Excel Esports
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| Org Location |  United Kingdom | ||
| Region | Europe | ||
| Head Coach | Joey "YoungBuck" Steltenpool | ||
| Partner | BT OMEN by HP Neubria Cooler Master Scuf Gaming Gamers Apparel Zip Buddy | ||
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Excel Esports is a British team. Their name was previously stylized exceL eSports and later exceL Esports.
History[edit]
In 2018, after it was reported that negotiations with other organizations had failed, exceL was rumored to be joining the EU LCS as part of the 2019 European franchise program.[1] On November 20, Riot Games confirmed exceL Esports as one of the ten partner teams for the LEC 2019 Spring Split.[2]
2019 Season[edit]
Excel signed a roster lead by experienced players Exile and kaSing as well as Expect, Caedrel, and rookie bot laner Jeskla. Following a 2-6 start in the Spring Split they changed around their roster bringing in rookies Special and Mystiques from their academy team instead of the veterans. This young roster could not turn the split around for them though and Excel finished in 9th place with a 5-13 record.
Excel started Summer Split once again with Hjarnan and kaSing in bot lane and Special in mid lane as new signing Mickey could not join the team in time. After a once again bad start Jeskla and Mystiques came back into bot lane whilst Mickey earned the spot as starting mid laner. After another 0-2 week the team managed to use the long break around Rift Rivals well and came back to LEC much improved from week 4 onwards. They had playoff positions within reach before losing their last 4 games of regular season against tougher competition and dropping back down to 10th.
Timeline[edit]
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- February (approx.), Sebla and
Unsupportive join.
- May (approx.), Nutri joins. Barnetto (Support to Manager) changes position.Keys,
Reecicle,
Sebla,Wing, andUnsupportive leave. - May 16, Samma andZhandia join.
- August (approx.), Aux joins.
- August 7, Joekerism joins.[4]
- October (approx.), Lukezy joins.Zhandia leaves.
- November (approx.), Skudzy leaves.
- November 30, Lukezy leaves.
- January 14, Tolkin,Nocturnal Plex, andZiViZ join.[5]
- April (approx.), Tolkin,Nocturnal Plex,ZiViZ, andJoekerism leave.
- June 19, Shikari,Taxer,Kruimel, andInnaxe join.[6]
- June 30, Reclamation joins as substitute.
- November 30, Shikari,Innaxe, andReclamation leave.
- January 2, Furndog (Head Coach) rejoins.[7]
- January 11, Venzer andDuaLL join.Aux moves to substitute.[8]
- February 7, Send0o joins.[9]
- April 22, Aux leaves.
- May 16, Quixeth joins.[10]
- May 17, Kruimel andDuaLL leave.[11] AngelArcher (Analyst) leaves.[12]
- May 18, Ripi joins.[13]
- October 1, Ripi leaves.[14]
- October 15, Send0o is loaned to ASUS ROG Army.[15]Quixeth leaves.[16]
- November 28, kaSing joins.[17]
- November 30, Jeskla joins.[18]
- December 2, Caedrel joins.[19]
- December 4, Exileh joins.[20]
- December 7, Expect joins.[21]
- December 10, Excel Esports announces 10-man roster. Send0o returns from loan to ASUS ROG Army.[22]
- December 11, Special joins.[23]
- December 12, Mystiques joins.[24]
- December 14, Innaxe rejoins.[25]
- December 16, Jarge (Strategic Coach) joins.[26]
- December 18, Mapache (Head Analyst) joins. AngelArcher (Analyst) rejoins.[27]
- December 20, Joel (Director of Esports) rejoins.[28]
- December (approx.), Venzer leaves.
- February 20, Unlimited (Coach) joins from academy roster.[29] Furndog steps down from on-stage duties to be replaced by Unlimited.[30]
- May 2, DLim (Head Coach) joins. Furndog (Head Coach), Unlimited (Coach), and Jarge (Strategic Coach) leave.[31]
- May 8, Hjarnan joins.[32]
- May 21, Innaxe leaves.[33]
- May 28, Mickey joins.[34]
- May 30, Mapache (Analyst) leaves.[35]
- June (approx.), AngelArcher (Analyst to Player Manager) changes position.[36] Just Jon (Performance Coach to Video Role) changes position.[37]
- June 3, Monika Strauja (Social Media Specialist) joins.[38]
- June 13, Westonway (Analyst) joins.[39]
- July 24, Patrick Collins (Head of Partnerships) joins.[40]
- August (approx.), Kieran (Managing Director to Chief Executive Officer) changes position.
