Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #9 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso has parted ways with longtime head coach Salah "salah" Barakat, ending a nearly two-year-long stint at the organization.

"It was a crazy two years, I got to travel the world doing my dream job," salah said. "There were amazing moments I'll always cherish and rough moments I'll learn from. Thank you to everyone who helped me along the way."

He is well-traveled, having held coaching positions all across the world before landing with Team Vitality. He started in 2020 as a coach with bonk bonk Inactive juseu Elric Belland-Aysan , then had stops with FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le , Fire Flux Esports Fire Flux Esports Europe Rank #16 , Tundra Esports Tundra Esports Inactive bonkar Malkolm Rench Nille Nichlas Busk krea6on Vilius Malinauskas , Akrew Akrew Inactive gucc107 Andrew Gutnichenko Neon Austin Hedge Paincakes Jake Hass jovahnii Jovanni Miramontes ZachaREEE Zachary Lombardo , and OG LDN UTD OG LDN UTD Inactive . His two seasons with Team Vitality was his longest tenure with any team he has coached.

salah had been Team Vitality's head coach since VCT began franchising in the 2023 season. In their first season under his guidance, the team was eliminated in the quarterfinals of LOCK//IN São Paulo, and finished 5th-6th in the 2023 EMEA League, eliminated in the playoffs by eventual winners Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #22 nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak .

The 2024 season began with the team narrowly missing out on the playoffs of EMEA Kickoff, falling at the play-in stage. In Stage 1, they were one of five teams to finish with a 3-3 record, but finished last in their group and missed out on playoffs.

Ahead of Stage 2, coaching changes were made. The organization benched salah and parted ways with coach Strong , promoting former assistant Gorilla to head coach. Vitality then won three of their four remaining league matches, qualifying for playoffs and eventually Champions Seoul with a second-place finish. They posted a 9th-12th finish at Champions, eliminating Talon Esports Talon Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #15 Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam primmie Papaphat Sriprapha ban Joseph Seungmin Oh Governor Peter No but falling to the eventual third-placed LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN Latin America South Rank #1 Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena aspas Erick Santos C0M Corbin Lee in the group stage.

Since the end of their season, Team Vitality has parted ways with Gorilla, assistant coaches PAL and temoc , and Initiator player runneR . They have since signed players with championship experience, picking up Less , who won a world championship with LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #2 dgzin Douglas Silva v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves pANcada Bryan Luna tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira , and Derke , who with FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #2 Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu stand-in Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder became one of the first players to ever lift two majors.

Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #9 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso 's roster is now: