[UPDATED] VALORANT Esports Rostermania: All 2025-2026 VCT Roster Changes

[UPDATED] VALORANT Esports Rostermania: All 2025-2026 VCT Roster Changes

Foo Zen-Wen

27 Oct, 2025, 17:23

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Last updated: 3 Dec, 2025, 15:05

NRG's coronation in Paris caps an end to the 2025 VCT season for the majority of teams. With it, comes the much-anticipated off-season and annual roster shuffles (aka Rostermania). While many pieces have yet to be confirmed as we remain in the early days of the off-season, several teams have begun making major moves. Follow Strafe Esports as we continue to track and follow how the 2026 season lineup will shape up.

Last Updated: December 3rd

VCT Americas

G2 Esports

  • Active Members:
    • Trent "trent" Cairns
    • Jacob "valyn" Batio
    • Nathan "leaf" Orf
    • Alexander "jawgemo" Mor
  • Former Members:
    • Andrej "babybay" Francisty
    • Jonah "JonahP" Pulice

Sentinels (ROSTER LOCKED)

  • Active Members:
    • Mohamed "johnqt" Amine Ouarid
    • Marshall "N4RRATE" Massey
    • Mirel “Kyu” Braco Hrustemovic
    • Yassin “reduxx” Aboulalazm
    • Gabriel “cortezia” Araujo Lobo Cortez
  • Former Members:
    • Zachary "zekken" Jude Patrone
    • Sean "bang" Christian Bezerra
    • Jordan "Zellsis" Montemurro

MIBR

  • Active Members:
    • Eduardo "xenom" Ribeiro de Moura Soeiro
    • Erick "aspas" Santos
    • Andrew "Verno" Maust
    • Zachary "zekken" Jude Patrone (Unconfirmed)
    • Roberto "Mazino" Francisco Rivas Bugueño (Unconfirmed)
  • Former Members:
    • Arthur "artzin" Araujo
    • Gabriel "cortezia" Araujo Lobo Cortez

KRÜ Esports

  • Active Members:
    • Jesús "Dantedeu5" Federico Larrosa
    • Matias "Saadhak" Delipetro (Unconfirmed)
    • Leonardo "mwzera" Serrati (Unconfirmed)
    • Caio "silentzz" Morita (Unconfirmed)
    • Felipe "Less" Basso (Unconfirmed)
  • Former Members:
    • Marco "Melser" Eliot Machuca Almaro
    • Angelo "keznit" Mori
    • Roberto "Mazino" Francisco Rivas Bugueño

Leviatán

  • Active Members:
    • Francisco "kiNgg" Alberto Aravena
    • Eduardo "Sato" Kenzo Nagahama Sato
  • Former Members:
    • Corbin "C0M" Daniel Lee
    • Anthony "okeanos" Nguyen
    • Ian "tex" Botsch

LOUD

  • Active Members:
    • Cauan "cauanzin" Pereira
    • Bryan "pANcada" Vinicius Luna da Silva
    • Lucca "lukxo" Travaioli
    • Leandro "Virtyy" Moreno
  • Former Members:
    • Robbie "RobbieBk" Boerkamp

Evil Geniuses

  • Active Members:
    • Nicholas "NaturE" Garrison
    • Phat "supamen" Le
    • Jaccob "yay" Whiteaker
    • Corbin "C0M" Daniel Lee (Unconfirmed)
  • Former Members:
    • Derrek "Derrek" Ha
    • Jacob "icy" Lange

NRG (ROSTER LOCKED)

  • Active Members:
    • Ethan "Ethan" Cole Arnold
    • Adam "mada" Pampuch
    • Brock "brawk" Somerhalder
    • Logan "skuba" Jenkins
    • Georgio "keiko" Sanassy
  • Former Members:
    • Sam "s0m" Oh

FURIA

  • Active Members:
    • Luiz "basic" Henrique Ferlin Tessaro
    • Michael "nerve" Yerrow (Unconfirmed)
    • Daniel "eeiu" Vucenovic (Unconfirmed)
  • Former Members:
    • Khalil "khalil" Schmidt Faour Auad
    • Davi "Palla" Alcides
    • Arthur "tuyz" Vieira
    • Victor "Urango" Rodrigues

