Stjarnan

Stjarnan
Full nameUngmennafélagið Stjarnan
Short nameStjarnan
SportsBasketball

Football
Gymnastics
Handball

Volleyball
Founded1960; 64 years ago (1960)
Based inGarðabær

Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈuŋkˌmɛnːaˌfjɛːˌlaijɪð ˈstja(r)tnan], lit. 'The Star Youth Club'[a]), commonly known as Stjarnan (lit. 'The Star'), is an Icelandic multi-sports club specialising in handball, football, basketball, volleyball and gymnastics located in Garðabær.

Basketball

Men's basketball

Main article: Stjarnan men's basketball

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

Women's basketball

Main article: Stjarnan women's basketball

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

Men's football

Main article: Stjarnan men's football

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

Main article: Stjarnan women's football

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

Men's handball

Trophies and achievements

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

Women's handball

Main article: Stjarnan women's handball

Trophies and achievements

  • 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

Men's volleyball

Trophies and achievements

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

Footnotes

  1. ^ Ungmennafélagið is the definite form of Ungmennafélag, meaning "the youth club".

References

  1. ^ "Domino´s deild karla (2017–2018 Tímabil)". kki.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Stjarnan upp í úrvalsdeild". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 14 April 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Kæru Njarðvíkur vísað frá – Stjarnan leikur í efstu deild". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). 22 April 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Domino´s deild kvenna (2017–2018 Tímabil)". kki.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Stjarnan Íslandsmeistari í fyrsta sinn". Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Stjarnan women win 1st championship" (in Icelandic). stjarnan.is. 31 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Bikarmeistarar meistaraflokks kvenna" (in Icelandic). ksi.is. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  8. ^ "Kate Deines and Veronica Perez Win Icelandic Cup".
  9. ^ "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.