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About the team
Team Spirit was founded on December 6, 2015, and over time it became one of the most recognizable orgs in the CIS across multiple titles. Since 2022, the club’s main office has been based in Belgrade. Spirit entered Counter-Strike in the summer of 2016, when it signed a five-man lineup that had previously played together as the Phenomenon mix. Since then, Spirit has gone from grinding regional qualifiers to winning the Shanghai CS2 Major.
Team Spirit achievements
Spirit has had plenty of standout matches, tense finals, and wins at tier-1 events. The table below highlights the most notable results from recent years.
| Tournament name | Host city and dates | Placement | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| BetBoom Dacha 2023 | Dubai, December 5–10, 2023 | 1 | $180000 |
| IEM Katowice 2024 | Katowice, February 3–11, 2024 | 1 | $400000 |
| IEM Dallas 2024 | Dallas, May 27–June 2, 2024 | 3–4th | $20000 |
| BLAST Premier Spring Final 2024 | London, June 12–16, 2024 | 1 | $200000 |
| Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 | Shanghai, November 30–December 15, 2024 | 1 | $500000 |
| BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024 2 | Belgrade, August 24–September 1, 2024 | 1 | $250000 |
| BLAST Premier World Final 2024 | Singapore, October 30–November 3, 2024 | 2 | $250000 |
| BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1 Finals | Copenhagen, January 23–26, 2025 | 1 | $288125 |
| IEM Katowice 2025 | Katowice, February 1–9, 2025 | 2 | $180000 |
| ESL Pro League Season 2021 | Stockholm, March 7–16, 2025 | 3–4th | $25000 |
| PGL Astana 2025 | Astana, May 10–18, 2025 | 1 | $200000 |
| BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 | Austin, June 12–22, 2025 | 5–8th | $45000 |
| IEM Cologne 2025 | Cologne, July 26–August 3, 2025 | 1 | $400000 |
| StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 | Budapest, December 4–14, 2025 | 3–4th | $80000 |
| BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 2 Finals | Malta, August 14–17, 2025 | 1 | $287813 |
| IEM Kraków 2026 | Kraków, January 31–February 8, 2026 | 3 | $100000 |
Winning in Katowice, Cologne, and at a Major gives Spirit a rare “triple” of trophies, putting the tag right up there with the strongest clubs.
Prize money by year
It’s easier to compare seasons when you look at the numbers by year. The table below shows prize money only for Counter-Strike (CS:GO and CS2) from an open results database.
| Year | Prize money for the year |
|---|---|
| 2023 | $346000 |
| 2024 | $1919500 |
| 2025 | $2068900 |
| 2026 | $110000 |
Team Spirit roster history
Spirit has regularly shifted roles and picked up players for specific needs. At the same time, the club often kept its core together for a long time, so most rebuilds were small and easy to follow. Below are the key periods that show how the team grew.
Achievements of the first roster
In June 2016, the lineup that had played as Phenomenon moved under the Spirit tag. That early five featured COLDYY1, S0tF1k, Dima, DavCost, and tonyblack (kibaken). Back then, the team mostly played qualifiers and gained experience on its first LANs.
The biggest results from that era were tied to the minor scene. In 2016, Spirit took second place at the StarLadder Regional Minor Championship CIS (a qualifier for ELEAGUE Major 2017) and earned $15,000. In 2018, the team reached the final of StarLadder & ImbaTV Invitational Chongqing and took $35,000.
The 2019–2022 roster
In spring 2019, Spirit started building a new core. In March, chopper and iDISBALANCE joined, and in September 2019 the roster was boosted by mir and 17-year-old magixx. In early 2021, degster joined as the sniper, and the team looked a lot more dangerous in clutch rounds.
The peak of this period was in 2022. Spirit reached the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 semifinals (3–4th place) and earned $70,000. That same year, the team won FiReLEAGUE 2022: Global Finals and took $100,000. After that, another rebuild started, because the meta was shifting and CS2 was already close.
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ABOUT ESPORTS TEAM: SPIRIT
- Team Spirit is a professional esports organization based in Serbia.
- The current Team Spirit roster is: Boris Vorobyov “magixx” (captain), Dmitry Sokolov “sh1ro” (sniper), Danil Kryshkovets “donk” (rifler), Miroslav Plakhotya “zont1x” (rifler), Andrey Tatarinovich “tN1R” (rifler). The coach and head of the current lineup is Sergey Shavaev “hally” (coach).
- Notable former Team Spirit players:
| Player (first and last name) | Nick | Join date | Leave date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dmitry Forostyanko | S0tF1k | June 9, 2016 | September 27, 2019 |
| Viktor Orudzhev | sdy | January 8, 2018 | November 12, 2021 |
| Leonid Vishnyakov | chopper | March 4, 2019 | December 18, 2025 |
| Nikolay Bityukov | mir | September 27, 2019 | November 4, 2021 |
| Abdul Gasanov | degster | January 21, 2021 | June 11, 2022 |
- Team Spirit’s biggest achievements include: 1st place at BetBoom Dacha 2023, 1st place at IEM Katowice 2024, 1st place at BLAST Premier Spring Final 2024, 1st place at Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024, 1st place at Blast Bounty 2025 Season 1 Finals, 1st place at PGL Astana 2025, and 1st place at IEM Cologne 2025.
- Team Spirit’s estimated total winnings are ~$5472000.
