Nongshim RedForce[n 1] (Korean: 농심 레드포스) is a South Korean professional League of Legends team owned by food and beverage company Nongshim. The team's name and logo are a reference to Nongshim's popular instant noodle brand Shin Ramyun.[1]

Nongshim RedForce
Short nameNS RedForce, NS
GameLeague of Legends
Founded15 May 2016 (2016-05-15) (as I Gaming Star)
LeagueLCK
LocationSouth Korea
OwnerNongshim
CEOOh "Evans" Ji-hwan
ManagerKo Jin-seob
General managerCha Min-kyu
Websitewww.ns-esports.com

For most of its history the team competed in Challengers Korea (CK), the second division of professional League of Legends in South Korea.[2] However, as Team Dynamics, the team qualified for South Korea's primary league, League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), after winning the 2020 LCK Summer promotion tournament.[3] In late 2020 Riot Games Korea announced that Team Dynamics would be one of ten permanent franchise partners of the LCK.[4] Nongshim became the main sponsor of Team Dynamics on 17 June 2020, and stated that it would acquire the team after the 2020 LCK season. On 17 December 2020, Team Dynamics was rebranded as Nongshim RedForce.[1]

Current roster

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Nongshim RedForce League of Legends roster
Players Coaches
Role Handle Name Nationality
Top DnDn Park Geun-woo South Korea
Jungle Sylvie Lee Seung-bok South Korea
Mid FIESTA An Hyeon-seo South Korea
Bot vital Ha In-seong South Korea
Support Peter Jeong Yoon-su South Korea
Head coach

Heo "Irean" Yeong-cheol

Assistant coach(es)

Shin "Coco" Jin-yeong


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

Roster updated 22 November 2022.

Tournament results

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Placement Event Final result (W–L)
1st 2019 CK Summer Split 11–3
NQ 2020 LCK Spring Promotion 1–3 (against Hanwha Life Esports)
9th–12th 2019 KeSPA Cup 0–2 (against Gen.G)
2nd 2020 CK Spring Split 9–5
1st 2020 CK Spring Playoffs 3–1 (against Spear Gaming)
Q 2020 LCK Summer Promotion 2–0 (against Seorabeol Gaming)
8th 2020 LCK Summer Split 5–13
2nd 2020 KeSPA Cup 0–3 (against DAMWON Gaming)
6th 2021 LCK Spring Split 7–11
6th 2021 LCK Spring Playoffs 2–3 (against Hanwha Life Esports)
3rd 2021 LCK Summer Split 12–6
4th 2021 LCK Summer Playoffs 0–3 (against DWG KIA)

Notes

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  1. ^ Formerly known as:
    • I Gaming Star (15 May 2016 – 12 January 2018)
    • ES Sharks (12 January 2018 – 27 May 2019)
    • Team Dynamics (27 May 2019 – 17 December 2020)

References

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  1. ^ a b Jang, David (17 December 2020). "League of Legends: Team Dynamics renames to Nongshim Red Force". InvenGlobal. Archived from the original on 17 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  2. ^ "'팀다이나믹스', ESS 인수하여 LoL팀 창단... 챌린저스 코리아 합류". Inven Korea (in Korean). 28 May 2019. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ Kwon, Daniel (29 April 2020). "Team Dynamics promotes into the LCK, while Griffin relegates into CK". InvenGlobal. Archived from the original on 2 September 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. ^ Martinello, Eva (2 November 2020). "Here are the 10 confirmed teams for the franchised LCK in 2021". Dot Esports. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
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