Crew Falcons has introduced the creation of “Falcons Drive”, a Counter-Strike 2 academy crew full of “essentially the most promising skills.”
The Saudi Arabian esports group’s predominant squad is among the strongest groups globally, at the least on paper.
Whereas they’ve acquired superstars like Nikola “NiKo” Kovač and Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov by splashing the money, an academy crew is a completely totally different story.
A primary have a look at Falcons Drive. Picture Credit score: Crew Falcons
Falcons Drive is an academy program that goals to deliver on board “essentially the most promising skills” and put together gamers for the largest phases CS2 esports has to supply.
The consequence: a crew of comparatively unknown gamers with Danish coach Niels Christian “NaToSaphiX” Sillassen on the helm.
Meet the Falcons Drive Gamers and Coach
On July 6, 2025, the group introduced the Falcons Drive 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 transferring to a training function. As a coach, the 29-year-old Dane helmed NIP Affect from March 2024 to June 2025.
The all-female crew earned a Fifth-Sixth place end on the ESL Affect 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 Affect.
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 👇🔗| https://t.co/HdikA7PIiJ pic.twitter.com/BdQ5ycgrau— Falcons Esports (@FalconsEsport) July 6, 2025
After an open utility course of that took a number of months, the roster of “rising stars and elite prospects” was formally revealed on September 15, 2025. The roster options principally 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 Drive 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 Drive CS2 roster is to not be confused with the group’s earlier PUBG Cellular roster, which disbanded in April 2025. On the time of writing, Falcons Drive has not entered any occasions.
