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SK Gaming is a German team that has been part of the esports community since 1997, making it the oldest esports organization in the world. The organization entered the League of Legends scene in September 2010.
History[]
Formation of SK Gaming[]
SK Gaming's foray into League of Legends began on September 16, 2010, when SK acquired team I WEAR A CAPE IRL consisting of Osaft22, SleazyWeazy, Severus, Reyk, Zylor, Pylat, and Awe kek.[1]
Season 1[]
With this lineup, SK Gaming was able to take second place at the 2010 World Cyber Games. In the group stage, SK Gaming entered a three way match, tied for first. Going 2-1 by defeating AnotherStory and Counter Logic Gaming Prime, while falling to ChinaHero. In the playoffs, SK Gaming was able to defeat ChinaHero in their rematch 2-0, advancing to the finals. There, SK Gaming would fall to Counter Logic Gaming 1-2, taking home second place.[2]
On December 8, 2010, SK Gaming expanded their roster by recruiting the members of Team Dimegio. With this pickup, SK acquired Araneae, nRated, Rashaasii, Wickd, ALth0r, and ocelote. [3]Araneae would leave SK Gaming on March 23 of the following year.[4]
Pre-Season 2[]
The SK lineup would undergo a few more changes in the coming months. One of the biggest roster changes in SK Gaming's history occurred on June of 2011, with ALth0r, Farfain, LimeLight, nRated, Severus, and SleazyWeazy leaving, and being replaced by Candy Panda, WetDreaM, and Nyph.[5]
With their new roster, SK Gaming participated in the 2011 IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Cologne. SK was unable to pass the group stage, going 1-2 after defeating Frag Executors, then falling to Counter Logic Gaming Prime and FnaticRC. SK finished in 5th/6th place along with Team ALTERNATE. [6]
Shortly after the event, WetDreaM was replaced by Snoopeh. [7]
On October 5, 2011, SK Gaming placed third in the IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Guangzhou. With a strong performance, SK Gaming won its group by going 2-1, defeating CrossGaming and Invictus Gaming and losing to eHome. In the semifinals, SK Gaming fell to Counter Logic Gaming Prime 1-2, but then defeated eHome 2-1 in the third place match to take third at the tournament.[8]
A few weeks later, SK Gaming qualified for the IEM Season VI - Global Challenge New York. In the group stage, SK Gaming placed first going 3-0, defeating Sypher, Curse Gaming, and v8 eSports. Continuing on their success, SK Gaming defeated Counter Logic Gaming Prime 2-0 in the semi-finals. However, SK fell in the grand finals 0-2 to FnaticRC.
Season 2[]
In the coming months, SK Gaming underwent several changes to their roster. On October 20, long time top laner Wickd left SK to form Absolute Legends with WetdreaM. SK picked up MoMa for a short stint to replace Wickd, but MoMa left shortly after signing. Near the end of 2011, Snoopeh departed SK Gaming to join the new Counter Logic Gaming EU and Absolute Legends merger team. To fill the void, SK signed former against All authority top laner Kev1n.[9]
Ten days after SK's roster changes, they earned fourth at the IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Kiev. SK Gaming placed second in the group stage, defeating Curse Gaming and White Lotus while falling to Team SoloMid. Despite this strong initial showing, SK was swept by the eventual winner Moscow Five in the semifinals 0-2, and then Dignitas 0-2 in the third place match.[10]
On February 12, 2012, Dedrayon joined SK Gaming as their jungler.[11] SK Gaming had a dominant performance in the group stages of IEM Season VI - World Championship, going 4-1 and taking second place, defeating Curse Gaming, Team SoloMid, Sypher, and eHome, while losing their only game to Moscow Five. However, their success did not transfer over to the playoffs, as SK fell to against All authority in the quarterfinals. SK Gaming took 5th-6th place alongside Team Curse.
Longtime mid laner ocelote temporarily switched roles with top laner kev1n on May 20, 2012.[12] On June 8, ocelote returned to the mid lane, while kev1n became the AD Carry and Candy Panda moved to top lane. A month after these position changes, longtime SK member CandyPanda left the team along with jungler Dedrayon. To replace CandyPanda, SK brought on former Absolute Legends top lane player YoungBuck. Eleven days later, SK Gaming underwent yet another roster change, with Svenskeren and YoungBuck leaving and Kev1n moving back to the top lane.[13]
On July 29, SK received third place at European Challenger Circuit: Poland with Araneae jungling and YellOwStaR playing the AD carry role. SK dropped its first set to CLG EU, 1-2, but was able to overcome Team Curse Europe 2-1. Two days later, ocelote announced that this roster would be permanent.
Shortly before the start of the Season Two European Regionals in Cologne, SK Gaming picked up AD carry YellOwStaR and jungler Araneae. After only two weeks of training, SK Gaming competed at the regionals on August 16, 2012. In their first round, SK Gaming overcame the Polish Team Acer.PL 2-0 to advance. In a huge upset, SK swept the heavily favored Counter Logic Gaming EU 2-0 to qualify for the Season 2 World Championship and advance to the grand finals of the tournament. In the finals, SK Gaming fell to the Russian Moscow Five 0-2 and took home second place. After strong performances by YellOwStaR and Araneae, SK Gaming recruited them to officially join the main roster.
