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Arte Takasaki アルテ高崎
Full name	Arte Takasaki
Founded	1996
Ground	Takasaki Hamakawa Athletic Stadium Takasaki, Gunma
Capacity	2,320
Manager	Jorge Rossi (2007– )
League	Japan Football League
2006	10th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Arte Takasaki (アルテ高崎, Arute Takasaki^?) are a football (soccer) club based in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. They play in the Japan Football League. Their team colours are black and red.

Arte means art in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

Contents 1 History 2 Stadiums 3 Results in JFL 4 Retired number 5 External links

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.

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.

2004: 8th
2005: 8th
2006: 10th

To commemorate Kosuke Kato who died of a heart attack during a practice session in February 2005, his number 30 is retired.

• (Japanese) Official Website

Japan Football League Members in 2007 season
ALO's Hokuriku | Arte Takasaki | F.C. Gifu | Honda F.C. | JEF United Ichihara Chiba (Reserves) | F.C. Kariya Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima F.C. | Rosso Kumamoto | F.C. Ryūkyū Ryutsu Keizai University F.C. | Sagawa Express S.C. | Sagawa Printing S.C. | Sony Sendai F.C. | TDK S.C. Tochigi S.C. | Gainare Tottori | YKK AP F.C. | Yokogawa Musashino F.C.