2015 Stjarnan season

Stjarnan
2015 season
Manager Rúnar Páll Sigmundsson
Stadium Samsung-völlurinn
Úrvalsdeild 4th place
Borgunarbikarinn 16th-finals
Lengjubikarinn Group Stage
Champions League Second Qualifying Round
Meistarakeppni KSÍ 1st
Top goalscorer League:
Jeppe Hansen (8)
All:
Jeppe Hansen (12)
Home colours
Away colours

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 clubs 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

As of 23 September 2015. These players competed in Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikarinn, Lengjubikarinn and 2016-17 UEFA Champions League[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Faroe Islands GK Gunnar Nielsen
2 Iceland DF Brynjar Gauti Guðjónsson
4 Iceland DF Jóhann Laxdal
5 Denmark MF Michael Præst (captain)
6 Iceland MF Þorri Geir Rúnarsson
7 Iceland MF Atli Jóhannsson
8 El Salvador MF Pablo Punyed
9 Iceland DF Daníel Laxdal
10 Iceland FW Veigar Páll Gunnarsson
11 Iceland MF Arnar Már Björgvinsson
12 Iceland MF Heiðar Ægisson
13 Iceland GK Arnar Darri Pétursson
No. Position Player
14 Iceland DF Hörður Árnason
16 Iceland FW Guðjón Baldvinsson
18 Iceland FW Jón Arnar Barðdal
19 Denmark FW Jeppe Hansen
20 Iceland FW Atli Freyr Ottesen Pálsson
21 Iceland FW Snorri Páll Blöndal
22 Iceland MF Þórhallur Kári Knútsson
23 Iceland MF Halldór Orri Björnsson
25 Iceland GK Sveinn Sigurður Jóhannesson
26 Iceland MF Kristófer Konráðsson
27 Iceland FW Garðar Jóhannsson
30 Iceland MF Kári Pétursson

Transfers and loans

Transfers In

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

Transfers Out

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

Loans out

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

Pre-Season

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]

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 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Breiðablik 22 13 7 2 34 13 +21 46 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3 KR 22 12 6 4 36 21 +15 42
4 Stjarnan 22 9 6 7 32 24 +8 33
5 Valur 22 9 6 7 38 31 +7 33 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6 Fjölnir 22 9 6 7 36 35 +1 33
Source: KSÍ, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Play-off (only for deciding champion); 9) Draw.[30]
Notes:

Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss       Upcoming fixture

Summary of results

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
22 9 6 7 32 24  +8 33 3 4 4 17 11  +6 6 2 3 15 13  +2

Last updated: 26 September 2015.
Source: KSÍ

Points breakdown

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.[31] In the 16th-finals the team was drawn against Fylkir. Stjarnan played poorly and lost the game 3-0.[32]

      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.[33] Celtic F.C. won the first leg at home 2-0 after dominating for most of the game.[34] 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.[35]

Second Qualifying Round

      Win       Draw       Loss       Upcoming fixture

Statistics

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.

