Saigon Fantastic Five

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Saigon Fantastic Five
Team Information
Org Location:	Vietnam
Region:	SEA
Sponsor(s):	Garena Vietnam MSI
History
Created:	2012-07-DD
Disbanded:	2015-11-30
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Current Roster

Saigon Fantastic Five is a League of Legends team based in Vietnam.

History

Formation of Saigon Fantastic Five

Saigon Fantastic Five is firstly formed by former Saigon Jokers players. Their first competition was the Season 2 Vietnam Qualifiers, they end up finishing as the runner-up losing to Saigon Jokers in the final.

In Season 3, SF5 finishing Glorious Arena Season 2 and qualifiers for 2013 GPL Spring. However, SF5 did not playing well in the top tournament in Southeast Asia. They are in the last place of 2013 GPL Summer and still keep changing their roster. Some professional players such as Violet and Navy leave the team after their terrible performance.

Road to 2014 Season

Although SF5 doesn't perform well in GPL, they still qualifiers for the 2014 GPL Winter. Based on the explanation of GPL, SF5 change their roster again by hires Gony and TSU, but they still cannot catch up with the other teams, they score 1-9 in Group B and got knocked out.

Amaze the Southeast Asia

In 2014 GPL Spring, 3 top player from Vietnam, NIXWATER, Jungleology and MinaS, joins SF5. SF5 was become one of the underdogs in GPL. They beat yoe Flash Wolves and Singapore Sentinels and becomes the 2nd place in group with the 6-4 result. But they lose to their sister team, Saigon Jokers and end their trip in Quarterfinals.

No longer be the underdog, SF5 has becomes stronger and stronger. After QTV joins, SF5 has become one of the top teams in Southeast Asia. They beat ahq e-Sports Club for twice in 2014 GPL Summer and knocked out Saigon Jokers in the Quarterfinals. For the first time, SF5 joins the party of top 4 teams in GPL Summer. They have to face off the power-house in Southeast Asia, Taipei Assassins.

2015 Season

From 2015 Season, Taiwan teams don't participate GPL, Saigon Fantastic Five become the most powerful team at 2015 GPL Spring. After qualifying to Playoff easily, they defeated 269 Gaming at the Semi-Finals 3-2. They continued to defeat Bangkok Titans to become the Champion of 2015 GPL Spring and qualified to 2015 International Wild Card Invitational. Due to Visa issues, the team could not travel to Turkey to participate in the tournament - 2015 GPL Spring runners up Bangkok Titans replaced them at the IWCT.

Timeline

• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012

• March 19, Yushin leaves, Carrot and Genz join.
• April 24, Optimus leaves.
• May 16, Row, ProE, Safety, Lovida, Tartarus, and Puf join. Auzeze, Jinkey, Carrot and MinaS leave.
• May 29, Sena joins as the starting jungler, Safety moves to the support position, Puf becomes a sub.
• June (approx.), Safety moves to Saigon Jokers. Sunny joins. FYF joins.
• August 14, Curot rejoins. Lovida leaves. Sunny moves to starting support. FYF moves to sub.
• November 30, team disbands..

• May 21, GoNy, NIXWATER and Vigoss leave. QTV, Optimus and Lovida join. TSU becomes the starting support.
• August 25, 2nd place at 2014 Season Garena Regional Finals.
• September, Yushin leaves.
• September 12, QTV and Jungleology leave.
• October 21, shAdy , Jinkey, Uzi, Yushin and Auzeze join, while TSU and Lovida leaves.

• June 17, Violet leaves. Burning joins.
• August 3, Navy leaves.
• November, Burning leaves. GoNy, Augustus and TSU joins.
• December 23, Jungleology, NIXWATER, MinaS and Vigoss join. Egg, TieuQuy and Augustus leave.

• July, SF5 is founded by Zerg, Egg, TieuQuy, Aci, Uzi and YangSieu.
• December 1, Zerg, Aci and Uzi leave. Navy and Violet join.