On August 25, during Campus Gaming Party: Berlin, Metalx of Western Wolves and Schabs of Team Acer substituted for YellOwstaR and Araneae, who were unable to attend due to personal reasons. SK took third place in group B with defeats by Eclypsia.Luna and Fnatic.
In early October, SK Gaming traveled to Los Angeles to play in the Season 2 World Championship. SK met an early exit, losing to CLG Prime, Azubu Frost, and Invictus Gaming in quick succession in the group stage. They left with an 11th-12th place result and $25,000.
On November 11, SK Gaming participated in Tales of the Lane. After placing 3-1 in their group with victories over Tt Dragons, mousesports and Team ALTERNATE and a sole loss to Fnatic, SK received a bye into the semifinals of the bracket stage. They lost their semifinal match to Eclypsia 0-2, and lost the ensuing third place match to Moscow Five 0-2, placing them fourth in the seven overall, going home with € 2,500.
Pre-Season 3[]
The team traveled to Poland to compete at IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Katowice in January, but were knocked out in the group stage, going 1-2 and coming in 6th, winning against Absolute Legends but losing sets to Azubu Frost and Fnatic. During their match against Fnatic, Fnatic mid laner xPeke broke open an extremely close game by backdooring the SK nexus. This play was received with widespread amazement and prompted the term "xPeke'd".[14]
Season 3[]
By finishing in the top three at the Season 2 EU regionals, SK had qualified to participate in Riot's new professional league, Season 3 EU League Championship Series, playing in a 10 week competition with the continent's best teams. During the spring season of 2013, the SK team played consistently well, finishing with a respectable 17-11 and claiming third place going into playoffs. The Season 3 LCS Spring Playoffs occurred in April, where SK was able to automatically secure their spot in the next LCS season in the first round when their opponent, sixth-seeded against All authority, was disqualified due to roster issues.[15] The team then faced Gambit Gaming, falling 2-0 to the Russians. In the third place match, SK faced Evil Geniuses and, despite having early leads in both games, were unable to close them out and lost 2-0, to finish fourth in the playoffs.
SK Gaming attended the IEM Season VII - World Championship in Hanover in March 2013. They were unable to make it to the bracket stage, placing 10th after winning only a single game against MeetYourMakers.
In the summer split of the European LCS, SK made consistently poor showings and held eighth place for most of the split, despite going 3-1 against the eventual champions Fnatic. After a brief resurgence in the last two weeks of the season, SK finished seventh and would face relegation in the 2014 Season Spring Promotion Tournament.
Kev1n and hyrqBot departed SK in September to join Ninjas in Pyjamas. In November, SK Gaming recruited LCS veterans fredy122 (previously of against All authority), Svenskeren (previously of Ninjas in Pyjamas), and challenger player Jesiz. After nearly three years as a starter, ocelote stepped down from mid lane to be a substitute, while Nyph took his spot as Team Captain.
In December 2013, SK Gaming faced SUPA HOT CREW XD in the Spring Promotion Tournament. After falling behind 0-2, SK Gaming won three games in a row to defeat SUPA HOT CREW XD and return to the LCS.
In the end of December 2013 Team Captain Nyph announced that he would be leaving SK Gaming to join Alliance.
2014 Season[]
After picking up new support nRated, SK Gaming competed in the Spring Split. After a few shaky weeks, is was clear that the changes to the roster had served the team well. As CandyPanda picked up the weekly MVP award for week three, SK's ascent of the rankings table began. By the penultimate week, SK had made it to 3rd place behind Alliance and Fnatic, but a perfect superweek saw SK claim 1st place. SK's performance in the spring split secured them a place in the Spring Playoffs. The playoffs saw the team beat Team ROCCAT in the semifinal, but following this, SK lost to Fnatic in the final, resulting in a 2nd place finish for the team.
SK started the Summer Split strong, Svenskeren picked up the weekly MVP award for week three, and SK stayed within the top 3 teams until the 9th week. Poor results toward the end of the split saw SK in 5th place after the penultimate week, but a late surge resulted in the team finishing in 4th place overall, with nRated picking up the weekly MVP award for the final week. Following this was the Summer Playoffs, a chance for the team to qualify for the World Championship. SK finished 3rd in the playoffs, losing to Alliance in the semifinal, but beating Team ROCCAT in the third-place match, securing themselves a place at the World Championship.
The World Championship saw SK placed in Group B along with Star Horn Royal Club, Team SoloMid and Taipei Assassins. SK only managed 2 wins in the group, but notably beat TSM in their last match of the group stage. SK finished in 3rd place in their group, meaning that they would not go any further in the tournament.
2015 Season[]
On November 24, 2014 SK Gaming announced that their lineup for the 2015 Season would consist of fredy122, Svenskeren, Fox, FORG1VEN, and nRated, with Fox and FORG1VEN newly joining the lineup.[16]
The Spring Split was a huge success for SK Gaming, finishing 1st in the regular season and losing only 3 games in the process.
Due to SK being in 1st place in the Spring Split at the specified cutoff date, the team were invited to compete at the IEM Season IX - World Championship. After a Round 1 win against the yoe Flash Wolves, SK Gaming lost to GE Tigers in Round 2 of the winners bracket, putting them into Round 2 of the losers bracket. SK Gaming were then knocked out by yoe Flash Wolves after losing to the Taiwanese team in their 2nd meeting at the tournament.
