UK retailer CeX has made a foray into competitive Counter-Strike with the acquisition of its own team.

CeX, a UK-based second hand retailer specialised in technology and entertainment products, has joined the ever-growing list of companies that are venturing into esports by supporting a team.

The roster features Andrew "⁠AndrewIsGod⁠" Thursfield, Andrew "⁠resu⁠" Robson and Henry "⁠chron1c⁠" Thornton, three players who were part of the exceL team that attended the ESL UK Premiership finals, in May, as EZskins.

Rounding out the lineup will be two foreign players: 20-year-old Dane Simon "cleMeNz0" Jensen, and 25-year-old Polish veteran Philipp "⁠osirisbash⁠" Kaczmarczyk, who was part of the highly-successful mTw CS:Source squad.

We're all very excited for the opportunity to represent CeX a brand that shares our passion for esports and CounterStrike.

None of us could have ever imagined that a shop we would have previously gone in to trade our games would now be sponsoring and supporting us.

We hope to do them proud at both domestic and foreign events.

"We're all very excited for the opportunity to represent CeX a brand that shares our passion for esports and CounterStrike," Thursfield told HLTV.org. "None of us could have ever imagined that a shop we would have previously gone in to trade our games would now be sponsoring and supporting us. "We hope to do them proud at both domestic and foreign events."

The team will make their debut for CeX at the upcoming Insomnia 55 festival, which will take place from August 28-31 at the Ricoh Arena, in Coventry.

CeX's lineup consists of: