An unassuming Danish squad has made a few appearances sporting a familiar face, none other than Brian "MaNia" Strandby.

Strandby competed in the early days of Dota 1 and has played with the likes of Ben "Merlini" Wu and Clinton "Fear" Loomis. In Dota 2, he took 4th place at The International 1 with Meet Your Makers, along with Jacob "Maelk" Toft-Andersen, Jimmy "DeMoN" Ho and Rasmus "MiSeRy" Filipsen.

He has since retired due to a less-than-stellar run in Dota 2, but it seems he's made a quiet return as a part of a team called Lianghao.

Rounding out the roster is Marcus "Ace" Hoelgaard, Jon "13abyKnight" Andersen and Malthe "Blan" Zimakoff, who are all former Meet Your Makers players as well, albeit from a different roster than Strandby. Jonathan "unicornxoxo" Arge and Christopher "Ryze" Winther are the final members of the team, with Winther acting as the coach and sub player.

The roster was confirmed over Twitter.

@Tarmanydyn yea roster will be unicorn ace babyknight blan and me, ryze will be coaching and standin when some1 on vacation as ace this week — MaNia- (@30MaNia) February 25, 2015

The team has already had a strong showing, fighting their way into the ESL One Frankfurt 2015 European Qualifiers, knocking out the up-and-coming Greek squad, London Conspiracy.

They will also be competing in joinDOTA Masters XVI where their first opponent is Ninjas in Pyjamas; that match will take place tomorrow Feb 26 at 3 p.m.

Dennis Gonzales is a Toronto eSports writer who enjoys whiskey, Dungeon & Dragons and first-picking Timbersaw. You can follow him on Twitter.