- Arte Takasaki
Football club infobox
clubname = Arte Takasaki アルテ高崎
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founded = 1996
ground =Takasaki Hamakawa Athletic Stadium
Takasaki, Gunma
capacity = 2,320
chairman =
manager = flagicon|JapanHidemi Kōtani (2008– )
league = Japan Football League
season = 2007
position = 18th
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nihongo|Arte Takasaki|アルテ高崎|Arute Takasaki are a football (soccer) club based in Takasaki,
Gunma Prefecture , Japan. They play in theJapan Football League . Their team colours are black and red."Arte" means art in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
History
The club was founded as Makkī F.C. Kantō in 1996. Educational Corporation Horikoshi Gakuen took over the club in 2000. The reorganised club was briefly called Gunma F.C. Fortona but rebranded as Gunma F.C. Horikoshi due to a trademark issue.
The club won all the games in the 2000 Gunma Prefecture League Division 2. They won the 2001 Division 1 championship again without dropping any point. They won the Kanto Regional League Division 1 in 2003 and gained a JFL status in 2004 after winning the play-off.
In 2005, they dropped "Gunma" from their name. It is widely believed that this was a move to appeal more to people in Takasaki area rather than whole Gunma after
Thespa Kusatsu became the firstJ. League side in the prefecture.In January 2006, they adopted new name Arte Takasaki.
The 2007 season has taken a new tumble for them, already guaranteed a last place finish, and will need to rely on at least one team's promotion to J2 to avoid relegation. Losing to
F.C. Gifu on the last day of the season 2-0, they were theoretically guaranteed a reprieve that was made official once Gifu andRosso Kumamoto were approved for promotion to J2.Stadiums
They play their home games mainly in Takasaki Hamakawa Athletic Stadium but also use Shikishima Athletic Stadium and Shikishima Soccer and Rugby Stadium in Maebashi. The club is trying to persuade the local governments to build a ball game (i.e. soccer and rugby) stadium on the former Takasaki Horserace Track site. However, it is not clear how the site will be utilised in the future because many different parties such as the prefecture, the city and private entities have their titles to the site and it seems to take time to solve the issue.
Results in JFL
*2004: 8th
*2005: 8th
*2006: 10th
*2007: 18thCurrent squad
"As of
February 13 ,2008 "Former players
*flagicon|Brazil Amaral
Former managers
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Retired number
To commemorate Kosuke Kato who died of a heart attack during a practice session in February 2005, his number 30 is retired.
External links
*(Japanese) [http://www.artetakasaki.jp/ Official Website]
Japan Football League
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