The Stjarnan men's basketball team, commonly known as Stjarnan, is the men's basketball department of

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. Basketball Men's basketball As of the 2017–2 ...

, based in the town of

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History

Stjarnan's men's basketball team was founded in 1993. It reached the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla in 2001. After losing all its games during the 2001–02 season, the team almost folded. It managed to stay afloat and reached the Úrvalsdeild again in 2007 and advanced to the Úrvalsdeild Finals in 2011 and 2013, losing both times. It won the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 2009, 2013, 2015,

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and 2020. On 14 March 2019, Stjarnan defeated

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in the last game of the regular season and finished with the best record in the league, winning the Division championship and a home court advantage through the playoffs. Stjarnan opened the 2019–20 season with an 89-77 win against reigning champions KR in the annual Icelandic Super Cup behind newly signed Kyle Johnson's 21 points. On 15 February 2020, the team repeated as Cup champions after beating

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in the cup final. On 27 September 2020, Stjarnan won the Super Cup for the second consecutive season. On 21 May 2025, Stjarnan won its first ever national championship.

Honors

* Úrvalsdeild karla (1): :2025 * Icelandic Basketball Cup (6): :2009, 2013, 2015,

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* Icelandic Super Cup (3): :2009, 2019, 2020 * Company Cup (1): :2015 * Division II (1): :1995 2. deild karla
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Players

Individual awards

* Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year ** Justin Shouse – 2012, 2013 * Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year ** Justin Shouse – 2010 * Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team ** Hlynur Bæringsson – 2017, 2018, 2019 ** Justin Shouse – 2012, 2013 ** Ægir Steinarsson – 2019 * Úrvalsdeild Defensive Player of the Year ** Hlynur Bæringsson – 2017 ** Ægir Steinarsson – 2019 * Icelandic Cup Finals MVP **

Jarrid Frye Jarrid Jamel Frye (born May 25, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for the Stjarnan (basketball club), Stjarnan of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball), Úrvalsdeild karla. He attended Martin Luthe ...

– 2013 ** Justin Shouse – 2015 ** Brandon Rozzell – 2019 ** Ægir Steinarsson – 2020 **

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– 2022

Notable players

Retired numbers

Coaches

Notes

References

Official Website

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