The ESL Pro League and Flashpoint are the two major franchised Counter-Strike: Global Offensive leagues hosting competition in 2020. In addition to these two circuits, many of these teams will compete in major open tournaments including IEM Katowice and ESL One: Rio -- many of which are part of the ESL Pro Tour. Below are teams, rosters and schedules for ESL and Flashpoint teams.
ESL Pro League
In February 2020, ESL and 13 teams signed the "Louvre Agreement," which entitled each member team to permanent participation in the ESL Pro League and entitled new partner teams beginning in the 11th season of the ESL Pro League to additional compensation and governing rights for the first time. They nominated a seven-person board including ESL and team representatives and an elected commissioner and entitled those teams to revenue and profit sharing in the ESL Pro League and ESL Pro Tour events. The league also established, alongside the Counter-Strike Professional Players' Association, a player council that will act as the voice on behalf of the players participating in the ESL Pro League. The Louvre Agreement allows for up to 16 partner teams, although only 13 signed up for the first season. Season 11 is taking place online due to the coronavirus.
Note: Asterisks next to teams indicate they are permanent partners in the league.
Astralis | Complexity | ENCE | Evil Geniuses | FaZe Clan | Fnatic | G2 Esports | mouseports | Natus Vincere | Ninjas in Pyjamas | Team Liquid | Team Vitality | 100 Thieves | Tyloo | North | forze | Godsent | OG | Virtus.pro | BIG | Team Spirit | FURIA Esports | Swole Patrol | MIBR
Astralis*
Roster:
Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz
Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen
Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth
Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander
Emil "Magisk" Reif
Patrick "es3tag" Hansen -- Beginning July 1
Coach:
Danny "zonix" Sørensen
Complexity Gaming*
Roster:
Owen "oBo" Schlatter
Benjamin "blameF" Bremer
William "RUSH" Wierzba
Kristian "k0nfig" Wienecke
Valentin "poizon" Vasilev
Coach:
Jamie "keita" Hall
ENCE*
Roster:
Aleksi "allu" Jalli
Jere "sergej" Salo
Jani "Aerial" Jussila
Sami "xseveN" Laasanen
Miikka "suNny" Kemppi
Coach:
Slaava "Twista" Räsänen
Evil Geniuses*
Roster:
Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte
Cvetelin "CeRq" Dimitrov
Ethan "Ethan" Arnold
Tarik "tarik" Celik
Peter "stanislaw" Jarguz
Coach:
Chet "ImAPet" Singh
FaZe Clan*
Roster:
Håvard "rain" Nygaard
Nikola "NiKo" Kovač
Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer Gustafsson
Marcelo "coldzera" David
Helvijs "broky" Saukants
Coach:
Janko "YNk" Paunović
Fnatic*
Roster:
Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson
Jesper "JW" Wecksell
Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin
Robin "flusha" Rönnquist
Maikil "Golden" Selim
Coach:
Andreas "Samuelsson" Samuelsson
G2 Esports*
Roster:
Kenny "KennyS" Schrub
Audric "JaCkz" Jug
François "AmaNEk" Delaunay
Nemanja "nexa" Isaković
Nemanja "huNter-" Kovač
Coach:
Damien "maLeK" Marcel
mousesports*
Roster:
Chris "chrisJ" de Jong
Robin "ropz" Kool
Finn "karrigan" Andersen
Özgür "woxic" Eker
David "frozen" Čerňanský
Coach:
Allan "Rejin" Petersen
Natus Vincere*
Roster:
Egor "FLAMIE" Vasilev
