Paris Saint-Germain eSports

Paris Saint-Germain
Full name Paris Saint-Germain eSports
Short name PSG, Paris SG
Divisions League of Legends
FIFA
Founded 2016 (2016)
Owner(s) Oryx Qatar Sports Investments (QSi)
Manager Bora "YellOwStaR" Kim
Parent group Paris Saint-Germain
Website psg-esports.com
Active departments of
Paris Saint-Germain
Football (Men's) Football (Youth Men's) Football (Women's)
Handball (Men's) eSports

Paris Saint-Germain eSports, commonly known as Paris Saint-Germain (French pronunciation: [paʁi sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃]) and familiarly as PSG or Paris SG, is a French professional eSports club founded in 2016, and based in the city of Paris in France. The club is the eSports department of Paris Saint-Germain.[1]

History

On October 2016, Paris Saint-Germain partenered with Webedia, who owns professional team Millenium and tournament organiser ESWC, to launch PSG eSports. The club acquired Team Huma's slot in the European League of Legends Challenger Series (EU CS), for the 2017 Spring Split. Bora "YellOwStaR" Kim has been appointed as Head of eSports, and the team will compete out of the Riot Games' Am Studio 20D in Adlershof, Berlin.[2][3][4]

PSG eSports also announced its participation to FIFA video gaming competitions; the club recruited FIFA world champions August “Agge” Rosenmeier and Lucas “DaXe” Cuillerier. DaXe became ESWC FIFA 17 world champion at the Paris Games Week, this is the first title for PSG eSports. Agge won the Legia eSports Cup, a tournament featuring 10 FIFA players from professional football clubs, as well as the DreamHack Winter 2016.[5][6][7]

Roster

League of Legends

Current

Nationality ID Name Position Joined
 Finland WhiteKnight Matti Sormunen Top 2017-02-23
 France Steve Etienne Michels Top 2016-12-14
 Netherlands Kirei Thomas Yuen Jungle 2016-12-14
 South Korea Blanc Jin Seong-min (진성민) Mid 2016-12-14
 Czech Republic Nardeus Tomáš Maršálek AD Carry 2017-05-05
 Germany NoXiAK Lewis Simon Felix Support 2017-06-02
 France Fraid Frédéric Simonet Substitute Top 2017-01-18
 France Hadrien Hadrien Forestier Coach 2017-01-05
 France YellOwStaR Bora Kim Head of PSG eSports / Substitute Support 2016-10-20

Former

Nationality ID Name Position Joined Left
 South Korea Pilot Na Woo-hyung (나우형) AD Carry 2016-12-14 2017-04-27
 Sweden sprattel Hampus Abrahamsson Support 2016-12-14 2017-04-29
 Poland Czaru Krystian Przybylski Sub Mid 2017-01-18 2017-03-13

FIFA

Nationality ID Name Position
 Denmark Agge August Rosenmeier Player
 France DaXe Lucas Cuillerier Player

Management

Nationality ID Name Position
 France YellOwStaR Bora Kim Head of eSports
 France Duke Hadrien Forestier League of Legends Coach
 European Union Adellovich Adel Daher FIFA Coach
 France zaL Alan Brin FIFA Coach
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Official websites

References

  1. "LE PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN FAIT SON ENTRÉE DANS L’ESPORTS". PSG eSports. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  2. Wolf, Jacob (October 20, 2016). "Team Huma sold and rebranded as Paris Saint-Germain eSports". ESPN. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  3. Leslie, Callum (October 20, 2016). "YellOwStaR signs on to manage Paris St-Germain esports team". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  4. Ramsay, George (December 14, 2016). "When football met eSports: PSG's tale of two sports at one club". CNN. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  5. Chambers, Miles (October 21, 2016). "PSG signs FIFA 17 superstars in bumper eSports project". Goal.com. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  6. Bishop, Sam (November 5, 2016). "PSG Esports' Daxe becomes ESWC world champion". Gamereactor. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  7. eSports, Paris Saint-Germain (November 6, 2016). "Agge wins Legia eSports Cup". PSG.fr. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
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