Team Liquid
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Team Liquid
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Approx. Total Winnings:
$6,294,519
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Upcoming Tournaments
Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2025 |
2025-07-23 00:00:00 UTC |
Esports World Cup 2025 |
2025-08-20 00:00:00 UTC |
Team Liquid is a professional esports organization founded in the Netherlands in 2000. Originally a StarCraft: Brood War clan, the team switched to StarCraft II during the beta in 2010, and became one of the most successful foreign teams. On January 13, 2015, it was announced that the team had formed a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive division. [1]
History[edit]
- See also: History of Team Liquid
Timeline[edit]
Player Roster[edit]
Organization[edit]
Active[edit]
ID | Name | Join Date | ||
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(Victor Goossens) Victor Goossens | Role: (Founder, Co-CEO) | Join Date: 2000-??-?? | ||
(Steve Arhancet) Steve Arhancet | Role: (Co-CEO) | Join Date: 2015-01-06 [103] | ||
(John Lewis) John Lewis | Role: (Director of Esports) | Join Date: 2017-08-?? | ||
(Steve Perino) Steve Perino | Role: (General Manager) | Join Date: 2015-01-06 [103] | ||
(Jay Li) Jay Li | Role: (Data Analyst) | Join Date: 2025-07-09 [95] |
Former[edit]
Former Organization | |||||||||
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ID | Name | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
(Edward Cleland) Edward Cleland | Role: (Performance Coach) | Join Date: 2023-12-08 [104] | Leave Date: 2025-06-25 [105] | ||||||
(Jay Li) Jay Li | Role: (Data Analyst) | Join Date: 2023-05-03 [64] | Leave Date: 2025-03-28 [90] | ||||||
(Mike Milanov) Mike Milanov | Role: (CBDO) | Join Date: 2020-11-17 [106] | Leave Date: 2023-04-07 [107] | ||||||
(Hunter Tucker) Hunter Tucker | Role: (Analyst) | Join Date: 2022-04-23 [56] | Leave Date: 2022-11-14 [63] | ||||||
(Jarosław Jarząbkowski) Jarosław Jarząbkowski | Role: (Streamer) | Join Date: 2020-08-05 [38] | Leave Date: 2022-08-17 [61] | ||||||
(Juan Borges) Juan Borges | Role: (Analyst) | Join Date: 2020-07-17 [35] | Leave Date: 2021-11-29 [48] | ||||||
(Mike Milanov) Mike Milanov | Role: (Director of Operations) | Join Date: 2015-10-?? | Leave Date: 2020-11-17 [106] | ||||||
(Jan Müller) Jan Müller | Role: (Analyst) | Join Date: 2017-02-27 | Leave Date: 2017-11-16 [108] | ||||||
(Robin Nymann) Robin Nymann | Role: (Head of Esports) | Join Date: 2011-03-?? | Leave Date: 2017-02-01 | ||||||
(Kieran Playfair) Kieran Playfair | Role: (Analyst) | Join Date: 2015-09-20 [8] | Leave Date: 2016-04-06 [11] | ||||||
(Donald Cahill) Donald Cahill | Role: (Analyst) | Join Date: 2015-01-?? | Leave Date: 2015-03-?? |
Results[edit]
Trivia[edit]
- Became the first North American team to reach a CS:GO Major grand final at ESL One: Cologne 2016.
- Previously won the most prize money from one big event with a stand-in. The event being ESL One: Cologne 2016 with s1mple standing in. The record was beaten by SK Gaming after winning EPICENTER 2017 using Ricardo "boltz" Prass as a stand-in, winning $100,000 more than Team Liquid.
- Had the second-longest LAN Bo3/Bo5 win streak at 22 series won, which began in DreamHack Masters Dallas 2019 and ended in the quarterfinals of StarLadder Berlin Major 2019. [109]
- Has the third-longest LAN matches win streak at 23 matches, doing so from June 2019 to August 2019, when it was broken by NRG.
