# 2016 Stjarnan season

The 2016 season will be Stjarnan's 14th season in Úrvalsdeild and their 8th consecutive season.
Rúnar Páll Sigmundsson will head coach the team for the third season running. He will be assisted by Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson.
Along with Úrvalsdeild, Stjarnan will compete in Lengjubikarinn and Borgunarbikarinn.

## First Team

    As of 26 May 2016 These players competed in Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikarinn and Lengjubikarinn
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 | JAM | Duwayne Kerr |
| 2 | DF | ISL | Brynjar Gauti Guðjónsson |
| 3 | DF | ISL | Aron Rúnarsson Heiðdal |
| 4 | DF | ISL | Jóhann Laxdal |
| 5 | DF | ISL | Grétar Sigfinnur Sigurðarson |
| 6 | MF | ISL | Þorri Geir Rúnarsson |
| 7 | FW | ISL | Guðjón Baldvinsson |
| 8 | MF | ISL | Baldur Sigurðsson (captain) |
| 9 | DF | ISL | Daníel Laxdal |
| 10 | FW | ISL | Veigar Páll Gunnarsson |
| 11 | MF | ISL | Arnar Már Björgvinsson |
| 12 | DF | ISL | Heiðar Ægisson |
| 14 | DF | ISL | Hörður Árnason |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | ISL | Hilmar Árni Halldórsson |
| 16 | FW | ISL | Ævar Ingi Jóhannesson |
| 17 | FW | ISL | Ólafur Karl Finsen |
| 19 | FW | DEN | Jeppe Hansen |
| 20 | MF | ISL | Eyjólfur Héðinsson |
| 21 | FW | ISL | Snorri Páll Blöndal |
| 23 | MF | ISL | Halldór Orri Björnsson |
| 24 | DF | ISL | Brynjar Már Björnsson |
| 25 | GK | ISL | Hörður Fannar Björgvinsson |
| 27 | GK | ISL | Guðjón Orri Sigurjónsson |
| 28 | MF | ISL | Kristófer Ingi Kristinsson |
| 29 | MF | ISL | Alex Þór Hauksson |
| — | GK | ISL | Fjalar Þorgeirsson |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers In

| Date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Other |
| 15 October 2015 | DF | 5 | Grétar Sigfinnur Sigurðarson | KR | |
| 16 October 2015 | DF | 24 | Brynjar Már Björnsson | Selfoss | Back from loan |
| 16 October 2015 | FW | 18 | Jón Arnar Barðdal | Þróttur R. | Back from loan |
| 23 October 2015 | MF | 15 | Hilmar Árni Halldórsson | Leiknir R. | |
| 14 November 2015 | MF | 8 | Baldur Sigurðsson | SønderjyskE | |
| 18 November 2015 | MF | 20 | Eyjólfur Héðinsson | FC Midtjylland | |
| 30 November 2015 | GK | 27 | Guðjón Orri Sigurjónsson | ÍBV | |
| 29 December 2015 | FW | 16 | Ævar Ingi Jóhannesson | KA | |
| 2 March 2016 | FW | 17 | Ólafur Karl Finsen | Sandnes Ulf | Back from loan |
| 2 April 2016 | GK | 1 | Duwayne Kerr | Sarpsborg 08 | |
| 25 May 2016 | GK | | Fjalar Þorgeirsson | SR | |

### Transfers Out

| Date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Other |
| 16 October 2015 | GK | 13 | Arnar Darri Pétursson | | Out of Contract |
| 16 October 2015 | MF | 5 | Michael Præst | KR | |
| 28 October 2015 | GK | 1 | Gunnar Nielsen | FH | |
| 4 November 2015 | MF | 8 | Pablo Punyed | ÍBV | |
| 14 November 2015 | FW | 27 | Garðar Jóhannsson | Fylkir | |

### Loans in

| Start Date | End Date | Position | No. | Player | From Club | Ref |
| 6 April 2016 | 16 October 2016 | GK | 25 | Hörður Fannar Björgvinsson | KR | |

### Loans out

| Start Date | End Date | Position | No. | Player | To Club |
| 22 February 2016 | 16 October 2016 | FW | 20 | Atli Freyr Ottesen Pálsson | Leiknir R. |
| 5 April 2016 | 16 October 2016 | MF | 22 | Þórhallur Kári Knútsson | Víkingur Ó. |
| 7 April 2016 | 16 October 2016 | MF | 30 | Kári Pétursson | Leiknir R. |
| 5 May 2016 | 16 October 2016 | GK | 25 | Sveinn Sigurður Jóhannesson | Fjarðabyggð |
| 5 May 2016 | 16 October 2016 | FW | 18 | Jón Arnar Barðdal | Fjarðabyggð |

## Pre-season
### Fótbolti.net Cup

Stjarnan took part in the 2016 Fótbolti.net Tournament, a pre-season tournament held in January every year.
The team played in Group 2 along with ÍBV, Breiðablik and Víkingur Ó. Stjarnan finished second in the group behind ÍBV but level on points with seven. Stjarnan had an inferior goal difference.
Stjarnan were heavily defeated in the game for the bronze against ÍA. Even though Stjarnan saw a lot of the ball it was ÍA who scored the goals and after 90 minutes ÍA had scored 6 against Stjarnan's 1.
| Date | Round | Opponents | Stadium | Result F–A | Scorers |
| 12 January 2016 | Group stage | Víkingur Ó. | Kórinn | 3–2 | Grétar Sigfinnur ?' Hilmar Árni ?'(pen.) Arnar Már ?' |
| 17 January 2016 | Group stage | ÍBV | Kórinn | 1–1 | Guðjón B. 53' |
| 20 January 2016 | Group stage | Breiðablik | Fífan | 3–2 | Arnar Már 26' Ævar Ingi 46' Guðjón B. 65' |
| 28 January 2016 | 3rd place final | ÍA | Samsung völlurinn | 1–6 | Jeppe Hansen 18' |

## Lengjubikarinn

Stjarnan played in Group 1 in the Icelandic league cup, Lengjubikarinn along with ÍBV, Valur, Huginn, Keflavík and Fram.
After three wins and two defeats Stjarnan finished third in the group and failed to advance through to the knockout stages.

