Samsung Galaxy

Samsung Galaxy was a Korean a professional gaming team based in South Korea, part of KeSPA. The organization previously sponsored two sister teams, Samsung White and Samsung Blue. Founded in 2005, its StarCraft division, Samsung KHAN, counts ex-Team WE coach Lee Seong-eun (firebathero) among the stars that have been on its roster.

History[edit]

Season 3[edit]

Samsung initially acquired the rosters of MVP Ozone and MVP Blue in September 2013, forming Samsung Ozone and Samsung Blue, respectively. Ozone consisted of Homme, DanDy, dade, imp, Mata, and Looper and Blue consisted of Cheonju, Spirit, easyhoon, Deft, Sense, FLahm, and SuNo. Ozone had already qualified for the the Season 3 World Championship at the time of the signing but they failed to make it out of groups, being upset by Fnatic and Gambit Gaming.

2014 Season[edit]

The organization competed in the SK Telecom LTE-A LoL Masters 2014 tournament, finishing second in the round robin and then beating CJ Entus 2-0 and SK Telecom T1 3-0 to win the tournament. Samsung Blue won HOT6iX Champions Spring 2014 3-1 against NaJin White Shield, marking the organization’s first OGN victory. Shortly afterwards, Ozone renamed itself to Samsung White. With the OGN victory and both Samsung White and Samsung Blue placing well in multiple seasons of Champions, Blue and White both qualified for the 2014 Season World Championship. White and Blue played each other in the semifinals but White came out on top 3-0, paving the way for a 3-1 victory in the finals against Star Horn Royal Club.

2015 Season[edit]

When KeSPA announced their new format for OGN and the prohibition against one organization holding multiple rosters, Samsung released all of its players on both rosters. The team was invited to compete in Champions Spring 2015. On December 2, 2014 a preliminary roster for that tournament was announced, including cuvee, Eve, BlisS, Fury, and Wraith.[1] Samsung finished in last place in the round robin, with a 2-12 set record and a 2-26 game record, forcing them to play in the Champions Summer 2015 Promotion Tournament. They were placed in a group with Prime Clan and Xenics and won both of their sets, qualifying for the SBENU Champions Summer 2015. Prior to the start of the summer season, they added substitute players Crown and Luna, expanding their roster to 9 players. Samsung ended in seventh place at the end of the season, missing playoffs but qualifying for the next season of LCK.

2016 Preseason[edit]

Samsung competed in the 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup where they were placed against Ever in the first round. To the surprise of many, Samsung was quickly dispatched 2-0. Afterwards, Samsung saw jungler Eve, midlaners Ace and Bliss, ADC Fury, and support Luna all leave the team. In turn, Ambition, Helper, CoreJJ, and Stitch joined the lineup.

2016 Season[edit]

During the 2016 LCK Spring Season, Samsung Galaxy went 10-8 in sets overall. After looking like they could clinch the fifth and final seed for the Spring Playoffs, Samsung Galaxy were unfortunately denied by the surging Afreeca Freecs, who beat them by the game score tiebreaker, giving Samsung sixth place for the split. In the midseason, Samsung Galaxy picked up Bung (renamed Ruler), while ADC CoreJJ moved to support.

During the 2016 LCK Summer Split, Samsung stayed a top four team throughout the split, notably taking a 2-0 series win against the ROX Tigers, one of two teams to do so. However consistent they were against the teams below them, Samsung rarely won against the three teams above them – ROX Tigers, SK Telecom T1, and KT Rolster. They managed to take fourth place with a 12-6 series record, seeding them into the first round of the 2016 LCK Summer Playoffs. Though they summarily defeated the Afreeca Freecs in the first round, they were matched against KT Rolster, a team who they had never managed to beat post-S4 in the LCK era, and they were swept 3-0, giving them fourth place in the season. Their accumulated points gave them enough to qualify as the second seed in the 2016 Season Korea Regional Finals. In a rematch against the Afreeca Freecs, Samsung lost the first game before swapping out veteran support Wraith for new ADC-turned-support CoreJJ. With this swap, Samsung managed to beat the Freecs 3-1, moving up to the finals in a rematch against KT Rolster. With CoreJJ, Samsung upset the heavy favorites 3-2, breaking a 19 game losing streak and giving them the third seed to worlds.

At the 2016 Season World Championship, Samsung were drawn into Group D along with NA’s Team SoloMid, China’s Royal Never Give Up, and Europe’s Splyce. What followed was considered by many the most impressive team performance of the first two Weeks, as they won five of their six matches in what was arguably the hardest group at Worlds in convincing fashion. The team advanced to the Bracket Stage and was drawn against Cloud9, which they handily won 3-0 and moved on to the Semifinals, where they once again swept a Western team, this time the European H2k-Gaming. Their opponent in the Grand Finals were non other than SK Telecom T1: after losing the first two games, the Samsung squad went on to almost pull off a reverse sweep by winning Games 3 and 4. In the end, however, it was SKT that brought home the Summoner’s Cup, closing out the last game of the series in 49 minutes.

