Stjarnan (men's basketball)

The Stjarnan men's basketball team, commonly known as Stjarnan, is the men's basketball department of Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan, based in the town of Garðabær, Iceland.^[2] It is a subdivision of Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan.^[3]

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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, 2019 and 2020.^[4]

On 14 March 2019, Stjarnan defeated Haukar 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.^[5]

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.^[6] On 15 February 2020, the team repeated as Cup champions after beating Grindavík in the cup final.^[7]

On 27 September 2020, Stjarnan won the Super Cup for the second consecutive season.^[8]

On 21 May 2025, Stjarnan won its first ever national championship.

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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 – 2013
- Justin Shouse – 2015
- Brandon Rozzell – 2019
- Ægir Steinarsson – 2020
- David Gabrovšek – 2022

Notable players

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Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.