Fnatic
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Fnatic (often stylized as fnatic and abbreviated to FNC) is a British professional esports organization. Being founded on July 23, 2004, the organization has been a mainstay in the Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike: Source, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scenes, primarily hosting Swedish lineups. They were notably the first organization to win three Majors, having won the inaugural DreamHack Winter 2013, alongside ESL One: Katowice 2015 and ESL One: Cologne 2015.
History[edit]
- See also: History of Fnatic
Timeline[edit]
Player Roster[edit]
Organization[edit]
Active[edit]
Organization | ||||||
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ID | Name | Position | Join Date | |||
zr0 | Samuel Michael David Mathews | Co-Founder, CEO | 2004-07-23 | |||
Anne Mathews | Co-Founder, Director | 2004-07-23 | ||||
cArn | Patrik Sättermon | CGO | 2012-03-10 [30] | |||
Samuelsson | Andreas Samuelsson | Team Director | 2021-07-19 [82] | |||
Jens Hofer | Sports Psychologist | 2019-04-10 [115] |
Former[edit]
Former Organization | ||||||
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ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Organization | |
Kevve | Kevin Bohlin | Analyst | 2020-09-08 [75] | 2021-07-19 [82] | Fnatic Rising | |
SmX | Filip Liljeström | Team Manager | 2019-09-30 [116] | 2021-04-03 [117] | ||
Wouter Sleijffers | CEO | 2015-01-?? | 2019-04-?? | |||
Samuelsson | Andreas Samuelsson | Manager | 2017-08-20 [56] | 2019-09-03 [70] | Fnatic (Coach) | |
vuggo | Viktor Jendeby | Manager | 2016-08-22 [52] | 2017-07-03 [118] | Fragbite.se |
Results[edit]
Trivia[edit]
- Fnatic was a founding member of the, now defunct, G7 Teams. [119]
- Fnatic has been the last organization many of their former players have played under, including the likes of dsn, cArn and Gux.
- Fnatic has been most known for fielding a resume of legendary Swedish players such as f0rest and olofmeister - often very well remembered from their time representing the team.
- Fnatic were one of the best Counter-Strike teams in the years 2009, 2014, and 2015.
- Fnatic are the first team to win a major on home soil (DreamHack Winter 2013 in Jönköping, Sweden).
- Fnatic are the first organization to win multiple Counter-Strike: Global Offensive major championships, winning three (DreamHack Winter 2013, ESL One: Katowice 2015 and ESL One: Cologne 2015). They are also the first organization to have won back-to-back titles, being the latter two aforementioned events.
- Fnatic's former four-player core consisting of JW, flusha, olofmeister and KRIMZ is considered to be one of the best of all time in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
- Fnatic have had the biggest and longest "Legend status" streak, of 12 consecutive majors. They first obtained "Legend status" from the first major, DreamHack Winter 2013 up until ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018. They lost their "Legend status" at FACEIT Major: London 2018 where they fell to HellRaisers 2:1 in the group stage decider before making the playoffs. The organization behind them are Virtus.pro who were able to hold their "Legend status" for 10 majors in a row.
