Categoría Primera B
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| Organising body | DIMAYOR |
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| Founded | April 30, 1991 |
| Country | Colombia |
| Confederation | CONMEBOL |
| Number of teams | 15 |
| Level on pyramid | 2 |
| Promotion to | Categoría Primera A |
| Domestic cup(s) | Copa Colombia |
| Current champions | Unión Magdalena (1st title) (2021–II) |
| Most championships | Atlético Huila Cúcuta Deportivo Real Cartagena (3 titles each) |
| TV partners | Win Sports Win Sports+ |
| Website | Official website |
| Current: 2022 season | |
Categoría Primera B, commonly referred to as Torneo BetPlay Dimayor due to sponsorship by online betting company (formerly Torneo Águila),[1] is the second-division football league in Colombia.
Format[]
DIMAYOR has applied a new format from 2015 onwards because of the expansion to 20 teams in the Primera A tournament. The league will no longer have Apertura and Finalización seasons but rather a yearlong tournament with home and away games. The first phase of the tournament is everyone against everyone home and away games. The second is a two-groups phase with the 8 top teams from the season who play each other to determine the winners of each group. The winners of the two groups are both promoted to the Primera A and play the final in home and away games to determine the champion of the season.
Current teams[]
Teams for the 2022 season
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Head Coach |
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| Atlético | Cali | Pascual Guerrero | 33,130 |  Giovanni Hernández
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| Atlético Huila | Neiva | Guillermo Plazas Alcid | 22,000 | José Fernando Santa
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| Barranquilla F.C. | Barranquilla | Romelio Martínez | 20,000 | Roberto Peñaloza
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| Boca Juniors de Cali | Cali | 15,000 | Alejandro Guerrero
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| Bogotá F.C. | Bogotá | Metropolitano de Techo | 8,000 | Hernán Pacheco
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| Boyacá Chicó | Tunja | La Independencia | 20,630 |  Mario García
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| Deportes Quindío | Armenia | Centenario | 21,500 |  Óscar Quintabani
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| Fortaleza C.E.I.F. | Cota | Metropolitano de Techo | 8,000 | Nelson Flórez
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| Leones F.C. | Itagüí | Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí | 12,000 | Álvaro Hernández
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| Llaneros F.C. | Villavicencio | Bello Horizonte | 15,000 | Walter Aristizábal
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| Orsomarso S.C. | Palmira | 15,000 | Víctor Barón
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| Real Cartagena | Cartagena | Jaime Morón León | 16,068 | Steven Sánchez
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| Real Santander | Piedecuesta | 3,000 | José Luis García
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| Tigres F.C. | Bogotá | Metropolitano de Techo | 8,000 | Jorge Andrés Rojas
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| Valledupar F.C. | Valledupar | Armando Maestre Pavajeau | 11,000 | Gerardo Bedoya
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Seasons by club[]
This is the complete list of the clubs that have taken part in the Categoría Primera B, founded in 1991, until the 2021 season. Teams who currently play are indicated in bold.
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List of champions[]
Titles by club[]
As of 10 March 2022
| Club | Titles | Runners-up | Seasons won | Seasons runner-up |
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| Cúcuta Deportivo | 1 | 1995–96, 2005, 2018 | 1997 | |
| Atlético Huila | — | 1992, 1997, 2020 | — | |
| Real Cartagena | — | 1999, 2004, 2008 | — | |
| Cortuluá | 3 | 1993, 2009 | 2020, 2021–I, 2021–II | |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | 1 | 1995, 2015 | 2009 | |
| Boyacá Chicó | 1 | 2003, 2017 | 2019 | |
| Deportivo Pasto | 1 | 1998, 2011 | 2010 | |
| Deportivo Pereira | 1 | 2000, 2019 | 1998 | |
| Deportes Quindío | 1 | 2001, 2021–I | 2014 | |
| Envigado | — | 1991, 2007 | — | |
| Itagüí Ditaires | 2 | 2010 | 1999, 2005 | |
| Unión Magdalena | 2 | 2021–II | 2000, 2018 | |
| Alianza Petrolera | 1 | 2012 | 2002 | |
| América de Cali | 1 | 2016 | 2012 | |
| Centauros Villavicencio | — | 2002 | — | |
| Deportes Tolima | — | 1994 | — | |
| — | 1996–97 | — | ||
| Jaguares | — | 2014 | — | |
| La Equidad | — | 2006 | — | |
| Uniautónoma | — | 2013 | — |
References[]
- ^ "Así es el nuevo logo del FPC: llegó la Liga Aguila - GOL Caracol". golcaracol.com. 19 December 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Primera B (Colombia). |
- Dimayor Official Website(Spanish)
- Colombian Federation(Spanish)
- FiFa Association(English)
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Categories:
- Categoría Primera B
- Football leagues in Colombia
- Second level football leagues of South America