The team's regular season performance meant that SK Gaming would have a bye to the semifinals of the Spring Playoffs, where they would fall to Unicorns Of Love in a tight series, and become the first regular season 1st place finishers to fall in the semifinals of playoffs in LCS history. They went on to lose the third-place match to H2k-Gaming, securing themselves 30 Championship Points for the split.
After FORG1VEN's departure and CandyPanda's arrival, the Summer Season was far less successful for the team, ultimately finishing the regular season in 9th place. This meant that they would have to fight for their LCS status in the 2016 Spring Promotion, where they faced Gamers2. Now with NoXiAK in the place of nRated, a well-fought series eventually saw SK Gaming, who had been a part of the European LCS since it's conception, lose their place in the LCS.
2019 Season[]
In 2018, the organization was rumored to be rejoining the EU LCS as part of the 2019 European franchise program.[17] On November 20, Riot Games confirmed SK Gaming as one of the ten partner teams for the LEC 2019 Spring Split.[18]
They signed their core from MADL's roster consisting of Werlyb, Selfmade, and Crownshot and signed with Pirean from SKT and Dreams 2 koreans who had played in western regions before. After beating their old rivals Fnatic in week 1 they showed inconsistent performances throughout the split and finished in 6th place after winning a tiebreaker against Schalke 04. In Round 1 of playoffs they started good against Splyce but lost the series in the end convincingly 1-3.
Before Summer Split SK announced that they decided to switch the top laners of their main and academy team. This change did not seem to have a big impact on their performance at first as they started off with three 1-1 weeks before Rift Rivals. After the break they got really exposed though so they benched underperforming mid laner Pirean and instead gave academy player and rookie Jenax a chance to show himself. Jenax used this chance well but despite making a late run up the standings this time SK did not manage to withstand the pressure of a tiebreaker against Vitality and ended split and season in 7th place.
2020 Season[]
In the off-season Selfmade, Pirean and Dreams left the team. In replacement, Trick, jungler for Schalke 04, and LIMIT, support for Prime League's Ad Hoc Gaming were both signed. Realistik had to leave the team and Unlimited was promoted to head coach of SK. After a promising first week in week 1 of Spring Split, the expected loss to G2 Esports turned out to be the start of a small losing streak - until they took down the last place Schalke 04 in week 3. Unable to turn around their form, they went back on a losing streak of 10 games with the low point of losing to winless Vitality in week 5. This form continued until the last week, where they upset both Rogue and Excel. However, these wins were too late to have an impact in the standings, and they ended the split in 9th place.
In the pre-season for Summer Split, SK Gaming signed Jesiz as Head Coach, moving Unlimited to Assistant Coach.[19] Additionally, SK Gaming's midlaner for Spring, Jenax role-swapped to Top Lane, with the team bringing in EU Masters Champion ZaZee from BIG. This proved to be the start of a promising roster, beating both Origen and Misfits Gaming to start 3-1 in the Summer Split.
Timeline[]
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- September 16, SK Gaming acquires the roster of I WEAR A CAPE IRL.
Reyk,
Severus,
Zylor,
Osaft22, and
SleazyWeazy join. Awe kek and Pylat join as substitutes.[20] - October (approx.),
Reyk,
Zylor,
Osaft22, Awe kek, and Pylat leave. - December 8,
SK Gaming acquires 
Dimegio Club.
Rashaasii,
Wickd,
Araneae,
ALth0r,
ocelote, and
nRated join.[21]
- March 18,
Araneae leaves.[22] - April (approx.),
Farfain and
LimeLight join.
Rashaasii leaves. - June 23,
WetDreaM,
Candy Panda, and
Nyph join.
Farfain,
ALth0r,
LimeLight,
Severus,
nRated, and
SleazyWeazy leave.[23] - August 24,
Snoopeh joins.
WetDreaM leaves.[24] - October 20,
Wickd leaves.[25] - November 4,
MoMa joins.[26] - November 22,
MoMa leaves.[27] - December 20,
Snoopeh leaves.[28]
- January 12,
Kev1n joins.[29] - January 19,
SleazyWeazy rejoins as temporary substitute for IEM Season 6 Kiev. - January 22,
SleazyWeazy (temporary substitute) leaves. - February 12,
Dedrayon joins.[30] - May 20, ocelote (Mid to Top) and Kev1n (Top to Mid) change positions.[31]
- June 8, Kev1n (Mid to Top) and ocelote (Top to Mid) change positions.
- June 20,
Dedrayon and
Candy Panda leave.[32] - July 9,
YoungBuck joins. Kev1n (Top to Bot) changes position.[33] - July 20, Kev1n (Bot to Top) changes position.
YoungBuck leaves.[34] - July 31,
YellOwStaR joins.
Araneae rejoins.[35] - August 21,
Schabs and
Metalx join as temporary substitutes for Campus Gaming Party: Berlin, replacing Kev1n and YellOwStaR, respectively. - August 25,
Schabs and
Metalx (temporary substitutes) leave. - October 26,
CandyPanda rejoins as temporary substitute for Tales of the Lane, replacing YellOwStaR. - November 11,
CandyPanda (temporary substitute) leaves. - November 18,
Araneae leaves.[36] - December 10,
HyrqBot joins.
