2015 Stjarnan season explained

Club:	Stjarnan
Season:	2015
Manager:	Rúnar Páll Sigmundsson
Stadium:	Samsung-völlurinn
League:	Úrvalsdeild
League Result:	4th place
Cup1:	Borgunarbikarinn
Cup1 Result:	16th-finals
Cup2:	Lengjubikarinn
Cup2 Result:	Group Stage
Cup3:	Champions League
Cup3 Result:	Second Qualifying Round
Cup4:	Meistarakeppni KSÍ
Cup4 Result:	1st
League Topscorer:	Jeppe Hansen (8)
Season Topscorer:	Jeppe Hansen (12)
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Prevseason:	2014
Nextseason:	2016

The 2015 season was Stjarnan's 13th season in Úrvalsdeild and their 7th consecutive season.

Rúnar Páll Sigmundsson head coached the team for the second season running. He was assisted by Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson.

Stjarnan came into the season as league champions after winning their first league title in 2014, going unbeaten in the league.^[1]

Along with Úrvalsdeild, Stjarnan competed in the Meistarakeppni KSÍ, the Lengjubikarinn, the Borgunarbikarinn and the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round for the first time in the club's history.

On 27 April Stjarnan won KR 1–0 in the Meistarakeppni KSÍ, an annual match between previous league winners and previous Icelandic cup winners.^[2]

First team

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Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Other	Ref
16 October 2014	GK	13	Arnar Darri Pétursson	Víkingur Ó	Back from loan	^[4]
16 October 2014	DF	21	Baldvin Sturluson	Breiðablik	Back from loan	^[5]
16 October 2014	MF		Hilmar Þór Hilmarsson	Keflavík	Back from loan	^[6]
16 October 2014	DF	3	Aron Rúnarsson Heiðdal	Keflavík	Back from loan	^[7]
25 November 2014	DF	2	Brynjar Gauti Guðjónsson	ÍBV		^[8]
6 December 2014	MF	23	Halldór Orri Björnsson	Falkenbergs FF		^[9]
3 February 2015	FW	19	Jeppe Hansen	FC Fredericia		^[10]
21 February 2015	DF		Finn Axel Hansen	Skínandi		^[11]
4 April 2015	GK	1	Gunnar Nielsen	Motherwell		^[12]
17 July 2015	FW	16	Guðjón Baldvinsson	FC Nordsjælland		^[13]

Transfers out

Date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Other	Ref
6 November 2014	DF	21	Baldvin Sturluson	Valur		^[14]
28 November 2014	GK	1	Ingvar Jónsson	IK Start		^[15]
17 December 2014	FW	24	Rolf Toft	Víkingur R		^[16]
27 January 2015	DF	29	Martin Rauschenberg	Gefle IF		^[17]
2 March 2015	DF		Finn Axel Hansen	Skínandi		^[18]
10 March 2015	DF	4	Niclas Vemmelund			^[19]
19 March 2015	MF		Hilmar Þór Hilmarsson	Valur		^[20]

Loans out

Start Date	End Date	Position	No.	Player	To Club	Ref
1 August 2015	16 October 2015	DF	24	Brynjar Már Björnsson	Selfoss	^[21]
8 August 2015	31 December 2015	DF	3	Aron Rúnarsson Heiðdal	Nest Sotra	^[22]
18 August 2015	31 December 2015	FW	17	Ólafur Karl Finsen	Sandnes Ulf	^[23]

Preseason

Fótbolti.net Cup

Stjarnan took part in the 2015 Fótbolti.net Cup, a pre-season tournament for clubs outside of Reykjavík.

The team played in Group 2 along with ÍBV, Grindavík and Keflavík. Stjarnan topped the group with 6 points after wins against ÍBV and Grindavík.^[24]

As winners of Group 2 Stjarnan went straight to the finals where they met Breiðablik. The game ended 2–1 for Breiðablik with Veigar Páll scoring Stjarnan's only goal.^[25]

Date	Round	Opponents	Stadium	Result F–A	Scorers
13 January 2015	Group Stage	Grindavík	Kórinn	3–1	Jón Arnar 15' Halldór Orri 41' Þórhallur Kári 55'
20 January 2015	Group Stage	Keflavík	Kórinn	1–2	Arnar Már ?'
27 January 2015	Group Stage	ÍBV	Kórinn	2–1	Þórhallur Kári 37' Arnar Már 80'
3 February 2015	Finals	Breiðablik	Kórinn	1–2	Veigar Páll 58'

