Team Empire have announced the signing of their first CS:GO team, the ex-Rebels squad.

Team Empire have announced that they have secured services of ex-Rebels squad. This is their first venture into the CS:GO field, and they are entering it with the full of confidence.

Rebels have recently played at CIS Minor Championship tournament, where they have finished as runner-ups, losing only to Gambit Gaming in the finals of this event. This has surely put a huge spotlight on this CIS team, which culminated with this sponsorship.

“It is a big honor to be a part of Team Empire. We need to do a ton of work to reach the goals we set ourselves but we believe that with the help of our new organization we can do it.” - Alexander "spiker" Ivanov said about this move.

Maxim "nirvana_sf" Zalilov, the team's manager had to add:

“We were in talks with Team Empire before the CIS Minor. I believe that our players showed themselves well in the tournament and I’m glad that Team Empire thought like that as well and now we are a part of it.”

Team Empire's roster:
Ilya "fix" Golovko
Roman "CyberFocus" Dergach
Sergey "spaz" Skrypchik
Alexander "spiker" Ivanov
Denis "electronic" Sharipov

Maxim "nirvana_sf" Zalilov - manager