The Stjarnan men's basketball team, commonly known as Stjarnan, is the men's basketball department of Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan, based in the town of Garðabær, Iceland. It is a subdivision of Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan.
History Stjarnan's men's basketball team was founded in 1993. It reached the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla in 2001. After losing all its games during the 2001–02 season, the team almost folded. It managed to stay afloat and reached the Úrvalsdeild again in 2007 and advanced to the Úrvalsdeild Finals in 2011 and 2013, losing both times. It won the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 2009, 2013, 2015, 2019 and 2020.
On 14 March 2019, Stjarnan defeated Haukar in the last game of the regular season and finished with the best record in the league, winning the Division championship and a home court advantage through the playoffs.
Stjarnan opened the 2019–20 season with an 89-77 win against reigning champions KR in the annual Icelandic Super Cup behind newly signed Kyle Johnson's 21 points. On 15 February 2020, the team repeated as Cup champions after beating Grindavík in the cup final.
On 27 September 2020, Stjarnan won the Super Cup for the second consecutive season.
On 21 May 2025, Stjarnan won its first ever national championship.
Honors Úrvalsdeild karla (1): 2025 Icelandic Basketball Cup (6): 2009, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2022Bikarkeppni - Meistaraflokkur karla
Icelandic Super Cup (3): 2009, 2019, 2020 Meistarakeppni karla
Company Cup (1): 2015 Fyrirtækjabikar karla
Division II (1): 1995 2. deild karla
Players Individual awards
Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year Justin Shouse – 2012, 2013 Ægir Steinarsson - 2025 Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year Justin Shouse – 2010 Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team Hlynur Bæringsson – 2017, 2018, 2019 Justin Shouse – 2012, 2013 Ægir Steinarsson – 2019, 2021, 2024, 2025, 2026 Úrvalsdeild Defensive Player of the Year Hlynur Bæringsson – 2017 Ægir Steinarsson – 2019, 2025, 2026 Icelandic Cup Finals MVP Jarrid Frye – 2013 Justin Shouse – 2015 Brandon Rozzell – 2019 Ægir Steinarsson – 2020 David Gabrovšek – 2022 Icelandic Finals MVP Ægir Steinarsson - 2025
Notable players
Retired numbers Stjarnan retired numbersNo.PlayerPositionTenureNo. Retirement 12 Justin Shouse PG 2008–2017 27 January 2019
Coaches
Emil Barja 2026–present
Notes
References Official Website Eurobasket men's team profile KKÍ: Stjarnan – kki.is