Lengjubikarinn

Stjarnan played in Group 3 in the Icelandic league cup, Lengjubikarinn along with ÍA, Valur, Grindavík, Keflavík, Fjarðabyggð, Haukar and Þór.^[26]

After a draw against Valur and a defeat against ÍA in the first two rounds Stjarnan won their remaining five games and finished in 3rd place with 16 points. Stjarnan went through to the quarter-finals as the 3rd place team with the most points but they had already announced their withdrawal from the quarter-finals.^[27]

Date	Round	Opponents	Stadium	Result F–A	Scorers
13 February 2015	Group Stage	Valur	Egilshöll	1–1	Pablo Punyed 59'
21 February 2015	Group Stage	ÍA	Akraneshöllin	0–2
7 March 2015	Group Stage	Fjarðabyggð	Fjarðabyggðarhöllin	6–1	Ólafur Karl 39' Arnar Már 42' 62' Pablo Punyed 58' OG 80' Arnar Freyr 85'
24 March 2015	Group Stage	Þór	Samsung völlurinn	1–0	Jeppe Hansen 88'
28 March 2015	Group Stage	Keflavík	Reykjaneshöllin	2–0	Jeppe Hansen 67' 78'
31 March 2015	Group Stage	Grindavík	Kórinn	3–1	Garðar Jó 40' Ólafur Karl 58' Arnar Már 90'
7 April 2015	Group Stage	Haukar	Kórinn	1–0	Garðar Jó 22'

Meistarakeppni KSÍ

Stjarnan played the 2014 Borgunarbikarinn winners KR in the Meistarakeppni KSÍ, an annual match contested between the champions of the previous Úrvalsdeild season and the holders of the Borgunarbikarinn on 27 April 2015.^[28]

Stjarnan won the game 1–0 with Þórhallur Kári Knútsson scoring the winning goal in the 82nd minute.^[29]

Úrvalsdeild

Points breakdown

• Points at home: 13
• Points away from home: 17
• 6 Points: ÍBV, Fylkir, Keflavík
  • 4 Points: ÍA 3 Points: KR, Valur
• 2 Points: Víkingur R
• 1 Points: Leiknir R, FH, Fjölnir
• 0 Points: Breiðablik

Borgunarbikarinn

Stjarnan came into the Icelandic cup, Borgunarbikarinn, in the 32nd-finals and were drawn against Leiknir Reykjavík. Stjarnan won the game after penalties. The game had ended 1–1.^[30] In the 16th-finals the team was drawn against Fylkir. Stjarnan played poorly and lost the game 3–0.^[31]

Champions League

Stjarnan came into the 2015-16 UEFA Champions League in the 2nd qualifying round.

On 7 July it was confirmed that Stjarnan would play Celtic in the second qualifying round for the 2015-16 UEFA Champions League.^[32] Celtic F.C. won the first leg at home 2–0 after dominating for most of the game.^[33] In the second leg Stjarnan started well and scored a goal in the 7th minute through Ólafur Karl giving them a glimmer of hope in the tie but Celtic equalised on the 33rd minute and scored three more goals in the game winning the tie 6–1.^[34]

Second qualifying round

Statistics

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.^[35]

			Player	Úrvalsdeild	Borgunarbikar	Lengjubikar	Meistarkeppni KSÍ	Europe	Total
1	FW	19	Jeppe Hansen	8	1	3	0	0	12
2	FW	17	Ólafur Karl Finsen	3	0	2	0	1	6
3	FW	16	Guðjón Baldvinsson	5	0	0	0	0	5
4	MF	11	Arnar Már Björgvinsson	2	0	3	0	0	5
5	MF	8	Pablo Punyed	2	0	2	0	0	4
6	MF	23	Halldór Orri Björnsson	4	0	0	0	0	4
7	MF	22	Þórhallur Kári Knútsson	3	0	0	1	0	4
8	FW	27	Garðar Jóhannsson	0	0	2	0	0	2
9	FW	20	Atli Freyr Ottesen Pálsson	0	0	1	0	0	1
10	MF	6	Þorri Geir Rúnarsson	1	0	0	0	0	1
11	FW	18	Jón Arnar Barðdal	1	0	0	0	0	1
12	FW	10	Veigar Páll Gunnarsson	1	0	0	0	0	1
13	MF	12	Heiðar Ægisson	1	0	0	0	0	1

Appearances

Includes all competitive matches.Numbers in parentheses are sub appearances^[36]

		Player	Úrvalsdeild	Borgunarbikar	Lengjubikar	Meistarakeppni KSÍ	Europe	Total
1	GK	Gunnar Nielsen	20	1	0	1	2	24
2	DF	Brynjar Gauti Guðjónsson	21	2	6	1	2	32
3	DF	Aron Rúnarsson Heiðdal	0	0	2 (3)	0	0	5
4	DF	Jóhann Laxdal	1 (6)	0	0	0	0	7
5	MF	Michael Præst	16	1	0	0	2	19
6	MF	Þorri Geir Rúnarsson	17 (2)	2	2	0	1 (1)	25
7	MF	Atli Jóhannsson	1 (2)	0	5 (1)	0	1	10
8	MF	Pablo Punyed	18 (1)	0	4	1	1	25
9	DF	Daníel Laxdal	21	2	6	1	2	32
10	FW	Veigar Páll Gunnarsson	6 (11)	1 (1)	4 (2)	0	(2)	27
11	MF	Arnar Már Björgvinsson	17 (4)	1 (1)	6	1	2	32
12	MF	Heiðar Ægisson	22	2	6	1	2	33
13	GK	Arnar Darri Pétursson	0	0	3 (1)	0	0	4
14	DF	Hörður Árnason	18 (1)	2	6	0	2	29
16	FW	Guðjón Baldvinsson	11	0	0	0	0	11
17	FW	Ólafur Karl Finsen	15 (1)	2	5 (1)	1	2	27
18	FW	Jón Arnar Barðdal	1 (4)	1 (1)	3 (2)	(1)	(1)	14
19	FW	Jeppe Hansen	16 (5)	2	1 (3)	1	2	30
20	FW	Atli Freyr Ottesen Pálsson	(2)	(1)	3 (3)	1	(1)	11
21	FW	Snorri Páll Blöndal	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	Þórhallur Kári Knútsson	5 (7)	1	6 (1)	(1)	0	21
23	MF	Halldór Orri Björnsson	13 (5)	1 (1)	0	1	1 (1)	23
24	DF	Brynjar Már Björnsson	(1)	0	1 (2)	1	0	5
25	GK	Sveinn Sigurður Jóhannesson	2 (1)	1	4	0	0	8
26	MF	Kristófer Konráðsson	(1)	0	(3)	(1)	0	5
27	FW	Garðar Jóhannsson	1 (6)	(1)	4	0	0	12
30	MF	Kári Pétursson	(2)	0	(5)	0	0	7
	DF	Finn Axel Hansen	0	0	(1)	0	0	1

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

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		Player	Úrvalsdeild			Borgunarbikar			Lengjubikar			Meistarakeppni KSÍ			Europe			Total
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1	GK	Gunnar Nielsen	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1
2	DF	Brynjar Gauti Guðjónsson	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	1	0
4	DF	Jóhann Laxdal	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
5	MF	Michael Præst	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
6	MF	Þorri Geir Rúnarsson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
7	MF	Atli Jóhannsson	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
8	MF	Pablo Punyed	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
9	DF	Daníel Laxdal	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
10	FW	Veigar Páll Gunnarsson	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
11	MF	Arnar Már Björgvinsson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
12	MF	Heiðar Ægisson	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
14	DF	Hörður Árnason	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
16	FW	Guðjón Baldvinsson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
17	MF	Ólafur Karl Finsen	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
18	FW	Jón Arnar Barðdal	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	FW	Jeppe Hansen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
22	MF	Þórhallur Kári Knútsson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
23	MF	Halldór Orri Björnsson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0

Squad stats

Includes all competitive matches; Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikar, Lengjubikar, Meistarakeppni KSÍ and UEFA Champions League.

	Úrvalsdeild	Borgunarbikar	Lengjubikar	Meistarakeppni KSÍ	Europe	Total
Games played	22	2	7	1	2	34
Games won	9	1	5	1	0	16
Games drawn	6	0	1	0	0	7
Games lost	7	1	1	0	2	11
Goals scored	32	1	14	1	1	49
Goals conceded	24	4	5	0	6	39
Clean sheets	7	0	3	1	0	11
Yellow cards	35	3	12	1	2	53
Red cards	4	0	0	0	0	4

