Jin Air Green Wings

Jin Air Green Wings

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Esports
Founded	November 2011
Founder	Jin Air (subsidiary of Korean Air)
Headquarters	South Korea , South Korea
Area served	South Korea
Owner	Korean Air (parent company)
Parent	Jin Air

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Jin Air Green Wings (Template:Korean) was a professional esports entity from South Korea, fielding teams in StarCraft II and League of Legends. It operated under the aegis of Jin Air, a subsidiary of Korean Air. Established in November 2011, the team initially competed in StarCraft: Brood War, formed by merging three dissolving Proleague squads: Hwaesung Oz, WeMade FOX, and MBCGame HERO. Prior to July 2013, the group was referred to as "The 8th Team" before adopting Jin Air as its title sponsor. When Proleague was discontinued in late 2020, Jin Air Green Wings was among the eight teams officially recognized by the Korean e-Sports Association.

League of Legends

Final Roster

Nat.	Name	ID	Role
	Lee Sang-wook	TaNa	Top Laner
	Kim Chan-hee	Seize	Jungler
	Eom Seong-hyeon	UmTi	Jungler
	Lee Chan-ju	Yaharong	Mid Laner
	Kwon Sun-ho	Light	Bot Laner
	Jeong Yong-seung	Rumor	Bot Laner
	Park Hee-seok	Senan	Support
	Cha Ji-hoon	Signature	Head Coach
	Oh Ji-hwan	Raise	Coach
	Kim Dong-hyeon	Sensation	Coach

2013 season

Jin Air formed two League of Legends squads by acquiring the lineups of Eat Sleep Game and Hoon Good Day, creating the Jin Air Green Wings Falcons and Stealths respectively. The Falcons roster included Miso, Reapered, Raven, Roar, and StarLast, while the Stealths featured HooN, TrAce, ActScene, ŁØAÐ, and IceBear. Neither team succeeded in qualifying for the World Championship.

2014 season

A combined Jin Air lineup competed at the SK Telecom LTE-A LoL Masters 2014 but finished fifth during the regular season, failing to reach the playoffs. Both the Falcons and Stealths were unable to accumulate sufficient circuit points to advance to the 2014 Season Korea Regional Finals; consequently, neither squad attended Worlds that year.

2015 season

Due to modifications in OGN regulations, the two teams merged into a single entity known as Jin Air Green Wings. The consolidated roster featured TrAce, Chaser, Winged, GBM, Pilot, Cpt Jack, Chei, and XD. During SBENU Champions Spring 2015 regular season, they secured fourth place and qualified for playoffs but were swept 3–0 by CJ Entus in the opening round, concluding with a fourth-place finish. In SBENU eChampions Summer 2015 regular season, they placed sixth and earned 10 circuit points but did not qualify for playoffs. Their accumulated circuit points allowed participation in the 2015 Season Korea Regional Finals where they reached the finals but were defeated 3–1 by KT Rolster, narrowly missing qualification for Worlds.

GBM was excluded from the roster for KeSPA Cup 2015 and subsequently joined NRG Esports. Jin Air competed in the 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup but fell 2–0 to CJ Entus in the quarterfinals.

The team received an invitation to Intel Extreme Masters Season X - San Jose, finishing between fifth and eighth place.

2016 season

In December 2016, Pilot and Blanc became members of PSG eSports.

2019 season

During the Spring 2019 split, Jin Air Greenwings endured a losing streak spanning 15 consecutive series. This streak was finally broken on March 7, 2019, when they secured a 2–1 victory over Afreeca Freecs. Despite this win, the team finished the season in last place and had to compete in the Summer Promotion tournament to retain their spot in the LCK. They succeeded in requalifying for the LCK by defeating ES Sharks with a 3–1 series score in their final Summer Promotion match.

In the Summer split, Jin Air Greenwings set a record with an 18-series losing streak. Throughout this period, they managed to claim only four individual game wins and failed to secure any match victories. Their overall performance for the 2019 season resulted in a dismal 1–35 match record. Consequently, they faced their second relegation battle of the year to maintain their position in the LCK. Unfortunately, they were defeated by Hanwha Life Esports in the decisive match for the final LCK spot and were subsequently relegated to Challengers Korea.

2020 season

Jin Air was listed among the potential alternates for LCK franchising. However, on November 17, Jin Air confirmed that they were not chosen to join the franchised LCK league, leading to the disbandment of their League of Legends squad.

StarCraft II

On November 17, 2015, Jang "Creator" Hyun-woo became a member of the team.

Final Roster

ID	Name	Race
Template:Country data KORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Creator	Jang Hyun Woo	Protoss
Template:Country data KORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Maru	Cho Seong Ju	Terran
Template:Country data KORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Rogue	Lee Byung Ryul	Zerg
Template:Country data KORTemplate:Namespace detect showall sOs	Kim Yoo Jin	Protoss
Template:Country data KORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Trap	Cho Sung Ho	Protoss
Template:Country data TaiwanTemplate:Namespace detect showall Rex	Lei Hao Chen	Zerg

Former players

ID	Name	Race
Template:Country data KORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jaedong	Lee Jae dong	Zerg
Template:Country data KORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Hyun	Ko Seok Hyun	Zerg
Template:Country data KORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Cure	Kim Doh Wook	Terran
Template:Country data KORTemplate:Namespace detect showall TY	Jeon Tae-yang	Terran

History

Jin Air Green Wings was among the seven teams officially recognized by the Korea e-Sports Association (KeSPA) that competed in Proleague until its end in 2016. Notably, it was the sole Proleague team to continue participating in StarCraft II after Proleague's termination. Throughout its tenure, Jin Air Green Wings established itself as one of Korea’s premier StarCraft II teams, largely due to players such as Kim "sOs" Yoo-jin, Cho "Maru" Seong-ju, Lee "Rogue" Byeong-yeol, Cho "Trap" Seong-ho, and Jang "Creator" Hyun-woo. From 2014 to 2020, the team secured nine Global StarCraft II League titles, three Intel Extreme Masters championships, and two StarCraft II World Championship Series finals victories—both won by Kim "sOs" Yoo-jin.

On November 30, 2020, Jin Air officially dissolved their StarCraft II roster alongside their League of Legends team following their exclusion from the LCK franchising process.