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
IEM Rio 2026
Rio de Janeiro, April 13–19, 2026
2
$50000
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
$175000
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.
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 ~$5547000.
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