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stjarnan Íslandsmeistari í fyrsta sinn. Morgunblaðið. 17 November 2014.
2. Web site: Íslandsmeistararnir meistarar meistaranna. www.fotbolti.net. Fótbolti.net. 27 April 2015.
3. Web site: Leikir/Mörk Stjarnan. www.ksi.is. Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. 9 April 2015.
4. Web site: Arnar Darri Pétursson. www.ksi.is. Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. 11 April 2015.
5. Web site: Baldvin Sturluson. www.ksi.is. Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. 11 April 2015.
6. Web site: Hilmar Þór Hilmarsson. www.ksi.is. Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. 11 April 2015.
7. Web site: Aron Rúnarsson Heiðdal. www.ksi.is. Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. 11 April 2015.
8. Web site: Brynjar Gauti skrifar undir hjá Stjörnunni. www.stjarnan.is. Knattspyrnufélagið Stjarnan. 11 April 2015.
9. Web site: Stórtíðindi úr Stjörnuheimilinu! Halldór Orri komin heim!. www.silfurskeid.in. Silfurskeiðin. 11 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150413033829/http://silfurskeid.in/?p=3668. 13 April 2015. dead.
10. Web site: Jeppe Hansen skrifar undir. www.stjarnan.is. Knattspyrnufélagið Stjarnan. 11 April 2015.
11. Web site: Finn Axel Hansen. www.ksi.is. Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. 11 April 2015.
12. Web site: Stjarnan hefur samið við Gunnar Nielsen. www.stjarnan.is. Knattspyrnufélagið Stjarnan. 11 April 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070533/http://stjarnan.is/knattspyrna/item/1211-stjarnan-hefur-samidh-vidh-gunnar-nielsen. dead.
13. Web site: Guðjón Baldvinsson í Stjörnuna (Staðfest). www.fotbolti.net. Fótbolti.net. 18 July 2015.
14. Web site: Baldvin Sturluson genginn til liðs við Val. www.valur.is. Knattspyrnufélagið Valur. 11 April 2015.
15. Web site: Start signerte islandsk landslagskeeper. www.aftenbladet.no. Aftenbladet. 11 April 2015. 18 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150318171238/http://www.aftenbladet.no/100Sport/fotball/eliteserien/Start-signerte-islandsk-landslagskeeper-477066_1.snd. dead.
16. Web site: Rolf Toft til liðs við Víking. www.vikingur.is. Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur. 11 April 2015.
17. Web site: Martin Rauschenberg til Gefle (Staðfest). www.fotbolti.net. Fótbolti.net. 12 April 2015.
18. Web site: Finn Axel Hansen. www.ksi.is. Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. 11 April 2015.
19. Web site: Niclas Vemmelund. www.ksi.is. Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. 11 April 2015.
20. Web site: Hilmar Þór í Val (Staðfest). www.fotbolti.net. Fótbolti.net. 11 April 2015.
21. Web site: Brynjar Már Björnsson. www.ksi.is. Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. 31 July 2015.
22. Web site: Aron Heiðdal í Nest Sotra (Staðfest). www.fotbolti.net. Fótbolti.net. 24 September 2015.
23. Web site: Ólafur Karl Finsen til Sandnes Ulf. www.sandnesulf.no. Sandnes Ulf. 18 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924094037/http://www.sandnesulf.no/news/article/1bwu5pkx6xiz81fqzvsflo15f7/title/olafur-karl-finsen-til-sandnes-ulf. 24 September 2015. dead.
24. Web site: Fótbolta.net mótið – A deild – Riðill 2. www.fotbolti.net. Fótbolti.net. 11 April 2015.
25. Web site: Fótbolti.net mótið: Breiðablik meistari. www.fotbolti.net. Fótbolti.net. 11 April 2015.
26. Web site: Lengjubikarinn A deild – Riðill 3. www.ksi.is. Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. 13 April 2015.
27. Web site: KR dregur sig úr Lengjubikarnum – KA áfram. www.fotbolti.net. Fótbolti.net. 14 April 2015.
28. Web site: Meistarakeppni KSÍ – Meistaraflokkur karla. www.ksi.is. Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. 9 April 2015.
29. Web site: Stjarnan vann meistarakeppni KSÍ. www.ksi.is. Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. 27 April 2015.
30. Web site: Stjarnan – Leiknir R. www.fotbolti.net. Fótbolti.net. 7 June 2015.
31. Web site: Stjarnan 0–3 Fylkir. www.fotbolti.net. Fótbolti.net. 30 June 2015.
32. Web site: Second qualifying round lineup confirmed. www.uefa.com. UEFA. 16 July 2015.
33. Web site: Fola hold Dinamo Zagreb, BATE and Celtic win. www.uefa.com. UEFA. 16 July 2015.
34. Web site: Óskabyrjun Stjörnunnar dugði ekki gegn Celtic. www.mbl.is. Morgunblaðið. 23 July 2015.
35. Web site: Leikir/Mörk Stjarnan. www.ksi.is. Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. 12 April 2015.
36. Web site: Leikir/Mörk Stjarnan. www.ksi.is. Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. 12 April 2015.
37. Web site: Leikir/Mörk Stjarnan. www.ksi.is. Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. 13 April 2015.