The 2014 season was Stjarnan's 12th season in Úrvalsdeild and their 6th consecutive season.
Rúnar Páll Sigmundsson took over as head-coach on 23 October following the departure of Logi Ólafsson. This was Rúnar's first managerial job in Úrvalsdeild.
On 4 October Stjarnan won their first ever Úrvalsdeild title after winning FH in the final round. Stjarnan went through the season unbeaten and matched the record for points set by KR in 2013.
2014 season was Stjarnan's first season in Europe, playing in the Europa League Qualification. Stjarnan went through to the play-off round where they were defeated by Inter Milan.
Stjarnan were eliminated from both cup competitions in the knockout stages. Going out in the 8th-finals of Lengjubikar against eventual winners FH and in the 16th-finals of Borgunarbikar against Þróttur R.
First Team
Transfers in DatePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubRef1 February 2014 MF 11 Arnar Már Björgvinsson Breiðablik 14 February 2014 MF 12 Heiðar Ægisson Skínandi 14 February 2014 FW 18 Jón Arnar Barðdal Skínandi 28 February 2014 DF 4 Niclas Vemmelund Odense BK 10 March 2014 DF 29 Martin Rauschenberg Esbjerg fB 17 March 2014 MF 8 Pablo Punyed Fylkir 7 May 2014 FW 19 Jeppe Hansen OB Odense 15 July 2014 FW 24 Rolf Toft AaB Fodbold 16 July 2014 DF 2 Jóhann Laxdal Ullensaker/Kisa IL
Transfers out DatePositionNo.PlayerTo clubRef3 November 2013 DF 3 Tryggvi Sveinn Bjarnason Fram 11 November 2013 MF 20 Gunnar Örn Jónsson Fylkir 11 December 2013 DF 24 Robert Sandnes IK Start 17 December 2013 GK Hörður Fannar Björgvinsson Fram 30 January 2013 MF 26 Kennie Knak Chopart FK Arendal 31 January 2014 DF 4 Jóhann Laxdal Ullensaker/Kisa IL 10 March 2014 MF 10 Halldór Orri Björnsson Falkenbergs FF 1 July 2014 FW 19 Jeppe Hansen FC Fredericia
Loans Out Start DateEnd DatePositionNo.PlayerTo ClubRef10 January 201416 October 2014 GK 13 Arnar Darri Pétursson Víkingur Ó 23 July 201416 October 2014 DF 21 Baldvin Sturluson Breiðablik 25 July 201416 October 2014 MF 6 Hilmar Þór Hilmarsson Keflavík 30 July 201416 October 2014 DF 15 Aron Rúnarsson Heiðdal Keflavík
Pre-season
Fótbolti.net Cup Stjarnan took part in the Fótbolti.net cup, a pre-season tournament for clubs outside of Reykjavík, in January and won the tournament after a final against FH. Stjarnan were drawn in Group 2 with Haukar, ÍBV and ÍA. They topped the group with six points, two wins and a defeat, and went through to the final against FH which they won 3–1 with two goals from Halldór Orri and one from Heiðar Ægisson.
DateRoundOpponentsStadiumResultF–AScorers11 January 2014Group stage ÍBV Kórinn2–1Garðar Jó 37' Darri Steinn 85'18 January 2014Group stage Haukar Kórinn3–421 January 2014Group stage ÍA Kórinn3–228 January 2014Final FH Kórinn3–1Halldór Orri 51' 65' Heiðar Æ 53'
Lengjubikarinn Stjarnan were drawn in group 3 in the Icelandic league cup, Lengjubikarinn, with Víkingur R, ÍBV, Valur, Selfoss, KV, Víkingur Ó and Haukar. They finished top of the group with 17 points, 5 wins and 2 draws. In the quarter-finals Stjarnan were drawn against FH and lost the game 2–1, Veigar Páll scored Stjarnan's only goal.
Matches DateRoundOpponentsStadiumResultF–AScorers16 February 2014Group stage Víkingur R Egilshöll2–2Veigar Páll 57'(p) Heiðar Æ 85'25 February 2014Group stage Haukar Kórinn5–0Arnar Már 19' Halldór Orri 33' OG 36' Veigar Páll 61' Jón Arnar 71'6 March 2014Group stage KV Egilshöll1–1Þorri Geir 61'15 March 2014Group stage ÍBV Reykjaneshöllin1–0Arnar Már 77'21 March 2014Group stage Selfoss Samsung-völlurinn3–2Arnar Már 8' Jón Arnar 31' Heiðar Æ 68'6 April 2014Group stage Valur Samsung-völlurinn2–1Veigar Páll 7' 87'12 April 2014Group stage Víkingur Ó Samsung-völlurinn4–0Heiðar Æ 14' Snorri Páll 74' Baldvin 77' Veigar Páll 88'16 April 2014Quarter-finals FH Samsung-völlurinn1–2Veigar Páll 48'
Borgunarbikarinn Stjarnan entered Borgunarbikarinn in the 32nd-finals where they were drawn against Selfoss. Stjarnan won the match convincingly 6–0. In the next round they were eliminated by Þróttur R 1–0.
Matches DateRoundOpponentsStadiumResultF–AScorers25 May 201432nd-finals Selfoss Samsung-völlurinn6–0Baldvin S 3' 64' Ólafur Karl 15' 66' O.G. 58' Atli Freyr 84'18 June 201416th-finals Þróttur R Samsung-völlurinn0–1
Úrvalsdeild
Table
Matches
Summary of Results
Points breakdown Points at home: 25 Points away from home: 27 6 Points: ÍBV, Fylkir, Þór, KR, Fram 4 Points: Valur, Keflavík, Fjölnir, FH 3 Points: Víkingur R 2 Points: Breiðablik
Europa League Stjarnan took part in their first ever Europa League Qualification in 2014. They entered the qualification in the first round where they were drawn against the Welsh team Bangor City. Stjarnan won the two legged tie 8–0 and went on to the second round. They met the Scottish team Motherwell in the second round. After coming from 2–0 down in the first leg to earn a 2–2 draw Stjarnan won the second leg 3–2 after an extra-time wonder goal from Atli Jóhannsson. In the third round Rolf Toft scored the only goal over the 180 minutes against Lech Poznan to put Stjarnan through 1–0 on aggregate. Stjarnan were drawn against the Italian team Inter Milan in the play-off round. Stjarnan were unable to maintain their good form in the Europa League and lost the tie 9–0 on aggregate, 3–0 at home and 6–0 in Milan.
Matches DateRoundOpponentsStadiumResultF–AScorers3 July 2014First Round – First Leg Bangor City Samsung-völlurinn4–0Ólafur Karl 13' 54'(p.) Veigar Páll 16' Arnar Már 70'10 July 2014First Round – Second Leg Bangor City Nantporth4–0Rauschenberg 53' Arnar Már 68' 81' Atli Jó 85'17 July 2014Second Round – First Leg Motherwell Fir Park2–2Ólafur Karl 35'(p.) 90+2'(p.)24 July 2014Second Round – Second Leg Motherwell Samsung-völlurinn3–2 E.T.Ólafur Karl 38'(p.) Rolf Toft 85' Atli Jó 114'E.T.31 July 2014Third Round – First Leg Lech Poznan Samsung-völlurinn3–2Rolf Toft 48'7 August 2014Second Round – Second Leg Lech Poznan Municipal Stadium0–020 August 2014Play-off Round – First Leg Inter Milan Laugardalsvöllur0–328 August 2014Play-off Round – Second Leg Inter Milan Stadio Giuseppe Meazza0–6
Statistics
Appearances Includes all competitive matches; Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikar, Lengjubikar and Europa League.