- August 7, Grievance (Head of Operations) joins.[41]
- September (approx.), Charlotte Waters (Public Relations) leaves.
- September 11, Alex (Head of Marketing to Events & Comms Role) changes position.[42]
- September 14, Grievance (Head of Operations to Head of Operations & Interim Head of Performance) changes position.[43]
- September 26, AngelArcher (Player Manager) leaves.[44]
- November 14, YoungBuck (Head Coach) joins. DLim (Head Coach) and Bonquish (Strategic Coach) leave.[45]
- November 18, Mystiques leaves.[46]
- November 19, Mickey andHjarnan leave.[47][48]
- November 21, Westonway (Analyst) leaves.[49]
- November 22, Fabian Broich (Head of Performance) joins.[50] Grievance (Head of Operations & Interim Head of Performance to Head of Operations) changes position.
- November 23, Exile leaves.[51]
- November 26, Mapache (Assistant Coach) rejoins.[52]
- November 29, Mickey rejoins.[53]
- December 4, Patrik joins.[54]
- December 6, Tore joins.[55]
- December 8, Expect will remain with the team for 2020.[56]
- December 10, Jeskla leaves.[57]
- December 11, Caedrel will remain with the team for 2020.[58]
- December 13, Grievance renames to Grant.[59]
- December 21, Alex (Events & Comms) leaves.[60][61]
- January 7, Robin McCammon (Chief Commercial Officer) and Wouter Sleijffers (Chief Executive Officer) join. Barnetto (General Manager to Operations Manager), Joel (Director of Esports to Chief People Officer), and Kieran (Chief Executive Officer to Chief Gaming Officer) change positions.[62][63]
- January 10, Boaster is added to the GCD as substitute.[64]
Player Roster[edit]
Active[edit]
| R | C | ID | Name | Role | Contract Ends | Joined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expect | Ki Dae-han (기대한) | Top Laner | 2020-11-16 | 2018-12-07 | ||
| Send0o | Rosendo Fuentes | Top Laner | 2020-11-16 | 2018-02-07 | ||
| Caedrel | Marc Robert Lamont | Jungler | 2020-11-16 | 2018-12-02 | ||
| Taxer | Christian Vendelbo | Jungler | 2020-11-16 | 2017-06-19 | ||
| Mickey | Son Young-min (손영민) | Mid Laner | 2020-11-16 | 2019-11-29 | ||
| Special | Joran Scheffer | Mid Laner | 2020-11-16 | 2018-12-11 | ||
| Patrik | Patrik Jírů | Bot Laner | 2021-11-15 | 2019-12-04 | ||
| kaSing | Raymond Tsang | Support | 2020-11-16 | 2018-11-28 | ||
| Tore | Tore Hoel Eilertsen | Support | 2021-11-15 | 2019-12-06 | ||
| Boaster | Jake Howlett | Sub/Mid | 2020-11-16 | 2020-01-11 |
- 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]
| R | C | ID | Name | Role | Next Team | Joined | Left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeskla | Jesper Klarin Strömberg | Bot Laner |  mousesports |
2018-11-30 | 2019-12-10 | ||
| Exile | Fabian Schubert | Mid Laner | None | 2018-12-04 | 2019-11-23 | ||
| Mickey | Son Young-min (손영민) | Mid Laner |  Excel Esports |
2019-05-28 | 2019-11-19 | ||
| Hjarnan | Petter Freyschuss | Bot Laner | None | 2019-05-08 | 2019-11-19 | ||
| Mystiques | Patryk Piórkowski | Support |  AGO ROGUE |
2018-12-12 | 2019-11-18 | ||
| Innaxe | Nihat Aliev | Bot Laner |  Unicorns Of Love |
2018-12-14 | 2019-05-21 | ||
| Venzer | Alexander Kostadinov | Bot Laner |  Origen BCN |
2018-01-11 | 2018-12-?? | ||
| Quixeth | August Skarsfjord | Support |  Dragons E.C. |
2018-05-16 | 2018-10-15 | ||
| Ripi | Calvin Law | Mid Laner |  Retired |
2018-05-18 | 2018-10-01 | ||
| Kruimel | Brayan van Oosten | Mid Laner |  Berlin International Gaming |
2017-06-19 | 2018-05-17 | ||
| DuaLL | Ángel Fernández | Support | Unicorns Of Love Sexy Edition |
2018-01-11 | 2018-05-17 | ||
| Aux | Dan Harrison | Sub/Sup |  Caster |
2016-08-01 | 2018-04-22 | ||
| Shikari | Jordan Pointon | Top Laner |  Misfits Academy |
2017-06-19 | 2017-11-30 | ||
| Innaxe | Nihat Aliev | Bot Laner |  RIFT Esports |