2017 Season[edit]

During the 2017 Spring Season, Samsung went 14-4 in sets overall. As they are favorites to win, Samsung was swept by KT Rolster 3-0 in the semifinals, ending their Spring Season. In the Summer Split, Samsung went 13-5 in the Group Stages, securing them a playoff spot. Unfortunately, they were swept by SK Telecom T1, 3-0 in the quarterfinals. They later competed in their final bid to enter Worlds 2017 in the 2017 Korea Regional Finals where they swept the heavy favorites KT Rolster 3-0. earning them the third seed to Worlds again. The team was placed in Group C along with Royal Never Give Up, G2 Esports, and 1907 Fenerbahçe Esports where they finished 4-2 in groups, both losses from RNG and advanced in the quarterfinals, There they shocked the world by sweeping heavy tournament favorites Longzhu Gaming 3-0, showing that nothing will stand in their way to get their revenge. In the semifinals, Samsung met a strong challenge from Team WE, which the Chinese team defeated them at the first game before Samsung retaliated by winning the next three matches, allowing them to advance in the finals, meeting their nemesis SK Telecom T1. Samsung surprisingly defeated SKT in the first two matches before the defending champions fought fiercely in Game 3, as if there was a possibility of a Game 4. That didn’t happen. however, due to the mistakes of SKT’s botlane, the tide began to turn in Samsung’s favor and the deathblow to the SKT dynasty was done by AD carry Ruler who flashed R with his Varus to Faker, winning the organization its second Worlds title. Later however, Samsung announced that they would no longer sponsor anymore teams in professional play and the team was then obtained by the Chinese Company KSV, thus forming KSV eSports.

Timeline[edit]

2017
2016
2015
2014
2013

January 13, oDin is fined KRW 500,000 and ordered to complete 20 hours community service for using harsh language.[2]
November 27, Wraith leaves.[3][4]
November 29, Stitch leaves.[5]
November 30, team’s roster and LCK slot are acquired by KSV eSports.[6]

May 17, Bung joins.[7]
May 19, CoreJJ moves to support.[8]
May 20, Bung renames to Ruler.
September 7, oDin joins as a coach.[9]
November 30, Helper leaves. Kim Jeong-soo leaves coaching role.[10]
December 2, TrAce joins as a coach.[11]
December 19, Haru joins.[12]

January 9, Horang2 (Coach) Join
February 25, Ace joins.
May 18, Crown (formerly Shadow) and Luna join.[13]
November 30, Ambition joins.[14]Eve, Ace, BlisS, Fury, Raven, and Luna leave. Horang2 leaves coaching role.[15]
December 1, Helper, CoreJJ, and Stitch join. Kim Jeong-soo joins as a coach.[16]

June 11, Samsung Ozone renames to Samsung White.
October-November, all members of Samsung White and Samsung Blue leave the organization.
December 2, preliminary partial roster is announced, including cuvee, Eve, BlisS, ZetNjin (now Fury), and Casper (now Wraith).[17]Raven joins as a sub.

September 7, Samsung acquires the rosters of MVP Ozone and MVP Blue. See their pages for full roster histories.

Player Roster[edit]

Former[edit]

R	ID	Name	Role	Next Team	Joined	Left
KR	CuVee	Lee Seong-jin (이성진)	11Top Laner	KSV eSports	2014-12-022014-12-02	2017-11-302017-11-30
KR	Ambition	Kang Chan-yong (강찬용)	12Jungler	KSV eSports	2015-11-302015-11-30	2017-11-302017-11-30
KR	Haru	Kang Min-seung (강민승)	12Jungler	KSV eSports	2016-12-192016-12-19	2017-11-302017-11-30
KR	Crown	Lee Min-ho (이민호)	13Mid Laner	KSV eSports	2015-05-112015-05-??	2017-11-302017-11-30
KR	Ruler	Park Jae-hyuk (박재혁)	14Bot Laner	KSV eSports	2016-05-182016-05-18	2017-11-302017-11-30
KR	CoreJJ	Jo Yong-in (조용인)	15Support	KSV eSports	2015-12-012015-12-01	2017-11-302017-11-30
KR	Stitch	Lee Seung-ju (이승주)	14Bot Laner	G-Rex	2015-12-012015-12-01	2017-11-292017-11-29
KR	Wraith	Kwon Ji-min (권지민)	15Support	Jin Air Green Wings	2014-12-022014-12-02	2017-11-272017-11-27
KR	Helper	Kwon Yeong-jae (권영재)	11Top Laner	Ever8 Winners	2015-12-012015-12-01	2016-11-302016-11-30
KR	Eve	Seo Jun-cheol (서준철)	12Jungler	Apex Gaming	2014-12-022014-12-02	2015-11-302015-11-30
KR	BlisS	Park Jong-won (박종원)	13Mid Laner	Apex Gaming	2014-12-022014-12-02	2015-11-302015-11-30
KR	Ace	Kim Ji-hoon (김지훈)	13Mid Laner	Virtuoso Gaming	2015-02-112015-02-??	2015-11-302015-11-30
KR	Fury	Lee Jin-yong (이진용)	14Bot Laner	Incredible Miracle	2014-12-022014-12-02	2015-11-302015-11-30
KR	Luna	Jang Kyung-ho (장경호)	15Support	Architect	2015-05-112015-05-??	2015-11-302015-11-30
KR	Raven	Kim Ae-jun (김애준)	24Sub/Bot	None	2014-12-022014-12-02	2015-11-302015-11-30
KR	Huni	Heo Seung-hoon (허승훈)	21Sub/Top	Fnatic	2014-11-112014-??-??	2014-11-112014-??-??

Player League Participation[edit]

Playoff games are NOT included, but regular-season tiebreaker games ARE.

LCK

Organization[edit]

Former[edit]

ID	Name	Position	Next Team
January	Kim Ka-eul (김가을)	Director	Griffin
Edgar	Choi Woo-beom (최우범)	90Head Coach	KSV eSports
oDin	Ju Yeong-dal (주영달)	90Coach	KSV eSports
TrAce	Yeo Chang-dong (여창동)	90Coach	KSV eSports
Kim	Kim Jeong-soo (김정수)	90Coach	Dignitas
Horang2	Lee Kyeong-min (이경민)	Coach	None