Partizan sign new team with ex-iNation core

The Serbian organization is back in Counter-Strike with some familiar faces.

Partizan have announced that they have completed the signing of a new Counter-Strike team, featuring the core of the ex-iNation roster. The news marks the return of the Serbian organization to the game after a 14-month hiatus.

Partizan put their CS:GO division on hold and placed all players on the transfer list in March 2023 citing a "difficult economic situation." Three of those players, Luka "⁠c0llins⁠" Živanović, Luka "⁠emi⁠" Vuković and Marin "⁠ROGA⁠" Rogić, now return for another spell with the Serbian organization.

c0llins and emi recently played together under iNation, but their time with the organization proved short-lived: just weeks after assembling the team, iNation ceased operations, allegedly because of the recent changes to the Major rulebook, which included the removal of open qualifiers in Europe.

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The pair will be joined by Nikola "⁠Dragon⁠" Boskovic in this new venture, leaving the Macedonian duo of Zoran "⁠xicoz⁠" Markovski and Jane "⁠aidKiT⁠" Apostoloski on the lookout for a new team. Rounding out the Partizan roster is Vladan "⁠Kind0⁠" Mandic, who was recently released by Secret.

"We really believed in the previous lineup and just as we got some time with each other and we were starting to play better, things happened that unfortunately were out of our control," emi told HLTV.

"When we saw that kind0 was available, we couldn't pass on him. ROGA is someone I have already played with, I know his potential, and I hope he can show what he is capable of.

"We hope everything goes well this time so we can fully focus on improving our team and starting to compete as soon as possible."

According to Partizan, all the players on the team have signed multi-year contracts, with the roster looking as follows:

Luka "⁠emi⁠" Vuković
Luka "⁠c0llins⁠" Živanović
Vladan "⁠Kind0⁠" Mandic
Nikola "⁠Dragon⁠" Boskovic
Marin "⁠ROGA⁠" Rogić