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

## Úrvalsdeild
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | FH (C) | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 43 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Stjarnan | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | KR | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 38 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Fjölnir | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 37 | |
| 5 | Valur | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 35 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
* ↑ Valur qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016 Icelandic Cup.

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

### 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: 1 October 2016. Source: KSÍ

### Points breakdown

* Points at home: 7
* Points away from home: 4
* 6 Points:
* 4 Points:
* 3 Points:
* 2 Points:
* 1 Point:
* 0 Points:

## Borgunarbikarinn

Stjarnan came into the Icelandic Cup, Borgunarbikarinn, in the 3rd round. The team was drawn against Víkingur Ó. Stjarnan won the game after a penalty shoot-out. The game had ended 2–2 after 90 minutes.

### Matches
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.
    As of match played 30 May 2016
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Úrvalsdeild | Borgunarbikar | Lengjubikar | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Veigar Páll Gunnarsson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | 7 | Guðjón Baldvinsson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 19 | Jeppe Hansen | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 15 | Hilmar Árni Halldórsson | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Baldur Sigurðsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 17 | Ólafur Karl Finsen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 11 | Arnar Már Björgvinsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 5 | Grétar Sigfinnur Sigurðarson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 2 | Brynjar Gauti Guðjónsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 14 | Hörður Árnason | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 23 | Halldór Orri Björnsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 16 | Ævar Ingi Jóhannesson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Goalkeeping

Includes all competitive matches.
    As of match played 30 May 2016
| Pos. | No. | Player | Games Played | Clean Sheets (%) | Goals Against |
| GK | 1 | Duwayne Kerr | 4 | 1 (25%) | 3 |
| GK | 25 | Hörður Fannar Björgvinsson | 2 | 0 (0%) | 5 |
| GK | 27 | Guðjón Orri Sigurjónsson | 2 | 0 (0%) | 3 |
| GK | | Sveinn Sigurður Jóhannesson | 5 | 2 (40%) | 4 |

### Appearances

Includes all competitive matches. Numbers in parentheses are sub appearances
    As of match played 30 May 2016
| No. | Pos. | Player | Úrvalsdeild | Borgunarbikar | Lengjubikar | Total |
| 1 | GK | Duwayne Kerr | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | DF | Brynjar Gauti Guðjónsson | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | DF | Jóhann Laxdal | 0 | 1 | 3 (1) | 5 |
| 5 | DF | Grétar Sigfinnur Sigurðarson | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | MF | Þorri Geir Rúnarsson | 4 (1) | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | FW | Guðjón Baldvinsson | 6 | (1) | 4 (1) | 12 |
| 8 | MF | Baldur Sigurðsson | 6 | 1 | 1 (1) | 9 |
| 9 | DF | Daníel Laxdal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | Veigar Páll Gunnarsson | 2 (3) | 1 | 3 (2) | 12 |
| 11 | MF | Arnar Már Björgvinsson | (3) | 1 | 3 (1) | 8 |
| 12 | DF | Heiðar Ægisson | 6 | 0 | 4 (1) | 11 |
| 14 | DF | Hörður Árnason | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 15 | MF | Hilmar Árni Halldórsson | 2 (3) | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 16 | FW | Ævar Ingi Jóhannesson | 6 | (1) | 4 (1) | 12 |
| 17 | FW | Ólafur Karl Finsen | (1) | 0 | 1 (3) | 5 |
| 19 | FW | Jeppe Hansen | 1 (4) | 1 | 2 (3) | 11 |
| 20 | MF | Eyjólfur Héðinsson | 3 | (1) | 1 (1) | 6 |
| 23 | MF | Halldór Orri Björnsson | 4 (2) | 0 | 3 (1) | 10 |
| 24 | DF | Brynjar Már Björnsson | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 4 |
| 25 | GK | Hörður Fannar Björgvinsson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | GK | Guðjón Orri Sigurjónsson | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 2 |
| 28 | MF | Kristófer Ingi Kristinsson | 0 | 0 | (1) | 1 |
| 29 | MF | Alex Þór Hauksson | 0 | 0 | (1) | 1 |
| | GK | Sveinn Sigurður Jóhannesson | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| | MF | Þórhallur Kári Knútsson | 0 | 0 | 1 (4) | 5 |
| | MF | Kári Pétursson | 0 | 0 | (3) | 3 |

### Disciplinary

Includes all competitive matches.
    As of match played 30 May 2016
| No. | Pos. | Player | | | |
| 2 | DF | Brynjar Gauti Guðjónsson | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Grétar Sigfinnur Sigurðarson | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Þorri Geir Rúnarsson | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Guðjón Baldvinsson | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Baldur Sigurðsson | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Daníel Laxdal | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Heiðar Ægisson | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Ævar Ingi Jóhannesson | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Halldór Orri Björnsson | 2 | 0 | 0 |

### Squad Stats

Includes all competitive matches; Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikar and Lengjubikar.
| | Úrvalsdeild | Borgunarbikar | Lengjubikar | Total |
| Games played | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| Games won | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 (58%) |
| Games drawn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (17%) |
| Games lost | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 (25%) |
| Goals scored | 13 | 2 | 18 | 33 |
| Goals conceded | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| Clean sheets | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Yellow cards | 11 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 30 May 2016 Source: KSÍ