Virtus.pro

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Virtus.pro
Virtus pro logo new.png
Short nameVP
DivisionsDota 2
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Rainbow Six Siege
PUBG
PUBG Mobile
Founded1 November 2003; 18 years ago (2003-11-01)
LocationMoscow, Russia
ColorsOrange, Black, White
     
CEOSergey Glamazda
PartnersWinline
HyperX
Haval
METRO
Halls
Kingston FURY
Bybit
Parent groupESforce Holding
Websitevirtus.pro

Virtus.pro (VP) is an esports organization based in Russia. Founded in 2003, the organization currently has players competing in such games as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, Rainbow Six Siege, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Fortnite, Apex Legends, Starcraft II, Hearthstone, Paladins, Quake Champions and Heroes Of The Storm. In November 2015, the team got an investment of over US$100,000,000 from Alisher Usmanov's USM Holdings.[1][2] Since 2015 Virtus.pro is a part of the ESforce esports holding.[3]

Virtus.pro's Dota 2 team has participated in multiple Majors, winning record (tied with Team Secret) 5 of them and becoming the best Dota Pro Circuit first season team. Their League of Legends team won LCL Spring 2017.

VP's former Polish Golden Five CS:GO team is considered one of the best teams in the history of Counter-strike, winning EMS One Katowice 2014 Major and several other premier tournaments.[4]

Current divisions[]

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive[]

History[]

Further information: List of Virtus.pro CS:GO tournament results

On January 25, 2014, Virtus.pro signed the five member roster of AGAiN, Jarosław "pashaBiceps" Jarząbkowski, Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski, Paweł "byali" Bieliński, and players Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas, Filip "Neo" Kubski. Virtus.pro won EMS One Katowice 2014 by beating Ninjas in Pyjamas in the finals.[5] The team then got 5–8 at ESL One Cologne 2014.[6] Virtus.pro won at ESEA in April 2015.[7] The team then beat Natus Vincere to win CEVO Season 7 in July 2014.[8]

In October 2015, it was announced that Virtus.pro had joined an esports team trade union along with a dozen other teams.[9]

In 2016, Virtus.pro made it to the quarterfinals in MLG Columbus after beating G2 Esports 2–0 in a best-of-three game. The team then went on to win in the inaugural ELeague season, winning $390,000.[10] In December 2016, Virtus.pro re-signed the roster for another four years.[11] In 2017, Virtus.pro finishes 2nd place at the ELEAGUE Atlanta major, winning $150k, and won DreamHack Masters - Las Vegas 2017, winning $200k.[12] Virtus.pro finished 2nd place at EPICENTER 2017, winning $100k.[13]

Due to poor results, on December 13, 2018, Virtus.pro CS:GO roster was suspended.[14] A new roster was later formed, composed of Michał "snatchie" Rudzki, Michał "MICHU" Müller, and Mateusz "TOAO" Zawistowski, with former members Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski, and Paweł "byali" Bieliński coming back to active duty in the roster.

"Vegi" replaced "Toao" in the active squad and "Snax" takes over IGL role in 2019.[15] Due to poor results and grown unhappy with the team, Paweł "byali" Bieliński decided to leave Virtus.pro.[16] VP adds Okoliciouz as a replacement for byali.[17] Virtus.pro decided to test some players out, benching Michał "Okoliciouz" Głowaty that had a short lived place in the VP squad, replaced by a stand in Tomasz "phr" Wójcik.[18] Virtus.pro win Polish Esport League Spring in 2019, earning $10,708.[19] This event was the first 1st-place finish since Adrenaline Cyber League 2017, which was won by the original roster.[20] In December 2019, Virtus.pro announced that they have completed the signing of the AVANGAR roster, benching the Polish roster.[21]

In May 2020, Virtus.pro acquired "YEKINDAR" from pro100 as "buster" steps down from the starting lineup. Additionally, "Flatra" joined as an assistant coach.[22] On August 4 VP parted ways with "AdreN".

Current rosters[]

Virtus.pro[]
Virtus.pro CS:GO roster
Players Coaches
Handle Name Nationality
buster  Tulepov, Timur   Kazakhstan 
qikert  Golubev, Alexey   Kazakhstan 
Jame  Ali, Dzhami   Russia 
SANJI  Kuliev, Sanjar   Uzbekistan 
YEKINDAR  Gaļinskis, Mareks   Latvia 
FL1T  Lebedev, Evgeny   Russia 
Head coach
  • Dastan "dastan" Akbayev
Legend
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness

Latest roster transaction: October 22, 2020.

VP.Prodigy[]
Virtus.pro Prodigy CS:GO roster
Players Coaches
Handle Name Nationality
BloodyK  Dobrynin, Nikita   Russia 
r3salt  Frolov, Eugene   Russia 
cheerful  Eskuzyan, Armen   Russia 
RuFire  Burakov, Alexey   Russia 
lom1k  Ovsyanik, Ivan   Russia 
Head coach
  • Vladislav "Flash_1" Bykov
Legend
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness

Latest roster transaction: March 17, 2021.

Dota 2[]

History[]

Virtus.pro attended The International 2014 and placed 5th-6th at The International 2015. Virtus.pro released its squad after failing to qualify for The International 2016, but reformed shortly after.[23] In November 2016, the team won The Summit 6 LAN event, sweeping OG 3–0 in a best-of-five series.[24] Virtus.pro placed 5th-6th at The International 2017. Virtus.pro wins ESL One Hamburg 2017, the first major of the 2017-2018 Dota Pro Circuit season. In 2018, Virtus.pro won four majors, winning , and ; they also became the first team to win two ESL One majors back-to-back. In the new season of the 2018-2019 Dota Pro Circuit season, they became the winner of the first major of the season, the Kuala Lumpur Major.

Despite being second place on 2018-2019 Dota Pro Circuit season and one of the favorites to win The International 2019, Virtus.pro got knocked out of the tournament by Royal Never Give Up, ending their journey with a 9th-12th place.[25] After the disappointing run, the roster was rebuilt, with Ramzes and 9pasha left the team after staying with the team for almost three years. Furthermore, RodjER was benched and the coach ArsZeeqq left as well. Replacing them would be epileptick1d, Resolut1on and Save-, where epileptick1d and Save- will be playing as stand-ins (they officially joined the team on November 23 and October 30 respectively).

On April 1, 2020, Virtus.pro announced its second Dota 2 lineup: VP.Prodigy.[26] On November 5, a new roster is announced consisting of the current VP.Prodigy's roster,[27] leading to impressive results in the Dota Pro Circuit regional leagues in 2021. Virtus Pro were the only team in any region to finish 7–0 in both of their first two seasons.

Current rosters[]

Virtus.pro[]
Virtus.pro Dota 2 roster
Players Coaches
Handle Name Nationality
Nightfall  Grigorenko, Egor   Russia 
gpk~  Skutin, Danil   Russia 
DM  Dorokhin, Dmitry   Russia 
Save-  Melnic, Vitalie   Moldova 
Kingslayer  Ganeev, Illias   Russia 
Head coach
  • Anatoliy "boolk" Ivanov
Legend
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness

Latest roster transaction: November 5, 2020.

VP.Prodigy[]
Virtus.pro Prodigy Dota 2 roster
Players Coaches
Handle Name Nationality
alberkaaa  Chernoivanov, Albert   Russia 
Noticed  Ignatenko, Evgeniy   Russia 
Larl  Sigitov, Denis   Russia 
Head coach
  • Vacant
Legend
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness

Roster updated October 24, 2021.

Rainbow Six Siege[]

On May 16, 2020, Virtus.pro enters the Rainbow Six scene by acquiring the roster of forZe Esports.[28] The original roster consisted of Pavel "Amision" Chebatkov, Pavel "P4sh4" Kosenko, Alan "Rask" Ali, Artyom "Shockwave" Simakov, Artyom "wTg" Simakov, along with Kerim "Toda" Musaev as a coach and Andrey "Adreezy" Bavian as analyst.

Current roster[]

Virtus.pro Rainbow Six Siege roster
Players Coaches
Handle Name Nationality
Rask  Ali, Alan   Russia 
p4sh4  Kosenko, Pavel   Russia 
m1loN  Mironov, Andrey   Russia 
karzheka  Petrishin, Eugene   Estonia 
Andreezy  Bavian, Andrey   Russia 
Head coach

Artyom "wTg" Morozov

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

Latest roster transaction: March 9, 2021.

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds[]

On December 14, 2020, Virtus.pro signs Northern Lights roster in PUBG PC. H1RUZEN moved to Coach and Dyrem joined as manager.[29]

Current roster[]

Virtus.pro PUBG roster
Players Coaches
Handle Name Nationality
Perfect1ks  Dubenyuk, Dmytro   Ukraine 
BatulinS  Batulin, Alexander   Russia 
Lu  Lukyanov, Kirill   Russia 
spyrro  Kuvichko, Yaroslav   Ukraine 
H1RUZEN  Valiullin, Ramazan   Russia 
Head coach
  • Sergey "Blamous" Ablamonov
Legend
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness

Latest roster transaction: December 14, 2020.

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Mobile[]

In March 2021 Virtus.pro announced the launch of their PUBG Mobile roster and signed the roster of NEW ERA.

Current roster[]

Virtus.pro PUBG Mobile roster
Players Coaches
Handle Name Nationality
YASHA  Shaban, Yan   Belarus 
Lightning  Solomasov, Grigoriy   Russia 
BLVCKwhite  Balashou, Euheni   Belarus 
SKILLOVI4OK  Babushkin, Matvey   Russia 
Head coach
  • Vacant
Legend
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness

Latest roster transaction: March 30, 2021.

Former divisions[]

Fortnite[]

On July 19, 2018, Virtus.pro opened a division of Fortnite, the first players in the new discipline were Arthur "7ssk7" Kurshin and Jamal "Jamside" Saydayev. On September 21, 2018, Dmitry "HURMA" Heins and Seid-Magomed "FiveSkill" Edilgireev joined the organization. On October 16, 2019, "FiveSkill" and "HURMA" leave the team.[30] On April 29, 2021, VP announced their decision to temporarily leave the discipline.

League of Legends[]

On June 28, 2014, Virtus.pro acquired the roster of Dragon Team. Soon the team disbands, but in November 2016 Virtus.pro re-opened its LoL division and acquired the LCL Spot of Vaevictis Syndicate.[31] On September 19, 2017, the organization closed its League of Legends department.

Starcraft 2[]

On July 1, 2014, Virtus.pro announced that they closed the StarCraft II section of their organization and that they would now focus on League of Legends instead.

Artifact[]

June 21, 2018, long before the official release of the game, Virtus.pro announced its first player in the discipline, a former Hearthstone player Maria "Harleen" Kobzar. On November 23, 2018, Artem "DrHippi" Kravets, who previously defended the colors of Virtus.pro in Hearthstone, and Olzhas "Naiman" Batyrbekov joined the team.[32] November 29, 2018 Artifact was released on sale. February 27, 2019 "DrHippi" and "Harleen" left the team. On September 10 "Naiman" retires and Virtus.pro leaves Artifact.[33]

References[]

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  2. ^ Sillis, Ben (October 16, 2015). "What can $100 million buy an eSports team?". Red Bull eSports. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  3. ^ "Virtus.pro's parent company ESforce Holding is a majority shareholder in SK Gaming - The Esports Observer". The Esports Observer. 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  4. ^ "Top 10 CS:GO Line-Ups of all time". Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  5. ^ Nordmark, Sam 'Wndwrt' (March 17, 2014). "EMS One Katowice concludes with Virtus.pro dominating NiP". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  6. ^ "ESL One Cologne 2014 – Winners". Counter-Strike. Valve. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
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  9. ^ Lewis, Richard (October 3, 2015). "E-Sports Team Union Formalises And Reveals Demands For 2016". E-Frag. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  10. ^ Striker (July 30, 2016). "Virtus.pro win ELEAGUE Season 1". HLTV. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
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  12. ^ "DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018". DreamHack. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
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  15. ^ "Vegi joins Virtus.pro on loan; Toao Benched".
  16. ^ "Byali Confirms VP Exit".
  17. ^ "VP welcomes OKOLICIOUZ".
  18. ^ "Okolicious benched, phr stand-in".
  19. ^ "VP win PEL Spring against rival team Arcy".
  20. ^ "Virtus.pro win Adrenaline Cyber League". Retrieved 29 November 2017.
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  23. ^ "Virtus.pro's Dota 2 team disbands". Retrieved 2016-07-23.
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  25. ^ "TI9 Main Event Day 2 Lower Bracket results: Royal Never Give Up takes out Virtus Pro 2-0". ONE Esports. 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
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  27. ^ "Virtus.pro promotes its Prodigy roster after disbanding its main roster with No[o]ne and Solo". ONE Esports. 2020-11-06. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
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  29. ^ "Virtus.pro signs a PUBG roster". virtus.pro.
  30. ^ "FiveSkill и HURMA стали игроками Virtus.pro!". virtus.pro (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  31. ^ "Virtus.pro opens a new LoL roster". cybersport.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  32. ^ "Naiman and DrHippi to join the Artifact roster". virtus.pro. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  33. ^ "Naiman leaves Virtus.pro". virtus.pro. Retrieved 23 January 2020.

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Preceded by
DreamHack Winter 2013
Fnatic
 EMS One Katowice 2014 winner
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