fnatic is an esports organization founded in the United Kingdom in 2004. The club is headquartered in London, and fnatic was founded by Sam Mathews and Anne Mathews.
fnatic's Counter-Strike division has long been part of the scene's history. During their golden run from 2013 to 2015, the team won DreamHack Winter 2013, ESL One Katowice 2015, and ESL One Cologne 2015, becoming the first organization to win multiple Major titles in CS:GO and the first to win two in a row.
fnatic achievements
fnatic have made deep runs at big events more than once. Their most notable results are listed below.
Tournament
City and dates
Place
Prize money
ESL Pro League Season 17
St. Julian's, February 22–March 26, 2023
13-16
$20,000
BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023
Paris, May 8–21, 2023
9-11
$20,000
Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023
Cologne, July 26–August 6, 2023
9-12
$16,000
ESL Pro League Season 18
St. Julian's, August 30–October 1, 2023
13-16
$20,000
RES European Series #1
Online, February 28–March 6, 2024
1
$50,000
YaLLa Compass 2024
Abu Dhabi, June 5–9, 2024
5-6
$20,000
FiReLEAGUE Global Final 2023
Buenos Aires, June 14–16, 2024
2
$30,000
RES European Series #6
Online, July 15–22, 2024
1
$50,000
RES Regional Champions
Belgrade, October 16–19, 2024
3-4
$25,000
Conquest of Prague 2025
Prague, May 30–June 1, 2025
1
$22,695
Exort The Proving Grounds Season 1
Online, June 6–22, 2025
2
$23,049
CS Asia Championships 2025
Shanghai, October 14–19, 2025
5-6
$20,000
How much fnatic earned by year
fnatic's earnings over the last few years are shown in the table below.
Year
Earnings
2023
$131,000
2024
$235,000
2025
$141,240
2026
$1,178
fnatic roster history
Since fnatic's Counter-Strike division was created (from 2004 in CS 1.6 and from 2012–2013 in CS:GO/CS2), around 99 different players have played under the team's tag.
Looking at the club's full history, the first fnatic lineup stands out, as does the roster that played for the organization from 2014 to 2015.
First lineup achievements
fnatic's first lineup was put together in June 2005. It featured Benjamin "diGitaL" Hildén, Harley "dsn" Örwall, Magnus "Magix" Berndtsson, Abdi "MegatoN" Mohamed, and Mikael "zaffe" Säflund.
Among the team's first notable results were third place at ClanBase EuroCup XI, first place at CPL Singapore 2005, and second place at shgOpen 2006.
2014-2015 roster
fnatic's legendary lineup — Jesper "JW" Wecksell, Robin "flusha" Rönnquist, Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer, and Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson — is seen as one of the strongest in CS:GO history. Markus "pronax" Wallsten coached this roster. Under pronax, the team put up its biggest results: 5-8th place at ESL Major Series One Katowice 2014, 2nd place at ESL One: Cologne 2014, 5-8th place at DreamHack Winter 2014, 1st place at ESL One: Katowice 2015, and 1st place at ESL One: Cologne 2015.
The team held the No. 1 spot in the world ranking in 2015, while fnatic players also placed high in individual rankings: olofmeister finished 1st, flusha 5th, KRIMZ 7th, and JW 10th.
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