Vega Squadron

Vega Squadron is a Russian professional esports organization based in Moscow. It was originally formed as a StarCraft II team on 10 July 2012. Currently, the organization has players competing in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, FIFA, and League of Legends.

Vega Squadron
DivisionsFIFA
League of Legends
Founded10 July 2012 (2012-07-10)
Based inMoscow
LocationRussia
CEOAlexey "Vega" Kondakov
ManagerAnton "Tunes" Boyko
General managerVanja "HighArT" Šimunec
Parent groupVega LLC
Websiteen.vega-squadron.com

Vega Squadron's CS:GO team has participated in multiple majors, and its League of Legends team competes in the League of Legends Continental League (LCL), the highest level of professional League of Legends in the Commonwealth of Independent States.

League of Legends

History

Vega Squadron entered the professional League of Legends scene on 15 December 2015 with its acquisition of the roster of Carpe Diem.[1] The team's first main roster consisted of top laner Alexandr "NoNholy" Ovchinnikov, jungler Nikolay "Zanzarah" Akatov, mid laner Evgeniy "Drobovik123" Belousov, bot laner Igor "Tauren" Titov, and support Roman "Wildheart" Maximchyuk. The majority of the roster remained the same for six LCL splits, with player changes only in the bot lane, most notably the acquisition of EU LCS veteran Edward "Edward" Abgaryan, who had previously played for Gambit Gaming and Moscow Five.[2] With this roster, Vega Squadron performed relatively well domestically, placing in the top four of the LCL for four consecutive splits until 2018.

On 1 January 2019, Vega Squadron announced a completely revised main roster consisting of top laner Vladislav "BOSS" Fomin, jungler Kirill "AHaHaCiK" Skvortsov, mid laner Lev "Nomanz" Yakshin, bot laner Ilya "Gadget" Makavchuk, and support Aleksandr "SaNTaS" Lifashin. The team finished 3rd in the regular season of the 2019 LCL Spring Split and qualified for playoffs, where they defeated Gambit Esports 3–0 in the semifinals and Elements Pro Gaming 3–1 in the finals to qualify for the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational as the LCL's representative.[3]

Vega Squadron was placed in Group B of the first round of the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational play-in stage, along with Japanese team DetonatioN FocusMe, Brazilian team INTZ e-Sports, and Thai team MEGA Esports.[4] The team ended the group round robin with a record of 5 wins and 1 loss, placing 1st in Group B and qualifying for the second round of the play-in stage,[5] where they lost 1–3 to Flash Wolves.[6] This result forced Vega Squadron to play in a third round against Phong Vũ Buffalo, who they narrowly lost to 2–3 in a close series, eliminating them from the event.[7]

On 8 May 2020, the LCL administration issued a disqualification from competition on 4 members of the squad due to an incident where players of the squad spoke in team chat about the possibility of match fixing. The ban lasted until July 2020.[8]

Roster
Vega Squadron roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleHandleNameNationality
Top Rare  Levendoğlu, Taner   Turkey 
Jungle Rein  Zenyan, Artem   Russia 
Mid Griffon  Gudkov, Nikita   Russia 
Bot Mytant  Zavalny, Evgeny   Ukraine 
Support Meleks  Smejkal, Symeon   Poland 
Head coach

Kirill "JamesPeke" Katashov

Assistant coach(es)

Nickita "f0lloVVmE" Davlitsarov

Legend
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute player
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: 10 July 2020.

FIFA

Vega Squadron signed FIFA 18 player Michael "Torres" Zaporozhets on 13 January 2018.[9]

References
  1. "Vega Squadron подписали состав Carpe Diem по League of Legends". Cybersport RU (in Russian). 15 December 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  2. Medvedev, Yana (8 March 2016). "Edward присоединился к составу Vega Squadron". Cybersport RU (in Russian). Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  3. Rand, Emily; Erzberger, Tyler; Torres, Xander (1 May 2019). "Mid-Season Invitational 2019 team power rankings". ESPN. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  4. Amos, Andrew (23 April 2019). "Here are the groups for the MSI 2019 play-in stage". Dot Esports. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  5. Leckie-Zaharic, Alex (5 May 2019). "Vega Squadron punch their ticket to the MSI playoffs". Dot Esports. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  6. Esguerra, Tyler (6 May 2019). "Flash Wolves squash Vega Squadron's cheesy bot lane picks in the MSI 2019 play-in knockout stage". Dot Esports. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  7. Leckie-Zaharic, Alex (7 May 2019). "Phong Vũ Buffalo downs Vega Squadron to head to the MSI group stage". Dot Esports. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  8. "LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: VEGA SQUADRON PLAYERS PUNISHED OVER POSSIBLE MATCH FIXING DISCUSSIONS". estnn.com. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  9. "Vega Squadron подписала игрока в FIFA". Cybersport RU (in Russian). 13 January 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
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