Virtus.pro
Jakub "kuben" Gurczynski
Roman "dvoryrom" Dvoryankin Filip "NEO" KubskiVirtus.pro is a well-established Russian esports organization, mostly famous for their teams in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2. The organisation is known for hosting the majority of the players from the original Golden Five and Poland's most popular CS:GO roster, which has fans all around the world, who are known for their passion in supporting the squad.
History[edit]
Virtus.pro was formed back in 2003, and gained it's first roster in the Counter Strike scene back in 1.6, with the earliest squad formed in 2006/2007 consisting of Russian and Ukrainian players from that era including the likes of Kane, Zeus and Edward. The organisation continued to host various CIS-based rosters for the rest of 1.6 and into CS:GO, with the final iteration of the CIS-based CS:GO roster becoming the first team to defeat Ninjas in Pyjamas on LAN and end their 87-0 streak. The roster eventually split into Astana Dragons and KerchNET, when the team disbanded in July of 2013.
In January of 2014, Virtus.pro signed AGAiN, a team comprising of the majority of the famous Golden Five roster from 1.6 (TaZ, NEO and pashaBiceps) and two younger players (Snax and byali), and their roster is famous for their amazing fanbase and explosive playstyle, the last for which they have been dubbed "Virtus.plow". This roster has stayed with the organisation with no roster changes, besides the addition of kuben as coach in early 2015, and is the longest standing 5-man roster in CS:GO to date. The team is prone to periods of ups and downs but remains one of the most successful teams in CS:GO of all-time, having accumulated several high-profile tournament wins in the past, most notably winning the EMS One: Katowice Major back in March of 2014. The roster has signed contracts with the organisation to remain a part of Virtus.pro until 2020. [1]
- Virtus.pro is formed.
- April 7th - Virtus.pro wins SLTV StarSeries V after beating Ninjas in Pyjamas 2-0 in the finals.[5]
- June 2nd - GuardiaN replaces AdreN.[6]
- July 18th - Virtus.pro disbands Ukrainian squad.[7]
- January 25th - Virtus.pro recruit AGAiN. TaZ, Neo, pasha, Snax, byali join.[8]
- March 16th - Virtus.pro wins EMS Katowice Grand Finals after beating Ninjas in Pyjamas 2-0 in the finals.[9]
- November 16th - Virtus.pro wins Caseking King of Kings I after beating Cloud9 2-0 in the finals.[10]
- February 2nd - Virtus.pro announced that kuben joined the team as their coach.[11]
- August 23rd - Virtus.pro lost at the semifinals of ESL One: Cologne 2015 against fnatic.
- December 19th - Virtus.pro announced that their current five players have signed long-term contracts that keep them tied to the organization until 2020.[12]
- February 6th - Virtus.pro sign MICHU from Team Kinguin on a 1 month loan, TaZ is benched. [13]
- March 12th - TaZ joins Team Kinguin. [14]
- March 22nd - Virtus.pro permanently sign MICHU from Team Kinguin. [15]
- June 27th - Snax leaves Virtus.pro, morelz replace him as stand-in. [16]
- July 10th - KubiK joins the organization as a new trial analyst. [17]
Player Roster[edit]
CS:GO
CS 1.6- Show All
Active[edit]
| Active Squad | |||||
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| ID | Name | Join Date | |||
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NEO 
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Filip Kubski | 2014-01-25 [8] | ||
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pashaBiceps | Jarosław Jarząbkowski | 2014-01-25 [8] | ||
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byali | Paweł Bieliński | 2014-01-25 [8] | ||
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MICHU | Michał Müller | 2018-03-22 [15] | ||
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morelz (Stand-in) | Piotr Taterka | 2018-06-27 [16] | ||
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kuben (Coach) | Jakub Gurczyński | 2015-02-02 [11] | ||
Former[edit]
| Former Players | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | ||
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Snax | Janusz Pogorzelski | 2014-01-25 [8] | 2018-06-27 [16] |  mousesports
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MICHU (Loan)  |
Michał Müller | 2018-02-06 [13] | 2018-03-22 [15] |  Virtus.pro
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TaZ | Wiktor Wojtas | 2014-01-25 [8] | 2018-03-12 [14] | Team Kinguin
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| Temporary stand-ins | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Replacing | ID | Name | Tournament(s) | |||
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morelz  |
Piotr Taterka |  |
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Snax | Janusz Pogorzelski | ESEA Season 28: Premier (vs. Vexed Gaming, Valiance) DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018: European Qualifier | |
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MICHU  |
Michał Müller | |
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Snax | Janusz Pogorzelski | Intel Extreme Masters Season X San Jose[18] | |
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MICHU  |
Michał Müller | |
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Snax | Janusz Pogorzelski | Gfinity Spring Masters I | |
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olofmeister  |
Olof Kajbjer | |
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NEO | Filip Kubski | Caseking King of Kings | |
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MICHU |
Michał Müller | |
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pasha | Jarosław Jarząbkowski | Game Show League Season 1 | |
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MINISE  |
Jacek Jeziak | |
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Snax | Janusz Pogorzelski | Fragbite Masters Season 3 | |
 2012-2013 CIS CS:GO Squad
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| ID | Name | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | ||
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kUcheR | Emil Akhundov | 2012-10-09 [2] | 2013-07-18 [7] |  KerchNET
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ANGE1 | Kirill Karasov | 2012-10-09 [2] | 2013-07-18 [7] |  Astana Dragons
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Dosia | Mihail Stolyarov | 2012-10-24 [4] | 2013-07-18 [7] | Astana Dragons
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Fox | Sergey Stolyarov | 2012-10-24 [4] | 2013-07-18 [7] | KerchNET
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GuardiaN | Ladislav Kovács | 2013-06-02 [6] | 2013-07-18 [7] |  Natus Vincere
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Former[edit]
| Former 1.6 Players | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | ||
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LeX | Aleksey Kolesnikov | 2011-04-18 |  Iron Will
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hooch | Dmitry Bogdanov | 2008-12-20 | 2009-11-21 |  UNiTED
