Team Spirit (esports)

Team Spirit is a Russian esports organization based in Moscow. Founded in 2015, the organization currently has teams competing in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, and Hearthstone.[1] Their Dota 2 squad won The International 2021 and received the largest single prize money payout in esports history at $18 million.

Team Spirit
Short nameSpirit
Divisions
Founded2015 (2015)
LocationMoscow, Russia
CEONikita "Cheshir" Chukalin
ChampionshipsThe International 2021
Partners
Websiteteamspirit.ru

Divisions

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

On June 9, 2016, the organization signed the members of Team Phenomenon. On March 3, 2019, Artem "iDISBALANCE" Yegorov and Leonid "chopper" Vishnyakov joined the team.[2] On September 9, 2019, Pavel "COLDYY1" Veklenko and Dmitriy "SotF1k" Forostyanko were removed from the squad. They were replaced by Nikolai "mir" Bityukov from Gambit Esports and 17-year-old Boris "magixx" Vorobyov from the ESPADA team.[3][4][5]

Roster
Team Spirit CS:GO roster
PlayersCoaches
Handle Name Nationality
somedieyoung  Orudzhev, Victor   Ukraine 
chopper  Vishnyakov, Leonid   Russia 
mir  Bityukov, Nikolay   Russia 
magixx  Vorobiev, Boris   Russia 
degster  Gasanov, Abdulkhalik   Russia 
Head coach
  • Nikolay "Certus" Poluyanov
Assistant coach(es)
  • Sergey "hally" Shavaev
Legend
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute
  • Injury / Illness

Latest roster transaction: 21 January 2021.

Dota 2

The organisation signed its first team in Dota 2 on 6 December 2015 by acquiring CIS Rejects.[6] On December 19, 2020, the team signed the roster of Yellow Submarine.[7] In October 2021, Team Spirit defeated PSG.LGD in the Grand Finals of The International 2021 and won a total of US$18,208,300, the largest purse ever awarded in esports.[8] They were the first Eastern European team to win an International since Natus Vincere in the inaugural International in 2011.

Team Spirit Dota 2 roster
PlayersCoaches
Role Handle Name Nationality
Carry  Yatoro  Mulyarchuk, Ilya   Ukraine 
Midlane  TORONTOTOKYO  Khertek, Alexander   Russia 
Offlane  Collapse ⁠  Khalilov, Magomed   Russia 
Support  Mira  Kolpakov, Miroslaw   Ukraine 
Support  Miposhka  Naydenov, Yaroslav   Russia 
Head coach

Airat "Silent" Gaziyev

Legend
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute
  • Injury / Illness

Latest roster transaction: 8 February 2021.

Hearthstone

On October 6, 2016, Team Spirit opened its Hearthstone division by signing SilverName, ShtanUdachi, Iner, and NickChipper.[9] In 2020, Silvername achieved 3rd place at the Hearthstone World Championship.

Nat. ID Name Join date Leave date
Silvername Vladislav Sinotov 6 October 2016 -

Former divisions

Team Spirit had a PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds division from 2017 until 2019.[10]

References
  1. "About Team Spirit". Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  2. "Meet the new players of Team Spirit's CS:GO roster". Team Spirit. 2019-03-03.
  3. Team Spirit (2019-09-26). "Спасибо за все, COLDYY1 и S0tF1k" [Thanks for everything, COLDYY1 and S0tF1k] (in Russian).
  4. "Встречайте, mir!" [Welcome mir!] (in Russian). Team Spirit. 2019-09-26.
  5. "Magixx стал пятым игроком состава Team Spirit по CS:GO" [Magixx becomes Team Spirit's CSGO fifth player.] (in Russian). Team Spirit. 2019-09-26.
  6. "TEAM SPIRIT — НАЧАЛО ПУТИ". Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  7. 0x04b8 (2020-12-19). "Team Spirit returns to Dota 2". teamspirit.ru. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  8. Michael, Cale (October 17, 2021). "Team Spirit shock the world, beat PSG.LGD to win The International 10". Dot Esports.
  9. 0x04b8 (6 October 2016). "New Roster Team Spirit" (in Russian).
  10. "ДРАКОНЫ ПРОЩАЮТСЯ С PUBG". teamspirit.ru. 2019-11-01.
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