Candypanda rejoins.
YellOwStaR leaves.[37]
- April 12,
Moopz joins as substitute.[38] - April (approx.),
Noonia joins as substitute. - May 6,
Noonia leaves. - September 18,
Kev1n and
hyrqBot leave.[39][40] - November 2,
fredy122,
Svenskeren, and
Jesiz join.
ocelote moves to substitute.
Moopz leaves. Nyph becomes Team Captain.[41] - December 31,
Nyph and
ocelote leave.[42][43]
- January (approx.), Incarnati0n (Head Coach) joins.
- January 11,
nRated rejoins.[44] - January 17,
Mozilla and
Ginsu join as substitutes. - February 14,
Gripex joins as substitute.[45] - March 5, IN WIN becomes a partner.[46]
- April 1, Mionix becomes a sponsor.[47]
- September (approx.),
Gilius joins as substitute. - September 17,
Svenskeren is suspended for three game in Worlds 2014 due to racially insensitive actions in solo queue.[48] - October (approx.),
Gilius leaves. InnerFlame (Coach,Manager) joins. - October 19,
Candy Panda leaves.[49] - October 20,
Mozilla,
Ginsu, and
Gripex leave. - October 23,
Jesiz leaves.[50] - November (approx.), Incarnati0n (Head Coach) leaves.
- November 24,
Fox and
FORG1VEN join.[51] - December (approx.), Arvindir (Analyst) joins.
- January (approx.),
beansu and
Zytan join as substitutes. - March (approx.),
Crykee joins as substitute. - May 2, InnerFlame (Coach,Manager) leaves.[52]
- May 8,
CandyPanda rejoins.
FORG1VENGRE moves to substitute.[53] - May 13,
FORG1VEN leaves.[54] - May 20, Lukas Schenke (Sports Psychologist to Head Coach) changes position.[55]
- July 22,
NoXiAK joins as substitute. - August 18,
NoXiAK moves to starting roster.
nRated moves to substitute.[56] - November 3,
fredy122 leaves.[57] - November 8,
Svenskeren leaves.[58] - November 18,
Fox leaves.[59] - November (approx.),
CandyPanda,
NoXiAK, and
nRated leave. - December 9,
Dokgo and
SuNo join.[60] - December (approx.),
beansu,
Crykee, and
Zytan leave.
- January 3, Arvindir (Analyst) leaves.[61]
- January 7,
Morsu,
Vardags, and
Unlimited join.[62] - January 22,
Sleeping and
Kellogz join as substitutes. - April 1,
SezzeR joins.
Dokgo leaves.[63] - May 18,
Ruin joins.
Morsu,
Sleeping, and
Kellogz leave.[64] - May 20, Gevous (Coach) joins for the duration of the EUCS 2016 Summer Qualifiers.
- May 27, Gevous (Coach) leaves.
- August (approx.),
Ruin leaves.[65] - September 12,
Unlimited leaves.[66] - November 1,
SezzeR leaves.[67] - November 6,
Vardags leaves.[68]
SuNo leaves.
- June 8, SK Gaming reforms their LoL team to compete in Premier Tour 2018 Summer.[69]
- June 15,
Scarface,
Phrenic,
SozPurefect,
Keduii, and
Doss join.[70] - June 18,
Pixel and
Kanani join as temporary substitutes for Week 3 of 2018 ESL Meisterschaft 2nd Division Summer, replacing Scarface and Doss, respectively. - June 19,
Pixel and
Kanani (temporary substitutes) leave. - August 23, Brokenshard (Coach) joins.[71]
- October (approx.), Realistik (Analyst) joins.
- October 14,
HungryPanda joins as temporary substitute for Finals of Premier Tour 2018/2019 Winter Bern, replacing Doss. - October 15,
HungryPanda (temporary substitute) leaves. - December 19, Sheepy (Head Coach) joins. Realistik is confirmed to be staying with the LEC team as an analyst.[72]
- December 20,
Werlyb,
Selfmade,
Pirean,
Crownshot, and
Dreams join.[73]
- January (approx.), Bertho (Manager) joins.
- January 1,
SozPurefect leaves.[74] - January 2,
Scarface leaves.[75] - January 8,
Werlyb,
Selfmade,
Pirean,
Crownshot, and
Dreams' contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020. Sheepy (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2019.[76] - January 15,
Werlyb,
Selfmade,
Pirean,
Crownshot, and
Dreams' contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020. Sheepy (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.[77] - January 22, Sacre and Jenax are confirmed to be joining SK Gaming Prime.[78]
Phrenic,
Keduii, and
Doss leave for academy roster.[79] - February 12, Brokenshard (Coach to Head Coach) changes position.[80] Brokenshard (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.[81]
- February 28, Realistik will take up on-stage coaching duties starting LEC 2019 Spring - Week 7.[82]
- May 22,
Sacre joins from academy roster.