As of match played 3 October 2015[36]
Rank Pos. No. Player Úrvalsdeild Borgunarbikar Lengjubikar Meistarkeppni KSÍ Europe Total
1 FW 19 Denmark Jeppe Hansen 8 1 3 0 0 12
2 FW 17 Iceland Ólafur Karl Finsen 3 0 2 0 1 6
3 FW 16 Iceland Guðjón Baldvinsson 5 0 0 0 0 5
4 MF 11 Iceland Arnar Már Björgvinsson 2 0 3 0 0 5
5 MF 8 El Salvador Pablo Punyed 2 0 2 0 0 4
6 MF 23 Iceland Halldór Orri Björnsson 4 0 0 0 0 4
7 MF 22 Iceland Þórhallur Kári Knútsson 3 0 0 1 0 4
8 FW 27 Iceland Garðar Jóhannsson 0 0 2 0 0 2
9 FW 20 Iceland Atli Freyr Ottesen Pálsson 0 0 1 0 0 1
10 MF 6 Iceland Þorri Geir Rúnarsson 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 FW 18 Iceland Jón Arnar Barðdal 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 FW 10 Iceland Veigar Páll Gunnarsson 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 MF 12 Iceland 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[37]
No. Pos. Player Úrvalsdeild Borgunarbikar Lengjubikar Meistarakeppni KSÍ Europe Total
1 GK Faroe Islands Gunnar Nielsen 20 1 0 1 2 24
2 DF Iceland Brynjar Gauti Guðjónsson 21 2 6 1 2 32
3 DF Iceland Aron Rúnarsson Heiðdal 0 0 2 (3) 0 0 5
4 DF Iceland Jóhann Laxdal 1 (6) 0 0 0 0 7
5 MF Denmark Michael Præst 16 1 0 0 2 19
6 MF Iceland Þorri Geir Rúnarsson 17 (2) 2 2 0 1 (1) 25
7 MF Iceland Atli Jóhannsson 1 (2) 0 5 (1) 0 1 10
8 MF El Salvador Pablo Punyed 18 (1) 0 4 1 1 25
9 DF Iceland Daníel Laxdal 21 2 6 1 2 32
10 FW Iceland Veigar Páll Gunnarsson 6 (11) 1 (1) 4 (2) 0 (2) 27
11 MF Iceland Arnar Már Björgvinsson 17 (4) 1 (1) 6 1 2 32
12 MF Iceland Heiðar Ægisson 22 2 6 1 2 33
13 GK Iceland Arnar Darri Pétursson 0 0 3 (1) 0 0 4
14 DF Iceland Hörður Árnason 18 (1) 2 6 0 2 29
16 FW Iceland Guðjón Baldvinsson 11 0 0 0 0 11
17 FW Iceland Ólafur Karl Finsen 15 (1) 2 5 (1) 1 2 27
18 FW Iceland Jón Arnar Barðdal 1 (4) 1 (1) 3 (2) (1) (1) 14
19 FW Denmark Jeppe Hansen 16 (5) 2 1 (3) 1 2 30
20 FW Iceland Atli Freyr Ottesen Pálsson (2) (1) 3 (3) 1 (1) 11
21 FW Iceland Snorri Páll Blöndal 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF Iceland Þórhallur Kári Knútsson 5 (7) 1 6 (1) (1) 0 21
23 MF Iceland Halldór Orri Björnsson 13 (5) 1 (1) 0 1 1 (1) 23
24 DF Iceland Brynjar Már Björnsson (1) 0 1 (2) 1 0 5
25 GK Iceland Sveinn Sigurður Jóhannesson 2 (1) 1 4 0 0 8
26 MF Iceland Kristófer Konráðsson (1) 0 (3) (1) 0 5
27 FW Iceland Garðar Jóhannsson 1 (6) (1) 4 0 0 12
30 MF Iceland Kári Pétursson (2) 0 (5) 0 0 7
DF Iceland Finn Axel Hansen 0 0 (1) 0 0 1

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

As of match played 3 October 2015[38]
No. Pos. Player Úrvalsdeild Borgunarbikar Lengjubikar Meistarakeppni KSÍ Europe Total
1 GK Faroe Islands Gunnar Nielsen 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1
2 DF Iceland Brynjar Gauti Guðjónsson 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 1 0
4 DF Iceland Jóhann Laxdal 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
5 MF Denmark Michael Præst 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
6 MF Iceland Þorri Geir Rúnarsson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
7 MF Iceland Atli Jóhannsson 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
8 MF El Salvador Pablo Punyed 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
9 DF Iceland Daníel Laxdal 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
10 FW Iceland Veigar Páll Gunnarsson 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
11 MF Iceland Arnar Már Björgvinsson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
12 MF Iceland Heiðar Ægisson 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
14 DF Iceland Hörður Árnason 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
16 FW Iceland Guðjón Baldvinsson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
17 MF Iceland Ólafur Karl Finsen 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
18 FW Iceland Jón Arnar Barðdal 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
19 FW Denmark Jeppe Hansen 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
22 MF Iceland Þórhallur Kári Knútsson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
23 MF Iceland 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

External links

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