AMKAL sign new roster led by nafany

The Russian IGL returns to activity after ten months on the bench.

AMKAL have announced their new roster for the fall season, headlined by Vladislav "⁠nafany⁠" Gorshkov.

The 24-year-old has been on the BetBoom bench since November after the team failed to qualify for the Shanghai Major. Since his benching, he has featured for Roler Coaster in a number of online qualifiers.

The Russian IGL is joined by Aleksandr "⁠KaiR0N-⁠" Anashkin, who played under him on BetBoom, and Artem "⁠iDISBALANCE⁠" Egorov, who has been on the 9 Pandas bench since the end of 2024.

Aleksandr "⁠TRAVIS⁠" Timkiv links up with the squad from PARIVISION, while Dmitry "⁠sstiNiX⁠" Khlebnikov is the only remnant from the organization's previous roster.

The team already played enough games with their new core to earn a VRS placement and currently sits at No. 103 in the ranking.

AMKAL are now:

Russia Vladislav "⁠nafany⁠" Gorshkov
Russia Aleksandr "⁠KaiR0N-⁠" Anashkin
Russia Artem "⁠iDISBALANCE⁠" Egorov
Russia Aleksandr "⁠TRAVIS⁠" Timkiv
Russia Dmitry "⁠sstiNiX⁠" Khlebnikov