Features[edit]
- 2021-08-06 | Expert take: fnatic's international move (ft. YNk, launders, Pimp) by Striker of HLTV
- 2021-09-15 | What ESL Pro League taught us about fnatic's new roster by Rizzolini of HLTV at ESL Pro League Season 14
Gallery[edit]
Rosters[edit]
Global Offensive[edit]
Fnatic upon winning DreamHack Masters Malmö 2019
From left to right:
JW · Golden · flusha · Brollan · KRIMZ · SamuelssonFnatic at ESL Pro League Season 5: Finals
From left to right:
JW · dennis · flusha · KRIMZ · olofmeisterFnatic at IEM Katowice 2017
From left to right:
flusha · olofmeister · KRIMZ · dennis · JWFnatic at ELEAGUE Major: Atlanta 2017
From left to right:
twist · olofmeister · dennis · KRIMZ · disco doplanFnatic at ELEAGUE Season 2
From left to right:
disco doplan · olofmeister · Jumpy · KRIMZ · twistFnatic at ESL One: New York 2016
From left to right:
dennis · olofmeister · wenton · twist · Lekr0Fnatic at IEM Katowice 2016
From left to right:
KRIMZ · JW · olofmeister · flusha · dennisFnatic at FACEIT League 2015 Stage 3 Finals
From left to right:
olofmeister · dennis · flusha · KRIMZ · JWFnatic at DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015
From left to right:
JW · flusha · pronax · KRIMZ · olofmeister
Source[edit]
Counter-Strike[edit]
Logos[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Fnatic turns 2 years old!". Fnatic.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 dr0nt (2005-06-25). "M&M från ESWC-kvalet går med i Fnatic" [M&M from the ESWC-qualifier join Fnatic] (in Swedish). Fragbite.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 velox (2005-07-18). "zaffe går med i fnatic" [zaffe joins Fnatic] (in Swedish). Fragbite.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 pik (2005-10-24). "dsn ersätter solido i fnatic" [dsn replaces solido in fnatic] (in Swedish). Fragbite.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 samot (2006-01-05). "f0rest, Tentpole, Archi och cArn i ny Fnatic-femma" [f0rest, Tentpole, Archi and cArn in the new Fnatic five] (in Swedish). Fragbite.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Daniel "velox" Nilsson (2007-01-17). "ins tar Tentpoles plats i fnatic" [ins replace Tentpole in fnatic] (in Swedish). Fragbite.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 nezqc (2007-02-18). "Temp.css devient Fnatic.css" [Temp.css become fnatic] (in French). VaKarM.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 L4p (2008-02-11). "Ca bouge chez fnatic" (in French). VaKarM.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 L4p (2008-06-25). "Au revoir Fnatic !" (in French). VaKarM.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 valde111 (2009-01-19). "GeT_RiGhT in, ins out of fnatic". HLTV.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Marc "Nix0n" Winther (2009-02-24). "Archi quits CS, Gux new man in fnatic". HLTV.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Sheldon (2009-04-30). "Et les nouveaux fnatic sont .." [And the new fnatic are..] (in French). VaKarM.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 guBBs (2009-07-31). "Goodbye Fnatic" (in French). VaKarM.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 guBBs (2009-10-13). "Un retour aux sources" [A return to the roots] (in French). VaKarM.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Luís "MIRAA" Mira (2010-01-06). "Gux leaves fnatic". HLTV.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Luís "MIRAA" Mira (2010-01-06). "fnatic sign threat". HLTV.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 Fnatic (2010-01-18). "We bid farewell to our Counter Strike: Source team". Facebook.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Luís "MIRAA" Mira (2010-07-11). "fnatic release threat". HLTV.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Luís "MIRAA" Mira (2010-07-14). "fnatic explain GuX situation". HLTV.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Pus (2010-12-07). "SK announce new squad". HLTV.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 Pus (2010-12-07). "fnatic sign Delpan and Xizt". HLTV.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Marc "Nix0n" Winther (2010-12-10). "pita transfers to fnatic". HLTV.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Luís "MIRAA" Mira (2011-05-29). "Official: SK sign Delpan". HLTV.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 Marc "Nix0n" Winther (2011-06-10). "Official: fnatic sign Gux & manne". HLTV.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Marc "Nix0n" Winther (2011-06-21). "fnatic remove manne, pita returns". HLTV.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Marc "Nix0n" Winther (2011-09-08). "dsn retirement confirmed". HLTV.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Marc "Nix0n" Winther (2011-09-09). "Official: Friis joins fnatic". HLTV.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Marc "Nix0n" Winther (2012-01-29). "pita retires from fnatic". HLTV.
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Marc "Nix0n" Winther (2012-01-30). "pfnatic add MODDII as fifth". HLTV.
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 Pus (2012-03-04). "cArn to retire after IEM6 WC". HLTV.