Cloud9

  • Active Members:
    • Erick "Xeppaa" Bach
    • Francis "OXY" Hoang
    • Victor "v1c" Truong
    • Erik "penny" Penny
    • Jordan "Zellsis" Montemurro
  • Former Members:
    • Michael "neT" Bernet
    • Mitchell "mitch" Semago

100 Thieves (ROSTER LOCKED)

  • Active Members:
    • Peter "Asuna" Mazuryk
    • Matthew "Cryocells" Dylan Panganiban
    • Timothée "timotino" Lavigne Dupont
    • Jordan "vora" Pulwer
    • Sean "bang" Christian Bezerra
  • Former Members:
    • Alexander "Zander" Dituri
    • Daniel "eeiu" Vucenovic

ENVY

  • Active Members:
    • Evan "Eggsterr" Grady
    • Hunter "inspire" Schline
    • Matteo "P0PPIN" Weber
  • Former Members:
    • Ayan "ion2x" Rastogi (Not eligible)
    • Alex "canezerra" Banyasz (Not eligible)

VCT EMEA

BBL Esports (ROSTER LOCKED)

  • Active Members:
    • Ali "Crewen" Eren Sargin
    • Yusuf "Lar0k" Kaan Kanber
    • Utku "Loita" Kart
    • Eren "Rosé" Erzan
    • Umut "umu7" Pekdoğan
  • Former Members:
    • Egor "chiwa" Stepaniuk
    • Elias "Jamppi" Olkkonen (Unconfirmed)
    • Martin "Magnum" Peňkov
    • Burak "LêwN" Alkan
    • Dawid "PROFEK" Święć
    • Volkan "sociablEE" Yönal

Fnatic (ROSTER LOCKED)

  • Active Members:
    • Jake "Boaster" Howlett
    • Emir "Alfajer" Ali Beder
    • Kajetan "kaajak" Haremski
    • Austin "crashies" Roberts
    • Sylvain "veqaj" Pattyn
  • Former Members:
    • Timofey "Chronicle" Khromov

FUT Esports

  • Active Members:
    • Doğukan "qRaxs" Balaban
    • Furkan "MrFaliN" Yeğen
    • Eray "yetujey" Budak
    • Yusuf "xeus" Doğan Gözgen
    • Ata "ATA KAPTAN" Tan
    • Okan "KROSTALY" Alaçam
    • Baha "baha" Gözmen
  • Former Members:

Gentle Mates (ROSTER LOCKED)

  • Active Members:
    • Patrik "Minny" Hušek
    • Martin "marteen" Pátek
    • Patryk "starxo" Kopczyński
    • Conner "GLYPH" Garcia
    • Taranvir "bipo" Singh
  • Former Members:
    • Haydem "Click" Ali
    • Berkcan "ComeBack" Şentürk
    • Maksymilian "kamyk" Jan Rychlewski
    • Yusuf "Proxh" Emre Tunc
    • Sylvain "Veqaj" Pattyn
    • Pontus "Zyppan" Eek
    • Rhomas "kAdavra" Johner

GIANTX

  • Active Members:
    • Kirill "Cloud" Nekhozhin
    • Miłosz "westside" Duda
    • Eduard-George "ara" Hanceriuc
    • Karel "Flickless" Maeckelbergh
    • Grzegorz "GRUBINHO" Ryczko
  • Former Members:
    • Emil "runneR" Trajkovski
    • Tomás "tomaszy" Machado
    • Semyon "purp0" Borchev

Karmine Corp

  • Active Members:
    • Hazem "avez" Khaled
    • Dmitrii "SUYGETSU" Iliushin
    • Dastan "dos9" Zhumagali (Unconfirmed)
    • Bogdan "Sheydos" Naumov (Unconfirmed)
    • Burak "LêwN" Alkan (Unconfirmed)
  • Former Members:
    • Efe "Elite" Teber
    • Matias "Saadhak" Delipetro (Unconfirmed)
    • Martin "marteen" Pátek

Natus Vincere (ROSTER LOCKED)