Werlyb leaves for academy roster.[83] - May 25, Pyros (Analyst) joins. Realistik (Analyst to Head Coach) changes position. Sheepy (Head Coach) leaves. Brokenshard (Head Coach) leaves for academy roster.[84]
- May 31, Unlimited (Assistant Coach) rejoins.[85]
- July 3, Realistik (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.[86]
- July 23,
Nugget is added to the GCD as substitute.[87]
Nugget's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.[88] - August 1,
Jenax joins from academy roster.[89] - September 26,
Sacre and
Jenax's contracts are extended through 2020.[90] - September 30,
Pirean leaves.[91] - November 18,
Nugget's contract expires. - November 19,
Selfmade leaves.[92] - November 22,
Dreams leaves.[93] - December 11, Pyros (Analyst) leaves.[94]
- December 16,
Trick,
LIMIT, and Kanani (Assistant Coach) join. Unlimited (Assistant Coach to Head Coach) changes position. Realistik (Head Coach) leaves.[95]
- January 1, Nini (Head of Social Media) leaves.[96]
- January 10, Bertho (Manager to Manager/Sub/Support)'s position is changed in the GCD.[97]
Trick's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[98]
LIMIT and
Bertho (Manager)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.[99] - January 21, Tom (Analyst) joins.[100]
- March 12,
Ventair joins from academy roster.[101] - May 14, InnerFlame (General Manager) rejoins.[102] misterlalilu (General Manager) leaves.[103]
- May 22,
Sacre leaves.[104] - May 27,
ZaZee joins. Jesiz (Head Coach) rejoins. Jenax (Mid to Top) and Unlimited (Head Coach to Assistant Coach) change positions.
Ventair leaves for academy roster.[105] - May 28,
ZaZee's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2022.[106] - June 1, Kanani (Assistant Coach to Strategic Coach)'s position is changed in the GCD.[107]
- June 2,
ZaZee's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022. Jesiz (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[108] - August 4,
Canee joins as substitute.[109][110]
Canee's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[111] - September 29,
Jenax's contract is extended through 2022.[112] - October 14,
Jenax's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.[113] - November 16,
Crownshot leaves.[114] - November 19,
TynX,
Blue,
Jezu, and
Treatz join.
Trick and
LIMIT leave.
ZaZee leaves for academy roster.[115] Jesiz (Head Coach) will remain with the team for 2021.[116] - December 4, Kanani (Strategic Coach) leaves.[117]
- December 10, Unlimited (Assistant Coach) leaves.[118]
- December 14, Tom (Analyst to Assistant Coach)'s position is changed in the GCD.[119]
TynX,
Blue, and
Jezu's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.[120]
Treatz and Tom (Assistant Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[121]
- January 6,
Bertho (Manager)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[122] - January 14, Troubleinc (Content Creator) joins.[123]
- May 29, Treatz (Support to Jungle) and Tom (Assistant Coach to Head Coach) change positions. Jesiz (Head Coach to Support) changes position.
TynX moves to substitute.[124] - June 7,
twohoyrz joins as temporary substitute from academy roster for Week 1 of LEC 2021 Summer, replacing Blue.[125] - June 18,
twohoyrz leaves for academy roster. - June 22,
Lilipp joins from academy roster. Tom (Head Coach to Assistant Coach) changes position. Jesiz (Support to Head Coach) changes position.[126] - August 12,
Lilipp's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[127] - August (approx.), Velafee (Head of Content) leaves.[128]
- September 2, InnerFlame (General Manager) retires.[129]
- September 9,
TynX leaves.[130] - November 10, Jesiz (Head Coach) leaves.[131]
- November 14,
Lilipp leaves.[132] - November 20,
Blue leaves.[133] - December 16,
Sertuss, Swiffer (Head Coach), and Krepo (General Manager) join.
Gilius rejoins. Treatz (Jungle to Support) and Tom (Assistant Coach to Analyst) change positions.
Jenax and
Jezu will remain with the team for 2022.
Canee leaves.[134][135] - December 29,
Gilius,
Sertuss, and
Treatz's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.[136]
- January 4, Swiffer (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.
Bertho (Manager)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.[137] - March 30, Jenax renames to JNX.[138]
- July 1,
Gadget joins as temporary substitute from academy roster for Week 3 of LEC 2022 Summer, replacing Jezu.[139] - July 3,
Gadget leaves for academy roster. - November 10, Tom (Analyst) leaves.[140]
- November 18, Gilius changes residency from Europe to EMEA. Bertho changes residency from Europe to EMEA. Sertuss changes residency from Europe to EMEA. Treatz changes residency from Europe to EMEA. Troubleinc changes residency from Europe to EMEA. Team changes region from Europe to EMEA due to Riot reorganizing the regions. Jezu changes residency from Europe to EMEA. JNX changes residency from Europe to EMEA.
- December 13,
Jezu leaves.[141] - December 15,
Irrelevant,
Markoon,
Exakick,
Doss, and OWN3R (Assistant Coach) join.
Gilius becomes inactive.
JNX leaves for academy roster.[142][143][144] - December 22,
Treatz leaves.[145]
- January 1, Swiffer changes residency from Oceania to Asia Pacific.
- January 5,
Irrelevant,
Markoon, and
Exakick's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024.
Doss, OWN3R (Assistant Coach), and
Bertho (Manager)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.[146] - February 21, Alejandro (Remote Analyst), Ewen (Performance Coach), and Sauce (Remote Analyst) join.[147]
- November 20,
Gilius,
Markoon, and
Sertuss leave.[148] - December 21,
Isma and
Nisqy join. Ewen (Analyst to Performance Coach) changes position.
