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SK Gaming
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Total Winnings:
$3,675,294.15
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Disbanded:
2018-06-23
SK Gaming is a German esports organization. Founded in 1997 under the name "Schroet Kommando" in Oberhausen, Germany, it has since then grown into one of the largest and most well-known eSports organizations in the world, and they are primarily known for their hugely successful Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive rosters.
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History[edit]
- See also: History of SK Gaming
Timeline[edit]
Player Roster[edit]
Former[edit]
Organization[edit]
Active[edit]
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ID | Name | Position | Join Date | |||
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TheSlasH | Alexander Müller | CEO | 2000-02-?? | ||
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JPW | Jens Wundenberg | COO | 201?-??-?? | ||
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Bernhard Schindlbeck | CFO | 201?-??-?? | |||
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mrquadrat | Martin Marquardt | CGO | 2019-01-?? |
Former[edit]
Former Organization | ||||||
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ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Organization | |
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dead | Ricardo Sinigaglia | Manager | 2016-07-01 [67] | 2018-06-23 [78] | ![]() |
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Swani | Jan Müller | Analyst | 2017-11-16 [81] | 2018-06-23 [82] | ![]() |
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Nuno | Nuno Miranda | Social Media Manager | 201?-??-?? | 2018-06-23 [78] | ![]() |
Results[edit]
Trivia[edit]
- SK Gaming was a founding member of the, now defunct, G7 Teams. [83]
- Placed 1st in almost all nine of their 2003 events (only placing 3rd at both ClikArena and Electronic Sports World Cup)
- SK Gaming is the first team to win two ESL One: Cologne events and win them back-to-back - Defeating Team Liquid 2-0 in 2016 and Cloud9 3-0 in 2017.
- SK Gaming have currently won the most prize money from winning an event with a stand-in (with boltz at EPICENTER 2017) though not the first team to win a tournament with one, as Ninjas in Pyjamas won StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 2 with Maikelele standing in. SK won $250,000 from EPICENTER while NiP won $130,000 from SL i-League StarSeries Season 2.
- In 2017, the team won 8 out of 9 grand finals on LAN. The only event they lost a grand final to was DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017 where they lost to Virtus.pro 1-2.
Gallery[edit]
Rosters[edit]
Logos[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 jaba (2002-06-14). "HeatoN, Potti and XeqtR join SK scandina". sk-gaming.com.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 jaba (2002-06-25). "DarK joins SK.sca - Core-team announced". sk-gaming.com.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 jaba (2002-09-19). "Hyb joins SK". sk-gaming.com.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 jaba (2002-10-12). "Welcome Bengan and Kush to SK.swe". sk-gaming.com.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Daniel "velox" Nilsson (2002-11-21). "Intervju angående Hybs anslutande till GoL" [Interview about Hyb joining GoL] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Filip "flpee" Hansson (2002-11-22). "Comeback för Medion och brunk" [Comeback for Medion and brunk] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Tomas "samot" Hansson (2003-01-17). "ahl och fisker går med i SK.swe" [ahl and fisker joins SK.swe] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 bds (2003-01-21). "Bengan leaves SK.swe". HLTV.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Tomas "samot" Hansson (2003-06-13). "Bekräftat: Element lämnar eoLithic för SK" [Confirmed: Element leave epLithic for SK] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Tomas "samot" Hansson (2003-09-03). "brunk lämnar SK" [brunk leave SK] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Olof "hawg" Haglund (2003-11-20). "SpawNs tid i SK är över" [SpawNs time in SK is over] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "SpawN går med i SK" [SpawN joins SK] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se. 2003-12-23.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Tomas "samot" Hansson (2004-05-18). "NoA köper loss elemeNt från SK" [NoA buys elemeNt from SK] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Olle "plastninja" Eliasson (2004-09-08). "Hyper går till SK – IsKall ersätter i EYE" [Hyper joins SK - IsKall replace in EYE] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 Filip "flpee" Hansson (2004-12-31). "SK:s svenska CS-lag lämnar organisationen?" [SK:s Swedish cs-lag leave the organization] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 Daniel "velox" Nilsson. "SK tillbaka med sitt svenska storlag" [SK back with their Sweidish team] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Martin (2006-05-18). "Roster changes in SK-Gaming". HLTV.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 Ecto (2006-07-18). "SK Sweden get a reshuffle". HLTV.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 HANCU (2007-01-03). "SK Undergoes Major Changes". HLTV.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 HANCU (2007-01-09). "SK Complete Once Again". HLTV.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Martin "1kk TTl" (2007-02-23). "fisker gör comeback i SK – sexmannalineup" [fisker does a comeback in SK - sixman squad] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Tomas "samot" Hansson (2007-04-23). "Snajdan och vilden lämnar SK – ersättare oklar" [Snajdan and vilden leave SK - replacement unknown] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 ighnaz (2007-07-03). "Striker officially joins SK". HLTV.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 Nix0n (2007-09-27). "Changes in SK-Gaming". HLTV.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Nix0n (2007-09-28). "SK-Gaming adds GeT_RiGhT". HLTV.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Nix0n (2007-10-28). "MYM Borrows GeT_RiGhT". HLTV.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Filip "flpee" Hansson (2007-12-01). "GeT_RiGhT skriver på för reservposition i SK" [GeT_RiGhT sign a back-up contract with SK] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Shahin "WIWO" (2008-02-23). "SpawN går åt sidan för GeT_RiGhT" [SpawN step aside for GeT_RiGhT] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Filip "flpee" Hansson (2008-03-11). "SpawN redan tillbaka – GeT_RiGhT återbänkad" [SpawN already back - GeT_RiGhT benched] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 8Ball^ (2008-03-23). "SK release GeT_RiGhT". HLTV.
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 Fredric "Nallen" Bohlin (2008-09-05). "SpawN går inaktiv i SK – zet gör comeback" [SpawN goes inactive - zet do a comeback] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ https://www.hltv.org/news/1738-sk-gaming-win-global-challenge-la
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 MIRAA (2009-08-12). "Official: SK release Tentpole". HLTV.
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 Fredrik "danell!" Danell (2009-08-12). "Bekräftat: zneel fyller SK-femman" [Confirmed: zneel fills the spot in sk] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 MIRAA (2009-08-30). "SK move for face & kHRYSTAL". HLTV.
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 Daniel "velox" Nilsson (2009-09-15). "zet och zneel sparkas från SK" [zet and zneel got fired by SK] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 Nix0n (2010-02-12). "Gux replace kHRYSTAL in SK". HLTV.
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Daniel 'velox' Nilsson (2010-07-14). "SK bekräftar: Gux lämnar för fnatic" [SK confirms: Gux leaves for fnatic] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 39.3 Pus (2010-12-07). "SK announce new squad". HLTV.
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 André "rich" Åkerblom (2011-04-04). "allen officiellt inaktiv i SK på grund av sjukdom" [allen official goes inactive in SK doe to illness] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 André "rich" Åkerblom (2011-05-23). "allen tillbaka i SK – dennis får lämna" [allen back in SK - dennis leaves] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 MIRAA (2011-05-23). "Official: SK sign Delpan". HLTV.
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 André "rich" Åkerblom (2012-01-31). "trace till SK Gaming – Delpan får lämna" [trance to SK Gaming - Delpan leaves] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 44.2 Pontus Eskilsson (2012-04-13). "SK kickar trace – tar tillbaka Delpan" [SK fires trace - Delpan returns] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 45.2 45.3 André "rich" Åkerblom (2012-07-25). "Budak talar ut – SK tappar tre spelare" [Budak speaks out - SK lose three players] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 André "rich" Åkerblom (2012-07-30). "Bekräftat: SK lägger ner CS 1.6-sektionen" [Confirmed: SK shut down the 1.6-team] (in
Swedish). FragBite.se.
