Ex-Dignitas players join the first CS: GO team owned by a Football club

As we’ve previously reported, Denmark’s largest soccer club has signed with one of 2016’s best CS: GO rosters, and now it has announced officially that Ex-Dignitas will be forming North, the first CS: GO team owned by FC Copenhagen.

Aiming to become a leader in terms of esports in the Nordic region, North’s first division will consist of the former Danish Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster that represented Team Dignitas in 2016. The roster will debut at the ELEAGUE Major on Jan. 22. The team has been signed for two years, and features the same roster that won the $500.000 EPICENTER event in Russia past October.

“This is a major boost for eSport in the Nordic region,” said North’s new director of esports Jacob “Maelk” Toft-Andersen, who previously worked as manager for Alliance, Elements and FC Schalke ´04’s League of Legends divisions. “The level of ambition and organization is extremely high and with the support provided by F.C. Copenhagen and Nordisk Film, North will have the strong platform needed to compete with the very best.”