Oleksandr "S1MPLE" Kostyliev
Denis "electronic" Sharipov
Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov
Ilya "Perfecto" Zalutskiy
Coach:
Andrey "B1ad3" Gorodenskiy
Ninjas in Pyjamas*
Roster:
Fredrik "REZ" Sterner
Jonas "Lekr0" Olofsson
Nicolas "Plopski" Gonzalez Zamora
Simon "twist" Eliasson
Tim "nawwk" Jonasson
Coach:
Björn "THREAT" Pers
Team Liquid*
Roster:
Nicholas "Nitr0" Cannella
Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski
Russel "twistzz" Van Dulken
Keith "NAF" Markovic
Jake "Stewie2K" Yip
Coach:
Eric "adreN" Hoag
Team Vitality*
Roster:
Dan "apEX" Madesclaire
Cédric "RpK" Guipouy
Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut
Richard "shox" Papillon
Kévin "misutaaa" Rabier
Coach:
Rémy "XTQZZZ" Quoniam
100 Thieves*
Roster:
Aaron "AZR" Ward
Justin "jks" Savage
Joakim "jkaem" Myrbostad
Jay "Liazz" Tregillgas
Sean "Gratisfaction" Kaiwai
Coach:
Aleksandar "kassad" Trifunović
TYLOO
Roster:
HaoWen "somebody" Xu
YuLun "Summer" Cai
YuanZhang "Attacker" Sheng
Cheung "Freeman" Wing Hei
Son "xeta" Seon-ho
Coach:
LiKan "KingZ" Luo
North
Roster:
Philip "aizy" Aistrup
Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye
Nicklas "gade" Gade
René "cajunb" Borg
Mathias "MSL" Sommer Lauridsen
Coach:
Jimmy "Jumpy" Berndtsson
forZe
Roster:
Dmitriy "facecrack" Alekseyev
Andrey "Jerry" Mekhryakov
Almaz "almazer" Asadullin
Bogdan "xsepower" Chernikov
Evgeniy "FL1T" Lebedev
Coach:
Anatoliy "liTTle" Yashin
GODSENT
Roster:
Kevin "kRYSTAL" Amend
Mikail "Maikelele" Bill
Martin "STYKO" Styk
Jesse "zehN" Linjala
Pavle "maden" Bošković
Coach:
Jonatan "Devilwalk" Lundberg
OG
Roster:
Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt
Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen
Valdemar "valde" Bjørn
Issa "ISSAA" Murad
Mateusz "mantuu" Wilczewski
Coach:
Casper "ruggah" Due
Virtus.pro
Roster:
Timur "buster" Tulepov
Alexey "qikert" Golubev
Dzhami "Jame" Ali
Sanjar "SANJI" Kuliev
Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubayev
Coach:
Dastan "dastan" Akbayev
BIG
Roster:
Johannes "tabseN" Wodarz
Tizian "tiziaN" Feldbusch
Can "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş
Florian "syrsoN" Rische
Nils "K1to" Gruhne
Coach:
Tobias "tow b" Herberhold
Team Spirit
Roster:
Victor "somedieyoung" Orudzhev
Leonid "chopper" Vishnyakov
Artem "iDISBALANCE" Egorov
Nikolay "mir" Bityukov
Boris "magixx" Vorobiev
Coach:
Nikolay "Certus" Poluyanov
FURIA Esports
Roster:
Yuri "yuurih" Gomes
Andrei "arT" Piovezan
Vinicius "VINI" Figueiredo
Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato
Henrique "HEN1" Teles
Coach:
Nicholas "guerri" Nogueira
Swole Patrol
Roster:
Austin "Cooper-" Abadir
Edgar "MarKE" Maldonado
Victor "food" Wong
Ryan "freakazoid" Abadir
Jordan "Zellsis" Montemurro
Coach:
Armeen "a2z" Toussi
MIBR
Roster:
Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo
Fernando "fer" Alvarenga
Epitácio "TACO" de Melo
Vito "kNgV-" Giuseppe
Ignacio "meyern" Meyer
Coach:
Wilton "zews" Prado
Note: MIBR is competing in both the ESL Pro League and Flashpoint.
Flashpoint
Flashpoint is a new franchised Counter-Strike league based in North America that began play in 2020, with eight permanent member organizations and four invited teams. Season 1 of Flashpoint is taking place online due to the coronavirus.
