Ex-Dignitas 'CS:GO' squad has a new home under Danish soccer club

Team Dignitas's former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster has been picked up by a brand new esports organization just two weeks after leaving Dignitas.

North -- an esports organization formed in partnership between Danish soccer club F.C. Copenhagen and Danish film studio Nordisk Film -- picked up the five (mostly) Danish players Tuesday as its flagship esports team. Kristian "K0nfig" Wienecke, René "CajunB" Borg, Ruben "Rubino" Villarroel, Emil "MagiskB0Y" Reif and Mathias "MSL" Lauridsen are signed with North for two years.

The new North roster had a lackluster 2016 until they were joined by MagiskB0y in July, which kicked off their ascent into the top tier of CS:GO teams. The squad took first place at Epicenter 2016 with wins over Fnatic, Na'Vi and Virtus.pro, and placed in the top eight of ELeague Season 2 and ECS Season 2.

The players qualified for the ELeague Major Dec. 18 and then parted ways with Team Dignitas the next day. Their first scheduled appearance under their new name will be at the ELeague Major in January.

North doesn't plan to stop at just a CS:GO team.

"North strives to become a leading multigaming organization in Europe with multiple teams and players on the roster," the organization said in a release.

Jacob "Maelk" Toft-Andersen, North's new sports director (former sports director at FC Schalke and former owner of League of Legends team Elements), echoed this sentiment in the release.

"Already, we have one world-class team within Counter-Strike, but we want to expand to other games," he said. "There is a large talent pool and we see ourselves as very competitive when it comes to attracting and developing the best esport players."

Team Dignitas (the organization) was acquired by the NBA team Philadelphia 76ers in September and announced in December that it would be building a North American CS:GO roster after the Danish players departed.