BT Excel
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| Team Information | ||
| Org Location | United Kingdom | |
| Team Location | United Kingdom | |
| Region | Europe | |
| Head Coach | Simon "Swiffer" Papamarkos | |
| Partner | BT OMEN by HP Neubria Cooler Master Scuf Gaming Gamers Apparel Zip Buddy | |
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BT Excel is the academy team of Excel Esports. The team was previously called Excel UK and exceL Academy.
History[edit]
On December 12, 2018, it was confirmed that the team will play in the UK League 2019.[1]
Timeline[edit]
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- February 12,
Exile joins from main roster.[8] - March 4,
kaSing joins from main roster.[9] - March (approx.), Timkiro (Head Coach) joins.
- May 2, Unlimited (Head Coach) leaves.[10]
- May 21,
Innaxe leaves.[11] - July 3,
Hjarnan joins from main roster.[12]
Mystiques leaves for main roster. - August (approx.), Kieran (Managing Director to Chief Executive Officer) changes position.
- November 19,
Hjarnan leaves.[13] - November 23,
Exile leaves.[14] - December 22,
Deadly joins.[15] - December 27, Swiffer (Head Coach) joins.[16][17]
- January 7, Barnetto (Operations Manager), Robin McCammon (Chief Commercial Officer), and Wouter Sleijffers (Chief Executive Officer) join. Joel (Director of Esports to Chief People Officer) and Kieran (Chief Executive Officer to Chief Gaming Officer) change positions.[18][19]
- January 9, Timkiro (Head Coach) leaves.[20]
- January 10,
Excel UK renames to 
BT Excel following the partnership with BT.[21][22]
Deadly's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[23] - April 15, BT Excel is selected to participate in the NLC.[24]
- May 12,
Special leaves for main roster.[25] - May 16, Swiffer (Head Coach) is added to the official roster as substitute in the GCD.[26] Swiffer (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[27]
- May 22,
Hatrixx joins.[28] - May 25,
Hatrixx's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[29] - October 7, Joel (Co-Founder & Chief People Officer) leaves.[30][31][32]
- November 16,
Send0o leaves.[33]
Taxer leaves.[34] - November 26,
kaSing leaves.[35] - November 30,
Advienne joins.[36] - December 1,
Markoon joins.[37] - December 2,
Orome joins.[38]
Player Roster[edit]
Active[edit]
- Contract Expiration Notice: To prevent over-reporting of changes, we are keeping players with expired contracts listed here until either (a) an announcement is made from the player or the team about their departure; (b) the player joins another team; or (c) the 2021 season begins & the player is not re-added to the GCD, whichever happens first.
| Player | Name | Role | Contract Ends | Joined | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orome | Andrei Popa | Top Laner | 2022-11-21 | Dec 20202020-12-02 | ||
| Markoon | Mark van Woensel | Jungler | 2022-11-21 | Dec 20202020-12-01 | ||
| Hatrixx | Jørgen Elgåen | Mid Laner | 2021-11-15 | May 20202020-05-22 | ||
| Deadly | Matthew Smith | Bot Laner | 2021-11-15 | Dec 20192019-12-22 | ||
| Advienne | Henk Reijenga | Support | 2022-11-21 | Nov 20202020-11-30 | ||
| Swiffer | Simon Papamarkos | Head Coach (+) (–) Also Sub | 2021-11-15 | May 20202020-05-16 |
- Note: Teams are free to switch players between their LEC and Academy rosters as long as their roster for each game complies with the rules outlined in their respective ERL. Therefore, more players are eligible to start than are listed on this page - we will only list those that do play.
Former[edit]
Players are shown for the entire duration of their tenure on the team, with the role and substitute/trainee status they had upon their departure.
| Player | Name | Role | Joined | Left | Next Team | ||
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| kaSing | Raymond Tsang (曾家誠) | Support | Mar 20192019-03-04 | Nov 20202020-11-26 |  MRS | ||
| Send0o | Rosendo Fuentes Bóveda | Top Laner | Dec 20182018-12-10 | Nov 20202020-11-16 |  TQ | ||
| Taxer | Christian Vendelbo Bylling Jensen | Jungler | Dec 20182018-12-13 | Nov 20202020-11-16 |  MKS | ||
| Special | Joran Scheffer | Mid Laner | Dec 20182018-12-11 | May 20202020-05-12 |  XL | ||
| Exile | Fabian Schubert | Mid Laner | Feb 20192019-02-12 | Nov 20192019-11-23 |  Retired | ||
| Hjarnan | Petter Freyschuss | Bot Laner | Jul 20192019-07-03 | Nov 20192019-11-19 |  GL | ||
| Mystiques | Patryk Piórkowski | Support | Dec 20182018-12-12 | Jul 20192019-07-03 |  RGO | ||
| Innaxe | Nihat Aliev | Bot Laner | Dec 20182018-12-14 | May 20192019-05-21 |  UOL |
Organization[edit]
Current[edit]
- Note: A complete staff list can be found on the main team's page.
