2021 London Spitfire season

The 2021 London Spitfire season will be the fourth season of the London Spitfire's existence in the Overwatch League and the team's first under head coach Justin "reprize" Hand.[2]

2021 London Spitfire season
Head coach	Justin "reprize" Hand
General manager	Ysabel "Noukky" Müller[1]
Owner	Jack Etienne
Region	West
Results
Record	0–0 (–)

Preceding offseason

Signings

Position	Handle	Name	2020 team	Date signed
Damage	Blasé	Jeffrey Tsang	Houston Outlaws	26 December[3]
Support	Ripa	Riku Toivanen	British Hurricane (OWC)	4 January[4]
Support	Kellex	Kristian Keller	British Hurricane (OWC)	5 January[5]
Tank	Hadi	Hadi Daniel Bleinagel	British Hurricane (OWC)	5 January[6]
Tank	Molf1g	Mikkel Djernes	British Hurricane (OWC)	5 January[6]
Damage	Hybrid	Dominic Grove	Team Doge (OWC)	6 January[7]
Damage	SparkR	William Andersson	British Hurricane (OWC)	6 January[7]
Damage	Shax	Johannes Nielsen	Los Angeles Valiant	8 February[8]

Releases

Position	Handle	Name	2021 team	Date released
Damage	Although	Jung Hyeon-wook	O2 Blast (OWC)	15 October[9]
Damage	Babel	Park Sang-jun	Team BM (OWC)	15 October[9]
Tank	Clestyn	Cho Geon-hee	T1 (OWC)	15 October [9]
Support	Highly	Lee Sung-hyuk		15 October[9]
Tank	Jihun	Kim Ji-hun	Guangzhou Charge	15 October[9]
Support	Krillin	Jeong Young-hoon	T1 (OWC)	15 October[9]
Damage	Schwi	Lee Dong-jae		15 October[9]
Tank	Jmac	Choi Dae-han	Retired[10]	17 October[9]
Tank	Bernar	Shin Se-won	Hangzhou Spark	17 November[11]
Support	SanGuiNar	Lim Gyu-min	O2 Blast (OWC)	17 November[11]
Damage	Glister	Lim Gil-seong	San Francisco Shock	21 November[12]
Support	Fuze	Kim Tae-hoon		4 January[13]

Roster

London Spitfire roster
Players	Coaches
Role No. Handle Name Nationality Damage SparkR (I)  Andersson, William   Sweden  Damage Hybrid  Grove, Dominic   United Kingdom  Damage 66 blasé  Tsang, Jeffrey   United States  Damage Shax  Nielsen, Johannes   Denmark  Tank Hadi  Bleinagel, Hadi Daniel   Germany  Tank Molf1g  Djernes, Mikkel   Denmark  Support Kellex  Keller, Kristian   Denmark  Support Ripa  Toivanen, Riku   Finland	Head coach Justin "reprize" Hand Legend (C) Team captain (2W) Two-way player (I) Inactive (S) Suspended Injury/Illness Latest roster transaction: 7 February 2021.

References

1. Field Level Media (16 October 2020). "London Spitfire announce 'Noukky' as new GM". Reuters. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
2. Richardson, Liz (12 November 2020). "London Spitfire adds Reprize as head coach". Dot Esports. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
3. Michael, Cale (26 December 2020). "London Spitfire signs blasé ahead of 2021 Overwatch League season". Dot Esports. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
4. Field Level Media (4 January 2021). "London Spitfire add Ripa to roster". Reuters. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
5. Michael, Cale (5 January 2021). "London Spitfire promotes Kellex to main roster". Dot Esports. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
6. Lyons, Ben (6 January 2021). "London Spitfire sign Kellex, Hadi and Molf1g". Gamereactor UK. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
7. Field Level Media (6 January 2021). "London Spitfire announce additions of Hybrid, SparkR". Reuters. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
8. O'Dwyer, Samuel (8 February 2021). "London Spitfire signs former LA Valiant DPS Shax". Dot Esports. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
9. "Overwatch League free agency 2021 -- signings, rosters and schedules". ESPN. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
10. Michael, Cale (13 January 2021). "Paris Eternal signs JMAC as assistant coach". Dot Esports. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
11. London Spitfire [@Spitfire] (17 November 2020). "Another really tough day for us at the Spitfire as we announce the release of..." (Tweet). Retrieved 19 January 2021 – via Twitter.
12. London Spitfire [@Spitfire] (21 November 2020). "An incredibly tough morning for the team as we farewell..." (Tweet). Retrieved 19 January 2021 – via Twitter.
13. Lyons, Ben (5 January 2021). "London Spitfire add Ripa, part ways with Fuze". Gamereactor UK. Retrieved 19 January 2021.