2017-06-19 | 2017-11-30 | ||
| Reclamation | Karl Dixon | Sub/Sup |  Enclave Gaming |
2017-06-30 | 2017-11-30 | ||
| Tolkin | Niklot Stüber | Top Laner |  Aequilibritas E-Sports |
2017-01-14 | 2017-04-?? | ||
| Nocturnal Plex | Reece Hall | Jungler | Retired |
2017-01-14 | 2017-04-?? | ||
| ZiViZ | Erik Lövgren | Mid Laner |  ViS Lions' Den |
2017-01-14 | 2017-04-?? | ||
| Joekerism | Joe Kent | Bot Laner | Enclave Gaming |
2016-08-07 | 2017-04-?? | ||
| Lukezy | Luka Trumbić | Mid Laner |  K1CK eSports Club |
2016-10-?? | 2016-11-30 | ||
| Zhandia | Sander Skogstad | Mid Laner |  UK Legends |
2016-05-16 | 2016-10-?? | ||
| Samma | Vladimir Dimov | Top Laner |  GPlay.bg |
2016-05-16 | 2016-09-?? | ||
| Nutri | Billy Wragg | Support |  Last Remedy |
2016-05-?? | 2016-09-?? | ||
| Skudzy | Serge Huleani | Jungler | Enclave Gaming |
2015-12-18 | 2016-11-?? | ||
| Unsupportive | Adam Hawksworth | Support |  UK Randoms |
2016-02-?? | 2016-05-?? | ||
| Sebla | Sebastian Walton | Bot Laner | UK Randoms |
2016-02-?? | 2016-05-?? | ||
| Keys | Kieran John | Top Laner | Retired |
2015-12-17 | 2016-05-?? | ||
| Reecicle | Reece Sharratt | Mid Laner | Retired |
2015-12-17 | 2016-05-?? | ||
| Wing | Jamie Duell | Bot Laner | Retired |
2015-12-17 | 2016-05-?? | ||
| Barnetto | Ryan Barnett | Support |  Manager |
2015-12-17 | 2016-05-?? |
Organization[edit]
Current[edit]
| C | ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Harris | Chairman | ||
| Kieran | Kieran Holmes-Darby | Co-Founder & Chief Gaming Officer | |
| Joel | Joel Holmes-Darby | Co-Founder & Chief People Officer | |
| Wouter Sleijffers | Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Robin McCammon | Chief Commercial Officer | ||
| Grant | Grant Rousseau | Head of Operations | |
| Pat | Patrick Collins | Head of Partnerships | |
| Fabian Broich | Head of Performance | ||
| Barnetto | Ryan Barnett | Operations Manager | |
| Crolux | Matthew McClenaghan | Financial Controller | |
| ProjectFlux | Jamie Dodson | Video Production | |
| Just Jon | Jon Ellis | Video | |
| Boaster | Jake Howlett | Vlogger | |
| Monika Strauja | Social Media Specialist | ||
| Bainsy | Indy Bains | Strategy & IT | |
| YoungBuck | Joey Steltenpool | Head Coach | |
| Mapache | Alejandro Parejo Martinez | Assistant Coach |
Former[edit]
| C | ID | Name | Position | Next Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PrsmaTV | Leuis Charles | Discord Manager | None | |
| Alex | Alex Harris | Events & Comms | None | |
| Westonway | Scott Farmer | Analyst |  Pentanet.GG
| |
| DLim | David Lim | Head Coach |  FlyQuest
| |
| Bonquish | Alex Warren | Strategic Coach | None | |
| AngelArcher | Luciana Nadrag | Player Manager & Analyst |  G2 Esports
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| Charlotte | Charlotte Waters | Public Relations | None | |
| Mapache | Alejandro Parejo Martinez | Head Analyst |  Fnatic
| |
| Furndog | Josh Furneaux | Head Coach |  Barrage Esports
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| Jarge | Joshua Smith | Strategic Coach |  Movistar Riders
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| Unlimited | Petar Georgiev | Coach |  SK Gaming
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| AngelArcher | Luciana Nadrag | Analyst | Berlin International Gaming
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| Joel | Joel Holmes-Darby | Co-Owner, Co-Founder, & Managing Director | Excel Esports
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| Doruk | Doruk Hacioglu | Head Coach |  Diabolus Esports
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Player League Participation[edit]
Note that tiebreaker games ARE included in this display even though they are typically not included for regular-season records.
