Team Vitality
Team Vitality
Europe
Rank #1
jawgemo
Alexander Mor
Jamppi
Elias Olkkonen
PROFEK
Dawid Święć
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 #16
kaajak
Kajetan Haremski
Cloud
Kirill Nehozhin
Duelist
Derke
and former
LOUD
LOUD
Brazil
Rank #1
lukxo
Lucca Travaioli
DaviH
David Cruz
Darker
Sebastián Castro Cicuamia
erde
Roberto Lobos
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)
TenZ
Tyson Ngo
BuZz
Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철)
iZu
Ham Woo-ju (함우주)
crashies
Austin Roberts
and
G2 Esports
G2 Esports
North America
Rank #4
trent
Trent Cairns
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 #1
jawgemo
Alexander Mor
Jamppi
Elias Olkkonen
PROFEK
Dawid Święć
Chronicle
Timofey Khromov
Sayonara
Ștefan Mîtcu
's full roster is now:
- Nikita "Derke" Niko Sirmitev
- Timofey "Chronicle" Khromov
- Blendi "KovaQ" Kovaci
- Felipe "Less" de Loyola Basso
- Saif "Sayf" Jibraeel
- Ștefan "Sayonara" Mîtcu
- Andy "Bangovic" Zajimovic (Manager)
- Robert "Mulgan95" Mulgan (Manager)
- Aleksey "slk" Lynksov (Assistant coach)
- Edgar "psych_chek" Chekera (Performance coach)