Player Roster

Former

R	C	ID	Name	Role	Next Team	Joined	Left
		Row	Hoàng Duy Phương	11Top Laner	Saigon Jokers	2015-05-16	2015-11-30
		Curot	Đoàn Văn Ngọc Sơn	13Mid Laner	Saigon Jokers	2015-08-14	2015-11-30
		Tartarus	Nguyễn Hưng Thịnh	14AD Carry	None	2015-05-16	2015-11-30
		Sunny	Nguyễn Thanh Phong	15Support	Headhunters	2015-06-??	2015-11-30
		Puf	Đàm Đình Thuận	26Substitute	None	2015-05-16	2015-11-30
		Sena	Trương Tuấn Tú	12Jungler	T Team	2015-05-29	2015-11-30
		Genz	Nguyễn Chí Anh Cao	26Substitute	None	2015-03-19	2015-11-30
		FYF	Nguyễn Bảo Đại	25Sub/Sup	None	2015-06-??	2015-11-30
		Lovida	Long Mai Nhật	13Mid Laner	Saigon Jokers	2015-05-16	2015-08-14
		Safety	Huỳnh Văn Tân	12Jungler	Saigon Jokers	2015-05-16	2015-06-??
		Curot	Đoàn Văn Ngọc Sơn	13Mid Laner	Saigon Jokers	2015-03-19	2015-05-16
		Auzeze	Lê Hoàng Nguyên	11Top Laner	Saigon Jokers	2014-10-21	2015-05-16
		Jinkey	Trần Công Cam	12Jungler	Saigon Jokers	2014-10-21	2015-05-16
		ProE	Trần Quang Hiệp	12Jungler	Saigon Jokers	2015-05-16	???
		MinaS	Phạm Minh Phước	14AD Carry	Saigon Jokers	2013-12-23	2015-05-16
		Uzi	Lê Thanh Hà	15Support	Caster	2014-10-21	???
		Optimus	Trần Văn Cường	13Mid Laner	Boba Marines	2014-05-21	2015-04-24
		Yushin	Lê Phước Nhân	15Support	Saigon Jokers	2014-10-21	2015-03-19
		shAdy	Nguyễn Phi Anh	11Top Laner	Hanoi Fate	2014-10-21	2014-??-??
		Lovida	Mai Việt Long	13Mid Laner	Saigon Jokers	2014-05-21	2014-10-21
		TSU	Lê Anh Duy	15Support	Saigon Jokers	2013-11-??	2014-10-21
		QTV	Nguyễn Trần Tường Vũ	11Top Laner	Team Miracle	2014-05-21	2014-09-12
		Jungleology	Nguyễn Hồng Thắng	12Jungler	Retired	2013-12-23	2014-09-12
		Yushin	Lê Phước Nhân	15Support	None	2014-05-??	2014-09-??
		GoNy	Lê Hồng Ny	11Top Laner	Saigon Jokers	2013-11-??	2014-05-21
		NIXWATER	Mai Nhật Tân	13Mid Laner	Saigon Jokers	2013-12-23	2014-05-21
		Vigoss	Phạm Minh Đại	15Support	Saigon Jokers	2013-12-23	2014-05-21
		StyleKhang		12Jungler	None	???	???
		Egg	Lê Hoàng Ngà	12Jungler	Saigon Jokers	2012-07-??	2013-12-23
		TieuQuy	Nguyễn Việt Tiệp	13Mid Laner	XGame	2012-07-??	2013-12-23
		Augustus	Nguyễn Nhật Minh	15Support	269 Gaming	2013-11-??	2013-12-23
		Burning	Trương Hoàng Nam	14AD Carry	None	2013-06-17	2013-11-??
		YangSieu	Đào Tuấn Tú	15Support	None	2012-07-??	???
		Sai	Phạm Đức Đạt	26Substitute	None	???	???
		Navy	Chướng Viễn Long	11Top Laner	Bangkok Titans	2012-12-01	2013-08-03
		Violet	Ngô Mạnh Quyền	14AD Carry	Hanoi Dragons	2012-12-01	2013-06-17
		Uzi	Lê Thanh Hà	15Support	Full Louis	2012-07-??	2012-12-01
		Zerg	Hà Quang Đông	11Top Laner	Boba Minions	2012-07-??	2012-12-01
		Aci	Minh Hảo	80AD/Support	Boba Minions	2012-07-??	2012-12-01

Organization

Former

C	ID	Name	Role	Next Team
	icaruse	Lee In-cheol (이인철)	Head Coach	Saigon Jokers
	Irean	Heo Yeong-cheol (허영철)	Analyst	Saigon Jokers
	Egg	Lê Hoàng Ngà	Analyst	None
	Boilu	Nguyễn Thế Hưng	Manager	None