  • Active Members:
    • Andrei "Shao" Kiprskii
    • Emirhan "hiro" Kat
    • Uğur "Ruxic" Güç
    • Dawid "Filu" Czarnecki
    • Volkan "sociablEE" Yönal
  • Former Members:
    • GianFranco "koalanoob" Potestio
    • Alex "alexiiik" Hawlasek

Team Heretics (ROSTER LOCKED)

  • Active Members:
    • Ričardas "Boo" Lukaševičius
    • Benjy "benjyfishy" David Fish
    • Enes "RieNs" Ecirli
    • Mert "Wo0t" Alkan
    • Berkcan "Comeback" Şentürk
  • Former Members:
    • Dominykas "MiniBoo" Lukaševičius

Team Liquid

  • Active Members:
    • Ayaz "nAts" Akhmetshin
    • Kamil "kamo" Frąckowiak
    • Dominykas "MiniBoo" Lukaševičius
    • Wayne "Wayne" Chang (Unconfirmed)
  • Former Members:
    • Patryk "paTiTek" Fabrowski
    • Maikls "Serial" Ždanovs
    • Nikita "trexx" Cherednichenko
    • Georgio "keiko" Sanassy (Unconfirmed)

Team Vitality (ROSTER LOCKED)

  • Active Members:
    • Nikita "Derke" Sirmitev
    • Ștefan "Sayonara" Mîtcu
    • Timofey "Chronicle" Khromov
    • Elias "Jamppi" Olkkonen
    • Dawid "PROFEK" Święć
  • Former Members:
    • Clément "Cyv0ph" Millard
    • Blendi "kovaQ" Kovaci
    • Bartosz "UNFAKE" Bernacki
    • Kimmie "Kicks" Laasner
    • Felipe "Less" de Loyola Basso
    • Saif "Sayf" Jibraeel

ULF Esports

  • Active Members:
    • Ömür "echo" Serkan Şenol
    • Anıl "nekky" Dağdeviren
    • Soner "audaz" Ekiz
    • Efe "s0pp" Tur
    • Enes "Favian" Yiğiter
  • Former Members:

BBL PCIFIC

  • Active Members:
  • Former Members:
    • Ali "Crewen" Eren Sargin
    • Yusuf "Lar0k" Kaan Kanber
    • Utku "Loita" Kart
    • Eren "Rosé" Erzan
    • Umut "umu7" Pekdoğan

VCT Pacific

DetonatioN FocusMe

  • Active Members:
    • Ibuki "Meiy" Seki
    • Yu "akame" Gwang-hui
    • Koki "gyen" Nakamura
    • Tomonori "SseeS" Okimura
  • Former Members:
    • Kim "Jinboong" Jin-won
    • Koki "Art" Kagami

DRX

  • Active Members:
    • Kim "MaKo" Myeong-kwan
    • No "free1ng" Ha-jun
    • Song "HYUNMIN" Hyun-min
    • Kang "BeYN" Ha-bin
    • Cho "Flashback" Min-hyuk
    • Yoon "Flicker" Tae-hee
  • Former Members:
    • Park "Estrella" Geon

Gen.G

  • Active Members:
    • Jung "Foxy9" Jae-sung
    • Ha "Ash" Hyun-cheol
    • Kim "Karon" Won-tae
    • Kim "t3xture" Na-ra
    • Kim "Lakia" Jong-min (Unconfirmed)
  • Former Members:
    • Byeon "Munchkin" Sang-beom

Global Esports

  • Active Members:
    • Savva "Kr1stal" Fedorov
    • Federico "PapiChulo" Evangelista
    • Go "UdoTan" Kyung-won
    • Derrick "Deryeon" Yee Dong Ting
    • Joseph "ban" Seungmin Oh
    • Chae "yoman" Young-mun
  • Former Members:
    • Kelly "kellyS" Kent Sedillo

Paper Rex

  • Active Members:
    • Ahmad "d4v41" Khalish Rusyaidee bin Nordin
    • Jason "f0rsakeN" Susanto
    • Ilia "something" Petrov
    • Wang "Jinggg" Jing Jie
    • Adrian "invy" Reyes (reportedly)
  • Former Members:
    • Alessandro "mindfreak" Aaron Leonhart
    • Patrick "PatMen" Mendoza