Doss, Swiffer (Head Coach), and OWN3R (Assistant Coach)'s contracts are extended.
Irrelevant and
Exakick will remain with the team for 2024.[149][150]
- January 10,
Nisqy's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2025.
Doss and
Bertho (Manager)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024.[151] - January 11,
Isma's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2025.[152] - January 12, Swiffer (Head Coach) and OWN3R (Assistant Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2025.[153]
- May 16,
Exakick becomes inactive.
Doss leaves for academy roster.[154] - May 27,
Rahel joins.[155] - May 28,
Luon is added to the GCD.[156]
Rahel and
Luon's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2025.[156] - May 31,
Rahel and
Luon's joining is confirmed.[157] - October 17, Lara Lunardi (Head of Content) leaves.[158]
- October 29,
Nisqy leaves.[159] - October 31, Krepo changes residency from North America to Americas.
- November 8,
Irrelevant leaves.[160] - November 12,
Luon leaves.[161] - November 13, Swiffer (Head Coach) leaves.[162]
- November 17,
Exakick leaves.[163]
Player Roster[]
Active[]
- Contract Expiration Notice: To prevent over-reporting of changes, we are keeping players with expired contracts listed here until either (a) an announcement is made from the player or the team about their departure; (b) the player joins another team; or (c) the 2025 season begins & the player is not re-added to the GCD, whichever happens first.
| Player | Name | Role | Contract Ends | Joined | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISMA | Ismaïl Boualem | Jungler | 2025-11-17 | Dec 20232023-12-21 | ||
| Rahel | Cho Min-seong (조민성) | Bot Laner | 2025-11-17 | May 20242024-05-27 | ||
| Bertho | Thomas Huber | Sub/Sup | 2024-11-18 | Jan 20202020-01-10 |
- Note: Teams are free to switch players between their LEC and Academy rosters as long as their roster for each game complies with the rules outlined in their respective ERL. Therefore, more players are eligible to start than are listed on this page - we will only list those that do play.
Former[]
Players are shown for the entire duration of their tenure on the team, with the role and substitute/trainee status they had upon their departure.
| Player | Name | Role | Joined | Left | Next Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exakick | Thomas Foucou | Bot Laner (+) (–) Inactive | Dec 20222022-12-15 | Nov 20242024-11-17 | None | ||
| Luon | Lee Hyun-ho (이현호) | Support | May 20242024-05-28 | Nov 20242024-11-12 | None | ||
| Irrelevant | Joel Miro Scharoll | Top Laner | Dec 20222022-12-15 | Nov 20242024-11-08 | None | ||
| Nisqy | Yasin Dinçer | Mid Laner | Dec 20232023-12-21 | Oct 20242024-10-29 | None | ||
| Doss | Mads Schwartz | Support | Dec 20222022-12-15 | May 20242024-05-16 |  SKP | ||
| Gilius | Erberk Demir | Jungler (+) (–) Inactive | Dec 20212021-12-16 | Nov 20232023-11-20 | None | ||
| Markoon | Mark van Woensel | Jungler | Dec 20222022-12-15 | Nov 20232023-11-20 |  RGE | ||
| Sertuss | Daniel Gamani | Mid Laner | Dec 20212021-12-16 | Nov 20232023-11-20 |  HRTS | ||
| Treatz | Erik Wessén | Support | Nov 20202020-11-19 | Dec 20222022-12-22 |  IMT | ||
| JNX | Janik Bartels | Top Laner | Aug 20192019-08-01 | Dec 20222022-12-15 | SKP | ||
| Jezu | Jean Massol | Bot Laner | Nov 20202020-11-19 | Dec 20222022-12-13 |  GO | ||
| Gadget | Ilya Makavchuk | Bot Laner (+) (–) Temp Sub | Jul 20222022-07-01 | Jul 20222022-07-03 |  RBLS | ||
| Canee | Marc Behrend | Sub/Jun | Aug 20202020-08-04 | Dec 20212021-12-16 |  DKB | ||
| Blue | Ersin Gören | Mid Laner | Nov 20202020-11-19 | Nov 20212021-11-20 |  DIG | ||
| Lilipp | Philipp Samuel Englert | Support | Jun 20212021-06-22 | Nov 20212021-11-14 |  MADM | ||