Tournament Results

Tournament Results - Show Prize as (Local • USD • EurosLocal • USD • EurosLocal • USD • Euros)
Date	Place	Prize	Event	Last Result	Roster
2015-08-24	A44	₫ 128,000,000$ 5,632€ 4,864	VCS A 2015 Summer Season	21 - 9 RR
2015-08-16	A44		SEA Regional Finals 2015	0 : 3 FL	Row,  Sena,  Curot,  Tartarus,  Sunny,  Puf,  icaruse
2015-08-07	A55	$ 7,000$ 7,000€ 6,370	GPL 2015 Summer	3 - 4 RR	Row,  Sena,  Lovida,  Tartarus,  FYF
2015-04-12	A11	$ 20,000$ 20,000€ 18,800	GPL 2015 Spring Playoffs	3 : 0 BKT	Auzeze,  Jinkey,  Optimus,  Minas,  Uzi,  Carrot,  icaruse
2015-04-06	A11	₫ 250,000,000$ 11,500€ 10,500	VCS A 2015 Spring Season	27 - 3 RR
2015-03-30	A11		GPL 2015 Spring	4-1-1 RR	Auzeze,  Jinkey,  Optimus,  MinaS,  Uzi,  Carrot
2015-01-11	I1NQ		IEM Season IX - Taipei SEA Qualifier	1 : 3 BKT	Auzeze,  Jinkey,  Optimus,  MinaS,  Uzi,  Yushin
2014-10-26	I1Q		GPL 2015 Spring Vietnamese Qualifier	4 - 0 RR
2014-08-24	A22		Garena Regional Finals 2014	0 : 3 ahq	QTV,  Jungleology,  Optimus,  MinaS,  TSU
2014-08-08	A44	$ 15,000$ 15,000€ 11,100	GPL 2014 Summer	1 : 3 Log F	QTV,  Jungleology,  Optimus,  MinaS,  TSU
2014-03-21	A55 - 8	$ 8,000$ 8,000€ 5,760	GPL 2014 Spring	1 : 3 SAJ	GoNy,  Jungleology,  NIXWATER,  MinaS,  Vigoss
2014-01-11	A99 - 10	$ 2,500$ 2,500€ 1,825	GPL 2014 Winter	1 - 9 RR	Gony,  StyleKhang,  TieuQuy,  Augustus,  TSU
2014-01-04	I1Q		GPL 2014 Spring Vietnamese Qualifier	3 : 0 XGame	StyleKhang,  Gony,  Jungleology,  Nixwater,  Minas,  Vigoss
2013-10-06	A33	₫ 25,000,000$ 1,175€ 850	Glorious Arena: Season 4	7 - 7 RR	Gony,  Egg,  TieuQuy,  Stylekhang,  Sai,  Burning
2013-09-01	A55 - 6		Dell Invitational Cup IV	0 : 1 HND
2013-08-18	A88	$ 2,500$ 2,500€ 1,875	GPL 2013 Summer	4 - 24 RR	Navy,  Zerg,  Egg,  TieuQuy,  Violet,  Burning,  YangSieu,  SAI
2013-06-13	A33	₫ 25,000,000$ 1,175€ 875	Glorious Arena: Season 3	8 - 6 RR	Navy,  Zerg,  Egg,  TieuQuy,  Aci,  Violet,  YangSieu
2013-04-28	A33	$ 100$ 100€ 76.74	Dell Invitational Cup II	0 : 1 SAJ
2013-04-21	A66	$ 2,500$ 2,500€ 1,900	GPL 2013 Spring	8 - 20 RR	Navy,  Egg,  TieuQuy,  Violet,  YangSieu,  Aci,  Zerg
2013-03-10	A33	₫ 40,000,000$ 1,912€ 1,472	Hành Trình Huyền Thoại	0 : 1 HoL	Navy,  Egg,  TieuQuy,  Aci,  Violet
2013-02-24	A44		Dell Invitational Cup I	0 : 2 IceLanD
2012-11-08	A22	₫ 12,000,000$ 576€ 444	Glorious Arena: Season 2	7 - 3 RR
Total Prize: VND 480,000,000 • USD 57,600

Gallery

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  Saigon Fantastic Five's 2015 Spring Season Roster
  Left to Right: Yushin, Jinkey, Minas, Optimus, Uzi, Shady, Auzeze

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  Saigon Fantastic Five's 2014 GPL Summer Roster
  Left to Right: Optimus, Minas, Yushin, QTV, TSU, Jungleology, Lovida

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  SF5 old logo

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  Saigon Fantastic Five's 2014 GPL Winter Roster. Left to Right: Egg, TSU, TieuQuy, StyleKhang, Gony, Augustus