is a football (soccer) club based in

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, the capital city of

Wakayama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Wakayama Prefecture has a population of 876,030 () and a geographic area of . Wakayama Prefecture borders Osaka Prefecture to the north, and Mie Prefecture and Nara Prefecture to ...

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 o ...

, which is part of

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. The name Arterivo comes from the combination of two

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

History

They started with 30 volunteers to establish a J. League 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 100 Year Plan club sta ...

promotion. Over the years, Arterivo has competed in various

Emperor's Cup , commonly known as or Japan FA Cup, and rebranded as The JFA Emperor's Cup from 2024 onwards, is a Japanese annual football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formatio ...

matches. Out of fifteen attempts, they have managed to advance to the second round or beyond on three separate occasions.

League & cup record

;Key

Honours

Current squad

References

External links

* {{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