The Falcons CS roster is finally complete, 6 weeks after coach Zonic was announced as the first piece.
Team Falcons have finally announced their full CS2 roster, however, it's not as formidable a team on paper as the community had been led to expect. The final Falcons roster includes maden, Snappi and SunPayus join from ENCE - granting Falcons an RMR spot at the Copenhagen Major - along with Magisk from Vitality and existing player BOROS.
Rumours had been circling in the CS2 community that Team Falcons were in the process of building a CS2 super team. In fact, Falcon's CEO Mossad "Msdossary" Aldossary confirmed on October 7 that G2's Nikola "NiKo" Kovač was one of the players involved in discussions.
The first official piece of news the CS2 community received came on October 3, when the iconic Counter-Strike coach Danny "zonic" Sørensen confirmed rumours of his move to Saudi Arabian esports organization Team Falcons. Vitality's Head of Performance Lars Robl was also announced as part of what the Falcon's CEO called a "3 year project".
Given zonic's pedigree and track record, the thought of what a Team Falcons CS2 super team might look like sparked interest within the CS2 community.
Team Falcons is a Saudi Arabian esports organization and one of the region's largest organizations. The esports org has a presence in multiple esports titles including Rocket League, PUBG, VALORANT, and more. The organization’s push to become one of the best in Counter-Strike has been long-rumored. Some of the biggest names in the game have been linked to the org, although there have been a few fallouts.
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Who is in the Falcons CS2 roster?
The confirmed full roster for Team Falcons is:
- Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer
- Mohammad "BOROS" Malhas
- Pavle "Maden" Bošković
- Alvaro "SunPayus" Garcia
- Emil "Magisk" Reif
- Danny "zonic" Sørensen (coach)
Team Falcons also has three benched players but no update was given on their future. The three benched players are:
- Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt (benched)
- Miłosz "mhL" Knasiak (benched)
- Laurențiu "lauNX" Țârlea (benched)
The Counter-Strike community is currently on a player break, and the action resumes early next year in January. Although, Falcons do not hold a partner spot with the ESL Pro League or BLAST, they do have an spot in the European RMR for 2024's Copenhagen Major due to having three of ENCE's former line-up.
Community divided
The announcement of the final roster has had a lukewarm response on social media. While some fans have high hopes for the Falcons roster to be a top 10 team due to the ENCE trio core, others said they were hoping for a more explosive roster.
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