Icelandic football team Stjaran FC headed for Campoamor, where they played Swedish Premier League team IFK Varnamo in a week-long training camp.
Stjarnan FC is the men’s football section of the Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan multi-sport club, based in Garðabær, who play in the Besta deild karla, the top-tier men’s football league in Iceland.
The club gained worldwide fame when their elaborate goal celebrations, including highly choreographed depictions of landing a fish, diving, a human toilet, a human bicycle, and a Rambo shooting spree, went global.
On October 4, 2014, Stjarnan won their first ever Úrvalsdeild karla title, unbeaten in the league, equalling the record of 52 points.
In the 2014-15 Europa League, they reached the play-off rounds after beating Motherwell and Polish team Lech Poznań, before Italian giants Inter Milan denied them a place in the Group stages.
On 18 April 2019, Stjarnan won the Super Cup for the second time in its history.
The club featured in the European Champions League in the 2015-16 season, when they played Celtic; alongside featuring in the Europa League in recent years.