Russia Aleksandr 'KaiR0N-' Anashkin
Aleksandr 'KaiR0N-' Anashkin
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
663
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.71
Russia Artem 'iDISBALANCE' Egorov
Artem 'iDISBALANCE' Egorov
Age:
28
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.06
Maps played:
1578
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.61
Russia Aleksandr 'TRAVIS' Timkiv
Aleksandr 'TRAVIS' Timkiv
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
1171
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.65
Russia Dmitry 'sstiNiX' Khlebnikov
Dmitry 'sstiNiX' Khlebnikov
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
472
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.67
Russia Vladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov
Vladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov
Age:
24
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.93
Maps played:
1368
KPR:
0.64
DPR:
0.70
#1
Faceit premium user  | 
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Sweden Mr_Vista
Man, shout your mouth while you don’t know a pice of info. Thanks. If your thinks been an analyst give you any possibility talk shit about anyone or any team better rethink about you as a person. It’s cool to speak shit, but better to speak facts not lie)
2025-08-09 11:50
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#14
Faceit level 10  | 
Korea meds_by_dre
out of all languages he chose man shout your mouth
2025-08-09 11:51
78
man i'm sick of watching this jiggle peek for info, default every single round style that's cost the prime year of ax1le's career already. no telling if sh1ro will reach the same heights again either. one of the highest peaks i've ever seen in a rifler and what's there to show
2025-08-09 11:52
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1 reply
#27
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Sweden Mr_Vista
I'm tired of your boring game analysis, please get more knowledge in your work, sometimes it’s actually terrible to hear you on desk, try to understand game better, you have so many smart people around
2025-08-09 12:06
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#52
ZywOo | 
France Utaii
Godzilla read this and had a fucking stroke
2025-08-09 13:03
7
wtf are you even trying to say
2025-08-09 13:08
0
9 replies
#58
Faceit premium user  | 
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Sweden Mr_Vista
2025-08-09 13:10
7
#62
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Finland tailal
uncultured
2025-08-09 13:14
22
5 replies
why would i care abt mauisnake nafany twitter?? i barely even followed that rmr campaign from cloud9 lol
2025-08-09 13:17
1
4 replies
#104
Faceit level 10  | 
Brollan | 
Sweden EntonXD
Uncultured outsider of hltv forums on par with redditor
2025-08-09 21:42
3
3 replies
right i am neither of those lol
2025-08-09 21:58
0
2 replies
#113
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
sh1ro | 
Russia bswoosah
That's your status bb boy. Why you heff to be mad?
2025-08-11 15:12
0
1 reply
right
2025-08-11 15:20
0
#63
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Cuba Dyabolic
His English skills are as good as his FaceIt stats.
2025-08-09 13:15
2
1 reply
lmaoo
2025-08-11 15:19
0
nice to see that my goat Kair0n found new home i.ytimg.com/vi/P9QuaVb_s1g/oar2.jpg
2025-08-09 13:23
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#71
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Honduras vzrvzr
dawg a jamaican prostitute could have said that more coherently.
2025-08-09 13:37
1
#2
Faceit level 8  | 
launders | 
United Kingdom lmaomatt
who car
2025-08-09 11:48
7
8 replies
I car
2025-08-09 12:32
21
3 replies
#49
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Poland Johny_Moon
new Apple's device?
2025-08-09 12:46
2
#87
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Russia mshkoda
and me
2025-08-09 15:09
1
#90
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Yugoslavia yike$
I train
2025-08-09 15:56
4
I also car
2025-08-09 13:44
3
#91
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Canada minibeech
I have a car.
2025-08-09 16:14
1
i am carless
2025-08-09 19:15
1
2025-08-10 02:22
1
huh
2025-08-09 11:48
0
Seems promising
2025-08-09 11:48
1
4 replies
#10
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Russia TEMHOMECTO
Not at all, just recycled old men
2025-08-09 11:49
36
Promising with nafany, idisbalance and travis in roster. You must be on fent to say such thing
2025-08-09 11:50
85
1 reply
#51
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Sweden Mr_Vista
leave travis alone
2025-08-09 12:59
0
#29
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Russia A1RMAN
What is promising about it?
2025-08-09 12:07
5
#5
donk | 
Canada Pumby
Understandable
2025-08-09 11:48
0
#6
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Brazil mooises
GL (Good Luck)
2025-08-09 11:49
2
1 reply
#31
Faceit level 10  | 
siuhy | 
Poland makut0N
GL (Gamer Legion)
2025-08-09 12:12
58
Terrible t3 team who cares
2025-08-09 11:49
1
#8
Faceit level 10  | 
Korea meds_by_dre
i mean good on paper but you already know what happens after that
2025-08-09 11:49
10
2 replies
and what paper would that be? recycled and dirty?
2025-08-09 13:09
6
1 reply
#114
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
sh1ro | 
Russia bswoosah
Saving the environment. Watch them make major again XD
2025-08-11 15:19
0
Lmao
2025-08-09 11:49
0
#12
Faceit level 10  | 
Yatoro | 
Kazakhstan trick4krg
This roster STINiX
2025-08-09 11:50
29
1 reply
good one
2025-08-09 12:02
0
solid tier 4
2025-08-09 11:51
1
#15
Faceit level 8  | 
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Turkey PEACEMAKERALiEN
idisbalance in 2025
2025-08-09 11:51
8
Why iDISBALANCE?
2025-08-09 11:52
7
8 replies
#50
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Germany ociNN
i remember when he cheated through a open qualifier and since then never showed anything great
2025-08-09 12:47
1
7 replies
he or someone on his team? why no esic?
2025-08-09 13:10
0
6 replies
#65
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Germany ociNN
everyone thought he cheated in some qualifier some years ago and later got picked by pro teams and never did anything close to that. as we know anti cheat isnt so great at open qualifiers
2025-08-09 13:19
0
5 replies
ok so but not proven
2025-08-09 13:21
0
4 replies
#69
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Germany ociNN
u must be really dumb to be a proven cheater people making tons of money with radar cheats in tier 2-4
2025-08-09 13:27
1
3 replies
i dont watch is boring to me also shouldnt there be at least some clip you could get me or some shi mb even youtube analysis vid or whatev
2025-08-09 14:24
0
2 replies
Lazyboyupinit
2025-08-10 08:02
0
1 reply
ofc
2025-08-10 12:36
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#18
ropz | 
Japan asyl1m
2025-08-09 11:53
