Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #15 sociablEE Volkan Yonal Filu Dawid Czarnecki Shao Andrey Kiprsky Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat has announced their roster for the 2026 VCT season. It features Andrey "Shao" Kiprsky, Uğur "Ruxic" Güç, and Emirhan "hiro" Kat as returning players, with the new additions of Volkan "sociablEE" Yonal and Dawid "Filu" Czarnecki rounding out the roster. Kyrylo "ANGE1" Karasov, who retired at the end of the 2025 season, has also returned, but now in the head coaching role, supported by Dmytro "chippy" Bychenko and Alaa "Flynn" Nasrallah.

NAVI had a decent year in 2025 as a mid-table EMEA team. Their highest placement came at the end of the year, finishing fourth in Stage 2. They were picking up steam in the playoffs, but were ultimately double eliminated by GIANTX GIANTX Europe Rank #7 Cloud Kirill Nehozhin grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko westside Miłosz Duda Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh ara Hanceriuc Eduard-George on their own run to champs. A core three of Shao, Ruxic, and hiro has been kept from this team for 2026.

The newcomers of sociablEE and Filu both made their VCT debut in 2025. sociablEE was a long awaited addition to the tier 1 scene, having spent many years at the top of Turkish Challengers with Fire Flux Vatangame Fire Flux Vatangame Inactive OXMANN Aytekin Çakır Burzzy Burak Özveren MerSa Mert Saatcı Lava Murat Varol oroni Ömer Açar . Finally, he got his first chance in VCT with BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Rank #2 Crewen Ali Eren Sargin Lar0k Yusuf Kaan Kanber Loita Utku Kart Rosé Eren Erzan lovers rock Umut Pekdoğan this past season. sociablEE impressed on a variety of agents, most notably on Initiators and Chamber, on BBL's campaign that saw them just miss out on reach the international stage.

Filu had similarly been around the EMEA tier 2 scene for years, but found his first place on a contending team with DSYRE DSYRE Inactive caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki in 2024. The team flawlessly swept Challengers Italy, not dropping a match the whole year, before going 2-2 in the Ascension group stage. Filu's performance earned him a spot in VCT in 2025 with KOI. However, KOI KOI Inactive remained stuck as a bottom table team in EMEA, only finding two wins throughout the season. With KOI being completely removed from VCT following the season's conclusion, Filu was left to his own, now finding a spot on NAVI.

Finally, stepping into the head coach role is ANGE1. After nearly 20 years of competing as a player, he has finally decided to hang up the mouse and keyboard and move to the coaching role. He will now apply his years of experience as a player and IGL to help build the future of NAVI.

NAVI will be debuting their new roster in the ongoing Project Blender tournament, featuring a wide variety of teams across the EMEA region, as well as a unique format that includes agent bans.

Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #15 sociablEE Volkan Yonal Filu Dawid Czarnecki Shao Andrey Kiprsky Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat is now:

  • Volkan "sociablEE" Yonal
  • Dawid "Filu" Czarnecki
  • Andrey "Shao" Kiprsky
  • Uğur "Ruxic" Güç
  • Emirhan "hiro" Kat
  • Kyrylo "ANGE1" Karasov (Head coach)
  • Dmytro "chippy" Bychenko (Assistant coach)
  • Alaa "Flynn" Nasrallah (Analyst)