GamerLegion have moved Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski off their active Counter-Strike 2 roster and signed Aleksandr "shalfey" Marenov to take over in-game leadership, the organisation announced on Wednesday.
HLTV reports that the benching comes with GamerLegion all but out of the race to qualify for PGL Major Singapore, and shortly after the team finished last in the PGL Bucharest 2027 Closed Qualifier.
The two moves were announced hours apart. HLTV reported the benching first, noting that the organisation had to put a new in-game leader in place before its next event, and the signing followed later the same day.
A second stint ends
Snax, a 14-time winner of what HLTV counts as notable trophies, was in his second spell with the organisation. He captained the side from September 2023 to July 2024 and rejoined in December 2025.
The team reached the semi-finals of BLAST Rivals and finished second at IEM Atlanta after his return, before an 0-3 exit from Stage 2 in Cologne and the sale of Oldrich "PR" Novy to MOUZ. GamerLegion have fallen from ninth on the Valve Regional Standings in June to 42nd.
Some of that run was outside the team's control, per HLTV: Sebastian "Tauson" Tauson Lindelof missed the IEM Beijing qualifier because of health issues, Snax missed FPG 3 over travel problems, and Fredrik "REZ" Sterner was absent from Logitech G Play Connect with food poisoning.
shalfey's first international team
shalfey arrives from ex-RUSTEC, where he spent the last two months in online competition. HLTV records the 24-year-old at a 1.06 average rating across several stints on domestic rosters during 2026, and GamerLegion is his first international project. The calling duties pass to him directly from Snax.
His debut comes at the team's next event, the Tesla Cup, where GamerLegion face Envy in the first round. The roster is REZ, Tauson, Timur "FL4MUS" Marev, Milan "hypex" Polowiec and shalfey, with Adrian "imd" Pieper as coach.
