FUT Esports have extended the contracts of Dmytro “dem0n” Myroshnychenko, Džiugas “dziugss” Steponavičius, and head coach András “coolio” Fercsák, securing three central pieces of the team that has climbed into the upper tier of Counter-Strike during 2026.

The extensions were announced on August 26, only three days after FUT finished runners-up at the Esports World Cup 2026, where they reached their first Big Event grand final before losing 3-1 to Spirit. FUT have also climbed to No. 3 in Valve's ranking while sitting sixth in the HLTV world ranking.

FUT have not disclosed the length of the new agreements. Just as importantly, the organization has not provided an update on the contract situations of Aulon “Krabeni” Fazlija and Nikita “cmtry” Samolotov, who arrived alongside dem0n, dziugss and coolio from the former NAVI Junior setup in August 2025.

The announcement therefore guarantees additional stability around part of FUT's successful core rather than confirming that every member of the current roster has signed a new deal.

Quick Summary

Detail	Information
Team	FUT Esports
Contracts extended	dem0n, dziugss, coolio
Status	Contract extensions
Effective date	August 26, 2026
IGL	Krabeni
Primary AWPer	cmtry
Coach	coolio
Current Valve ranking	No. 3
Next match	vs. Legacy — BLAST Open Porto 2026, August 27
Main storyline	FUT retain three key members following their EWC 2026 runner-up finish

 

What changed?

Unlike FUT's July roster move, which saw lauNX benched and xfl0ud brought in from HEROIC, the latest announcement does not alter the active five-man lineup.

Instead, FUT have renewed the agreements of two of their young riflers and the coach responsible for a system that has remained largely intact since the NAVI Junior core joined the Turkish organization.

dem0n, dziugss and coolio all became part of FUT on August 1, 2025, when the organization acquired the former NAVI Junior roster. Krabeni and cmtry arrived in the same deal, while FUT initially kept misutaaa as the fifth player before replacing him with lauNX later that month.

The team made its only permanent player change of 2026 in July. FUT benched lauNX on July 7 and signed Turkish rifler Yasin “xfl0ud” Koç from HEROIC to complete the current lineup.

There is no indication that the contract extensions will result in role changes.

FUT's current CS2 roster

• Yasin “xfl0ud” Koç
• Dmytro “dem0n” Myroshnychenko
• Aulon “Krabeni” Fazlija — IGL
• Nikita “cmtry” Samolotov — AWPer
• Džiugas “dziugss” Steponavičius
• András “coolio” Fercsák — coach

Inactive: Laurențiu “lauNX” Țârlea

HLTV lists the same five players as FUT's active lineup, with lauNX remaining on the bench.

Why these extensions matter for FUT

The timing makes the announcement more significant than a routine contract renewal.

FUT's former NAVI Junior core entered 2026 as one of the scene's most promising young lineups. Eight months later, the team has won a notable LAN title, reached the late stages of several tier-one tournaments and played in an Esports World Cup grand final.

Keeping dem0n and dziugss protects two of the roster's most valuable young riflers. Keeping coolio is arguably just as important because FUT's progress has been built around continuity between the coach and Krabeni rather than around frequent changes.

Krabeni has publicly credited coolio for helping him develop as an in-game leader, particularly with strategies, defaults and mid-round calling. The Kosovar player only became a dedicated IGL after NAVI Junior needed someone to take over the role, but he has since said he intends to remain a caller.

That makes the coach-IGL relationship one of the structural foundations of the roster.

The extensions also arrive amid external interest in FUT's personnel. HLTV reported that members of the roster and coolio had attracted attention from larger teams during their rise, while James “BanKs” Banks reportedly linked dziugss with an offer from NAVI earlier in the summer. That move was never officially announced, so it remains a reported approach rather than a confirmed transfer negotiation.

FUT's decision to secure dziugss now removes at least some uncertainty around one of Europe's most highly regarded young riflers.

dem0n and dziugss have become major pieces of FUT's rise

Both extended players are still at the beginning of their tier-one careers.

dem0n is 18 and has already played an increasingly important role in FUT's biggest tournament runs. He recorded a 1.16 Rating 3.0 during FUT's title campaign at PGL Bucharest and followed that with a 1.15 rating during their runner-up finish at the Esports World Cup.

