Spirit have announced the expansion of their CS:GO division with a brand new academy roster and a coach from the CIS region. Sergey “hally” Shavaev who is a former 1.6 pro, will be the head coach for the young and talented players.

In an interview on Spirit’s website, the coach spoke about their goals and noted that the academy wants to be competitive at the level of the Top 50 world ranking.

“The main goal is to create a team that will be competitive at the level of the Top 50 HLTV, and from which at least two future tier-1 players will grow.”

Spirit academy looks as follows:

Kirill “T4RG3T” Kovalyov

Robert “Patsi” Ysyanov

Aliaksei “znx” Zlatkouski

Myroslav “zont1x” Plakhotia

Pavel “s1ren” Ogloblin

Simon “God6y” Chayka

Sergey “hally” Shavaev (head coach)