Stjarnan, is an Icelandic multi-sports club specialising in handball, football, basketball, volleyball and gymnastics located in Garðabær.and in the top 10 in the World and they have won the League ...

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. It is based in Garðabær,

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, and currently plays in the Besta deild karla, the top-tier men's football league in Iceland.

History

The association was founded in 1960. The men's division played in 1980 in the first Icelandic League (then

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) and managed the 2000 promotion again to the 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. On October 4, 2014 Stjarnan won their first ever Úrvalsdeild karla title. Stjarnan went through the season unbeaten in the league and equalled the point record of 52 points. In the 2014–15 Europa League, they reached the play-off rounds after beating Scottish club

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and Polish team

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, before Italian giants

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denied them a place in the group stages. On 18 April 2019, Stjarnan won the

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for the second time in its history, beating

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6-5 in penalties.

Current squad

Managers

* Ólafur Þór Guðbjörnsson ''(interim)'' (1 Jan 2010 – 31 Dec 2010) * Bjarni Jóhannsson (1 Jan 2010 – 31 Dec 2012) *

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(1 Jan 2013 – 16 Oct 2013) * Rúnar Páll Sigmundsson (1 Jan 2014 – 6 May 2021) * Þorvaldur Örlygsson (6 May 2021 – )

Honours

Úrvalsdeild karla * Champions:

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* ''Runners-up:''

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1. deild karla * Champions:

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Icelandic Cup * Champions:

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* ''Runners-up:''

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Icelandic Super Cup The Icelandic Men's Super Cup (Icelandic: ''Meistarakeppni karla'') is an annual football game between the reigning champions of the Úrvalsdeild karla and the Icelandic Cup holders (or, if the same team holds both titles, between the title-holde ...

* Champions: 2015, 2019

European record

;Notes * 1Q: First qualifying round * 2Q: Second qualifying round * 3Q: Third qualifying round * PO: Play-off round

References

External links

* {{Authority control Football clubs in Iceland Association football clubs established in 1960 1960 establishments in Iceland