| TynX | Kristian Østergaard Hansen | Sub/Jun | Nov 20202020-11-19 | Sep 20212021-09-09 |  AXL | ||
| Jesiz | Jesse Le | Support | May 20212021-05-29 | Jun 20212021-06-22 |  SK | ||
| twohoyrz | Mihail Petkov | Mid Laner (+) (–) Temp Sub | Jun 20212021-06-07 | Jun 20212021-06-18 |  BAR | ||
| Trick | Kim Gang-yun (김강윤) | Jungler | Dec 20192019-12-16 | Nov 20202020-11-19 |  LOS | ||
| ZaZee | Dirk Mallner | Mid Laner | May 20202020-05-27 | Nov 20202020-11-19 |  TRS | ||
| LIMIT | Dino Tot | Support | Dec 20192019-12-16 | Nov 20202020-11-19 |  S04 | ||
| Crownshot | Juš Marušič | Bot Laner | Dec 20182018-12-20 | Nov 20202020-11-16 |  GEN | ||
| Ventair | Simon Tschammer | Top Laner | Mar 20202020-03-12 | May 20202020-05-27 |  ESG | ||
| Sacre | Toni Sabalić | Top Laner | May 20192019-05-22 | May 20202020-05-22 |  FB | ||
| Dreams | Han Min-kook (한민국) | Support | Dec 20182018-12-20 | Nov 20192019-11-22 | S04 | ||
| Selfmade | Oskar Boderek | Jungler | Dec 20182018-12-20 | Nov 20192019-11-19 |  FNC | ||
| Nugget | Miki Maurer | Sub/Mid | Jul 20192019-07-23 | Nov 20192019-11-18 |  VS | ||
| Pirean | Choi Jun-sik (최준식) | Mid Laner | Dec 20182018-12-20 | Sep 20192019-09-30 |  SG | ||
| Werlyb | Jorge Casanovas Moreno-Torres | Top Laner | Dec 20182018-12-20 | May 20192019-05-22 | SKP | ||
| Phrenic | Gerrit Stukemeier | Jungler | Jun 20182018-06-15 | Jan 20192019-01-22 | SKP | ||
| Keduii | Tim Willers | Bot Laner | Jun 20182018-06-15 | Jan 20192019-01-22 | SKP | ||
| Doss | Mads Schwartz | Support | Jun 20182018-06-15 | Jan 20192019-01-22 | SKP | ||
| Scarface | Daniel Aitbelkacem | Top Laner | Jun 20182018-06-15 | Jan 20192019-01-02 |  USE | ||
| SozPurefect | Hicham Tazrhini | Mid Laner | Jun 20182018-06-15 | Jan 20192019-01-01 |  GO | ||
| HungryPanda | Nikos Nikolaidis | Support (+) (–) Temp Sub | Oct 20182018-10-14 | Oct 20182018-10-15 |  SNG | ||
| Pixel | Kai Raden | Top Laner (+) (–) Temp Sub | Jun 20182018-06-18 | Jun 20182018-06-19 |  Retired | ||
| Kanani | Lamine-Lounis "Paul" Khouani | Support (+) (–) Temp Sub | Jun 20182018-06-18 | Jun 20182018-06-19 |  MAD | ||
| SuNo | An Sun-ho (안순호) | Mid Laner | Dec 20152015-12-09 | Nov 20162016-11-06 |  NRV | ||
| Vardags | Pontus Dahlblom | Bot Laner | Jan 20162016-01-07 | Nov 20162016-11-06 |  P3P | ||
| SezzeR | Jonatan Villebro | Jungler | Apr 20162016-04-01 | Nov 20162016-11-01 |  VP | ||
| Unlimited | Petar Georgiev | Support | Jan 20162016-01-07 | Sep 20162016-09-12 |  MSF.A | ||
| Ruin | Kim Hyeong-min (김형민) | Top Laner | May 20162016-05-18 | ≈Aug 2016≈2016-08-?? | NRV | ||
| Morsu | Bram Knol | Top Laner | Jan 20162016-01-07 | May 20162016-05-18 |  AST 2 | ||
| Sleeping | Christian Tiensuu | Sub/Top | Jan 20162016-01-22 | May 20162016-05-18 |  BRG | ||
| Kellogz | Ismar Klokic | Sub/Jun | Jan 20162016-01-22 | May 20162016-05-18 | Retired | ||
| Dokgo | Kim Gyeong-tak (김경탁) | Jungler | Dec 20152015-12-09 | Apr 20162016-04-01 |  DFM | ||
| beansu | Mauno Tälli | Sub/Top | ≈Jan 2015≈2015-01-?? | ≈Dec 2015≈2015-12-?? |  RED | ||
| Crykee | Paweł Stępień | Sub/Bot | ≈Mar 2015≈2015-03-?? | ≈Dec 2015≈2015-12-?? |  EAC | ||
| Zytan | Niklas Lakaniemi | Sub/Sup | ≈Jan 2015≈2015-01-?? | ≈Dec 2015≈2015-12-?? |  MOUZ | ||
| Fox | Hampus Myhre | Mid Laner | Nov 20142014-11-24 | Nov 20152015-11-18 |  UOL | ||
| CandyPanda | Adrian Wübbelmann | Bot Laner | May 20152015-05-08 | ≈Nov 2015≈2015-11-?? | Retired | ||
| NoXiAK | Lewis Simon Felix | Support | Jul 20152015-07-22 | ≈Nov 2015≈2015-11-?? |  EC | ||
| nRated | Christoph Seitz | Sub/Sup | Jan 20142014-01-11 | ≈Nov 2015≈2015-11-?? |  ROC | ||
| Svenskeren | Dennis Johnsen | Jungler | Nov 20132013-11-02 | Nov 20152015-11-08 |  C9 | ||
