Simone "simoz" Giovannini and baddyG have announced that they have been made restricted free agents following the end of their seasons with KOI KOI Inactive .

The pair joined KOI in May as part of a midseason rebuild, which saw the organization also add MONSTEERR and nataNk .

simoz announced his willingness to leave Europe for the first time in his Valorant coaching career, as well as the possibility of taking up a non-head coaching role, such as a strategic coach. Before joining KOI in May ahead of the team's participation in EMEA Stage 2, simoz coached for several Tier 2 European teams, such as DNSTY DNSTY Europe Unranked chapix waddle Wadir Taraki Tag Alessandro Voci Ticey Theo Cranshaw Creamydreamy , DSYRE DSYRE Inactive caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki / DSYRE Elevate DSYRE Elevate Inactive sassolino ViperZ Andrea Marchesciano FinganJode Filippo Bonanni loll9 maxeeh , Mkers Mkers Inactive forgetw0w Ibragim Dalsaev wackie Rikardo Birjukov mass3R Umberto Artuso N A I S Alessandro Montanari caydeN Yari Olmi , and CyberGround Gaming CyberGround Gaming Inactive Braso forwardp1 TH3PUN1SH3R since starting his coaching career in 2020 with Totem Providence Totem Providence Inactive omega Andrea Carducci caydeN Yari Olmi bardOZ Giovanni Laerte Frongia mizuN Alexander Katok .

baddyG joined KOI in May from DNSTY as well, alongside simoz and MONSTEERR. The Polish Controller player previously played for notable European outfits, such as Acend Acend Inactive ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi pyrolll Artur Minin cullumx Nikolaj Cullum Andersen chiwa Egor Stepanyuk , Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Unranked Jamppi Elias Olkkonen PROFEK Dawid Święć Derke Nikita Sirmitev Chronicle Timofey Khromov Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu , and FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks , but had his first VCT experience in 2025 with KOI.

KOI wrapped up its 2025 campaign ranked 9th-10th at the end of EMEA Stage 2, marking the third-straight year that the organization finished in the bottom three of EMEA.

KOI's full roster is now: