is a football (soccer) club based in

Wakayama Wakayama may refer to: *Wakayama Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan *Wakayama (city) Wakayama City Hall is the capital city of Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 351,391 in 157066 househol ...

, the capital city of

Wakayama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Wakayama Prefecture has a population of 944,320 () and has a geographic area of . Wakayama Prefecture borders Osaka Prefecture to the north, and Mie Prefecture and Nara Prefecture ...

in Japan. They play in the

Kansai Soccer League is the Japanese fifth tier of league football, which is part of the Japanese Regional Leagues. It covers most of the Kansai region, as well as the prefectures of Hyōgo, Kyōto, Nara, Osaka, Shiga and Wakayama. Mie, usually considered part of ...

, which is part of

Japanese Regional Leagues are a group of parallel association football leagues in Japan that are organized on the regional basis. They form the fifth tier of the Japanese association football league system below the nationwide Japan Football League. Overview Japan is ...

. The name Arterivo comes from the combination of two

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

words: ''arte'', meaning "art", and ''arrivo'', meaning "arrival".

History

They started with 30 volunteers to establish a

J. League The , officially is Japan's professional football league including the first division J1 League, second division J2 League and third division J3 League of the Japanese association football league system. J1 League is one of the most succe ...

club: their final goal started in July 2007, when Arterivo Wakayama was officially registered as a football club. From 2008, Arterivo started climbing the Japanese football pyramid, reaching

in 2011, while getting their spot in Division 1 just the next season. They won Kansai Soccer League both in 2015 and 2016, but they're still waiting for a

Japan Football League The also known as simply the JFL is the 4th tier of the Japanese association football league system, positioned beneath the three divisions of the J.League. The league features fully professional teams that hold J.League associate membership am ...

promotion. During the years, Arterivo faced different

Emperor's Cup , commonly known as or also Japan FA Cup is a Japanese football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football match in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J.League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, J ...

matches: out of fourteen attempts, they progressed to the second round or further, on three occasions.

League & cup record

;Key

Honours

;

*Division 3 Champions 2008 *Division 2 Champions 2009 *Division 1 Champions 2010 ;

*Champions (2):

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*Shakaijin Cup: 2015

Current squad

References

External links

Official Site (Japanese)
{{Japanese Club Football, group=clubs Football clubs in Japan Sport in Wakayama Prefecture Wakayama (city) Association football clubs established in 2007 2007 establishments in Japan