{"id":162130,"date":"2025-01-15T16:01:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T16:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/?p=162130"},"modified":"2025-01-15T16:18:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T16:18:23","slug":"ninjas-in-pyjamas-unveils-new-look-cs2-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/01\/ninjas-in-pyjamas-unveils-new-look-cs2-roster","title":{"rendered":"Ninjas in Pyjamas unveils new-look CS2 roster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/resources.esportsinsider.com\/esportsinsider\/2025\/01\/NIP-CS2-2025-Roster-large.webp\" alt=\"Ninjas in Pyjamas unveils new-look CS2 roster\" class=\"wp-image-162131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resources.esportsinsider.com\/esportsinsider\/2025\/01\/NIP-CS2-2025-Roster-large.webp 1024w, https:\/\/resources.esportsinsider.com\/esportsinsider\/2025\/01\/NIP-CS2-2025-Roster-medium.webp 300w, https:\/\/resources.esportsinsider.com\/esportsinsider\/2025\/01\/NIP-CS2-2025-Roster-medium_large.webp 768w, https:\/\/resources.esportsinsider.com\/esportsinsider\/2025\/01\/NIP-CS2-2025-Roster-1536x783.webp 1536w, https:\/\/resources.esportsinsider.com\/esportsinsider\/2025\/01\/NIP-CS2-2025-Roster-2048x1045.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image Credit: Ninjas in Pyjamas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6787ea194f514\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Swedish esports organisation&nbsp;<strong>Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP)<\/strong> has unveiled its new Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) roster for the 2025 competitive season.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6787ea194fbed\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>The team has gone through a major overhaul, with only Ukranian AWPer Artem \u2018<strong>r1nkle<\/strong>\u2019 Moroz remaining from last year&#8217;s roster. <\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"keep-reading \"  id=\"kr-6787ea1950b4e\">\n  <div class=\"heading\">Keep Reading<\/div>\n  <ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n          <li id=\"post-160549\" style=\"order: 1;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2024\/11\/ninjas-in-pyjamas-partners-with-juventus-football-club\" target=\"_blank\">Ninjas in Pyjamas partners with Juventus Football Club<\/a><\/li>\n          <li id=\"post-160437\" style=\"order: 2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2024\/11\/nip-first-half-2024-financial-results\" target=\"_blank\">NIP Group publishes first half 2024 financial results<\/a><\/li>\n          <li id=\"post-154903\" style=\"order: 3;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2024\/06\/team-flash-ninjas-in-pyjamas-mlbb-partnership\" target=\"_blank\">Ninjas in Pyjamas announces Mobile Legends partnership with Team Flash<\/a><\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"event-image-6787ea1952181\" class=\"event-image \">\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6787ea195260a\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>He will be joined by Danish IGL Marco \u2018<strong>Snappi<\/strong>\u2019 Pfeiffer, support Rasmus \u2018<strong>sjuush<\/strong>\u2019 Beck, and Portuguese duo Rafael \u2018<strong>arrozdoce<\/strong>\u2019 Wing and Michel \u2018<strong>ewjerkz<\/strong>\u2019 Pinto.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6787ea1952c18\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Ninjas in Pyjamas recorded a disappointing 2024 season which culminated in failing to qualify for the CS2 Perfect World Shanghai\u00a0Major\u00a02024 after the tiebreaker loss to Team Spirit. In December 2024, Ninjas in Pyjamas placed 49th in Valve&#8217;s Global Rankings. <\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6787ea1953218\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>The squad hopes to turn it around this year, with Snappi joining from Team Falcons and sjuush leaving HEROIC after four years.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6787ea1953809\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>In particular, Snappi is known for winning the IEM Dallas 2023 with ENCE while sjuush was a key member of HEROIC&#8217;s success during his tenure. This included a first-place finish in BLAST Premier Spring Final in 2023.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6787ea1953e07\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Arrozdoce and ewjerkz join NIP from Portuguese esports organisation SAW, which secured a top-four finish at IEM Cologne in 2024. However, this will be their first experience on an international roster.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6787ea19543fa\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Accoridng to NIP, the majority of the new squad will make its debut on January 16th in a match against AMKAL in the CCT Season 2 Europe Series 16 Closed Qualifier.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6787ea19549ff\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Founded in 2000, NIP is one of the most recognised esports brands in the European scene. Following a merger with <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2023\/01\/nip-group-esv5-lpl\">digital sports group ESV5<\/a> and its IPO <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2024\/07\/nip-group-trading-nasdaq\">on the NASDAQ exchange<\/a>\u00a0in July 2024, the company now operates across Sweden, China, Abu Dhabi and Brazil, with rosters across Rainbow Six Siege, League of Legends, Apex Legends, Rocket League and MLBB. As of today, NIP is trading at a price of $7.19 (~\u00a35.86) per share.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<!-- Author Start -->\n<div class=\"author-section-wrapper\" id=\"author-section-6787ea19552fe\">\n    <div class=\"author-section first-author\">\n    <div class=\"author-section__top\">\n      <div>\n        \n        <span class=\"author-section__name\">Davide Xu<\/span>      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"author-section__socials\">\n                                                                                                        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"author-section__description\">\n      \n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<!-- Author End -->\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Credit: Ninjas in Pyjamas Swedish esports organisation&nbsp;Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP) has unveiled its new Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) roster for the 2025 competitive season. 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He will be joined by Danish IGL Marco \u2018Snappi\u2019 Pfeiffer, support &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/01\/ninjas-in-pyjamas-unveils-new-look-cs2-roster\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"featured_media":162131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","esi_template":"default","excluded":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,55,106,8701],"tags":[16075,225],"ppma_author":[17023],"class_list":["post-162130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-counter-strike","category-esports-titles","category-latest-news","category-shooters","tag-cs2","tag-ninjas-in-pyjamas"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ 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