Numbers in parentheses are sub appearances. No.Pos.NationNameÚrvalsdeildBorgunarbikarLengjubikarEuropa LeagueTotal 1 GK Ingvar Jónsson 21 2 8 839 2 DF Jóhann Laxdal 3 (2) 0 0 (2)7 4 DF Niclas Vemmelund 17 (1) 0 6 731 5 MF Michael Præst 12 2 6 626 6 MF Hilmar Þór Hilmarsson 0 (1) 1 (5) 07 7 MF Atli Jóhannsson 17 (4) 0 4 833 8 MF Pablo Punyed 15 (5) 2 3 (1) 834 9 DF Daníel Laxdal 22 2 8 840 10 FW Veigar Páll Gunnarsson 14 (3) 1 (1) 7 5 (1)32 10 MF Halldór Orri Björnsson 0 0 2 02 11 MF Arnar Már Björgvinsson 21 1 5 7 (1)35 12 MF Heiðar Ægisson 6 (7) 0 7 (5)25 14 DF Hörður Árnason 19 1 5 833 15 DF Aron Rúnarsson Heiðdal 0 (1) 2 (2) 05 16 MF Þorri Geir Rúnarsson 12 (4) 2 3 (3) 1 (2)27 17 FW Ólafur Karl Finsen 20 (1) 2 6 (1) 838 18 FW Jón Arnar Barðdal (4) (1) 4 (3) 012 19 FW Jeppe Hansen 9 1 (1) 0 011 20 FW Atli Freyr Ottesen Pálsson 2 (6) 1 (1) 3 (4) 1 (2)20 21 DF Baldvin Sturluson (1) 2 2 (4) 110 22 MF Þórhallur Kári Knútsson (1) 0 (1) 02 23 FW Snorri Páll Blöndal (4) 0 1 (3) (1)9 24 FW Rolf Toft 10 (1) 0 0 3 (3)17 25 GK Sveinn Sigurður Jóhannesson 1 (1) 0 (2) 04 27 FW Garðar Jóhannsson (9) 1 0 1 (3)14 29 DF Martin Rauschenberg 21 2 5 836 MF Kristófer Konráðsson 0 0 (1) 01 MF Kári Pétursson 0 0 (2) 02
Goal scorers Includes all competitive matches; Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikar, Lengjubikar and Europa League. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" |- !width="7%"|No. !width="7%"|Pos. !width="7%"|Nation !width="20%"|Name !Úrvalsdeild !Borgunarbikar !Lengjubikar !Europa League !Total |- | 17 | FW | | Ólafur Karl Finsen | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 |18 |- | 24 | FW | | Rolf Toft | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 |8 |- | 19 | FW | | Jeppe Hansen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |6 |- | 11 | MF | | Arnar Már Björgvinsson | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 |12 |- | 10 | FW | | Veigar Páll Gunnarsson | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 |13 |- | 8 | MF | | Pablo Punyed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |2 |- | 4 | DF | | Niclas Vemmelund | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |2 |- | 27 | FW | | Garðar Jóhannsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |2 |- | 21 | DF | | Baldvin Sturluson | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |3 |- | 21 | FW | | Atli Freyr Ottesen Pálsson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |1 |- | 10 | MF | | Halldór Orri Björnsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |1 |- | 12 | MF | | Heiðar Ægisson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |3 |- | 18 | FW | | Jón Arnar Barðdal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |3 |- | 23 | FW | | Snorri Páll Blöndal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |1 |- | 16 | MF | | Þorri Geir Rúnarsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |1 |- | 7 | MF | | Atli Jóhannsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |2 |- | 29 | DF | | Martin Rauschenberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |1 |- | colspan=4 | Own Goals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |3 |- |- bgcolor="F1F1F1" | colspan=4 | TOTAL | 42 | 6 | 20 | 14 |82
Disciplinary record Includes all competitive matches; Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikar, Lengjubikar and Europa League.
Squad Stats Includes all competitive matches; Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikar, Lengjubikar and Europa League. {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! ! style="width:70px;"|Úrvalsdeild ! style="width:70px;"|Borgunarbikar ! style="width:70px;"|Lengjubikar ! style="width:70px;"|Europa League ! style="width:70px;"|Total |- |align=left|Games played || 22 || 2 || 8 || 8 || 40 |- |align=left|Games won || 15 || 1 || 5 || 4 || 25 |- |align=left|Games drawn || 7 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 11 |- |align=left|Games lost || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 4 |- |align=left|Goals scored || 42 || 6 || 19 || 14 || 81 |- |align=left|Goals conceded || 21 || 1 || 8 || 13 || 43 |- |align=left|Clean sheets || 7 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 15 |- |align=left|Yellow cards || 31 || 1 || 7 || 7 || 46 |- |align=left|Red cards || 4 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 5
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