{{Short description|Former professional esports organization}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Prose|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox sports team | name = Samsung Galaxy | short_name = SSG<br>SSW (Samsung White)<br>SSB (Samsung Blue) | logo = Samsung Galaxy Pro-Game Team.png | logo_size = 150px | alt = | caption = | location = South Korea | parent_group = | founded = 2000 (as Samsung KHAN) | folded = 2017 | manager = | partners = Samsung Electronics | sport_label = | sport = | website = {{Official URL}} | footnotes = | fanclub = }} thumb|right|Samsung KHAN players at the StarCraft II Proleague in 2012
'''Samsung Galaxy Pro-Game Team''', or simply '''Samsung Galaxy''' ('''SSG''', {{langx|ko|삼성 갤럭시}}) and formerly known as '''Samsung KHAN''', was a professional esports works team of Samsung Sports, owned by Samsung Electronics via sub-company Cheil Worldwide. In September 2013, the team was renamed after Samsung Electronics' famous smartphone series.
During its existence it had teams competing in ''League of Legends'', ''StarCraft'' and ''StarCraft II''.
== History ==
=== ''StarCraft'' === Samsung KHAN was founded in June 2000 as an esports team of ''StarCraft''/''StarCraft II'' and competing in StarCraft II Proleague. They won 2008 season. Samsung's ''StarCraft II'' division was disbanded in 2016, due to Proleague was discontinued.
=== ''League of Legends'' === Samsung's ''League of Legends'' division was created on September 7, 2013 and competing in League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), after MVP's two teams, ''MVP Blue'' and ''MVP Ozone'' (formerly ''MVP White''), were acquired by Samsung as ''Samsung Blue'' (SSB) and ''Samsung Ozone'' (later ''Samsung White'' - SSW).<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 7, 2013 |title=삼성전자, 갤럭시 프로게임단으로 새출발 |url=http://sports.news.naver.com/sports/index.nhn?category=e_sports&ctg=news&mod=read&office_id=439&article_id=0000000310 |publisher=This Is Game}}</ref> Samsung White won the 2014 World Championship, while Samsung Blue finished at semifinals.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 22, 2015 |title=Side by side comparison of 2014 World Champions Samsung White versus 2015 SK Telecom T1 |url=https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/side-by-side-comparison-of-2014-world-champions-samsung-white-versus-2015-sk-tel-6900 |access-date=August 4, 2019 |work=Dot Esports}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=September 19, 2016 |title=One of these things is not like the others: Samsung's unlikely Worlds appearance |url=https://www.thescoreesports.com/lol/news/10247-one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-others-samsung-s-unlikely-worlds-appearance |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804055440/https://www.thescoreesports.com/lol/news/10247-one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-others-samsung-s-unlikely-worlds-appearance |archive-date=August 4, 2019 |access-date=August 4, 2019 |work=theScore esports |language=en}}</ref>
The two teams later merged due to "one organization - one pro team" rules by Riot Games for every top leagues. Samsung Galaxy went on to finish as the runners-up of the 2016 World Championship and the champions of the 2017 World Championship.
After 2017 Worlds, Samsung Galaxy's rosters and LCK spot later was acquired by KSV Esports, now Gen.G, which was founded in August 2017. However, the legitimacy of Gen.G inheriting Samsung Galaxy's titles and trophies remains controversial, especially 2014 Worlds' title, due to Samsung Galaxy or owner Samsung Electronics has made no official announcement about retaining or transferring the titles, included the two world championships' trophies ''Summoner's Cup''.
== Tournament results ==
=== ''StarCraft'' === * 2008 — Shinhan Bank StarCraft Pro League Champions
=== ''League of Legends'' === * Ongamenet League of Legends Champions Spring 2014 — 1st * 2014 League of Legends World Championship — 1st (Samsung White), 3rd (Samsung Blue) * 2016 League of Legends World Championship<ref name="2016 LoL Championship finals">{{cite web|last1=Lam|first1=Kien|title=SK Telecom T1 wins World Championship again|url=http://eu.lolesports.com/en/articles/sk-telecom-t1-wins-world-championship-again|website=LoL eSports|publisher=Riot Games|access-date=October 30, 2016|archive-date=October 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031024809/http://eu.lolesports.com/en/articles/sk-telecom-t1-wins-world-championship-again|url-status=dead}}</ref> — 2nd * 2017 League of Legends World Championship — 1st
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{{League of Legends Champions Korea}} {{Professional StarCraft competition}} {{Samsung Electronics}}
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