- ↑ 47.0 47.1 47.2 47.3 47.4 47.5 SK Gaming enter CSGO sk-gaming.com
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 pyth signs for SK HLTV
- ↑ 49.0 49.1 SK remove pyth HLTV
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 SK remove xelos HLTV
- ↑ 51.0 51.1 LGB add twist and cype HLTV
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 52.2 52.3 52.4 52.5 SK reveal new CS:GO team HLTV
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 pita announces retirement HLTV
- ↑ 54.0 54.1 54.2 54.3 54.4 54.5 SK release CS:GO team HLTV
- ↑ SK Gaming opt out of CS:GO sk-gaming.com
- ↑ 56.0 56.1 56.2 56.3 56.4 56.5 Evgeni "Zinnoc" Chardakov (2015-05-30). "SK Gaming Return to Old and New Battlegrounds". SK Gaming.
- ↑ 57.0 57.1 57.2 Striker (2015-06-23). "BERRY replaces HUNDEN in SK". HLTV.
- ↑ 58.0 58.1 MIRAA (2015-07-27). "cadiaN handed SK trial". HLTV.
- ↑ 59.0 59.1 59.2 "SK Gaming kicks BERRY – recruits young Danish talent". Aftonbladet. 2015-09-14.
- ↑ 60.0 60.1 MIRAA (2015-10-19). "k0nfig leaves SK". HLTV.
- ↑ 61.0 61.1 MIRAA (2015-10-20). "tenzki signs for dignitas". HLTV.
- ↑ 62.0 62.1 "list of SK Gaming players". SK Gaming.
- ↑ 63.0 63.1 63.2 63.3 Jens "JPW" Wundenberg (2015-12-07). "SK Gaming - Update on CS:GO". SK Gaming. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
- ↑ 64.0 64.1 Striker (2016-06-15). "Pimp signs for Liquid - Official". HLTV.
- ↑ 65.0 65.1 65.2 65.3 65.4 Jens "JPW" Wundenberg (2016-06-22). "SK Say Goodbye to Danish CS:GO Team". SK Gaming.
- ↑ Asger "AcilioN" Larsen (2016-06-22). "I'm no longer a part of the team".
- ↑ 67.0 67.1 67.2 67.3 67.4 67.5 67.6 67.7 BenjaCS (2016-06-24). "SK and Luminosity reach agreement". HLTV.
- ↑ Emil "Magiskb0Y" Reif (2016-06-29). "For the people asking. Im no longer on the team".
- ↑ 69.0 69.1 "IMMORTALS CS:GO Division Update". Immortals. 2016-07-22.
- ↑ 70.0 70.1 . fer. http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sov9k7.
- ↑ 71.0 71.1 "LG:CSGO, adds SHOWTIME & shz!". Luminosity Gaming. 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ MIRAA (2016-12-03). "fox to step in for SK Gaming". HLTV.
- ↑ 73.0 73.1 73.2 Evgeni Chardakov (2017-02-05). "SK Gaming Brings in felps as CS:GO Fifth". SK Gaming.
- ↑ 74.0 74.1 TACO. "Boltz jogará todo o resto com exceção do major e ECS. Muito em breve esperamos que ele vire oficialmente nosso quinto player." ["Boltz will play the rest except for the Major and ECS. We expect him to officially become our fifth player very soon."] (in
Portuguese).
- ↑ MIRAA (2018-03-22). "TACO confirms SK exit". HLTV.
- ↑ 76.0 76.1 MIRAA (2018-03-30). "Stewie2K links up with SK squad". HLTV.
- ↑ 77.0 77.1 Irena "Curlychan" Pencheva (2018-04-06). "SK Gaming Completes Transfer of Taco to Team Liquid". SK Gaming.
- ↑ 78.0 78.1 78.2 78.3 78.4 78.5 78.6 78.7 MIBR (2018-06-23). "Immortals acquires iconic Brazilian esports brand MIBR".
- ↑ 79.0 79.1 INTZ (2018-09-27). "Hoje é um dia importante para o nosso clube." [Today is an important day for our club.] (in
Portuguese).
- ↑ AcilioN (2015-11-17). "tweet about Friis unavailability, percy standing-in".
- ↑ Jan Müller (2017-11-16). "New Chapter - Leaving Team Liquid to join SK Gaming".
- ↑ Swani (2018-06-23). "Thrilled to announce that I will be moving over to @mibr with the boys".
- ↑ G7 Teams (August 8, 2006). "G7 teams launched". Retrieved August 12, 2020.