Rex Regum Qeon

  • Active Members:
    • David "xffero" Sean Michael Monangin
    • Maksim "Jemkin" Batorov
    • Cahya "monyet" Nugraha
    • Bryan "Kushy" Carlos Setiawan
    • Ngô "crazyguy" Công Anh
    • Jonathan "naTz" Adiputra
  • Former Members:

T1

  • Active Members:
    • Lee "carpe" Jae-hyeok
    • Ham "iZu" Woo-joo
    • Kim "stax" Gu-taek
    • Kim "Meteor" Tae-oh
    • Yu "BuZz" Byung-chul
    • Kang "DH" Dong-ho
  • Former Members:
    • Ko "Sylvan" Young-sub

TALON (REMOVED FROM VCT)

  • Active Members:
  • Former Members:
    • Thanamethk "Crws" Mahatthananuyut
    • Jittana "JitboyS" Nokngam
    • Papaphat "Primmie" Sriprapha
    • Anupong "thyy" Preamsak
    • Tanate "killua" Teerasawad

Team Secret

  • Active Members:
    • Adrian "invy" Jiggs Aisa Reyes
    • Kelly "kellyS" Kent Sedillo
    • Ko "Sylvan" Young-sub (Unconfirmed)
  • Former Members:
    • Nguyễn "n1zzy" Tấn Thành
    • Brheyanne "Wild0reoo" Christ Reyes
    • Sha "ZesBeeW" Mohtar
    • Jeremy "Jremy" Gagarra Cabrera
    • Jessie "JessieVash" Cristy Angeles Cuyco

ZETA DIVISION

  • Active Members:
    • Shota "SugarZ3ro" Watanabe
    • Yuto "Xdll" Mizomori
    • Yuma "Dep" Hashimoto
    • Yeom "eKo" Wang-ryong (Unconfirmed)
  • Former Members:
    • Hikaru "CLZ" Mizutani
    • Kim "TenTen" Tae-young

SLT Seongnam

  • Active Members:
    • Go "C1ndeR" Jae-hyuk
    • Kim "Klaus" Min-hyuk
    • Shin "oonzmlp" Sang-beom
    • Kim "XuNa" Tae-geon
    • Jang "zexy" Suk-hyun
  • Former Members:

Nongshim RedForce

  • Active Members:
    • Jung "Xross" Hwan
    • Lee "Dambi" Hyuk-kyu
    • Kim "Francis" Mu-bin
    • Park "Ivy" Sung-hyeon
    • Yang "Persia" Zi-on
    • Goo "Rb" Sang-min
  • Former Members:
    • Kim "margaret" Ji-woo

VCT China

All Gamers

  • Active Members:
    • Xin "Spitfires" Mingyang
    • Huang "K1ra" Zhihao
    • Yang "player" Kaiwen
    • Li "Lsn" Sinan
    • Luo "XiYiJi" Sen
    • Zeyang "Bai" Zhang
    • Cui "cxyy" Xinyu
    • Huang "Hanche" Ching-hsan
    • Yang "Shr1mp" Yong
    • Roman "f4ngeer" Smirnov (Unconfirmed)
  • Former Members:
    • Delbert "deLb" Tanoto

Guangzhou Haudu Bilibili Gaming

  • Active Members:
    • Wang "whz" Haozhe
    • Liu "Knight" Yuxiang
    • Lu "Levius" Yinzhong
    • Marcus "nephh" Tan Kai Wen
    • Wang "rushia" Xiaojie
  • Former Members:

EDward Gaming

  • Active Members:
    • Wan "CHICHOO" Shunzhi
    • Wang "nobody" Senxu
    • Zheng "ZmjjKK" Yongkang
    • Zhang "Smoggy" Zhao
    • Lin "WoodAy1" Weihong
    • Zhang "Jieni7" Juntai
    • Zhang "zjc" Juncheng
  • Former Members:
    • Hsieh "S1Mon" Meng-hsun

