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Artista Asama

Artista Asama
アルティスタ浅間
Full nameArtista Asama
Nickname(s)Artista
Founded1982; 42 years ago (1982)
StadiumSaku General Sports
Park Athletic Field
Saku, Nagano
Capacity9,500
ChairmanKimi Kobayashi
ManagerOsamu Umeyama
LeagueHokushinetsu Football League
20235th
Websitehttps://www.artista-asama.com/

Artista Asama (アルティスタ浅間, Arutisuta Asama) is a football (soccer) club based in Tōmi, located in Nagano Prefecture in Japan. They play in the Hokushinetsu Football League, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues.

History

The club was founded in 1982 and currently has been managed by a non-profit organization, Artista Dream Project, which took the helm of the club in March 2010. In addition to the top team, Artista features a satellite team (Artista Grande), a junior youth team (Artista JYFC) and a junior team (Artista JFC). From the 2018 season, the club has adopted the new name as "Artista Asama" after the local peak which overlooks the cities of Ueda, Tomi and Saku. In the 2020 season, they appeared in the 2020 Emperor's Cup, being it their first appearance in the competition. They lost their first and only match of the tournament by 3–0 to Niigata University of Health and Welfare.

League & cup record

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League Emperor's
Cup
Season Division Pos P W D L F A GD Pts
Artista Tomi
2009 Nagano Prefectural
League (Div. 1)
1st 9 7 2 0 44 10 34 23 Did not qualify
2010 Hokushin'etsu Football
League (Div. 2)
1st 14 10 3 1 44 15 29 33
2011 Hokushin'etsu Football
League (Div. 1)
2nd 14 10 2 2 30 9 21 32
2012 4th 14 6 1 7 25 17 8 19
2013 3rd 14 10 1 3 43 9 34 31
2014 3rd 14 9 1 4 39 20 19 28
2015 3rd 14 10 2 2 41 10 31 32
2016 1st 14 12 1 1 53 4 49 37
2017 2nd 14 11 1 2 54 8 46 34
Artista Asama
2018 Hokushin'etsu Football
League (Div. 1)
2nd 14 11 2 1 50 11 39 34 Did not qualify
2019 2nd 14 12 1 1 48 7 41 37
2020 2nd 7 5 1 1 11 3 8 16 2nd round
2021 2nd 16 11 2 3 41 14 27 35 Did not qualify
2022 1st 14 9 4 1 36 12 24 31
2023 5th 14 6 3 5 23 22 1 21
2024 4th 14 8 2 4 33 15 18 26
2025 TBA 14
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
  • Number of games played reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic

Honours

Artista Asama honours
Honour No. Years
Nagano Prefectural Football League 2nd Division 1 2008
Nagano Prefectural Football League 1st Division 1 2009
Hokushinetsu Football League 2nd Division 1 2010
Hokushinetsu Football League 1st Division 1 2016, 2022
Nagano Prefecture Soccer Championship 1 2020

Current squad

Updated to 23 August 2023.[1]

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
2 DF Japan JPN Riku Soma
3 DF Japan JPN Eito Matsudo
5 MF Japan JPN Minoru Moriya
6 MF Japan JPN Ren Miyashita
7 MF Japan JPN Masaya Tojo
8 MF Japan JPN Hiroya Yamashita
10 MF Japan JPN Seiya Kiyatake
11 FW Japan JPN Itsuki Takagai
13 DF Japan JPN Daiki Kimura
15 MF Japan JPN Kanta Obuchi
16 DF Japan JPN Kai Ichikura
17 FW Japan JPN Kentaro Uehara
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Japan JPN Yuta Nishida
21 GK Japan JPN Kenta Fujimori
22 DF Japan JPN Toui Yamakose
23 MF Japan JPN Hayato Usuba
24 DF Japan JPN Subaru Toriumi
25 MF Japan JPN Mutsuki Shimizu
26 FW Japan JPN Kazuki Kobayashi
27 FW Japan JPN Daiki Okada
31 GK Japan JPN Ryusei Onozeki
32 DF Japan JPN Yusuke Hino
34 MF Japan JPN Yuki Okamoto

References