Transfer Recap: September
Missed some of the many lineup changes last month? We bring you a recap of all the changes made in September.
Kicking off the month, on the 3rd the German-based organization, myXMG, acquired the service of the Brits representing TeamCRG. Meanwhile, in an interview, Jakub "kuben" Gurczynski, revealed that he has wrapped up his pro-gaming, but hints at still being around eSports. Later that day, AWESOME came to life, with Jacob "Pimp" Winneche teaming up with his former Western Wolves teammate, Mathias "MSL" Lauridsen, and three former players from Eternity, including Morten "coloN" Johansen.

Kuben hanged his mouse this past month
On the 5th, LGB announced they had removed Marcus "windster" Andersson in favor of Olof "olofm" Kajbjer. Still in the same afternoon, EYES ON U finalize their roster by picking up Malte "Herden" Boelt from Vikings, leaving the latter down to 4 members. Two days later, a new French team surfaces. We Got Game, led by former LDLC.com captain Vincent "Happy" Cervoni is joined by the former 3DMAX duo Robin "GMX" Stahmer and Joey "fxy0" Schlosser.
| September 3-7 |
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myXMG signed TeamCRG | Full Story |
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Kuben confirmed retirement |
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AWESOME with Pimp, MSL and coloN | Full Story |
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LGB Olofm in; windster out | Full Story |
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EYES ON U picked up Herden;Vikings down to four | Full Story |
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We Got Game unveiled lineup | Full Story |
On the 8th, the ex-Pirates team which had gone freelance a month earlier was picked up by the Portuguese organization oFF Balance. On the same day, ALTERNATE reverted the changes done to their female roster by bringing Lena "shushu" Babic back to the team and removing Jennifer "JeNnY" Dziersan.
On the following day, both 3DMAX and n!faculty replaced one player. 3DMAX added Andre "nooky" Utesch to their lineup, after Simon "smn" Beck’s place was left vacant, while n!faculty brought in Finn "karrigan" Andersen after Jonathan "lidde" Lidgren decided to focus on his personal life.
| September 8-9 | ||
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oFF Balance added the former Pirates team | Full Story |
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ALTERNATE shushu rejoined; JeNny out | Full Story |
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3DMAX added nooky | Full Story |
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n!faculty karrigan replaced lidde | Full Story |
On the 10th, team MonoManiac signed for RELiABLE GAMiNG and swapped Will "rush" Wierzba and Erik "kaotic" McCown for Kyle "flowsicK" Mendez and Arya "arya" Hekmat. Later that afternoon, Chris "chrisJ" de Jong revealed he had joined forces with Tobias "Troubley" Tabbert to establish Team xXx.
On the 12th, Azmican "asmo" Berberoglu announced he had left 3DMAX because of undisclosed reasons. On the same day, two teamless players , Emil "kucher" Akhundov and Kaj "kajsk1ng" van Staalduinen were linked to KerchNET and FLAMELUX, respectively. Later on, Joona "natu" Leppänen's team, 4w, was picked up by ENCE eSports.

kucher is back in KerchNET
A day later, 3DMAX adds Anil "cLy" Gülec and the Spaniards, SUCCUBUS, led by former ASES and Wizards member Miguel "drifking" García, came to life. Closing off the night, Marius "mars1" Rehwinkel departed from EnRo GRIFFINS, being replaced by Tim "timz" Bengen.
| September 10-13 | ||
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mManiac signed by RELiABLE; change two | Full Story |
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Team xXx formed | Full Story |
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3DMAX lost one | Full Story |
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KerchNET kucher in, transik out | Full Story |
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FLAMELUX added kajsk1ng | Full Story |
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ENCE eSports signed 4w | Full Story |
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3DMAX added one | Full Story |
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SUCCUBUS emerged | Full Story |
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EnRo GRIFFINS mars1 quit; timz joined | Full Story |
On the 14th, just two days after leaving 3DMAX, Azmican "asmo" Berberoglu joins team ALTERNATE. That afternoon, ESC Gaming, whose Polish squad had gone to shambles the weeks earlier, reaffirmed their position with CS:GO, opening a German division. On the 17th, LGB undergoes another roster change, this time Dennis "dennis" Edman replaced Andreas "maxAki" Andersson.
On the 18th, Antonio "FlipiN" Rivas, interrupted his 4 months retirement to join ASES, after Kirian "Yaba" Martínez’s need to step down from the active lineup. On the other side of the Atlantic, Kevin "AZK" Lariviere returned to Curse from whom he had left with Justin "mosbeck" Mosbeck weeks earlier. Both Stan "stan^" Sukachov and Moe "moE" Assad had been standing-in for the team, but with Lariviere’s return, Assad lost his place in the squad.