FunPlus Phoenix

  • Active Members:
    • Zhang "AAAAY" Yang
    • Kale "autumn" Dunne
    • Qu "Life" Donghao
    • Wang "yosemite" Lei
    • Chang "BerLIN" Po-lin
  • Former Members:
    • Chen "XII" Yen-hsiang
    • Yang "Shr1mp" Yong

JD Mall JDG Esports

  • Active Members:
    • Yeung "jkuro" Ho-chung
    • Park "stew" Young-chan
    • Liu "Z1Yan" Zihan
    • Geng "Babyblue" Haoran
    • Yang "Link7" Bowan
    • Freddie "riyabtw" Liu Cho-ming
    • Zhang "kklin" Zilin
    • Niu "zhe" Zhe (Unconfirmed)
  • Former Members:
    • Chen "YiHao" Yihao
    • chen "MrCANI" Ting-hsun

Nova Esports

  • Active Members:
    • Wang "cb" Qingchuan
    • Ye "o0o0o" Xiaodong
    • Chen "OBONE" Yijie
    • Guang "GuanG" Honglin
    • Zhao "Ezeir" Zejun
    • Wang "monk" Haoyu
  • Former Members:
    • Mohammad "Swerl" Ali Kobraee

Titan Esports Club

  • Active Members:
    • Han "Abo" Bohao
    • Guo "Haodong" Haodong
    • Zhao "dynamite" Zihao
    • Ding "CoCo" Dajian
    • Chen "TvirusLike" Chen-ching
    • Lu "lucas" Yunkun
  • Former Members:
    • Lu "lucas" Yunkun
    • Goo "Rb" Sang-min
    • Li "B1ack" Songtai
    • Yang "Shr1mp" Yong

Trace Esports

  • Active Members:
    • Song "FengF" Xuefeng
    • Ho "HeiB" Shun-hei
    • Lu "Kai" Zhinan
    • Zhang "LuoK1ng" Zhanpeng
    • Zhong "Biank" Jianfei
    • Zhuo "MarT1n" Zhengjie
  • Former Members:
    • Zhao "Xlele" Yanbo
    • Zhang "Midi" Jiajun
    • Cui "cxyy" Xinyu

TYLOO

  • Active Members:
    • Xiang "COLDFISH" Pengzhi
    • Sun "slowly" Kelun
    • Xu "Waituu" Yinze
    • Zhang "scales" Zhen
    • Hsu "Yoyo" Yuh-siang
    • Li "sword9" Wei
    • Moses "Splash" Christophe
  • Former Members:
    • Ding "Ninebody" Yi
    • Zhang "zjc" Juncheng
    • Ding "5CM" Yipeng
    • Yang "Eren" Cengwei

Wolves Esports

  • Active Members:
    • Liu "Spring" Chun-ting
    • Pong "SiuFatBB" Ka-hei
    • Zhang "V1ya" Ruimin
    • Wang "yosemite" Lei (Unconfirmed)
    • Fei "Satoshi" Zhixian (Unconfirmed)
  • Former Members:
    • Huang "Yuicaw" Yung-chieh
    • Liang "Lysoar" Youhao
    • Tyler "juicy" James Aeria

Xi Lai Gaming

  • Active Members:
    • Arthur "Rarga" Churyumov
    • Teng "happywei" Min-wei
    • Colin "coconut" Patrick Chung
    • James "NoMan" Man
    • Liang "Lysoar" Youhao
  • Former Members:
    • Zhuo "MarT1n" Zhengjie
    • Zhang "Midi" Jiajun
    • Yip "YoU" Man-ho
    • Ran "Viva" Lifan

Dragon Ranger Gaming

  • Active Members:
    • Shao "Nicc" Yi-chun
    • Ilya "vo0kashu" Ushakov
    • Lin "SpiritZ1" Ting-yu
    • Cheng "Cangshu" Yu-chun
    • Luo "Flex1n" Rui
    • Wang "Ying" Chenxu
    • Fang "baize" Bai
    • Zhang "Akeman" Haoran
    • Maximilian "Demon1" Mazanov
  • Former Members:
    • Yu "Zeno" Zhi Jun
    • Chen "TvirusLuke" Chen-ching
    • Tang "TZH" Zhehao

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