Group Falcons has introduced the creation of “Falcons Pressure”, a Counter-Strike 2 academy workforce full of “essentially the most promising skills.”
The Saudi Arabian esports group’s important squad is among the strongest groups globally, a minimum of on paper.
Whereas they’ve acquired superstars like Nikola “NiKo” Kovač and Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov by splashing the money, an academy workforce is a completely totally different story.
A primary take a look at Falcons Pressure. Picture Credit score: Group Falcons
Falcons Pressure is an academy program that goals to convey on board “essentially the most promising skills” and put together gamers for the most important phases CS2 esports has to supply.
The end result: a workforce of comparatively unknown gamers with Danish coach Niels Christian “NaToSaphiX” Sillassen on the helm.
Meet the Falcons Pressure Gamers and Coach
On July 6, 2025, the group introduced the Falcons Pressure academy program, and coach NaToSaphiX took to X to disclose he could be becoming a member of the outfit on the identical day.
As a participant, NaToSaphiX beforehand held positions on the rosters of Complexity Gaming, HEROIC, and Sprout earlier than shifting to a training position. As a coach, the 29-year-old Dane helmed NIP Impression from March 2024 to June 2025.
The all-female workforce earned a Fifth-Sixth place end on the ESL Impression League Season 6 Finals, and a Third-4th place end in Season 7 throughout NaToSaphiX’s time as coach—the all time placement for NIP Impression.
Your journey to CS2 greatness begins right here ⚡! FALCONS FORCE ACADEMY IS YOUR NEXT STEP
— “أكـاديـمـيـة فـالـكونـز فـورس” 🦅💚هـنـا نصنع الأبـطـال ونـجـوم الـمستقبـلفي كـاونتـر سـترايـك 🤩
JOIN US NOW – إنضم إلينا الآن 👇🔗| pic.twitter.com/BdQ5ycgrau— Falcons Esports (@FalconsEsport) July 6, 2025
After an open software course of that took a couple of months, the roster of “rising stars and elite prospects” was formally revealed on September 15, 2025. The roster options largely unknown gamers, with solely Andrei “grecu” Grecu (beforehand with INFINITE) and Vladimir “VENO” Stankovic (beforehand with Volt) having official participant profile pages on HLTV.
Try the checklist of gamers and their roles on Falcons Pressure beneath.
Andrei “grecu” Grecu (AWPer)
Vladimir “VENO” Stankovic (Rifler)
Oskar “clockzi” Blaesbjerg (Rifler)
Matej “NucleonZ” Trajkoski (Rifler)
Benjamin “Olaie” Olaie (IGL and Rifler)
The Falcons Pressure CS2 roster is to not be confused with the group’s earlier PUBG Cell roster, which disbanded in April 2025. On the time of writing, Falcons Pressure has not entered any occasions.
