Stjarnan
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| Full name | Stjarnan F.C. | ||
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| Founded | 1960 | ||
| Ground | Stjörnuvöllur, Garðabær, Iceland (Capacity: 1,000) |
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| Chairman | Snorri Olsen | ||
| Manager | Men: Bjarni Jóhannsson, Women: Þorlákur Árnason |
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| League | Pepsi deildin | ||
| 2010 | 8th | ||
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Stjarnan F.C. is an Icelandic sports club specialising in football, located in Garðabær, which currently plays in the Úrvalsdeild (Men's Premier Division) league in the Icelandic football division system, having won promotion from the 1. deild in the fall of 2008.
The club gained worldwide fame when their elaborate goal celebrations, including a highly choreographed depiction of landing a fish, diving, a human toilet, a human bicycle, and an imitation of a Rambo shooting spree, were published widely across the Internet and football television shows.[1] The Spanish mobile network Movistar even made a YouTube video about Stjarnan.
The women's team won the Islandic championship in 2011.
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[edit] Players
[edit] Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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[edit] Former players
[edit] Women's team
The women's section of Stjarnan plays in Iceland's top division, the women's Úrvalsdeild. In 2011 the team won the championship two weeks before the end and thus qualified to the 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League.[2] The team also reached the final of the Icelandic Women's Cup in 1993 and 2010, losing 1–3 and 0–1 respectively.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Lorna Blount (28 July 2010). "Is This The Best Goal Celebration Ever?". Sky News. http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/Iceland-Football-Team-Become-Internet-Sensation-After-Catch-A-Fish-Goal-Celebration/Article/201007415671760?lpos=Strange_News_First_Home_Page_Feature_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15671760_Iceland_Football_Team_Become_Internet_Sensation_After_Catch-A-Fish_Goal_Celebration.
- ^ "Stjarnan women win 1st championship" (in Islandic). stjarnan.is. 31 August 2011. http://www.stjarnan.is/servlet/IBMainServlet/?nwr_from_page=true&nwr_more=2385&ib_page=119&iw_language=is_IS. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ "Bikarmeistarar meistaraflokks kvenna" (in Icelandic). ksi.is. http://www.ksi.is/mot/fra-upphafi/greinar/nr/59. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
[edit] External links
- (Icelandic) Official website
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