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Astralis
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Astralis is a Danish esports organization founded in January 2016. It is partially owned by players of the former Danish Team SoloMid/Team Questionmark lineup. The rights to the Astralis name were obtained from the original founders of the Finnish Counter-Strike team. [1]
History[edit]
- See also: History of Astralis
Timeline[edit]
Player Roster[edit]
Organization[edit]
Active[edit]
Organization | ||||||
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ID | Name | Position | Join Date | |||
nikolaj | Nikolaj Nyholm | CEO | 2024-01-09 [68] | |||
Jakob Lund Kristensen | Co-Founder, CRO | 2019-08-?? | ||||
Jakob Hansen | CFO | 2019-10-?? | ||||
p1vi | Kasper Straube | Sports Director | 2023-07-07 [69] | |||
Anders Hørsholt | Strategic Advisor | 2024-01-09 [68] | ||||
peekweit | Villads Kieffer-Rasch | Team Manager | 2022-??-?? | |||
Jan Ø. Jørgensen | Jan Østergaard Jørgensen | Head of Performance | 2023-07-05 [70] | |||
B. S. Christiansen | Bjarne Slot Christiansen | Mental Coach | 2022-12-28 [71] |
Former[edit]
Former Organization | ||||||
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ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Organization | |
R0nic | Mathias Pinholt | Assistant Coach | 2023-06-22 [45] | 2024-01-23 [52] | Astralis (Interim Coach) | |
Anders Hørsholt | CEO, President | 2019-10-01 [72] | 2024-01-09 [68] | Astralis (Strategic Advisor) | ||
nikolaj | Nikolaj Nyholm | Co-Founder, Chairman | 2020-03-?? | 2024-01-09 [68] | Astralis (CEO) | |
Jan Ø. Jørgensen | Jan Østergaard Jørgensen | Performance Coach | 2022-12-28 [71] | 2023-07-05 [70] | Astralis (Head of Performance) | |
Kasper Hvidt | Kasper Hvidt | Director of Sports | 2017-08-01 [73] | 2023-06-21 [44] | ||
HUNDEN | Nicolai Petersen | Head Analyst | 2023-01-05 [39] | 2023-06-21 [44] | Sashi Esport (Coach) | |
LOMME | Frederik Nielsen | Analyst | 2021-11-22 [27] | 2022-12-20 [37] | ||
ave | Alexander Holdt | Assistant Coach | 2022-03-04 [32] | 2022-05-02 [33] | ||
VNG | Dennis Vang | Assistant Coach | 2020-11-12 [20] | 2022-01-03 [29] | ||
ROBL | Lars Robl | Sports Psychologist, Performance Coach | 2018-02-?? | 2021-12-31 [74] | Team Vitality (Sports Psychologist) | |
nikolaj | Nikolaj Nyholm | Co-Founder, Co-CEO | 2019-08-?? | 2020-03-?? | Astralis (Chairman) | |
realition | Frederik Byskov | Co-Founder, Co-CEO | 2016-01-18 [1] | 2018-03-12 [75] | RFRSH (Co-Owner) | |
Jakob Lund Kristensen | Co-Founder, Chairman | 2016-01-18 [1] | 2016-12-21 [76] | RFRSH (Co-Owner) |
Results[edit]
Trivia[edit]
- Named the Esports Team of the Year at the Esports Awards 2018. [77][78]
- Won the most CS:GO Majors in history with 4: ELEAGUE Atlanta 2017, FACEIT London 2018, IEM Katowice 2019, and StarLadder Berlin 2019.
- Winning IEM Katowice Major 2019 made Astralis the third team to win back-to-back Majors (after Fnatic and Luminosity Gaming/SK Gaming), and the second to win three Majors in total (after Fnatic).
- The only team to win 3 consecutive Majors, doing so at FACEIT London 2018, IEM Katowice 2019, and StarLadder Berlin 2019.
- The first team to win a Major without losing a map in the playoffs, doing so at FACEIT London 2018, IEM Katowice 2019, and StarLadder Berlin 2019.
- Hold a 31-match LAN win streak on Nuke. The streak lasted from February 2018 until May 2019 when ENCE defeated them at BLAST Pro Series: Madrid 2019. [79]
- Hold the record for the longest reign as #1 on HLTV's Team Ranking with 406 consecutive days, starting from April 2018 to June 2019 when they were dethroned by Team Liquid. [80]
- The first team to feature all players of a roster in the same edition of HLTV's Top 20 Players of the Year, doing so in 2018 with dev1ce, dupreeh, Xyp9x, gla1ve and Magisk.
