European esports organisation Natus Vincere (NAVI) has revealed its new junior roster for Counter-Strike 2.
The roster will see three new additions to the staff — Mihai-Andrei ‘satsu‘ Dobrin, Rene Robin ‘R3ZLOO‘ Rafael Wallenius and David ‘FAZERY‘ Procházka.
The three gamers will compete alongside NAVI VISA Academy graduates Nazar ‘Kodak‘ Buchma and Danil ‘yoki‘ Istomin. The gamers will probably be educated by coach Michał ‘snatchie‘, who was promoted for his work with NAVI Youth.
Within the publish by NAVI, snatchie mentioned: “We’ve lastly accomplished our roster, and I’m actually happy with the staff we’ve constructed. There’s lots of onerous work forward of us. I actually imagine that with dedication and dedication, we will obtain nice outcomes. My aim is to assist each participant develop to a degree the place they’ll be able to characterize the primary NAVI roster sooner or later.”
NAVI first opened its purposes for the Counter-Strike 2 roster again in August, accepting aspiring professional gamers aged 15 to 17 years previous. This adopted its choice to promote its junior staff to FUT Esports on August 1st, 2025 for an undisclosed payment.
2025 has been an impactful yr for Natus Vincere and its presence within the Counter-Strike esports scene.
Notable achievements embody successful StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2025 after defeating Ninjas in Pyjamas 2-0 within the Grand Finals, taking house $200,000 in winnings. The staff was invited to the event by way of its VRS placement in July 2025, standing amongst the highest ten groups on the earth on the time.
The organisation additionally secured excessive placements in occasions such because the Thunderpick World Champions (second), and Intel Excessive Masters Cologne 2025 (fourth). It was additionally the second-highest-ranked staff within the operating for the ESL Grand Slam Season 5 award, simply lacking out on the $1m (~£761,600) reward to Crew Vitality.
Nonetheless, essentially the most drastic change was when it’s star participant Oleksandr ‘s1mple’ Kostyliev left the organisation after 9 years, becoming a member of BC.GAME on July twenty eighth, 2025 as its AWPer for Counter-Strike 2.
