Stjarnan F.C. is an Icelandic sports club specialising in football, located in Garðabær

Garðabær

Garðabær is a municipality in the Greater Reykjavík area of Iceland.As of January 2011, its population was 10,909....

, 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, a human bicycle, and an imitation of a Rambo shooting spree, were published widely across the Internet and football television shows. The Spanish mobile network Movistar

Movistar

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 even made a YouTube video about Stjaran.

The women's team won the Islandic championship in 2011.

Current squad

Notable former players

Árni Gautur Arason

Árni Gautur Arason

Árni Gautur Arason is an Icelandic football goalkeeper, who currently playing for Lierse SK in Belgium. Arason is also an educated lawyer from the University of Iceland.-Club career:...

 Arnór Guðjohnsen

Arnór Guðjohnsen

Arnór Guðjohnsen is a former Icelandic footballer who played as a striker. He is most famous for his seven-year stint with Belgian club Anderlecht and was the club's top scorer in the 1986–87 season. He is the father of striker Eiður Guðjohnsen.-Club career:Guðjohnsen played for the following...

 Veigar Páll Gunnarsson

Veigar Páll Gunnarsson

Veigar Páll Gunnarsson is an Icelandic football striker who plays for the Norwegian club Vålerenga.The Gunnarsson transfer in 2011, was a football transfer that led to football clubs Stabæk and Vålerenga to be nominated for fines of Norwegian kroner 500,000 and 350,000 respectively, by a committee...

 Bjarni Sigurðsson

Bjarni Sigurðsson

Bjarni Sigurðsson is an Icelandic former international footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He won 41 caps for the Iceland national football team between 1980 and 1991. He started his career with Keflavik ÍF before joining ÍA in 1979. In 1984, Sigurðsson was awarded club sportsman of the year by...

Women's team

The women's section of Stjarnan plays in Iceland's top division, the women's Úrvalsdeild

Úrvalsdeild (women)

The Úrvalsdeild kvenna is the premier division women's football league in Iceland.It features 10 teams that play a double round robin to decide the champion, which qualifies for a spot in the UEFA Women's Champions League.-2010 teams:* Afturelding...

. In 2011 the team won the championship two weeks before the end and thus qualified to the 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League

2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League

The UEFA Women's Champions League 2012–13 will be the twelfth edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final will be held in London, England on 23 May 2013.-Teams:...

. The team also reached the final of the Icelandic Women's Cup

Icelandic Women's Cup

The Icelandic Women's Cup is the national women's football cup competition in Iceland. The first edition of the cup was played out in 1981.-List of finals:The list of finals:- External links:**...

in 1993 and 2010, losing 1–3 and 0–1 respectively.