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xaoc | Alexey Kucherov | 2012-03-13 | 2012-10-09 | Retired
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kibaken | Anton Kolesnikov | 2011-06-16 | 2011-12-24 |  zNation
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micE | Vadim Zimin | 2011-06-16 | 2011-12-15 | ||
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hacker | Roman Abramov | 2011-06-16 | 2011-10-19 | ||
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Talisman | Alexander Talismanov | 2011-04-18 | Iron Will
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VofkiN | Vladimir Shmakov | 2011-04-18 | Iron Will
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F_1N | Ivan Kochugov | 2011-04-18 | 2011-06-16 |  Art of Cybergame
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HEL1 | Aleksey Novikov | 2011-04-18 | Retired
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F_1N | Ivan Kochugov | 2007-06-14 |  forZe
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HEL1 | Aleksey Novikov | 2007-06-14 | forZe
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ROMJkE | Roman Makarov | 2007-05-17 | 2009-11-21 | UNiTED
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Dio | Nikita Trifonov | 2009-06-07 | 2009-11-21 | ||
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groove | Konstantin Pikiner | 2009-11-21 | UNiTED
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diNGo | Denis Kolomenskiy | 2008-12-20 | 2009-11-07 | ||
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Xenitron | Ivan Totsky | 2008-12-20 | 2009-06-06 | ||
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kane | Mykhailo Blagin | 2008-06-02 | 2008-12-20 |  pro100
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Sally | Viktor Filimonchenko | 2006-12-15 | 2008-06-02 | forZe
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Snoop | Boris Podvalshchikov | 2006-12-15 | 2007-05-17 | forZe
| |
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Edward | Ioann Sukhariev | 2007-08-14 | 2008-12-20 | pro100
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Zeus | Danylo Teslenko | 2007-08-14 | 2008-12-20 | pro100
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Organization[edit]
Active[edit]
| Organization | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | |||
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Sneg | Anton Cherepennikov | Owner | |||
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dvoryrom | Roman Dvoryankin | General Manager | |||
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KubiK | Kuba Kubiak | Trial Analyst | 2018-07-10 [17] | ||
Former[edit]
| Former Organization | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Organization | |
|
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lmbt | Sergey Bezhanov | Manager | 2013-??-?? | 2013-07-19 | Astana Dragons
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Achievements[edit]
| Date | Placement | Tier | Tournament | Results | Prize | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-10-29 | 2nd | Premier |
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EPICENTER 2017 | 2 : 3 | 
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$100,000 |
| 2017-02-19 | 1st | Premier |
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DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017 | 2 : 1 |
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$200,000 |
| 2017-01-29 | 2nd | Premier |
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ELEAGUE Major: Atlanta 2017 | 1 : 2 | 
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$150,000 |
| 2017-01-15 | 3rd | Premier |
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World Electronic Sports Games 2016 | 2 : 0 | 
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$200,000 |
| 2016-10-23 | 2nd | Premier |
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EPICENTER 2016 | 1 : 2 | 
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$100,000 |
| 2016-09-18 | 1st | Premier |
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DreamHack Open Bucharest 2016 | 2 : 0 | 
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$50,000 |
| 2016-07-30 | 1st | Premier |
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ELEAGUE Season 1 | 2 : 0 | 
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$400,000 |
| 2015-09-12 | 1st | Premier |
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ESL ESEA Pro League Invitational | 3 : 2 | 
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$100,000 |
| 2015-04-19 | 1st | Premier |
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ESEA Season 18 - Global Invite Division | 2 : 1 |
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$70,000 |
| 2014-03-16 | 1st | Premier |
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ESL Major Series One Katowice 2014 | 2 : 0 | 
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$100,000 |
| About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament | |||||||
Gallery[edit]
Rosters[edit]
Logos[edit]
Original logo before 2012
Logo before October 23rd, 2012
References[edit]
- ↑ "Virtus.pro announces signing long-term contracts with the CS:GO roster". Virtus.pro. 2016-12-19.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Nix0n (2012-10-09). "Virtus.pro make CS:GO switch". HLTV.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 MIRAA (2012-10-13). "craft1k leaves Virtus.pro". HLTV.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 MIRAA (2012-10-24). "Virtus.pro land Rush3D duo". HLTV.
- ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/10467-virtus-over-nip-to-win-sltv-finals
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Virtus.pro signs GuardiaN HLTV.org
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Virtus.pro shuts down CSGO HLTV.org
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Virtus.pro recruit AGAINHLTV.org
- ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/12212-virtuspro-win-ems-one-katowice
- ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/13621-virtuspro-win-caseking-king-of-kings
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 kuben joins Virtus.pro as coachHLTV.org
- ↑ "Virtus.pro announces signing long-term contracts with the CS:GO roster". Virtus.pro. 2016-12-19.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "TaZ has been benched". Virtus.pro. 2018-02-06.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Andrezj Skowron (2018-03-12). "CS:GO Roster for the ESEA Mountain Dew League". Team Kinguin.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "MICHU joined Virtus.pro". Virtus.pro. 2018-03-22.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "morelz replaces Snax". Virtus.pro. 2018-06-27.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Grzegorz Łatka (2018-07-10). "KubiK oficjalnie rozpoczyna okres testowy w Virtus.pro! " [KubiK officially begins his test period at Virtus.pro!] (in Polish). Cybersport.pl.
- ↑ . http://www.hltv.org/news/16420-michu-steps-in-for-virtus-in-san-jose.
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