# 2015 Stjarnan season

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.
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.

## First team

    As of 23 September 2015. These players competed in Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikarinn, Lengjubikarinn and 2016-17 UEFA Champions League
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRO | Gunnar Nielsen |
| 2 | DF | ISL | Brynjar Gauti Guðjónsson |
| 4 | DF | ISL | Jóhann Laxdal |
| 5 | MF | DEN | Michael Præst (captain) |
| 6 | MF | ISL | Þorri Geir Rúnarsson |
| 7 | MF | ISL | Atli Jóhannsson |
| 8 | MF | SLV | Pablo Punyed |
| 9 | DF | ISL | Daníel Laxdal |
| 10 | FW | ISL | Veigar Páll Gunnarsson |
| 11 | MF | ISL | Arnar Már Björgvinsson |
| 12 | MF | ISL | Heiðar Ægisson |
| 13 | GK | ISL | Arnar Darri Pétursson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | ISL | Hörður Árnason |
| 16 | FW | ISL | Guðjón Baldvinsson |
| 18 | FW | ISL | Jón Arnar Barðdal |
| 19 | FW | DEN | Jeppe Hansen |
| 20 | FW | ISL | Atli Freyr Ottesen Pálsson |
| 21 | FW | ISL | Snorri Páll Blöndal |
| 22 | MF | ISL | Þórhallur Kári Knútsson |
| 23 | MF | ISL | Halldór Orri Björnsson |
| 25 | GK | ISL | Sveinn Sigurður Jóhannesson |
| 26 | MF | ISL | Kristófer Konráðsson |
| 27 | FW | ISL | Garðar Jóhannsson |
| 30 | MF | ISL | Kári Pétursson |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

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

### Transfers out

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

### Loans out

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

## 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.
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.
| 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.
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.
| 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.
Stjarnan won the game 1–0 with Þórhallur Kári Knútsson scoring the winning goal in the 82nd minute.
| Date | Round | Opponents | Stadium | Result F–A | Scorers |
| 27 April 2015 | Final | KR | Samsung völlurinn | 1–0 | Þórhallur Kári Knútsson 82' |

## Úrvalsdeild
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Breiðablik | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 13 | +21 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | KR | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 42 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Stjarnan | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 33 | |
| 5 | Valur | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 33 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 6 | Fjölnir | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 33 | |
* ↑ Valur qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015 Icelandic Cup.

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### Summary of results

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 September 2015. Source: KSÍ

### 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. In the 16th-finals the team was drawn against Fylkir. Stjarnan played poorly and lost the game 3–0.
Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

## 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. Celtic F.C. won the first leg at home 2–0 after dominating for most of the game. 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.

### Second qualifying round

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.
    As of match played 3 October 2015
| Rank | Pos. | No. | 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
    As of match played 3 October 2015
| No. | Pos. | 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.
    As of match played 3 October 2015
| No. | Pos. | Player | Úrvalsdeild | Úrvalsdeild | Úrvalsdeild | Borgunarbikar | Borgunarbikar | Borgunarbikar | Lengjubikar | Lengjubikar | Lengjubikar | Meistarakeppni KSÍ | Meistarakeppni KSÍ | Meistarakeppni KSÍ | Europe | Europe | Europe | Total | Total | Total |
| 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 |
Last updated: 3 October 2015 Source: KSÍ