Inner Circle is a British esports organization that was legally established in London on December 13th, 2024 under the name INNER CIRCLE ESPORTS LTD. The organization fielded its first CS2 roster on January 17th, 2025. In a short span, the tag has already gone through several resets, fielded international, Polish, and Ukrainian lineups, and made it to a number of big tournaments.
Inner Circle achievements
For a young team, Inner Circle already has a solid set of results under its belt. The main finishes are listed in the table below.
Tournament name
City and dates
Place
Prize money
ESEA Season 52: Open10 Division - Europe
Online, January 13 to March 23, 2025
1
$750
ESEA Advanced Season 54 Europe
Online, September 2 to September 20, 2025
2
$4000
Galaxy Battle 2025 Phase 4
Online, September 21 to October 12, 2025
2
$11000
ESL Pro League Season 22
Stockholm, October 4 to October 12, 2025
12th-14th place
$10500
DreamHack Knockout Stockholm 2025
Stockholm, November 29 to November 30, 2025
3rd-4th place
$1000
PGL Bucharest 2026
Bucharest, April 4 to April 11, 2026
12th-14th place
$9375
Prize money by year
Inner Circle's prize money by year is listed in the table below, starting from 2025.
Year
Prize money
2025
$31950
2026
$21375
Inner Circle roster history
Inner Circle's CS2 history is still short, but it has been packed. In one year, the club changed almost everything and shifted direction several times.
January 2025: the first international roster launched with oskar and STYKO.
July 2025: a switch to a Polish five built around the former 9INE core.
September 2025: a full buyout of TNL's Ukrainian roster.
Out of all those changes, the first lineup and the 2025 version of the team stand out the most.
Achievements of the first roster
On January 17th, 2025, the club signed an international five-man roster with Tomáš “oskar” Šťastný, Martin “STYKO” Styk, Frederik “Fessor” Sørensen, Markus “Q-Q” Krolak-Henriksen, and Adrian “kRaSnaL” Krasnal. The team saw action in qualifiers and reached 5th-6th place in ESEA Advanced Season 53 Europe. A hard reshuffle hit in the summer: oskar left, Fessor moved to the bench, Q-Q left the lineup, and STYKO was benched soon after.
2025 roster
On September 25th, 2025, Inner Circle fully bought out the TNL roster together with coach Dmytro “jR” Chervak. The lineup included Dmytro “nifee” Tediashvili, Viktor “onic” Babiy, Artem “cairne” Mushynskyi, Davyd “Dawy” Bibik, and Artem “Flierax” Hioara. The new five got results fast: they debuted with a win over 3DMAX in EPL Season 22 Stage 1, made it to the league's main stage, beat The MongolZ, and soon reached the final of Galaxy Battle 2025 Phase 4.
Changes followed in the winter of 2025: cairne left for NiP, Flierax was moved to the bench, and Arseniy “cptkurtka023” Derevynskyi, Eduard “zeRRoFIX” Petrovskyi, and later Daniil “headtr1ck” Valitov joined the active five. That version of the team made it to PGL Bucharest 2026 and is best remembered for its win over FaZe.
Inner Circle — a professional esports organization based in the United Kingdom.
The current Inner Circle roster — Daniil Valitov “headtr1ck” (AWPer), Davyd Bibik “Dawy” (rifler), Viktor Babiy “onic” (rifler), Arseniy Derevynskyi “cptkurtka023” (rifler), Eduard Petrovskyi “zeRRoFIX” (rifler). The team's coach is Dmytro Chervak “jR”.
Notable former Inner Circle players:
Player (first and last name)
Nickname
Date joined
Date left
Tomáš Šťastný
oskar
January 17, 2025
June 17, 2025
Martin Styk
STYKO
January 17, 2025
July 2, 2025
Olek Miśkiewicz
hades
July 4, 2025
September 13, 2025
Artem Mushynskyi
cairne
September 25, 2025
January 9, 2026
Artem Hiora
Flierax
September 25, 2025
March 8, 2026
Inner Circle's biggest achievements — 2nd place at Galaxy Battle 2025 Phase 4, 12th-14th place at PGL Bucharest 2026.
Inner Circle's approximate total winnings — ~$53000.
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