Note: Asterisks next to team names indicate the organization is a permanent partner team for the league.
Cloud9 | c0ntact Gaming | Dignitas | Team Envy | Gen.G | MAD Lions | MIBR | FunPlus Phoenix | Orgless | Chaos EC | HAVU Gaming | Copenhagen Flames
Cloud9*
Roster:
Johnny "JT" Theodosiou
Ian "motm" Hardy
Joshua "oSee" Ohm
Ricky "floppy" Kemery
Aran "Sonic" Groesbeek
Coach:
Tiaan "T.c" Coertzen
c0ntact Gaming*
Roster:
Nestor "LETN1" Tanić
Rokas "EspiranTo" Milasauskas
Otto "ottoNd" Sihvo
Georgi "SHiPZ" Grigorov
Luka "emi" Vuković
Coach:
Neil "NeiL_M" Murphy
Dignitas*
Roster:
Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg
Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund
Richard "Xist" Landström
Adam "friberg" Friberg
Håkon "hallzerk" Fjærli
Coach:
Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson
Team Envy*
Roster:
Noah "Nifty" Francis
Ryan "ryann" Welsh
Buğra "Calyx" Arkın
Michał "MICHU" Müller
Kaleb "moose" Jayne
Coach:
Nikola "LEGIJA" Ninić
Gen.G Esports*
Roster:
Timothy "autimatic" Ta
Damian "daps" Steele
Kenneth "koosta" Suen
Sam "s0m" Oh
Hansel "BnTeT" Ferdinand
Coach:
Chris "Elmapuddy" Tebbit
MAD Lions*
Roster:
Frederik "acoR" Gyldstrand
Rasmus "Sjuush" Beck
Lucas "Bubzkji" Andersen
Fredrik "roeJ" Jørgensen
Asger "AcilioN" Grunnet Larsen
Coach:
Luis "peacemaker" Tadeu
MIBR*
Roster:
Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo
Fernando "fer" Alvarenga
Epitácio "TACO" de Melo
Vito "kNgV-" Giuseppe
Ignacio "meyern" Meyer
Coach:
Wilton "zews" Prado
FunPlus Phoenix*
Roster:
Peter "ptr" Gurney
Mitch "mitch" Semago
Austin "food" Roberts
Jonathan "Jonji" Carey
Michael "dapr" Gulino
Note: These players are part of the Bad News Bears roster but are competing under the FPX banner for Flashpoint.
Coach:
Armeen "a2z" Toussi
Orgless
Roster:
Pujan "FNS" Mehta
Matthew "Wardell" Yu
Yassine "Subroza" Taoufik
Jaccob "yay" Whiteaker
Gage "Infinite" Green
Coach:
vacant
Chaos EC
Roster:
Cameron "cam" Kern
Joshua "steel" Nissan
Owen "smooya" Butterfield
Anthony "vanity" Malaspina
Hunter "SicK" Mims
Coach:
Matthew "mCe" Elmore
HAVU Gaming
Roster:
Olli "sLowi" Pitkänen
Lasse "ZOREE" Uronen
Aaro "hoody" Peltokangas
Eetu "sAw" Saha
Joonas "doto" Forss
Coach:
Taneli "diSTURBED" Veikkola
Copenhagen Flames
Roster:
Asger "farlig" Jensen
Magnus "Nodios" Olsen
René "TeSeS" Madsen
Rasmus "HooXi" Nielsen
Ismail "refrezh" Ali
Coach:
Daniel "vorborg" Vorborg
Schedule
Aug. 23-30: ESL One: Cologne
Aug. 31 - Oct. 11: ESL Pro League Season 12
Oct. 15-31: BLAST Premier: Fall regular season
November 9-22: ESL One Rio Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major
Dec. 8-13: BLAST Premier: Fall
Jan. 18-24, 2021: BLAST Premier: Global Final 2020