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Esports organisation based in Germany

Unicorns of Love
Short nameUOL
Divisions
Founded15 August 2013 (2013-08-15)
Based inHamburg, Germany
ColoursPink and white
Websiteunicornsoflove.com Edit this at Wikidata

Unicorns of Love (UOL) is a professional esports organisation founded on 15 August 2013 and based in Hamburg, Germany.

Its League of Legends team competes in the League of Legends Continental League (LCL), the Commonwealth of Independent States' top professional league for the game. The organisation previously had a team that competed in the European League of Legends Championship Series (EU LCS).

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History

UOL announced on 17 January 2019 that it had signed an all-German roster for its inaugural CS:GO team. The team consists of Oliver "kzy" Heck, Markus "maRky" Reitenbach, Andre "Kirby" Kempa, Christian "crisby" Schmitt, and Denim "DeniMM" Ameti.

Final roster

Unicorns of Love CS:GO roster
Players Coaches
Handle Name Nationality
crisby Schmitt, Christian Germany
P4TriCK Zaremba, Patrick Jan Germany
Anhuin (C) Paeseler, Markus Germany
HadeZ Meier, Lukas Germany
Python Munck-Foehrle, Jordan France
Head coach

Alexander "kakafu" Szymanczyk

Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (C) Captain
  • Substitute player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness
  

Latest roster transaction: 11 January 2021.

League of Legends

Unicorns of Love
GameLeague of Legends
LeagueLCL (main team)
ESL Meisterschaft (academy team)
EU LCS (2014–2018)
Based inMoscow, Russia (main team)
Berlin, Germany (academy team)
Head coachFabian "Sheepy" Mallant
ManagerDmitrii "Invi" Protasov
General managerVivien "vivalaia" Mallant

History

UOL qualified for the 2015 EULCS Spring Split after they defeated Millenium 3-2 in the spring promotion tournament.

UOL then played in the Intel Extreme Masters San Jose tournament. They defeated Lyon Gaming 2-0 in the quarterfinals before upsetting Team SoloMid 2-0 to advance to the finals. There they lost 0-3 to Cloud9, placing second.

Kikis left the team in July 2015. On 13 December 2015 Diamondprox signed with the team. On 27 January 2016, Djoko substituted for Diamondprox for three weeks. On 22 February, Loulex replaced Rudy on the starting roster. On 24 April, Diamondprox left the team.

In early 2019, UOL's application to the rebranded and newly franchised League of Legends European Championship (LEC) was rejected. On 22 May 2019, they acquired the League of Legends Continental League (LCL) spot of Team Just. Their academy team, UOL "Sexy Edition", remained in Germany and played in ESL Meisterschaft.

BOSS, AHaHaCiK, and Nomanz joined from Vega Squadron, which won the 2019 LCL Spring Split, while Innaxe and Edward were acquired from Excel UK and Rogue respectively. UOL finished second in the 2019 LCL Summer regular season, qualifying for playoffs. After defeating Elements Pro Gaming in the semifinals and Vega Squadron in the finals, UOL won their first LCL title and qualified for the 2019 World Championship as the LCL's representative.

UOL has an academy team that competes in the German national league, Prime League 1st Division, called Unicorns Of Love Sexy Edition. Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the LCL's subsequent suspension, Sexy Edition is, in essence, UOL's main team.

Current roster

Unicorns of Love League of Legends roster
Players Coaches
Role Handle Name Nationality
Top NoNHoly Ovchinnikov, Aleksandr Russia
Jungle Don Arts Solomon, Finn-Lukas Germany
Mid Phlaty Lemeshchuk, Alexey Russia
Bot Shiganari Pervušins, Artjoms Latvia
Support Lekcyc Lexikov, Alexander Russia
Head coach

Fabian "Sheepy" Mallant

Assistant coach(es)

Dmitrii "Invi" Protasov

Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness
  

Roster updated 29 November 2021.

References

  1. ^ Beard, Grant (16 May 2019). "Unicorns of Love to join the LCL". Daily Esports. Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  2. "Unicorns of Love expected to join LCL". Field Level Media via MSN. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  3. Villanueva, Jamie (17 January 2019). "Unicorns of Love signs a German roster as its inaugural CS:GO team". Dot Esports. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. Sheng, Albert (15 August 2020). "The rise, fall, and potential rise again of Unicorns of love". win.gg. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  5. "Unicorns of Love to replace Kikis". Dot Esports. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  6. "Diamondprox signs with the Unicorns of Love". Dot Esports. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  7. "Djoko to sub for Diamondprox in week three". Dot Esports. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  8. "Loulex replaces Rudy on Unicorns of Love". Dot Esports. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  9. "Unicorns of Love leave the EU LCS". ESPN. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  10. @UnicornsOfLove (22 May 2019). "After 2 wins yesterday, we continue with the positive messages: We will go all in this summer and take part in the LCL! Welcome our new lineup ..." (Tweet). Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Twitter.
  11. Ray, Nicholas (22 May 2019). "Unicorns of Love return to pro League of Legends... in Russia". Upcomer. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  12. Newell, Adam (15 September 2019). "Unicorns of Love take down Vega Squadron to qualify for Worlds 2019". Dot Esports. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  13. "League of Legends – Unicorns of Love" (in German). Retrieved 1 November 2021.

External links

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