Features[edit]
Interviews[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Rosters[edit]
Logos[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "Team Questionmark becomes Astralis". Astralis. 2016-01-18. Archived from the original on 2020-01-27.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Striker (2016-05-19). "Astralis replace cajunb with Kjaerbye". HLTV.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Astralis (2016-10-11). "@karriganCSGO has been benched by our coach @CSzonic".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Professeur (2016-10-19). "karrigan joins FaZe". HLTV.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 MIRAA (2016-10-24). "gla1ve joins Astralis". HLTV.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Professeur (2017-11-22). "device on medical leave, dennis and Pimp to stand in". HLTV.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Astralis (2018-01-11). "He’s back".
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 MIRAA (2018-02-02). "Kjaerbye confirms North move". HLTV.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Astralis sign Magisk". Astralis. 2018-02-07.
- ↑ Professeur (2018-04-23). "zonic extends contract with Astralis". HLTV.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Astralis sign Jakob "JUGi" Hansen". Astralis. 2020-05-11.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Astralis: JUGi will debut - gla1ve on medical leave". Astralis. 2020-05-19.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Andreas “Xyp9x” Højsleth on leave". Astralis. 2020-05-28.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "It's official: es3tag in the house". Astralis. 2020-07-01.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "Roster change: Lucas "Bubzkji" Andersen replaces Jakob “JUGi” Hansen". Astralis. 2020-07-31.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Gla1ve Returns, Ready For Tournaments". Astralis. 2020-09-03.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Magisk (2020-10-05). "@Xyp9x are back in practice and I love it".
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Historic transfer: Astralis to sell 'es3tag' to Cloud9". Astralis. 2020-10-15.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 HenryG (2020-10-15). "The Colossus plucks the brightest star from the Danish night sky to complete a line-up with true astronomical power".
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Astralis Launches New Talent Development Initiative". Astralis. 2020-11-12.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Astralis: Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz In Transfer To NiP". Astralis. 2021-04-23.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 "NIP dev1ce". Ninjas in Pyjamas. 2021-04-23.
- ↑ "Astralis Extends With In-Game Leader gla1ve". Astralis. 2021-07-23.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Striker (2021-07-26). "Astralis reestablish extended roster with Lucky signing". HLTV.
- ↑ "4 more years for the Clutch Minister". Astralis. 2021-10-18.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 26.6 "Astralis signs k0nfig, blameF and adds ave as new Head Coach". Astralis. 2021-11-04.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 "Astralis Signs Analyst ‘LOMME’ to Counter-Strike Team". Astralis. 2021-11-22.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 Astralis (2021-12-29). "Today, we bid farewell to three Astralis legends".
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 "Martin "trace" Heldt new Coach for CS Talent". Astralis. 2022-01-03.
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 "Astralis and Bubzkji Agree To Terminate Contract". Astralis. 2022-01-31.
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 "Astralis sign “farlig”". Astralis. 2022-02-22.
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 "Astralis prepares Major Qualification: Promotes talent coach". Astralis. 2022-03-04.
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 "trace Stays As Coach For Main Team, MOODII Joins As New Coach For Astralis Talent". Astralis. 2022-05-02.
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 "Astralis and Kristian "k0nfig" terminate contract". Astralis. 2022-10-10.
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 "Changes in the CS:GO organization – more to come". Astralis. 2022-10-12.
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 "He’s coming home: Return of dev1ce". Astralis. 2022-10-27.
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 37.3 "Peter "casle" Ardenskjold appointed as Main Team Coach". Astralis. 2022-12-20.
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 "Astralis sign Buzz – 2023 roster ready". Astralis. 2022-12-20.
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 "Strengthens the analysis work: Astralis sign Nicolai "HUNDEN" Petersen". Astralis. 2023-01-05.
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 trace (2023-01-21). "Free agent".
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 "Welcome Back Farlig". Copenhagen Flames. 2023-03-13.
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 Astralis (2023-04-17). "Team update".
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 "Altekz and Xyp9x to switch roles in the upcoming matches". Astralis. 2023-04-18.