- Completed the Intel Grand Slam in a record-breaking 63 days by consecutively winning IEM Sydney 2019, Dreamhack Masters Dallas 2019, ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals, and ESL One Cologne 2019.
Gallery[edit]
Rosters[edit]
Counter-Strike 2[edit]
Global Offensive[edit]
Logos[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 jokasteve (2015-01-13). "Introducing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive". Team Liquid.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Play - Teams - Team Liquid - Roster". ESEA.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "EliGE joins Team Liquid's CS:GO team". Team Liquid. 2015-03-22.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 MIRAA (2015-05-11). "Luminosity sign NAF-FLY". HLTV.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 MIRAA (2015-05-25). "flowsicK signs for Liquid". HLTV.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 daps (2015-06-02). "Today my contract with Team Liquid has officially ended".
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "Hiko and GBJames joining our ranks". Team Liquid. 2015-09-03.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 [Inside Source]
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Bumblebee (2016-01-02). "A s1mple pickup". Team Liquid.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Striker (2016-02-21). "Official: Liquid sign koosta". HLTV.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 KJ (2016-04-06). "Officially left @TeamLiquidPro".
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 stich (2016-04-21). "s1mple to seek new European team". HLTV.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Striker (2016-04-23). "Jame^s parts ways with Liquid". HLTV.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Nazgul (2016-05-17). "Peacemaker to Coach Liquid". Team Liquid.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 MIRAA (2016-06-06). "s1mple returns to Liquid roster". HLTV.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Striker (2016-06-13). "Liquid and CLG swap jdm64, Koosta". HLTV.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 shiroiusagi (2016-06-15). "Pimpin the CSGO Roster". Team Liquid.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Andersen (2016-08-04). "s1mple joins Natus Vincere!". Natus Vincere. Archived from the original on 2016-08-14.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Nazgul. "Peacemaker parts ways with Team Liquid". Team Liquid. Archived from the original on 2018-12-03.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Professeur. "zews joins Team Liquid". HLTV.
- ↑ LiQuiD112. "Yes, @wiltonzews will be coaching our CSGO team today in Montreal and in Oakland".
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 "Liquid stanislaw". Team Liquid.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Today we say goodbye to a legend that helped us take great strides in CS". Team Liquid.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Striker (2017-03-23). "Pimp on his way out of Liquid". HLTV.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Twistzz joins Team Liquid". Team Liquid. 2017-04-14.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 "Today we are officially releasing Pimp and thank him for his time in the #TLFam". Team Liquid. 2017-07-09.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 "steelega in for Stanislaw". Team Liquid.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 "CSGO Roster Update: Liquid`NAF". Team Liquid. 2018-02-05.
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 MIRAA. "OpTic unveil new roster". HLTV.
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 "Welcome, TACO!". Team Liquid. 2018-04-06.
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 Striker (2018-04-22). "steel and zakk join Luminosity". HLTV.
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 jdm64 (2018-05-31). "Starting June 10th I will be considered a free agent and no longer under contract w/ liquid".
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 "Liquid Update: Zews & TACO traded for Stewie2K". Team Liquid. 2018-12-21.
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 Team Liquid (2018-12-22). "Welcome Back Coach adreN!".
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 Hepa (2020-07-17). "Excited to announce that I will be joining @TeamLiquid as CS:GO Analyst. Eager to start working with them and do everything possible to win".
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 "Thank You Nitr0". Team Liquid. 2020-08-01.
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 "Welcome Grim to TLGO". Team Liquid. 2020-08-04.
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 "Stronger Together - Pasha Joins the Stream Team". Team Liquid. 2020-08-05.
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 Team Liquid (2020-08-09). "From the bottom of our hearts: Thank you, @adreN_Hoag".
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 Team Liquid (2020-08-09). "Our journey towards reclaiming first place begins today".
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 100 Thieves (2020-08-14). "America’s captain has a new look".
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 Team Liquid (2020-12-22). "From a starry-eyed kid to a Grand Slam Title, @Twistzz has had quite the run and we're excited to see what he does next".