| C | ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Harris | Chairman | ||
| Kieran | Kieran Holmes-Darby | Co-Founder & Chief Gaming Officer | |
| Wouter Sleijffers | Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Robin McCammon | Chief Commercial Officer | ||
| Barnetto | Ryan Barnett | Operations Manager | |
| Swiffer | Simon Papamarkos | Head Coach |
Former[edit]
| C | ID | Name | Position | Next Team | Joined | Left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel | Joel Holmes-Darby | Co-Founder & Chief People Officer | None | 2018-12-10 | 2020-10-07 | |
| Timkiro | Tim Cho | Head Coach |  Evil Geniuses Academy |
2019-03-?? | 2020-01-09 | |
| Unlimited | Petar Georgiev | Head Coach |  SK Gaming |
2018-12-16 | 2019-05-02 |
Tournaments[edit]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| BT Excel Tournament Results - Show Prize as (Local • USD • Euros) | |||||
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| Date | Pl | Prize | Event | Last Result | Roster |
| 2020-08-16 | 3 | kr55,000$ 6,317.74€ 5,335.06 | NLC 2020 Summer Playoffs | Send0o, Taxer, Hatrixx, Deadly, kaSing, Swiffer | |
| 2020-07-30 | 1 | NLC 2020 Summer - Group A | 8 - 2  RR | Send0o, Taxer, Hatrixx, Deadly, kaSing, Swiffer | |
| 2020-05-05 | 5 - 8 | €8,000$ 8,754.82€8,000 | EM 2020 Spring Main Event | Send0o, Taxer, Special, Deadly, kaSing, Swiffer | |
| 2020-03-29 | 2 | £2,430£2,430£2,430 | UKLC 2020 Spring Playoffs | Send0o, Taxer, Special, Deadly, kaSing, Swiffer | |
| 2020-03-18 | 1 | £5,400£5,400£5,400 | UKLC 2020 Spring | 14 - 0 RR | Send0o, Taxer, Special, Deadly, kaSing, Swiffer |
| Total Prize:EUR 8,000 • GBP 7,830 • SEK 55,000 | |||||
As Excel UK[edit]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| Excel UK Tournament Results - Show Prize as (Local • USD • Euros) | |||||
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| Date | Pl | Prize | Event | Last Result | Roster |
| 2019-10-09 | 6 - 9 | £462.5$ 605.33€ 538.2 | FoC 2019 Summer Main Event | Jeskla, Special, Taxer, Send0o, kaSing, Timkiro | |
| 2019-09-21 | 5 - 8 | €8,000€8,000€8,000 | EM 2019 Summer Main Event | Send0o, Taxer, Special, Hjarnan, kaSing, Timkiro | |
| 2019-09-11 | Q | EM 2019 Summer Play-In | 6 - 0 RR | Send0o, Taxer, Special, Hjarnan, kaSing, Timkiro | |
| 2019-09-01 | 2 | UKLC 2019 Summer Playoffs | Send0o, Taxer, Exile, Hjarnan, kaSing, Timkiro | ||
| 2019-08-15 | 2 | UKLC 2019 Summer | 25 Pts | Send0o, Taxer, Special, Exile, Hjarnan, kaSing, Timkiro | |
| 2019-05-08 | 4 - 5 | £900$ 1,177.95€ 1,047.3 | FoC 2019 Spring Main Event | Send0o, Taxer, Exile, Innaxe, Mystiques, Timkiro | |
| 2019-03-30 | 3 - 4 | UKLC 2019 Spring Playoffs | Send0o, Taxer, Exile, Innaxe, Kasing, Timkiro | ||
| 2019-03-28 | 3 | UKLC 2019 Spring | 16 Pts | Send0o, Taxer, Exile, Innaxe, MYSTIQUES, kaSing, Unlimited, Timkiro | |
| Total Prize:USD 0 • EUR 8,000 • GBP 1,363 | |||||
Media[edit]
Logos[edit]
BT Exce Logo (2020)
References[edit]
- ↑ LVP UK's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Changes To Our League Of Legends Coaching Roster twitter.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Welcome Special excelesports.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Welcome Back Taxer excelesports.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Welcome Back Taxer excelesports.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Welcome Home Innaxe excelesports.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Introducing our League of Legends Coaching Staff excelesports.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Furndog's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Furndog's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Changes To Our League Of Legends Coaching Roster excelesports.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Unicorns Of Love's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Excel Welcomes Swiffer excelesports.com
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Excel Welcomes New CEO And CCO excelesports.com
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 GCD Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2020-01-08; after change - NA - 2020-01-09
- ↑ Excel Welcomes BT As Its Lead Partner excelesports.com
- ↑ Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2020-01-07; after change - EU - 2020-01-10
- ↑ Announcing the NLC dreamhack.com
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 GCD Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2020-05-15; after change - EU - 2020-05-16
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2020-05-15; after change - EU - 2020-05-16
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2020-05-24; after change - EU - 2020-05-25
- ↑ Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ After six years, Co-Founder Joel Holmes-Darby is to leave Excel Esports. excelesports.com
- ↑ Joel's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Send0o's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 Taxer's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2021-01-05; after change - EU - 2021-01-06
