Arte Takasaki
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| Full name | Arte Takasaki |
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| Founded | 1996 |
| Ground |
Takasaki Hamakawa Athletic Stadium Takasaki, Gunma |
| Capacity | 2,320 |
| League | Not registered |
| 2011 | Japan Football League 16th |
Arte Takasaki (アルテ高崎 Arute Takasaki?) were a football (soccer) club based in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, formerly of the Japan Football League. Their team colours were black and red.
Arte means art in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
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 first J. 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 Gifu on the last day of the season 2–0, they were theoretically guaranteed a reprieve that was made official once Gifu and Kumamoto were approved for promotion to J2.
In 2008, they fared not much better, finishing with only Mitsubishi Mizushima below them, and again they were reprieved when , Toyama and Okayama were promoted.
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