Stjarnan

The Stjarnan men's football team is the men's football department of the Ungmennafelagið Stjarnan multi-sport club. It is based in Garðabar, Iceland, and currently plays in the Urvalsdeild karla, the top-tier men's football league in Iceland.

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 Urvalsdeild 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 Urvalsdeild 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 Motherwell and Polish team Lech Poznan, before Italian giants Inter Milan denied them a place in the group stages.

On 18 April 2019, Stjarnan won the Super Cup for the second time in its history, beating Valur 6-5 in penalties.

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