LEC
| Player | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Games | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | ||
| KaSing |  |  | |  | |  | | | | 158 | |||||||
| Exile | | | | | | | 146 | ||||||||||
| Expect | | | | | | | 136 | ||||||||||
| Caedrel | | | | | | 60 | |||||||||||
| Jeskla | | | 32 | ||||||||||||||
| Mystiques | | | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Special | | | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Hjarnan | | | |  | | | | | 161 | ||||||||
| Mickey | | | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| Tore | | | | | | 80 | |||||||||||
| Patrik | | | | | | 77 | |||||||||||
Tournaments[edit]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Media[edit]
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- November 28, Meet the #LEC Teams: exceL by , and on LoL Esports
- March 19, EXCEL's MD Kieran reflects on the first LEC Split, what the team did right, what they did wrong with Darius Matuschak on The Shotcaller
- July 4, Who We Are by Kieran on The Player's Lobby
- February 2, Sports Psychologist Fabian Broich talks about his Performance Coach role with Excel: "We don’t want to see the player as a product, we want to actually see human growth" with Lara Lunardi on Inven Global
Images[edit]
Logos[edit]
Old Logo
Previous Logo
Previous Logo (- 2018)
Rosters[edit]
Excel Esports LEC Spring 2019
Excel Esports LEC Summer 2019
Excel Esports Spring 2020
External Links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Sources: Splyce and exceL to replace Movistar, North as EU LCS franchise partners espn.com
- ↑ Take a closer look at the LEC eu.lolesports.com
- ↑ LoL Roster Announcement for 2016 excelesports.com
- ↑ Joekerism's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ exceL eSports' Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ exceL eSports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ LoL Support Staff 2018 excelesports.com
- ↑ From The Bottom To The Top excelesports.com
- ↑ Send0o Your Prayers For UK Top Lanes excelesports.com
- ↑ exceL Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Kruimel's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ AngelArcher's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ exceL eSports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Ripi's Tweet twitter.com'
- ↑ ASUS ROG Army Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Ace of Dragons (Spanish) dragons-ec.com
- ↑ exceL Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ exceL Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ exceL Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ exceL Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ exceL Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Welcome Send0o excelesports.com
- ↑ exceL Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ exceL Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ exceL Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ League of Legends Coaching Staff excelesports.com
- ↑ Introducing our League of Legends Analytical Staff excelesports.com
- ↑ exceL Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Furndog's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Furndog's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Changes To Our League Of Legends Coaching Roster excelesports.com
- ↑ Welcome Our New AD Carry excelesports.com
- ↑ Unicorns Of Love's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Welcome Our New Mid Laner excelesports.com
- ↑ LOL | Summer Split Player and Staff Update fnatic.com
- ↑ AngelArcher's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Monika Strauja's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Patrick Collins' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Alex Harris' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Grievance's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ AngelArcher's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Excel Welcomes Joey “YoungBuck” Steltenpool excelesports.com
- ↑ Mystiques' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Mickey's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Westonway's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Grant's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Alex's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Excel Welcomes New CEO And CCO excelesports.com
- ↑ Excel Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2020-01-09; after change - EU - 2020-01-10