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 Marc "Nix0n" Winther (2012-03-25). "karrigan signs with fnatic". HLTV.
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 Marc "Nix0n" Winther (2012-06-23). "Gux retires from fnatic and CS". HLTV.
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Marc "Nix0n" Winther (2012-06-26). "fnatic sign trace". HLTV.
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 Marc "Nix0n" Winther (2012-08-10). "NiP returns for CS:GO". HLTV..
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 Marc "Nix0n" Winther (2012-08-29). "FYRR73 joins fnatic". HLTV.
- ↑ 36.00 36.01 36.02 36.03 36.04 36.05 36.06 36.07 36.08 36.09 36.10 Luís "MIRAA" Mira (2012-11-19). "fnatic replace FYRR73 with Rytter". HLTV.
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen (2012-12-10). "karrigan & moddii depart fnatic". HLTV.
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 Luís "MIRAA" Mira (2013-01-08). "fnatic add Xyp9x, JOKERN". HLTV.
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 39.3 39.4 Luís "MIRAA" Mira (2013-02-27). "fnatic land MODDII, stingeR". HLTV.
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 Luís "MIRAA" Mira (2013-05-20). "karrigan replaces stingeR in fnatic". HLTV.
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 Luís "MIRAA" Mira (2013-07-02). "fnatic confirm MODDII departure". HLTV.
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 42.3 42.4 Few (2013-07-09). "fnatic release CS:GO team; two join CphWolves". ESEA.net.
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 43.3 43.4 43.5 43.6 MIRAA (2013-08-06). "fnatic sign ex-Epsilon". HLTV.
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 44.2 Luís "MIRAA" Mira (2013-11-12). "fnatic sign pronax; MODDII out". HLTV.
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 45.2 45.3 45.4 45.5 45.6 Milan "Striker" Švejda (2014-06-30). "KRiMZ and olofm join fnatic". HLTV.
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 Luís "MIRAA" Mira (2015-05-31). "Devilwalk leaves fnatic". HLTV.
- ↑ 47.0 47.1 47.2 Luís "MIRAA" Mira (2015-11-12). "fnatic sign dennis; pronax out". HLTV.
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 48.2 WillOKelly (2016-04-08). "Fnatic sign PlesseN, a temporary player".
- ↑ 49.0 49.1 49.2 Luís "MIRAA" Mira (2016-04-26). "wenton to join fnatic". HLTV.
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 50.2 Michal "stich" Malachowski (2016-06-13). "olofmeister to return in ELEAGUE". HLTV.
- ↑ 51.0 51.1 51.2 51.3 51.4 51.5 51.6 Milan "Striker" Švejda (2016-08-15). "fnatic and GODSENT change three". HLTV.
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 52.2 52.3 "Jimmy “Jumpy” Berndtsson will be joining the team as Head Coach". Fnatic. 2016-08-22.
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 53.2 "We're happy to announce the return of Freddy “KRiMZ” Johansson". Fnatic. 2016-10-24.
- ↑ 54.0 54.1 54.2 André 'rich' Åkerblom (2016-11-03). "Fnatic acquire disco doplan: "I'm anxious to start playing"". Fragbite.se.
- ↑ 55.0 55.1 55.2 55.3 55.4 Robert "Inz" Wylie (2017-02-04). "Fnatic & Godsent Transfer Agreement". Fnatic.
- ↑ 56.0 56.1 56.2 56.3 Matthew. "CS:GO Roster Update: Olofmeister Departs". Fnatic.
- ↑ 57.0 57.1 57.2 Matthew (2017-08-21). "CS:GO Roster Update: Welcome Back, Lekr0!". Fnatic.
- ↑ 58.0 58.1 58.2 "The Return of Xizt". Fnatic. 2018-05-25.
- ↑ 59.0 59.1 Lukas "Kameeleon" Berć (2018-06-05). "Lekr0 Arrives to Ninjas in Pyjamas!". Ninjas in Pyjamas.
- ↑ 60.0 60.1 60.2 "CSGO - Welcome Draken; Thank you Golden". Fnatic. 2018-06-17.
- ↑ 61.0 61.1 "Cloud9 Signs GOLDEN to CSGO Roster". Cloud9. 2018-08-08.
- ↑ 62.0 62.1 62.2 "Post-FACEIT Major Roster Update". Fnatic. 2018-09-21.
- ↑ 63.0 63.1 John Nomis (2018-09-25). "Cloud9 CS:GO Sign flusha, Release STYKO". Cloud9.
- ↑ 64.0 64.1 64.2 Brendan (2018-10-02). "twist Returns". Fnatic.
- ↑ 65.0 65.1 ScreaM (2018-10-02). "Im going to keep stand-in with Fnatic. Don’t know for how long".
- ↑ 66.0 66.1 66.2 66.3 66.4 "Brollan becomes our fifth". Fnatic. 2018-10-17. Archived from the original on 2019-05-25.
- ↑ 67.0 67.1 draken (2018-10-26). "Happy to be apart of @RedReserve, playing DHW Qualifier atm".
- ↑ Fnatic (2019-02-01). "Three more years".
- ↑ 69.0 69.1 69.2 Brendan (2019-08-21). "A New Phase for CSGO". Fnatic.
- ↑ 70.0 70.1 70.2 70.3 "A Coaching Update". Fnatic. 2019-09-03.
- ↑ 71.0 71.1 71.2 "The not-so newcomers". Fnatic. 2019-09-16.
- ↑ 72.0 72.1 "Plot twist: we recruit an AWP:er - CS:GO Roster Update". Ninjas in Pyjamas. 2019-09-27.
- ↑ 73.0 73.1 Fnatic (2020-01-16). "A farewell".
- ↑ 74.0 74.1 74.2 Fnatic (2020-01-17). "Welcome Golden, but permanently this time".
- ↑ 75.0 75.1 Fnatic (2020-09-08). "Today we welcome a new analyst as the latest addition to our CS:GO backroom team".
- ↑ 76.0 76.1 Fnatic (2021-01-08). "Robin "@flusha" Rönnquist has been transferred to the inactive roster of our CS:GO team".
- ↑ 77.0 77.1 Fnatic (2021-01-12). "@Jackinhocs joins Fnatic CS:GO".
- ↑ Fnatic (2021-03-18). "Here's to 3 more years of @Brollan!".
- ↑ 79.0 79.1 Clement Murphy (2021-04-12). "Flusha Leaves Fnatic". Fnatic.
- ↑ 80.0 80.1 Clement Murphy (2021-04-22). "The Future of Fnatic CS:GO". Fnatic.
- ↑ 81.0 81.1 "Golden Moved to Inactive Roster". Fnatic. 2021-07-06.
- ↑ 82.0 82.1 82.2 82.3 Fnatic (2021-07-19). "As we build towards a new era of Fnatic CS:GO, we're excited to introduce our Season One Fnatic Rising roster".
- ↑ 83.0 83.1 "JW Moves to Inactive Roster". Fnatic. 2021-07-20.
- ↑ 84.0 84.1 84.2 "Alex and Mezii join Fnatic CS:GO". Fnatic. 2021-08-03.
- ↑ 85.0 85.1 85.2 "Keita Joins Fnatic CS:GO Pro Team". Fnatic. 2021-08-10.
- ↑ 86.0 86.1 Fnatic (2021-10-09). "CSGO Roster Update: @Jackinhocs has been moved to the substitute roster".
- ↑ 87.0 87.1 JW (2021-10-14). "THANK YOU @FNATIC".
- ↑ 88.0 88.1 Fnatic (2021-10-15). "CS:GO Roster Update: We're excited to welcome back @smooyacs to our AWP position for a 3 month trial with extension rights".
- ↑ 89.0 89.1 Fnatic (2021-11-29). "Today we say our final farewells to @Jackinhocs".
- ↑ 90.0 90.1 Fnatic (2021-12-14). "Today, we bid our final farewells to @goldenmajk".
