Inner Circle — a CS2 esports team

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.

Prize money by year

Inner Circle's prize money by year is listed in the table below, starting from 2025.

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.