After Danny 'BERRY' Krüger officially joined us in late December, we're kicking off the new 2025 season with a fresh lineup ready to compete for those important Valve ranking points. The 2025 season will be one of the more interesting ones in recent years, with more LAN tournaments than ever to play and more prize money than in previous seasons to compete for.
The 9INE roster now consists of current team members Rasmus 'raalz' Steensborg and Mateusz 'mantuu' Wilczewski, and is completed with the additions of Josef 'faveN' Baumann, Jonatan 'bobeksde' Persson and Tobias 'kraghen' Kragh Jensen. With these changes, Ismail 'refrezh' Ali has been moved to the bench.
Josef 'faveN' Baumann
faveN most recently played for BLEED but had his upbringing in the German CS scene, where he linked up with BERRY in Sprout before moving to BIG in late 2021. The 24-year-old German joins us after a longer test period, during which he posted an impressive 1.19 rating.
Jonatan 'bobeksde' Persson
The Swedish player bobeksde makes his first appearance on an international roster by joining us. The 21-year-old previously played for GODSENT before joining Johnny Speeds in the summer of 2024. bobeksde now officially joins us after contributing to several wins since early December.
Tobias 'kraghen' Kragh Jensen
The 22-year-old Dane, kraghen, joins us from Gaimin Gladiators after the full ECSTATIC roster was acquired by the Canadian organization following their successful major run at the 2024 Copenhagen Major. 9INE will be kraghen's first international team.