Stjarnan

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.

Stjarnan

Full name	Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan
Short name	Stjarnan
Sports	Basketball Football Gymnastics Handball Volleyball
Founded	1960; 65 years ago (1960)
Based 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".