His EWC performance was particularly notable because it came immediately after a more difficult IEM Cologne Major, where FUT finished 9th-11th and dem0n ended the event with a 0.97 rating. The improvement was visible in the EWC final itself: despite FUT's 1-3 defeat to Spirit, dem0n finished the series as his team's highest-rated player with a 1.18 rating.

dziugss, meanwhile, is only 17 and has already established himself as one of the team's highest-upside players.

At PGL Bucharest, he was FUT's highest-rated player overall and earned an EVP award while operating primarily from anchor and lurk positions. His performances were an important part of the team's run to its first major international LAN trophy.

Together, dem0n and dziugss give FUT two young riflers who have already produced strong performances against established tier-one opposition without forcing the organization to rebuild around new pieces.

coolio remains central to the project

Extending coolio also preserves the coaching structure that helped turn the former academy lineup into a competitive tier-one team.

The Hungarian coach has worked with the core since its NAVI Junior days and has overseen FUT for more than a year. HLTV currently credits him with more than 250 maps coached for the organization and a positive overall win rate.

His influence goes beyond the normal value of maintaining coaching continuity.

FUT's roster is unusually young, and Krabeni has repeatedly highlighted how much assistance he receives from coolio with the tactical side of leading the team. That dynamic gives FUT a clear division of responsibility: Krabeni remains the server leader, while coolio provides an experienced tactical voice around a lineup whose core members are still early in their careers.

For that reason, losing the coach could have required a larger adjustment than replacing a conventional staff member on a more experienced roster.

How FUT got here

FUT acquired Krabeni, dem0n, cmtry, dziugss and coolio from the former NAVI Junior lineup in August 2025 after NAVI promoted makazze to its senior roster and made the academy core available for transfer.

The move quickly became one of the more successful academy-core transitions in recent Counter-Strike.

By early 2026, FUT had established themselves as a consistent threat to established teams. Their results included deep runs at ESL Pro League Season 23 before the team's biggest breakthrough arrived in April.

At PGL Bucharest 2026, FUT defeated Astralis in the grand final to claim first place and $200,000. cmtry earned his first HLTV MVP award, while dziugss and dem0n were among the event's standout performers.

The team then qualified for the IEM Cologne Major 2026, advancing through Stage 2 before finishing 9th-11th in Stage 3.

July brought the first significant change to the playing roster when lauNX moved to the bench and xfl0ud arrived from HEROIC. xfl0ud had spent approximately 18 months with HEROIC and joined FUT as an aggressive rifler.

The revised lineup needed little time to produce its best Big Event result.

EWC 2026 changed the scale of FUT's season

FUT entered the Esports World Cup with xfl0ud, dem0n, Krabeni, cmtry and dziugss and produced a run that included victories over MOUZ, magic and FURIA.

Their 2-1 semifinal win over FURIA put FUT into the organization's first Big Event grand final.

Spirit ultimately stopped them in the title match, winning 3-1 after FUT took the opening map on Cache. The series included two overtime maps before Spirit closed the final on Nuke.

Even with the defeat, second place represented another step forward from FUT's earlier accomplishments.

PGL Bucharest showed that the roster could win an international LAN. The EWC run demonstrated that the team could also reach a final in a field containing many of Counter-Strike's strongest teams.

That context helps explain why preserving the existing structure has value. FUT are no longer extending players solely on the strength of their potential as former academy prospects; they are retaining members of a lineup that has already delivered results at tier-one events.

Contract questions remain around Krabeni and cmtry

There is still one unresolved part of the announcement.

FUT have not publicly stated whether Krabeni and cmtry have also signed extensions, nor has the organization disclosed when their existing deals expire.

HLTV reported that it contacted FUT seeking clarification on both their status and the duration of the new contracts given to dem0n, dziugss and coolio.

That distinction matters.

It would be inaccurate to describe the announcement as FUT locking down their entire roster. Three members have new deals confirmed; the contract situations of the other two members of the original NAVI Junior core have not received the same public update.

cmtry in particular remains an important part of the lineup as FUT's primary sniper. The 18-year-old won the HLTV MVP award at PGL Bucharest and remains the team's dedicated AWP presence.

Krabeni is equally difficult to separate from FUT's current identity because he is the team's IGL.

Role structure remains intact

Because nobody has joined or left, the extensions should not require any immediate tactical reshuffling.

cmtry remains the primary AWPer, while Krabeni continues to call. dziugss has done much of his best work from anchor-lurker positions, while dem0n brings rifling output and strong trading numbers. xfl0ud supplies additional aggression following the departure of lauNX.

The main benefit is therefore stability rather than a change in style.

FUT can continue developing the system that carried them to Bucharest and the EWC final instead of spending the post-summer period integrating multiple replacements.

There are still areas to improve. The xfl0ud version of the lineup remains relatively new, having played together only since July, and FUT's results have not been uniformly strong: they exited BLAST Bounty Season 2 in the 9th-16th range before rebounding dramatically at EWC.

But the organization now has less uncertainty around three of the people most closely associated with its rise.

Interesting facts

• dem0n, dziugss, Krabeni, cmtry and coolio all joined FUT together from the former NAVI Junior project on August 1, 2025.
• dziugss is only 17, while dem0n and cmtry are 18, underlining how young the core remains despite already competing deep into tier-one events.
• Krabeni was not originally expected to become an IGL in NAVI Junior but took over when the team needed a caller and later committed himself to the role.
• FUT's PGL Bucharest victory was the lineup's first notable LAN title, with cmtry earning the MVP award and dziugss and dem0n receiving EVP recognition.
• FUT reached their first Big Event grand final at EWC 2026, eventually finishing second to Spirit.
• The organization changed only one player during the 2026 season before these extensions, replacing lauNX with xfl0ud in July.

What does the current FUT roster look like?

FUT's biggest strength remains continuity.

The team has a defined IGL in Krabeni, a dedicated AWPer in cmtry, several young riflers capable of taking over maps, and a coach who has worked with most of the core since before the players reached tier one.

The signing of xfl0ud altered some of the aggression within the lineup, but it did not dismantle the underlying structure that helped FUT break through during the first half of 2026.

The primary uncertainty is contractual rather than tactical. FUT have confirmed fresh agreements for only three members, while the long-term status of Krabeni and cmtry has not been publicly clarified.

Until that changes, the safest assessment is that FUT have strengthened the foundation of their roster without yet confirming the long-term future of the entire five-man lineup.

When will FUT play next?

FUT will have almost no downtime after the contract announcement.

Their next scheduled match is against Legacy on August 27 in the opening round of Group B at BLAST Open Porto 2026. The best-of-three will be played as an upper-bracket quarter-final during the Copenhagen studio portion of the tournament.

BLAST Open Porto features 16 teams, with six advancing from the double-elimination group stage to the playoffs in Porto.

That gives FUT an immediate opportunity to show whether their EWC run can carry into the next event rather than becoming an isolated peak.

What comes next?

The short-term focus is BLAST Open Porto, but FUT's contract announcement also shifts attention toward the two members whose situations remain unaddressed.

There is currently no confirmed departure, benching or replacement involving Krabeni or cmtry. Unless FUT provide another announcement, any claim that either player is leaving — or has already renewed — would be speculation.

For now, dem0n, dziugss and coolio are officially secured on new agreements, xfl0ud remains part of the active five, and FUT head into their next tournament with the same lineup that finished second at the Esports World Cup.

FAQ

Who renewed their contracts with FUT?

FUT announced contract extensions for dem0n, dziugss and head coach coolio on August 26, 2026.

What is FUT's current CS2 roster?

FUT currently field xfl0ud, dem0n, Krabeni, cmtry and dziugss, with coolio as head coach. lauNX remains listed as benched.

Who is FUT's IGL?

Krabeni is FUT's in-game leader. He took up the role during his NAVI Junior period and has said that he intends to continue as an IGL.

Who is FUT's AWPer?

cmtry is FUT's primary AWPer. He was also named the HLTV MVP of PGL Bucharest 2026 after helping FUT win the tournament.

Did Krabeni and cmtry extend their FUT contracts?

FUT's August 26 announcement did not provide an update on the contracts of Krabeni or cmtry. Their current status beyond the existing agreements has therefore not been publicly clarified.

When is FUT's next match?

FUT are scheduled to face Legacy on August 27 in Group B of BLAST Open Porto 2026.