# Arterivo Wakayama

Arterivo Wakayama (アルテリーヴォ和歌山, Aruterīvu~o Wakayama) is a football (soccer) club based in Wakayama, the capital city of Wakayama Prefecture in Japan. They play in the Kansai Soccer League, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues. The name Arterivo comes from the combination of two Italian 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 Kansai Soccer League 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 promotion.
Over the years, Arterivo has competed in various Emperor's Cup matches. Out of fifteen attempts, they have managed to advance to the second round or beyond on three separate occasions.

## League & cup record

| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Emperor's Cup | Shakaijin Cup |
| Season | Division | Position | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Emperor's Cup | Shakaijin Cup |
| 2008 | Wakayama Prefecture (Div. 3) | 1st | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 1 | 65 | 24 | | |
| 2009 | Wakayama Prefecture (Div. 2) | 1st | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 52 | 24 | 1st round | |
| 2010 | Wakayama Prefecture (Div. 1) | 1st | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 42 | 27 | 1st round | |
| 2011 | Kansai Soccer League (Div. 2) | 2nd | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 17 | 26 | 1st round | |
| 2012 | Kansai Soccer League (Div. 1) | 5th | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 17 | 2nd round | |
| 2013 | Kansai Soccer League (Div. 1) | 6th | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 35 | -19 | 13 | 1st round | |
| 2014 | Kansai Soccer League (Div. 1) | 3rd | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 23 | 1st round | Quarter-finals |
| 2015 | Kansai Soccer League (Div. 1) | 1st | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 33 | 1st round | Winners |
| 2016 | Kansai Soccer League (Div. 1) | 1st | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 11 | 25 | 34 | 1st round | |
| 2017 | Kansai Soccer League (Div. 1) | 3rd | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 24 | 1st round | Quarter-finals |
| 2018 | Kansai Soccer League (Div. 1) | 5th | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 24 | -2 | 20 | 1st round | |
| 2019 | Kansai Soccer League (Div. 1) | 3rd | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 22 | 2nd round | 1st round |
| 2020 ‡ | Kansai Soccer League (Div. 1) | 6th | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 8 | 4th round | |
| 2021 | Kansai Soccer League (Div. 1) | 2nd | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 1st round | |
| 2022 | Kansai Soccer League (Div. 1) | 1st | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 1st round | Quarter-finals |
| 2023 | Kansai Soccer League (Div. 1) | 1st | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 1st round | Runners-up |
| 2024 | Kansai Soccer League (Div. 1) | 3rd | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 24 | 1st round | Round of 32 |
| 2025 | Kansai Soccer League (Div. 1) | TBD | 14 | | | | | | | | TBA | TBD |

### Key

* Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained

## Honours

Arterivo Wakayama honours :
| Honour | No. | Years |
| Wakayama Football League Division 3 | 1 | 2008 |
| Wakayama Football Championship Emperor's Cup Wakayama Prefectural Qualifiers | 16 | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Wakayama Football League Division 2 | 1 | 2009 |
| Wakayama Football League Division 1 | 1 | 2010 |
| Kansai Soccer League Division 1 | 4 | 2015, 2016, 2022, 2023 |
| Shakaijin Cup | 1 | 2015 |

## Current squad

    As of 23 August 2023.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Hironobu Yoshizaki |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Taishi Akazawa |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Yusei Ohashi |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Daichi Yamada |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Yuki Futatsugi |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Yuto Shibata |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Sho Horino |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Kento Kato |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Tatsuro Yamauchi |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Ryo Taguchi |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Junya Kitano |
| 13 | DF | JPN | Yuji Yoshitani |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Masafumi Kiyomoto |
| 15 | FW | JPN | Haruki Shinjo |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Tomoya Seki |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Shuto Tatsuta |
| 19 | DF | JPN | Taiyo Kawano |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Toki Yamase |
| 22 | MF | JPN | Tessei Kinoshita |
| 23 | DF | JPN | Yuya Kokubo (captain) |
| 24 | MF | JPN | Koshiro Onda |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Ruka Baba |
| 31 | GK | JPN | Kenta Isobe |
| 41 | GK | JPN | Naotaka Ikegami |