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Galakticos is a Turkish esports team founded in 2016. Team competes in the League of Legends Championship League.

Galakticos, one of Turkey's oldest esports teams, was founded in 2016. The team started its activities with the League of Legends team and since then has continued its activities by establishing special teams for League of Legends, VALORANT, PUBG Mobile and FIFA games.

The team has also women team covering PUBG Mobile.

History
Galakticos, which was founded in 2016 with inspiration from the galaxy, determined its motto as "May the force be with you" and attracted great attention by Turkish employees working at NASA in the first period of its establishment, entered the esports ecosystem together with the League of Legends team in the 2017 season.

After founding the Galakticos Academy in 2018, the team started working with the hope of discovering young talents from the Turkish esports ecosystem and adding them to their team. Established specifically for LoL, this academy team trained 5 people in 2019, 8 people in 2021, and 19 people in 22.

In this process, Galakticos also provided the opportunity for young people to move to other teams. In 2019, the first transfer took place to Bursa Esports Academy. In 2021, transitions were made to Beşiktaş Esports Academy, 5 Ronin Academy and Supermassive Academy. In 2022, it allowed not only transitions to other academy teams, but also transitions to major teams such as 5 Ronin and Dysre.

The years 2020 and 2021 were the years when the team formed the PUBG, PUBG Mobile and VALORANT teams. Although the PUBG team operated in 2021 - 2022, the team was sold to BBL and FUT Esports in February 2022.

The VALORANT team has been active since the first day it was founded.

The team also has PUBG Mobile and FIFA rosters

Championship League Summary of the Team
Galakticos took their first step into the league with the 2017 Championship League Winter Season. The squad consisting of Brolia, Rare, k0u, SozPurefect, Mean and Veux finished 6th in the league. The next season, they finished 7th in the league and participated in the play-out qualifiers for 2018. They beat Beşiktaş Esports 3-0 in the last match and continued to compete in the Champions League the following season. Having a bad season in 2018, the team finished the first season in the last place with 3 wins and 25 losses and were relegated. They could not get out of the Promotion League the next season and finished the year 2018 in the 3rd place in the Promotion League. With the new system introduced in 2019, they returned to the league and formed a squad consisting of Doxy, Trick, Naru, Ruvelius and Zergsting. The fate of the team changed as Ruvelius was suspended for 6 weeks before the league started. They managed to beat Bursaspor Esports only 2 times in the league and finished the league in 9th place, one place ahead of Bursaspor Esports.

Completing the 2020 Championship League Summer Season as the 2nd, Galakticos was defeated only 4 times and achieved 14 wins this season. After a long time, Galakticos was also awarded with awards. The Most Valuable Player and Fan Special Award was given to Fatih Güven nicknamed Luger, Best Top Lane award went to Berkant Kayhan nicknamed Luana. Entering the 2023 Championship League Winter Season by adding Soboro, Galakticos finished in 7th place with 4 wins and 10 losses.

2017 Turkey Championship League Winter Season (January 21 - April 22)
This season, the team was formed under the leadership of Croatian coach Feanor with Turkish Brolia, meanTnT and Veux as well as Norwegian coach, Belgian SozPurefect, and the squad started the season well. Galakticos, who was in the play-off quarterfinals with 17 points, finished the season in the 5th place in the play-offs.

2017 Turkey Championship League Summer Season (June 3 - August 19)
In this season, which is the continuation of the winter season, Galakticos changed team players and entered the esports scene. Rare was replaced by Brolia, followed by Marshall, and in the 7th week, Broken Blade was the last.

The other 3 people in the team kept their place. Galakticos finished in 7th place on the summer season points list and had to enter the 2018 Winter Season Qualifiers.

2018 Turkey Championship League Winter Season (January 20 - April 22)
Defeating BJK Esports 3-0 in the preliminary rounds of the season, they made their mark again in the 2018 Winter Season. In the second season, Galakticos formed their team this time with Rare, Veux, Backlund, j1mmy and Neo.

However, this season has been a season in which Galakticos continued its downward trend. Finishing the league in last place with 3 wins and 25 losses was a big hit for them. They could not get out of the Promotion League the next season and finished the year 2018 in the 3rd place in the Promotion League. The 2018 Champions League Summer Season thus passed without Galakticos.

2019 Turkey Championship League Winter Season (January 19 - April 13)
With the new franchise system in 2019, the previous season's relegation was removed. At the same time, the league was expanded from 8 teams to 10 teams. Galatasaray, Beşiktaş and Galakticos joined the league.

The 2019 Champions League Winter Season was a very active period for Galakticos and for their players. The team, which parted ways with Portuguese FearlessS, the coach of the team, continued the season with Turkish Voivod. All the other names in the team were as follows; Turkish players: Shakuras, Thane Krios, Neji, Soren, T1SO, Ruvelius, Husky Rider, Sugarfree, Trix, Naru, Luger, Zergsting, Swedish Flaxxish, Danish Doxy, South Korean Trick. Galakticos finished the 2019 winter season 9th.

With 16 losses and 2 wins, Galakticos could not get what they wanted from this season. The fate of the team changed as Ruvelius was suspended for 6 weeks before the league started.

2019 Turkey Championship League Summer Season (June 8 - August 31)
This season, Galakticos had a period of intense player and coach changes in the team. The players in the team were listed as follows: Turkish Creation, Trix, xKenzuke, Ruvelius, Neos, Finnish NilleNalley, Czech Tarky. During the season, Turkish Ozgur, Veneficus and Slovenian Nalu took part in the captaincy of the team.

Closing the season at the end of the league, Galakticos finished the league with 5 wins and 13 losses. Despite rising to the 6th place in the league in the 5th week of the season, they finished the league at the end with Dark Passage.

2020 Turkey Championship League Winter Season (February 1 - May 11)
This season, Galakticos showed their most stable game and continued with the team players all season long. Under the leadership of Slovenian Nalu, the players in this team where Trix is ​​at the forefront are Turkey Luana, Trix, xKenzuke, Swedish Emtest and Czech Tarky.

Completing the league in 5th place and reaching the quarterfinals, Galakticos was defeated 3:0 in the Bo5 format match with Istanbul Wildcats. During this season, Galakticos had 8 wins and 8 losses. Galakticos ranked 4th and 5th in the weekly rankings in the league.

2020 Turkey Championship League Summer Season (June 6 - September 5)
In this season, Galakticos displayed the greatest success they had ever achieved. Advancing with a stable team, Galakticos had established its team with Turkish Luana, xKenzuke, Luger, Serbian Stefan and Nikola. The coaches of the team in this period were Turkish CristoL and Mynemosyn.

Completing the season in 2nd place, Galakticos was defeated only 4 times and achieved 14 wins this season. After a long time, Galakticos was also awarded with awards.

2021 Turkey Championship League Winter Season (January 23 - April 17)
This season, the Galakticos were unable to continue the momentum they had gained in the previous year. After xKenzuke, Luana, Luger and CristoL left at the end of 2020, Doctor joined the team as a coach. Turkish Tumay, pr1me, Maximillion, Jeyrus, and Shawi Katami joined the team.

In the middle of the season, South Korean Blake joined the team, while Maximillion left. Between the two seasons, Turkish Elramir, South Korean Focus and Emenes joined the team, while Tumay and Prime left the team. The Galakticos finished in 9th place with 5 wins and 13 losses.

The most outstanding achievement of this season was the first place in the Academy League.

2021 Turkey Championship League Summer Season (June 12 - September 4)
In this season, Galakticos opened the doors of success again. Ranked 3rd in the league with 12 wins and 6 losses. The team, which made it to the semi-finals, lost to Nasr Esports and said goodbye to their final dreams. Focus, the favorite player of Galacticos, who had a good season, became the player with the highest score of the season. With 87 points. Again, some of the prominent statistics about the season were as follows:


 * Longest Match: IW vs GAL – Week 6 - 46:32
 * Shortest Match: GAL vs AUR - week 4 - 21:54
 * Most First Blood: GALAKTICOS and Beşiktaş – 10

The team got another award in this season too. Best Mid Lane Award went to EMENES.

After the season, Doctor left the team during the preparations for the new season, while Nova, with whom they worked before, returned as the captain of the team. Oncan, who joined the team on July 7, and Elramir and Focus left the team in December.

2022 Turkey Championship League Winter Season (January 22 - April 9)
Before entering this season, Jeyrus and EMENES also left Galakticos and the last transfers were made before the season started. These transfers were Mynemosyn, Naty, Reiketsu, Kebap, Skewer, EL, Sparkle, and on1, respectively. The middle of the season was once again full of transfers for the team.

Having 2 wins and 16 losses throughout the season, Galakticos closed the season as 8th. The mid-season changes were as follows: Ruvelius left the team in February, remaining only 15 days in the team. On1, Kebap left the team again in mid-February. The last change in the middle of the season was with Hypnos, who came to the team as Bot.

The changes continued between the seasons. While preparing for the new season,Galakticos parted ways with Skewer, Chloe, SPARKLE and Hypnos, and for their positions signed contract with Zzk for the top lane, BroCColi for the jungle, yzn for the mid lane, and Neramin for the bot lane.

2022 Turkey Championship League Summer Season (June 11 - September 10)
Galakticos, which entered the season between 11 June - 10 September 2022 with its ready-to-season squad, experienced changes again in the middle of the season.

Having 7 wins and 11 losses throughout the season, Galakticos closed the season in 8th place. While Naty left the team, Vez came in as the team coach. Again, Sparz joined the team in a supporting role.

Neramin and BroCColi also left the team in December. Transfers have started to be made for the new season. South Korean Sloth joined the team along with Turkish Rames and Ruep as well as Russian Nomanz.

2023 Turkey Championship League Winter Season (January 26 - April 1)
Entering this season by adding Soboro, Galakticos finished in 7th place with 4 wins and 10 losses. With the end of the season, there were changes in the team again.

Parting ways with Nomanz, Ruep, Sloth Camanagazo, the team increased the number of South Korean names in the team to 2, together with South Korean Soboro and Gamin. Serbian Milica joined the team, while Rames remained in the team. Carry came to the supporting role.

2023 Turkey Championship League Summer Season (June 14 - Ongoing)
On June 14, Galakticos started the season with South Korean Soboro (Lim Seong-min), Turkish Rames (Mustafa Korkmaz), Serbian Milica (Aljoša Kovandžić), South Korean Gamin (Ga Min-joon) and Turkish Carry (Mustafa Selim Yılmaz).

2020
Galakticos’s VALORANT roster for 2020 was built with Quantum, Froz, Darrick, Asrain, and Jewnn.

In First Strike Turkey: Qualifier #2, which took place between November 4 and November 10, Galakticos competed with Trampet in the upper bracket, but the result was 0:2. Competing again in the lower bracket, Galakticos lost this time against Mod-Z Esports.

Taking place in First Strike Turkey: Qualifier #3, which took place between 11 - 15 November, Galakticos defeated Trampet 1-2 in the upper bracket and faced Mod-Z. Here the team lost 0-2. Faced with 5NOOBs in the lower bracket this time, the team lost again and failed to qualify in this elimination.

In First Strike Turkey: Qualifier #4, which took place from 17 November to 22 November, this time Galakticos went to the finals with HaZe Clan in the lower bracket despite losing 2-1 against 5NOOBs in the upper bracket. Lost 2-0 to HaZe Clan in the final. However, this match was seen as the biggest success of Galakticos in its first year.

2021
By 2021, the Galakticos team acquired Anatolia Esports and made a strong entry into the VALORANT field. In the squad managed by deNc; yT, hatex, ryden, atabeast, DeadInk quintet appeared as the first squad of the Galakticos team. Potin then joined the team as a coach, while atabeast left the team in July. In August, Potin, ryden and hatex left the team.

In the second six months, sturNN and magl0r joined the team. yT left the team in September and K1RA left the team in October. Marw0ll joined the team in October. While Jonx joined the team in November, YOZGATLIPRENS joined the team as a coach in December.

The team's first tournament in 2021 was the open qualifier, the first stage of the VCT series named "VALORANT Champions Tour 2021 Turkey Stage 1 Challengers 1 - Open Qualifier". In the series where only 8 teams out of 16 went to the next stage, Galakticos took the lead by defeating OtherSide Esports.

The team competed against BBL Esports at the “VALORANT Champions Tour 2021: Turkey Stage 1 Challengers 1”, the first stage of VCT 2021 Turkey, which took place between February 13 and February 15. They left this tournament with a 0-2 defeat.

Participating in the open qualifiers titled "VALORANT Champions Tour 2021 Turkey Stage 1 Challengers 3 - Open Qualifier" between March 2 and March 5, Galakticos defeated Eliza 2-0. Then they competed against Beşiktaş Esports and left with a 2-1 loss.

The team, which competed in the closed qualifiers named “VALORANT Champions Tour 2021 Turkey Stage 3 Challengers 1 - Closed Qualifier” held between June 30 and July 2, competed against Orgless5. The team won Orgless5 match and competed against BBL Esports in the next match. Galakticos ended the series with a 0-2 loss against BBL Esports. They competed against OtherSide Esports again in the lower bracket, but could not come out with a win either.

Galakticos then joined the tournament titled “VALORANT Champions Tour 2021 Turkey Stage 3 Challengers 2 - Closed Qualifier”, which took place between July 22 and July 24, competed against Digital Athletics in the upper bracket but lost. In the lower bracket, they faced Gringo Team first. Gringo Team gave an FF in the match which means surrender. Having played their next match with OutRage, Galakticos lost 2-1 in this match.

The team, which participated in the invitation-style tournament called “Open Fire Last Call Valorant Invitational”, which took place between 23 November and 30 November, played their first match with Thunderbolts and the match ended with a 1-2 Thunderbolts’ win. They played their first game in the lower bracket against FB Esports and won 2-1. Their next match was with Regnum Carya. They left the game with a 2-0 loss.

Invited to the “Open Fire Legacy” tournament organized by the organizer ESA Esports between 18 - 26 December, Galakticos played a total of 5 matches in group A. They won 2 of these 5 matches. However, this was not enough to make it to the semi-finals.

2022
2022 was a very fast year for the Galakticos’ VALORANT team, both in terms of the tournament and the squad. The changes in the team in the first six months were as follows: In January, YOZGATLIPRENS left the team, magl0r becane inactive. Manur joined the team as a coach. In February, Jonx became inactive and SasuKe joined the team at the same time. Marw0ll switched to inactive position. m1tez joined the team. In March, magl0r moved from an inactive position to a position on loan to Şahangiller Esports. Former player ryden has returned to the team as head coach. Jonx and magl0r left the team in April. mini joined the in May. In June, sturNN, DeadInk, and m1tez went inactive.

The second six months passed with such transfers and changes. In July, m1tez left the team, Masic joined the team. In August, Baransel joined the team, while ryden stepped out of head coaching. gloove entered the team in September, while Baransel went into an inactive position. In October, DeadInk moved to Galatasaray Esports and left the team. In November, musz3kk joined the team. SasuKe and gloove retracted to the inactive position. In December, Lanky joined the team. sturNN, Baransel and glovee moved to the main roster. Masic switched to Digital Atlethics, SasuKe to Fire Flux, mini to Istanbul Wildcats. manur left the coach position.

The first match of the VCT series, which took place on 10 - 12 December 2021 was held with the open qualifiers named "VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: Turkey Stage 1 Challengers - Open Qualifier 1". Galakticos faced Team Lixa and won 2-1. Then they got out of the qualifiers by defeating Eternal Fire 2-0.

In the closed qualifiers of "VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: Turkey Stage 1 Challengers - Closed Qualifier 1" held on 13 - 16 January 2022, Galakticos finished in 4th place. Galakticos competed against BBL Esports in the upper bracket and lost 2-0. In the lower bracket, they defeated Zero Zone and FUT Esports 2-0 to settle in 4th place.

In the second closed qualifiers "VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: Turkey Stage 1 Challengers - Closed Qualifier 2" held on January 20 - 22, 2022, Galakticos lost 2-0 to Surreal Esports in the upper bracket. Having defeated Team Aurora in the lower bracket, the team lost to BBL Esports and left the series with a loss.

Galakticos defeated KBB Kagitspor E-Spor 2-0 at the "VALORANT Regional Leagues 2022 Turkey: Unity Stage 1 - Open Qualifier 1" held on January 25, and got their exit ticket from the open qualifier.

In the "VALORANT Regional Leagues 2022 Turkey: Birlik Stage 1 - Closed Qualifier" named closed qualifiers that took place on 27 - 31 January, Galakticos, finished in the 6th place, won 2 wins and 1 loss in group B.

At the “VALORANT Regional Leagues 2022 Turkey: Birlik Stage 1” held between February 14 and March 19, Galakticos closed the season as the last. They had 1 win and 6 losses this season.

In "VALORANT Regional Leagues 2022 Turkey: Birlik Stage 2 - Closed Qualifier", which was held between April 27 and May 1, Galakticos finished the series in the 2nd place. Defeating Regnum Carya and Kaos Next Rüya 2-1 in the upper bracket, the team lost 3-2 to Fenerbahçe Esports. Galakticos competed again in the lower bracket, defeated Parla Esports 3-2 and placed in the second place.

In the “VALORANT Regional Leagues 2022 Turkey: Birlik Stage 2 - Regular Season” held between 9 May - 2 July, Galakticos finished in 7th place with 2 wins and 5 losses.

Defeating Thunderbolt Gaming in the play-offs at the Home Ground tournament held by Red Bull between August 25 and 28, the team closed the series in 4th place.

They also ranked 4th in the “Open Fire Stand United” tournament organized by ESA Esports between October 3rd and October 9th.

They took the 4th place in the closed qualifiers of "Open Fire All Stars 2022 - Closed Qualifier" organized by ESA Esports on November 3.

In the last event of the year, “VALORANT Challengers Turkey: Birlik - Split 1 - Closed Qualifier”, Galakticos finished first in the series. Defeating Köstebekgiller and Regnum Carya 2-0, the team beat Unknownpros in the upper bracket final and became the winner of the series.

2023
In the series, the continuation of the previous Birlik Ligi, which ran from January 14 to March 12, Galakticos remained at the last place in the leaderboard. They were able to achieve only 1 win during the series.

In the "VALORANT Challengers 2023 Turkey: Birlik Split 2" series, which took place between April 1 and June 10, this time Galakticos finished the season as 4th. They left behind a successful season with 5 wins and 3 losses.

VALORANT Achievements

 * VALORANT Challengers 2023 Turkey Birlik Ligi (4th place)


 * Open Fire Stand United 2022 - (4th place)

League of Legends Season Achievements

 * TCL 2020 Summer Play-Offs (3rd place)
 * TCL 2020 Summer Season (2nd)
 * TCL 2021 Summer Play-Offs (3rd place)
 * TCL 2021 Summer Season (3rd place)

League of Legends Player Awards

 * 2017 - Best Jungle of Winter Season - k0u
 * 2020 - Summer Season Most Valuable Player - Luger
 * 2020 - Summer Season Special Fan Award - Luger
 * 2020 -Summer Season Best Top Lane - Luana
 * 2021 - Summer Season Best Mid Lane Award - EMENES