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2 replies
#77
donk | 
Europe naggby
can someone explain this meme to me?
2025-08-09 14:12
1
1 reply
#78
ropz | 
Japan asyl1m
i used it in the context of the meme "nothing ever happens"
2025-08-09 14:13
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#19
Faceit level 8  | 
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United States sziasztok
can they beat NIP on Vertigo tho?
2025-08-09 11:54
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7 replies
#23
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
It's so unfortunate that it has been removed from the map pool. It would have been a brilliant decider for the upcoming Budapest Major final between NIP and Amkal.
2025-08-09 12:01
5
6 replies
At least overpass is back in.
2025-08-09 12:07
1
but we should be happy we have the updated version of Train for the decider of the 2027 IEM Cologne Major final between Liquid and Ecstatic
2025-08-09 12:18
4
4 replies
#37
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
Oh, yeah, that was another masterpiece. And a lot more recent.
2025-08-09 12:20
2
1 reply
hell yeah brother game of the year so far
2025-08-09 12:20
1
Was that as a dumpster fire of a match as was Nip Vs Amkal?
2025-08-10 20:29
0
1 reply
I saw some of the highlights (not the full match) and it seemed pretty damn close
2025-08-10 20:38
1
0 vrs points ?
2025-08-09 11:56
1
7 replies
No, Travis, stinix and idisbalance are a core. This team is top 103 in VRS with 799 points currently.
2025-08-09 12:16
1
6 replies
why tf are they a core??
2025-08-09 13:13
0
5 replies
Because they played 10 games together in the last half a year. Specifically last month while standing in for Amkal
2025-08-09 13:51
0
4 replies
tf why doesnt that show anywhere
2025-08-09 14:25
0
3 replies
They have them in their player profiles and in matches of the team, but since they were standing in and not officially part of the team it's not counted towards their map count for the org
2025-08-09 16:43
0
2 replies
and who did they play with? players no 4 and 5
2025-08-09 16:48
0
1 reply
Kalash and sfade8
2025-08-09 18:07
1
dogshit
2025-08-09 11:59
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#22
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United States Virgin Islands donkgod
stopped reading at idisbalance
2025-08-09 12:00
2
these players in 2025 </3
2025-08-09 12:01
0
#26
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Hungary yr_
why keep stinix tho? n0rber7 is there for the taking
2025-08-09 12:05
0
2 replies
#30
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Russia DimexKraw
Amkal aren't that rich
2025-08-09 12:09
0
To keep VRS points, although they are still like top 100 or so. Travis, stinix and idisbalance are a core and to that they added nafany and kairon
2025-08-09 12:16
1
I am so fucking sick of this endless recycling of trash in CIS teams, how can these people be so incompetent…
2025-08-09 12:13
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4 replies
#39
Faceit level 9  | 
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Germany GlowMate
8/8
2025-08-09 12:23
0
flag delulu
2025-08-09 13:13
0
2 replies
But he's right? This roster is awful
2025-08-09 13:59
5
1 reply
yes but its nothing new for russians to be grossly incompetent lmao
2025-08-09 16:49
0
#35
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Ukraine StaNiUA
I had hope nafany could replace electronic... But instead he needs to grind back from tier3-4 again, with this players looks impossible
2025-08-09 12:18
0
#40
miLo | 
Asia vsly
this is another betboom type team no major but sure ccts
2025-08-09 12:28
0
#41
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Russia Lessix
bad
2025-08-09 12:30
1
#42
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France vuelure
no hope with bot stinnix
2025-08-09 12:31
0
#43
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Finland Fintoto
We Got BB bench + Pari bench
2025-08-09 12:31
0
#45
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Germany Sol1taire
The hltv community has astute comments about this roster and firmly believes in nafany and kairon
2025-08-09 12:33
0
#46
JW | 
United States JW_belly
There are 100000000000000 young CIS awpers to choose from and you chose iDisbalance
2025-08-09 12:35
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Why travis, not Norbert Why idisbalance, not degster
2025-08-09 12:35
3
2 replies
norbert is in contract jail and degster wants to play in tier 1
2025-08-09 13:52
0
1 reply
and is in even more of contract jail lol
2025-08-09 14:27
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#48
Faceit level 10  | 
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Poland SebL
With the amount of talent in Russian scene, AMKAL has somehow found a way to put together a roster with not a single promising player in it, impressive. Well it's just sad that there will be no funny AMKAL vs NIP series because they will never get to play at events such as this. My god, really, there is so much talent in Russian scene and you do this? Disgusting.
2025-08-09 12:43
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The only good player here is kairon
2025-08-09 13:03
0
Probably matchfixing project
2025-08-09 13:05
0
NiP VS AMKAL round 3 on OVERPASS again LETSGOO
2025-08-09 13:11
1
the most russian shit you'll ever see: keep on recycling those same garbage players,
2025-08-09 13:20
0
2 replies
BIG is a German team, fam.
2025-08-09 13:46
0
1 reply
Even big.does the same lul
2025-08-09 15:09
0
Up there with 1win and pari
2025-08-09 13:34
0
#83
s1 | 
Romania mpp_kk
Still bots
2025-08-09 14:37
0
#84
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Russia 1hebest!
EX-players BetBoom, PARI and 9 Pandas
2025-08-09 14:48
0
#85
ness | 
Canada ssau
This roster ssssstinXXX brooooo
2025-08-09 14:54
1
nafany travis sstinix good but why the other two. oh my
2025-08-09 15:11
0
#89
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Russia mshkoda
looks like washed but gl
2025-08-09 15:11
0
#92
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Netherlands geek3D
this will be redemption for failed redemption
2025-08-09 16:38
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#96
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United States reimsy
Watch out NiP…
2025-08-09 17:44
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#98
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Colombia JaiS
Where is ax1le
2025-08-09 18:32
0
mid roster
2025-08-09 19:12
0
kairon + nafany combo most toxic lineup ever
2025-08-09 19:37
0
#102
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India pquest10
nip shaking rn
2025-08-09 19:57
0
Looks terrible ngl
2025-08-09 21:07
0
cute team
2025-08-10 14:10
0
Can’t wait for nip vs amkal
2025-08-11 04:56
1
kairon in 2025
2025-08-12 22:14
0
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