| fredy122 | Simon Payne | Top Laner | Nov 20132013-11-02 | Nov 20152015-11-03 | ROC | ||
| FORG1VEN | Konstantinos-Napoleon Tzortziou | Sub/Bot | Nov 20142014-11-24 | May 20152015-05-13 |  GMB | ||
| Jesiz | Jesse Le | Mid Laner | Nov 20132013-11-02 | Oct 20142014-10-23 |  CST | ||
| Mozilla | Pavel Klaban | Sub/Top | Jan 20142014-01-17 | Oct 20142014-10-20 |  FTS | ||
| Ginsu | Jonnie Hansson | Sub/Jun | Jan 20142014-01-17 | Oct 20142014-10-20 | Retired | ||
| Gripex | Jesper Terkildsen | Sub/Jun | Feb 20142014-02-14 | Oct 20142014-10-20 |  DNL.EU | ||
| Candy Panda | Adrian Wübbelmann | Bot Laner | Dec 20122012-12-10 | Oct 20142014-10-19 | SK | ||
| Gilius | Erberk Demir | Sub/Jun | ≈Sep 2014≈2014-09-?? | ≈Oct 2014≈2014-10-?? |  PKD | ||
| Nyph | Patrick Funke | Support | Jun 20112011-06-23 | Dec 20132013-12-31 |  ALL | ||
| ocelote | Carlos Rodríguez Santiago | Sub/Mid | Dec 20102010-12-08 | Dec 20132013-12-31 |  G2 | ||
| Moopz | Amaury Minguerche | Sub/Mid | Apr 20132013-04-12 | Nov 20132013-11-02 |  MASH | ||
| Kev1n | Kevin Rubiszewski | Top Laner | Jan 20122012-01-12 | Sep 20132013-09-18 |  NIP | ||
| hyrqBot | John Velly | Jungler | Dec 20122012-12-10 | Sep 20132013-09-18 | NIP | ||
| Noonia | Kai Gade | Sub/Jun | ≈Apr 2013≈2013-04-?? | May 20132013-05-06 |  SNS | ||
| YellOwStaR | Bora Kim | Bot Laner | Jul 20122012-07-31 | Dec 20122012-12-10 | FNC | ||
| Araneae | Alvar Martín Aleñar | Jungler | Jul 20122012-07-31 | Nov 20122012-11-18 |  ATN | ||
| CandyPanda | Adrian Wübbelmann | Bot Laner (+) (–) Temp Sub | Oct 20122012-10-26 | Nov 20122012-11-11 | SK | ||
| Schabs | Thomas Vogel | Top Laner (+) (–) Temp Sub | Aug 20122012-08-21 | Aug 20122012-08-25 | Retired | ||
| Metalx | Tom Latour | Bot Laner (+) (–) Temp Sub | Aug 20122012-08-21 | Aug 20122012-08-25 | ELOB | ||
| YoungBuck | Joey Steltenpool | Top Laner | Jul 20122012-07-09 | Jul 20122012-07-20 |  EC | ||
| Dedrayon | Filip Romejko | Jungler | Feb 20122012-02-12 | Jun 20122012-06-20 | MOUZ | ||
| Candy Panda | Adrian Wübbelmann | Bot Laner | Jun 20112011-06-23 | Jun 20122012-06-20 | MOUZ | ||
| SleazyWeazy | Benjamin Hiller | Jungler (+) (–) Temp Sub | Jan 20122012-01-19 | Jan 20122012-01-22 |  logiX | ||
| Snoopeh | Stephen Ellis | Jungler | Aug 20112011-08-24 | Dec 20112011-12-20 |  CLG.EU | ||
| MoMa | Maik Wallus | Top Laner | Nov 20112011-11-04 | Nov 20112011-11-22 |  aAa | ||
| Wickd | Mike Petersen | Top Laner | Dec 20102010-12-08 | Oct 20112011-10-20 |  AL | ||
| WetDreaM | Tim Buysse | Jungler | Jun 20112011-06-23 | Aug 20112011-08-24 | AL | ||
| Farfain | Karl Wendt Höjer | Jungler | ≈Apr 2011≈2011-04-?? | Jun 20112011-06-23 |  INF | ||
| ALth0r | Romain Franzetti | Mid Laner | Dec 20102010-12-08 | Jun 20112011-06-23 |  Sypher | ||
| LimeLight | Asger Karl | Mid Laner | ≈Apr 2011≈2011-04-?? | Jun 20112011-06-23 | Retired | ||
| Severus | Johannes Lüder | Mid Laner | Sep 20102010-09-16 | Jun 20112011-06-23 | logiX | ||
| nRated | Christoph Seitz | Support | Dec 20102010-12-08 | Jun 20112011-06-23 | CLAN | ||
| SleazyWeazy | Benjamin Hiller | Support | Sep 20102010-09-16 | Jun 20112011-06-23 | SK | ||
| Rashaasii | Adam Olofsson | Top Laner | Dec 20102010-12-08 | ??? 2011≈2011-??-?? | Retired | ||
| Araneae | Alvar Martín Aleñar | Jungler | Dec 20102010-12-08 | Mar 20112011-03-18 |  DEU | ||
| Reyk | Wai Noch Shum | Mid Laner | Sep 20102010-09-16 | ≈Oct 2010≈2010-10-?? |  GDE | ||
| Zylor | Christian Dietze | Bot Laner | Sep 20102010-09-16 | ≈Oct 2010≈2010-10-?? | GDE | ||
| Osaft22 | Shawn Roger Bourquin | Support | Sep 20102010-09-16 | ≈Oct 2010≈2010-10-?? | GDE | ||
| Awe kek | Daniel Pabel | Substitute | Sep 20102010-09-16 | ≈Oct 2010≈2010-10-?? | Retired | ||
| Pylat | Lars Andersen | Substitute | Sep 20102010-09-16 |