FlipiN's retirement wasn't final after all
Still on the 18th, Hélder "coachi" Sancho, was brought back to K1ck one year later after being cut during the team’s transition to CS:GO, this time to fill in the gap left by Vicens "vis" González, who has taken a break from gaming to focus on his studies. Meanwhile, Copenhagen Wolves welcomed Jacob "Pimp" Winneche to their team, who stepped in for Nicolai "device" Reedtz.
| September 14-18 | ||
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ALTERNATE added asmo | Full Story |
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ESC Gaming signed German team | Full Story |
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LGB dennis replaced maxAki | Full Story |
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ASES added FlipiN; Yaba stepped down | Full Story |
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Curse AZK returned | Full Story |
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k1ck coachi returned; vis out | Full Story |
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CPH Wolves replaced device with Pimp | Full Story |
On the 19th, AWESOME, which became one man short due to Jacob "Pimp" Winneche’s move to CPH Wolves the day before, found their replacement with Nikolaj "EXR" Therkildsen. Meanwhile on North-America, Danny "fRoD" Montaner’s team, cuLtivation, signed with Denial eSports.
The 20th, started with a bang, when former Golden Five member Mariusz "Loord" Cybulski announced his new team with two members that had been trialing with ESC Gaming, Piotr "peet" Ćwikliński and Bartosz "Hyper" Wolny. But a more surprising comeback arrived from Spain, as Jonathan "MusambaN1" Torrent finally made the jump to competitive CS:GO, a year after he was last seen in the CS pro-scene.

Loord is not done with CS just quite yet
| September 19-20 | ||
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AWESOME added EXR | Full Story |
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Denial picked up cuLtivation | Full Story |
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Loord announced his new team | Full Story |
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Einheit added MusambaN1 | Full Story |
On the 23, Lions eSportKlubb unveiled their female squad in anticipation of the Norwegian ESWC qualifier. Anette "Cazzidy" Skarderud returned this way to the CS pro scene, this time alongside Ivelina "HellRose" Danova. Meanwhile in Ukraine, KerchNET underwent another roster change as Sergey "Fox" Stolyarov, who had been teamless since July, filled the hole left by Ruslan "krutoi" Kolodinsky.
Two days later, ESC Gaming lost their newly created German squad after Christoph "disruptor" Dölger’s team learned the organisation wouldn’t be able to support them financially, resulting on the shutdown of the German squad, but also in the disbandment of the team. The same afternoon, Wizards announced they signed Jonathan "MusambaN1" Torrent’s new team, einheit.

Wizards captured MusambaN1's new team
Just before the day came to an end, news crossed the Atlantic that Curse had closed their CS:GO team. However it didn’t took long to find a new team, as Denial dropped Danny "fRoD" Montaner’s squad to snag ex-Curse. As the result of that the former cuLtivation team was left sponsorless and now go under the name of United5.
On the 29th, Linum Tigers signed the core players from the Croatian European Championship team to play under their tag. A day later, Sam "DaZeD" Marine is linked with Denial eSports, taking the place of Stan "stan^" Sukachov who was demoted to the backup position. While in Germany, Wild Fire completed their lineup with the additions of Benjamin "qk-Mantis" Oberlein and Marten "mat" Gehrke.
| September 23-30 | ||
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Lions unveiled female squad | Full Story |
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KerchNET added Fox | Full Story |
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ESC Gaming lost German team | Full Story |
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Wizards signed Einheit | Full Story |
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Denial aquired Curse; dropped cuLtivation | Full Story |
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Linum Tigers picked up Croatia's EC lineup | Full Story |
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Denial added DaZeD | Full Story |
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Wild Fire added two | Full Story |
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