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 44.2 "After more than 6 years: Astralis and Kasper Hvidt go their separate ways". Astralis. 2023-06-21.
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 45.2 45.3 45.4 45.5 45.6 "Astralis brings in Staehr and b0RUP – gla1ve and Xyp9x benched". Astralis. 2023-06-22.
- ↑ "Astralis Counter-Strike extends with the team captain". Astralis. 2023-09-21.
- ↑ "Astralis and dev1ce reaffirm the joint commitment and extend contract". Astralis. 2023-10-13.
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 "Thank you, Lukas!". Astralis. 2023-11-22.
- ↑ 49.0 49.1 49.2 49.3 49.4 "Astralis sign Danish star players "jabbi" and "stavn"". Astralis. 2023-11-24.
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 "Farewell to Peter "casle" Ardenskjold". Astralis. 2023-12-20.
- ↑ 51.0 51.1 b0RUP (2023-11-24). "With that being said i've been allowed to search for a new opportunity where i can grow as a person and as a player".
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 52.2 "Astralis sign "ruggah" as new head coach". Astralis. 2024-01-23.
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 "Astralis benches In-game Leader". Astralis. 2024-02-28.
- ↑ 54.0 54.1 54.2 54.3 "Astralis brings in “ruggah”". Astralis. 2024-02-28.
- ↑ 55.0 55.1 "The homecoming of “br0”, dev1ce takes over as IGL". Astralis. 2024-02-29.
- ↑ 56.0 56.1 "Thank you, Xyp9x". Astralis. 2024-03-11.
- ↑ 57.0 57.1 "Astralis promotes “kristou” for Elisa Masters". Astralis. 2022-11-08.
- ↑ Astralis (2022-10-10). "Since MistR will be helping out on the main team for the BLAST Showdown".
- ↑ Astralis (2022-09-20). "As Kristian @k0nfig Wienecke has unfortunately suffered a complicated ankle fracture, our official reserve, Mikkel MistR Thomsen, will be included in the main roster".
- ↑ 60.0 60.1 Astralis (2020-06-09). "Thanks for your help @SnappiCSGO".
- ↑ 61.0 61.1 Professeur (2017-11-30). "Astralis to use RUBINO for ESL Pro League Finals". HLTV.
- ↑ Professeur (2017-11-14). "zonic to step in for Astralis in first IEM Oakland game". HLTV.
- ↑ Sam Nordmark (2017-03-08). "Device sits out ESL Pro League matches due to medical issue". Dot Esports.
- ↑ Striker (2016-10-11). "Astralis bench karrigan". HLTV.
- ↑ BenjaCS (2016-07-06). "dupreeh to miss rest of major". HLTV.
- ↑ Striker (2016-05-26). "Astralis to use gla1ve at major". HLTV.
- ↑ MIRAA (2016-06-06). "zonic steps in for Astralis in ELEAGUE". HLTV.
- ↑ 68.0 68.1 68.2 68.3 "Changes in Astralis Leadership". Astralis. 2024-01-09.
- ↑ "New Sports Director takes office immediately". Astralis. 2023-07-07.
- ↑ 70.0 70.1 "Jan Ø Jørgensen new Head of Performance". Astralis. 2023-07-05.
- ↑ 71.0 71.1 "Astralis: Roster and performance organization in place". Astralis. 2022-12-28.
- ↑ "We are happy to announce the newest addition to our team, Anders Hørsholt, as our co-CEO next to the Founder and present CEO Nikolaj Nyholm". Astralis. 2019-09-12.
- ↑ "Kasper Hvidt". Astralis.
- ↑ Lars Robl (2021-12-30). "New challenges in esport".
- ↑ "RFRSH Entertainment and BLAST expands: Opens London Office". RFRSH. 2017-03-12.
- ↑ Sander (2016-12-21). "JLK has surrendered joint control of Astralis" (in Danish). Dust2.dk.
- ↑ Esports Awards (2018-11-12). "Congratulations to the winner of the Esports Team of the Year are @astralisgg".
- ↑ Astralis (2018-11-12). "We’re the @esportsawards “Esports Team of the Year”!".
- ↑ "Astralis' Nuke Streak". HLTV.
- ↑ MIRAA (2019-06-03). "Liquid claim No.1 world ranking spot with Dallas victory". HLTV.