- ↑ 91.0 91.1 91.2 "SMOOYA MOVES TO INACTIVE ROSTER". Fnatic. 2022-02-21.
- ↑ 92.0 92.1 Rizzolini (2022-03-03). "smooya enters free agency". HLTV.
- ↑ 93.0 93.1 "Brollan Departs Fnatic". Fnatic. 2022-03-22.
- ↑ 94.0 94.1 "Right place, right time". Ninjas in Pyjamas. 2022-03-22.
- ↑ 95.0 95.1 95.2 95.3 Fnatic (2022-03-24). "CS:GO Roster Update".
- ↑ 96.0 96.1 96.2 96.3 "Fnatic CS:GO Roster Update". Fnatic. 2022-05-19.
- ↑ 97.0 97.1 97.2 "Fnatic CS:GO Roster Updates". Fnatic. 2022-06-01.
- ↑ 98.0 98.1 "Fnatic CS:GO Welcomes FASHR". Fnatic. 2022-08-05.
- ↑ 99.0 99.1 poizon (2022-08-15). "Heyo, since my contract expired with @FNATIC i am now free agent and open to offers".
- ↑ "2023 CS:GO Update". Fnatic. 2023-01-06.
- ↑ 101.0 101.1 Fnatic (2023-06-30). "CS Update: Today we bid farewell to Dion @itsFASHR Derksen from the roster as he departs for his new home at @OGcsgo".
- ↑ 102.0 102.1 Fnatic (2023-07-04). "CS Team Update: With the ongoing changes to our CS team, we bid our farewell to @nicoodoz as he is moved to the bench whilst he assesses his current opportunities".
- ↑ 103.0 103.1 103.2 103.3 Fnatic (2023-07-06). "WELCOME @afro_csgo AND @dextersjourney".
- ↑ 104.0 104.1 Preasy Esport (2023-07-30). "He's here and he's more electric than ever!".
- ↑ 105.0 105.1 Fnatic (2023-11-02). "CS2 UPDATE".
- ↑ 106.0 106.1 Fnatic (2023-11-11). "As we continue the process of rebuilding our CS2 roster with the ambition of competing against the very best, today we say farewell to Fredrik ‘Roej’ Jørgensen".
- ↑ 107.0 107.1 Fnatic (2023-11-24). "ROSTER UPDATE: As we continue to rebuild and restructure our CS2 roster, Christopher “dexter” Nong has been moved to the inactive roster".
- ↑ 108.0 108.1 108.2 "FNATIC CS2 Roster Update". Fnatic. 2023-11-27.
- ↑ 109.0 109.1 Fnatic (2023-12-12). "Best of luck @dextersjourney!".
- ↑ Fnatic (2023-05-24). "Due to personal reasons and the limited time there is between events, @Krimz is unable to attend IEM Dallas".
- ↑ KRIMZ (2022-11-16). "Hand injury..".
- ↑ Fnatic (2022-06-07). "We're beyond excited to welcome back @f0rest to the Black & Orange as a stand-in for our upcoming appearance at the #PinnacleCup!".
- ↑ 113.0 113.1 113.2 Fnatic (2022-03-09). "Update on our CS:GO #ESLProLeague roster".
- ↑ Fnatic (2021-10-14). "Fnatic CS:GO take to the #ElisaInvitational today vs @CPHFlames, and we're excited to temporarily welcome @regalicsgo to the main roster for today's matchup".
- ↑ Jens Hofer (2019-04-10). "I have decided to return to Fnatic and will be working full time with the CS:GO team starting this month!".
- ↑ SmX (2019-09-30). "I've taken on a new position within @FNATIC as the CS:GO Team manager".
- ↑ SmX (2021-04-03). "I have decided to not renew my contract with @FNATIC and therefore my time with the CS:GO roster has come to an end".
- ↑ "vuggo to depart". Fnatic. 2017-07-03.
- ↑ G7 Teams (August 8, 2006). "G7 teams launched". Retrieved August 12, 2020.