Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #14 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen PROFEK Dawid Święć Derke Nikita Sirmitev Chronicle Timofey Khromov Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu has announced the benching of head coach Daniel "Faded" Hwang.

"Can't thank Vitality enough for bringing me into the family," Faded said. "This was a year with many ups and downs, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. From the players to the staff, everyone was vital to my growth as a coach and as an individual. Love you all."

Faded moves to the team's inactive roster after one year at the helm of Team Vitality's coaching booth. He joined the EMEA squad last offseason, following a season coaching TSM TSM Inactive Timotino Timothée Lavigne Dupont stand-in alvinboy Alvin Hong stand-in seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond vora Jordan Pulwer . Before TSM, Faded was also a coach for BackOutsideBoys BackOutsideBoys Inactive and an analyst for FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le .

The 2025 season was one that started with high hopes for Vitality. The squad stormed through EMEA Kickoff with a new-look roster featuring former FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #1 crashies Austin Roberts Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Veqaj Sylvain Pattyn Alfajer Emir Ali Beder Duelist Derke and former LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #5 lukxo Lucca Travaioli Darker Sebastián Castro Cicuamia Virtyy Leandro Moreno pANcada Bryan Luna cauanzin Cauan Pereira player Less , and entered Masters Bangkok as one of the early favorites to win the event. After going 2-0 in the Swiss Stage, Vitality lost to eventual grand finalists T1 T1 Korea Rank #2 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) and G2 Esports G2 Esports North America Rank #2 jawgemo Alexander Mor BABYBAY Andrej Francisty trent Trent Cairns valyn Jacob Batio leaf Nathan Orf , finishing fourth.

In an effort to inch closer to its first international trophy, Vitality got busy, making several changes to its roster over the course of the season. trexx was replaced by CyvOph in Stage 1, leading to a 7th-8th finish. UNFAKE and KovaQ were brought on to replace CyvOph and Sayf ahead of Stage 2. Sayf was brought back midway through the event, where Vitality again finished 7th-8th.

Since the end of the season, Team Vitality has signed Chronicle , reuniting Derke with his former FNATIC teammate, and parted ways with Kicks .

Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #14 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen PROFEK Dawid Święć Derke Nikita Sirmitev Chronicle Timofey Khromov Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu 's full roster is now: