Stjarnan Knowpia

Stjarnan
Full name	Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan
Short name	Stjarnan
Sports	Basketball; Football; Gymnastics; Handball; Volleyball
Founded	1960; 64 years ago
Based in	Garðabær

Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan, commonly known as Stjarnan, is an Icelandic multi-sports club specialising in handball, football, basketball, volleyball and gymnastics located in Garðabær.

Basketball edit

Men's basketball edit

As of the 2017–2018 season, Stjarnan men's basketball team plays in Úrvalsdeild karla.^[1]

Women's basketball edit

Stjarnan finished first in the women's Division I in 2015 and defeated Njarðvík in the playoffs to win promotion to the top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna for the first time in its history.^[2]^[3] As of the 2017–2018 season, Stjarnan women's team plays in Úrvalsdeild kvenna.^[4]

Football edit

Men's football edit

The men's team has played in the top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla since 2009. In 2014, Stjarnan won their first ever Úrvalsdeild karla title by going through the season unbeaten and equalled the Úrvalsdeild point record of 52 points.^[5]

Women's football edit

Stjarnan women's football team plays in Iceland's top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna. In 2011 the team won the championship two weeks before the end.^[6] The team also reached the final of the Icelandic Women's Cup in 1993 and 2010, losing 1–3 and 0–1 respectively.^[7] The team won the cup eventually in 2012 with a 1–0 win over Valur.^[8] In 2013 they won their second league title, winning every single game that season thus not dropping a single point.^[9]

Handball edit

Men's handball edit

Trophies and achievements edit

Icelandic Handball Cup (4):
- 1987, 1989, 2006, 2007
Division II (2):
- 1982, 2016
Division III (3):
- 1974, 1976, 1981

Women's handball edit

Trophies and achievements edit

Icelandic champions (7):
- 1991, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2009
Icelandic Handball Cup (7):
- 1989, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2016
Division II (3):
- 2005¹, 2006¹, 2007¹

¹ B-team

Source

Volleyball edit

Men's volleyball edit

Trophies and achievements edit

Icelandic champions (5):
- 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
Icelandic Volleyball Cup (6):
- 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

References edit

^ "Domino´s deild karla (2017–2018 Tímabil)". kki.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 March 2018.
^ "Stjarnan upp í úrvalsdeild". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 14 April 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
^ "Kæru Njarðvíkur vísað frá – Stjarnan leikur í efstu deild". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). 22 April 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
^ "Domino´s deild kvenna (2017–2018 Tímabil)". kki.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 March 2018.
^ "Stjarnan Íslandsmeistari í fyrsta sinn". Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
^ "Stjarnan women win 1st championship" (in Icelandic). stjarnan.is. 31 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. 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. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2013.