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 Team Liquid (2021-01-09). "A man who needs no intro. Welcome to Liquid, @FalleNCS".
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 FaZe Clan (2021-01-30). "Twistzz is here".
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 Team Liquid (2021-05-03). "Today we say farewell to @MosesGG".
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 Team Liquid (2021-05-04). "Welcome home @adreN_Hoag".
- ↑ NAF (2021-11-28). "Officially resigned with @teamliquid through to 2024".
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 Hepa (2021-11-29). "My time with @TeamLiquidCS has come to an end".
- ↑ 49.0 49.1 49.2 49.3 Team Liquid (2021-12-21). "Hey all, we're going to be posting some roster updates in the coming weeks but wanted to drop this message from @jokasteve to let you know who will be stepping back".
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 Team Liquid (2021-12-27). "Today we welcome @oSeecs to our roster!".
- ↑ 51.0 51.1 Team Liquid (2021-12-29). "Welcome the legendary @ShoxCSGO to our starting roster!".
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 Team Liquid (2022-01-15). "Welcome back, @nitr0".
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 Evil Geniuses (2022-01-18). "Please join us in welcoming the Smoke Criminal himself to our CSGO lineup".
- ↑ 54.0 54.1 Complexity Gaming (2022-01-18). "A storied past renewed".
- ↑ 55.0 55.1 FalleN (2022-02-16). "Oficialmente liberado da @TeamLiquid, obrigado por tudo!!" [Officially released from @TeamLiquid, thanks for everything!!] (in
Portuguese).
- ↑ 56.0 56.1 Team Liquid (2022-04-23). "Welcome @Its_Lucid_ as our new CS:GO Analyst".
- ↑ 57.0 57.1 57.2 Team Liquid (2022-06-19). "Today we are announcing that shox & adreN are stepping down from our active lineup".
- ↑ 58.0 58.1 Team Liquid (2022-06-20). "Welcome our new coach @daps!".
- ↑ 59.0 59.1 [Inside Source]
- ↑ 60.0 60.1 "We welcome a legend to Apeks!". Apeks. 2022-08-11.
- ↑ 61.0 61.1 Team Liquid (2022-08-17). "Thank you, Papito".
- ↑ 62.0 62.1 Team Liquid (2022-10-18). "A new legend approaches...".
- ↑ 63.0 63.1 Mnmzzz (2022-11-14). "Liquid release analyst". Dust2.us.
- ↑ 64.0 64.1 Team Liquid (2023-05-03). "Welcome our new CS Data Analyst: @DeMarsDeRover !!!".
- ↑ 65.0 65.1 Team Liquid (2023-06-04). "Today marks the end of an era".
- ↑ 66.0 66.1 Team Liquid (2023-06-22). "Welcome Rainwaker!".
- ↑ 67.0 67.1 Team Liquid (2023-06-22). "Welcome Patsi!".
- ↑ 68.0 68.1 Complexity Gaming (2023-06-22). "Welcome @EliGE!".
- ↑ 69.0 69.1 69.2 Team Liquid (2023-10-03). "For BLAST Showdown, we will be moving Rainwaker to the bench and moving daps to our active roster".
- ↑ 70.0 70.1 Team Liquid (2023-11-18). "Today we are parting ways with @PatsiCSGO".
- ↑ 71.0 71.1 Team Liquid (2023-11-20). "Our time with @daps comes to a close ahead of 2024".
- ↑ Team Liquid (2023-11-20). "Cheers to a few more years with Counter-Strike's favorite sloth".
- ↑ 73.0 73.1 Team Liquid (2023-11-21). "Our time with @oSeecs comes to a close".
- ↑ 74.0 74.1 Team Liquid (2023-11-22). "Today we are releasing @Rainwakercs".
- ↑ 75.0 75.1 NRG (2023-11-28). "NA, WE'RE SO BACK".
- ↑ 76.0 76.1 Team Liquid (2023-12-04). "Vamo @skullzcs".
- ↑ 77.0 77.1 Team Liquid (2023-12-05). "The fire behind the boys".
- ↑ 78.0 78.1 Team Liquid (2023-12-06). "Welcome Cadian to Team Liquid!".
- ↑ 79.0 79.1 Team Liquid (2023-12-07). "The moment you've been waiting for... our CS2 roster is finally complete".
- ↑ 80.0 80.1 M80 (2024-01-04). "M80 VALORANT is back".
- ↑ 81.0 81.1 Team Liquid (2024-06-17). "Today we are moving @caspercadiaN from the active roster to the bench for the purposes of exploring a transfer".
- ↑ 82.0 82.1 Team Liquid (2024-06-25). "We would like to thank @zews for his time with us and his passion for the project".
- ↑ 83.0 83.1 Team Liquid (2024-07-09). "Today we part ways with @skullzcs as he heads to @FURIA".
- ↑ 84.0 84.1 Team Liquid (2024-07-11). "Say hello to @mithRTV".
- ↑ 85.0 85.1 Team Liquid (2024-07-12). "Welcome @ultimatecs_go to Team Liquid CS".
- ↑ 86.0 86.1 Team Liquid (2024-07-12). "Welcome @jks_CS to Team Liquid".
- ↑ 87.0 87.1 Team Liquid (2024-09-17). "Thank you to @caspercadiaN for your time here at TL, we had big hopes for the team but things don't always go as planned".
- ↑ 88.0 88.1 YEKINDAR (2024-12-27). "As of today, I am officially benched and open to offers".
- ↑ 89.0 89.1 Team Liquid (2025-01-06). "Completing our 2025 roster".
- ↑ 90.0 90.1 90.2 90.3 Team Liquid (2025-03-28). "Thank you @mithRTV for your time at Team Liquid".
- ↑ 91.0 91.1 Team Liquid (2025-04-04). "As of today, we are moving JKS off of our starting roster".
- ↑ 92.0 92.1 Team Liquid (2025-04-04). "Roster Update".
- ↑ 93.0 93.1 Team Liquid (2025-04-22). "After 3 years together, we are parting ways with @YEK1NDAR".
- ↑ 94.0 94.1 Team Liquid (2025-06-11). "Welcome @siuhycs to Team Liquid!".
- ↑ 95.0 95.1 95.2 Team Liquid (2025-07-09). "Welcome @flashieCS2 to Team Liquid CS!".
- ↑ 96.0 96.1 Team Liquid (2025-07-09). "Want to shoutout @DeMarsDeRover for his time filling in as coach".
- ↑ 97.0 97.1 Team Liquid (2025-07-09). "Thank you @jks_CS for your time at Team Liquid and being part of our Shanghai Major run - wishing you the best in your future".
- ↑ Striker (2022-08-11). "Liquid confirm YEKINDAR for BLAST Premier Groups". HLTV.
- ↑ Team Liquid (2022-06-21). "Yekindar will be filling in for us during IEM Cologne".
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2022-03-15). "adreN to miss start of ESL Pro League Season 15". Dust2.us.
- ↑ adreN (2021-10-18). "I will be sitting out the major due to the upcoming timing of my son's birth. @jokasteve will be taking over the reigns while I'm gone".
- ↑ Striker (2015-12-16). "allu to try out for Liquid". HLTV.
- ↑ 103.0 103.1 "Team Liquid and Former Curse Become One". Team Liquid. 2015-01-06.
- ↑ Team Liquid (2023-12-08). "We're excited to announce the final member of our CS Staff".
- ↑ Team Liquid (2025-06-25). "As we part ways with @MindBodyEsports, we want to thank him for all his contributions to our team over the last 18 months".
- ↑ 106.0 106.1 Cody Luongo (2020-11-17). "Mike Milanov promoted to Chief Business Development Officer at Team Liquid". Esports Insider.
- ↑ ThixNation (2023-04-07). "Career Update - Team Liquid".
- ↑ Swani (2017-11-16). "New Chapter - Leaving @TeamLiquid to join @SKGaming".
- ↑ "Liquid's 2019 LAN winstreak". HLTV.