A brand-new roster will represent the South Korean club FN Esports in the Arabian League for the 2026 season. The team will feature Moroccan toplaner Hassine "Krest" Abdssamad, French jungler Valentin "Stormax" Garnier, Czech midlaner Adam "Random" Grepl, Tunisian AD Carry Fares "Xicor" Saidana, and Syrian support Abdulkader "B Butcher" Halwani.
FN Esports entered League of Legends in 2025 in the EMEA region, competing in a relatively little-known league, the second division of the Arabian League. The team won the promotion tournament and went on to play the Summer Split, where they finished third, qualifying for the EMEA Masters in their very first split in the top division.
One Rookie and Four Experienced Players
The roster is made up of four fairly experienced players and one rookie. At just 19 years old, Krest has played three splits in the Arabian League, all with Fox Gaming, and won the Morocco Gaming Expo 2024. He is currently Grandmaster, close to 1,000 LP after more than 1,100 games played, with Aatrox, Ambessa, Jax, and Gwen as his most played champions.
In the jungle, Stormax is leaving the LFL after a difficult year with GameWard. He has two EMEA Masters appearances: the first with Anorthosis Famagusta Esports in Spring 2024, and the second with Partizan Esports in the Summer of the same year.
On his side, midlaner Random comes off a rather average year with Kaufland Hangry Knights, during which he still participated in the EMEA Masters in Spring. He also spent several years in Spain as part of the Movistar KOI academy and played for BISONS ECLUB, where he crossed paths with Alex "Myrwn" Pastor Villarejo. Additionally, he has won the Czech league multiple times with eSuba, securing five titles.
A Local Botlane
At nearly 23 years old, Xicor is about to start his eighth year of competitive play in LoL, a long career that has seen him compete in the local Tunisian and Arab circuits, as well as the NLC and LFL. In 2025 with GnG Amazigh, he finally made his debut in the EMEA Masters, finishing 2-4 in the Swiss stage.
He will be joined by B Butcher, the 25-year-old Syrian support who is one of the pioneers of the region. He has played for almost every team in the area, including 3BL, Anubis Gaming, RA'AD, GnG Amazigh, Fog Esports, and more recently Geekay Esports, where he secured his first career title in Summer 2025.
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