Team YP has signed their first male and female Counter-Strike teams by acquiring both Team Phenomenon and Team NewEra.

Team Phenomenon, YP's new male roster, have been playing in the most recent edition of the ESEA Premier's European division; one step below the ESL ESEA Pro League.

Under the name Enervate Gaming, they finished the regular-season in third place, holding wins over Team ROCCAT, LDLC.White, Lounge Gaming, and other notable teams.

They will be playing against Team ROCCAT in the first round of the playoffs in a best-of-three on Nov.19, where the winner will advance to face FlipSid3 Tactics in the semifinals.

“It’s just a question of time, especially with the support of such a huge organization like Team YP,” said Dmitriy “S0tF1k” Forostyanko, Phenomenon's captain.

“Our greatest goal is to attend major events and to be recognized as a team. Right now we are focusing on the upcoming ESL ESEA Pro League, and on winning the nearest CIS tournament, which will be held in Moscow!”

YP's new male roster will be:

Alexey “ 1uke ” Zimin

” Zimin Dmitry “ Dima ” Bandurka

” Bandurka Dmitriy “ S0tF1k ” Forostyanko

” Forostyanko Petr “ krecker ” Stepanov

” Stepanov Pavel “COLDYY1” Veklenko

YP's women's roster, NewEra, was formed on Feb. 2 and achieved a second place finish in the Female ESWC EU Qualifier #2 earlier this year, losing 2-1 to LGB Female.

The female roster consists of:

Ksenzik Alexandra “ Riley ” Konstantinovna

” Konstantinovna Mishutina Darya “ dshq ” Vyacheslavovna

” Vyacheslavovna Galichenko Kristina “ BloodyElf ” Ryslanovna

” Ryslanovna Gryaznih Evgeniya “ Jen ” Aleksandrovna

” Aleksandrovna Ananikova Anna “Ant1ka” Ur’evna

Jacob Juillet writes about Counter-Strike for theScore eSports. Follow him on Twitter.