Space Soldiers (esports)

Before ceasing operations, the organization had the following players under contract:

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Nat.	Name	ID	Role
	Ismailcan Dörtkardeş	XANTARES	Rifler
	Buğra Arkın	Calyx	Rifler
	Ahmet Karahoca	paz	Rifler
	Engin Küpeli	MAJ3R	In-Game Leader
	Engin Kor	ngiN	Support
	Çağatay Sedef	DESPE	AWPer (Reserve)
	Canpolat Yıldıran	hardstyle	Coach

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Academy

Nat.	Name	ID
	Ahmet Civa	realzy
	Kerimhan Duman	kero
	Emre Biçer	e1
	Ibrahim Temizel	mag0o
	Edis Aydın	edis

FIFA 17

Nat.	Name	ID
	Emre Kayır	Riv9

Ahmet "paz" Karahoca, Engin "MAJ3R" Küpeli and Engin "ngiN" Kor continue to play together in Sangal Esports,[4] while Ismailcan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş went to BIG[5] and Buğra "Calyx"Arkın 's currently playing for Team Envy.[6]

FIFA player Emre "Riv9" Kayır is currently playing for Papara SuperMassive.[7]

In the last 3 years of existence, the team has stayed with the same core players, with the following achievements:

In September 2017, Space Soldiers' 6th and reserve player, Çağatay "DESPE" Sedef got banned for 2 years by ESL,[12] making him unable to stand-in in ESL tournaments in case it was needed. Space Soldiers made an announcement on Twitter, saying that they were in talk with the German organizors.[13] Eventually, the ban was lifted by ESL, saying that the ban was unwarranted.[14]

On 13 June 2018, Space Soldiers played the opening match of ESL One Belo Horizonte 2018 against home heroes SK Gaming.[15] In the opening ceremony, the players passed through the fans. After the match, Engin "MAJ3R" Küpeli said on Twitter that some of the fans spat on them.[16] Players of SK Gaming responded saying that they are sorry for what happened. 2 days later at signing day, MAJ3R received a letter of apology from multiple fans.[17]

From mid-2018 on, the players of the squad were not happy with the organization and their salaries. The organization hadn't made a roster move since mid-2017, when DESPE took a break from the game and former player ngiN was brought in. At this time, the team wasn't known much outside Turkey, so the players signed a long contract with a low salary. In January 2018, the roster started to pick up the pace as they attended the ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 and won several international tournaments. Although not much is known, it was obvious that the players weren't happy with the organization and their low salaries. At some point, the players changed their profile pictures to completely black, instead of the logo of Space Soldiers.[18] Finally in September 2018, the two sides agreed to part their ways, but not before they attended a major tournament in home soil Turkey (BLAST Pro Series Istanbul) for the last time.[19] In an interview later, Space Soldiers captain Engin "MAJ3R" Küpeli said that the organization didn't fulfill the promises made and that it was run by amateurs. He added that he really liked the Aydın family, but said that they hired people who didn't have any experience in esports and that Bünyamin Aydın was busy with his clothing company.[20]