Categoría Primera B
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Categoría Primera B, also known as Torneo Postobón for sponsorship reasons, is the second division football
league in Colombia
. The league is divided into two six-month seasons and into two regional divisions of nine teams where each team plays the region's other eight teams both home and away. The top two teams in each conference advance to a playoff to decide the two teams who then advance to the final. The winner of the final secures a spot to play for promotion at the end of the year.
After the first season is over, the second season begins with the same teams and format. The season's winner plays the first season's winner in a two-legged final to decide the team who is going to get promoted to the Fútbol Profesional Colombiano
. At the end of the year, the team with worst final standing in Primera A is relegated to Primera B.
Football (soccer)
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league in Colombia
Colombia
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. The league is divided into two six-month seasons and into two regional divisions of nine teams where each team plays the region's other eight teams both home and away. The top two teams in each conference advance to a playoff to decide the two teams who then advance to the final. The winner of the final secures a spot to play for promotion at the end of the year.
After the first season is over, the second season begins with the same teams and format. The season's winner plays the first season's winner in a two-legged final to decide the team who is going to get promoted to the Fútbol Profesional Colombiano
Fútbol Profesional Colombiano
The Categoría Primera A is the professional football league of Colombia. It is the country's premier football tournament and sits at the top of the Colombian football league system. Eighteen clubs play in the league. The División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano, better known as Dimayor,...
. At the end of the year, the team with worst final standing in Primera A is relegated to Primera B.
Current teams
| Championship - Colombian Second Division Torneo Postobón 2011 | ||||
| Name | City | Stadium | Founded | 2010 Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academia F.C. | Bogotá Bogotá Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district... |
Estadio Compensar Estadio Compensar Estadio Compensar is a multi-use stadium in Bogotá, Colombia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Academia FC. The stadium holds 4,500 people and opened in 1998.... |
1998 | |
| Alianza Petrolera Alianza Petrolera Alianza Petrolera is a Colombian football team, based in Barrancabermeja. The club was founded in 1990.-External links:*... |
Barrancabermeja Barrancabermeja Barrancabermeja is a city and municipality in Santander Department, in northeastern Colombia. It is located on the banks of the Magdalena River in the Middle Magdalena region, 110 km west of Bucaramanga. Founded in 1536, Barrancabermeja is home of the biggest petroleum refinery in Colombia,... |
Estadio Daniel Villa Zapata | 1990 | |
| Atlético Bucaramanga Atlético Bucaramanga Club Atlético Bucaramanga Corporacion Deportiva, known simply as Atlético Bucaramanga, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Bucaramanga. The club was founded in 1949... |
Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Bucaramanga is a Colombian city, and capital city of the department of Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth largest city economy and sixth largest population in Colombia, with 1,212,656 people in its metropolitan area... |
Estadio Alfonso Lopez Estadio Alfonso Lopez Estadio Alfonso López is a multi-purpose stadium in Bucaramanga, Colombia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people, and is the home of Atlético Bucaramanga and Real Santander. It had the first synthetic grass pitch in Colombia. -Picture:* -... |
1949 | |
| Barranquilla F.C. Barranquilla F.C. Baranquilla F.C. is a Colombian football team, based in Baranquilla, Colombia. The club was founded in January 2005 and plays in Categoría Primera B.-External links:* http://www.dimayor.com.co/Equipos/Barranquilla_F_C__317-9626.html... |
Barranquilla Barranquilla Barranquilla is an industrial port city and municipality located in northern Colombia, near the Caribbean Sea. The capital of the Atlántico Department, it is the largest industrial city and port in the Colombian Caribbean region with a population of 1,148,506 as of 2005, which makes it Colombia's... |
Estadio Romelio Martínez Estadio Romelio Martínez The Estadio Romelio Martínez, or Romelio Martínez Stadium, is a sports stadium located at 72 street and 46 Avenue in the Colombian city of Barranquilla. It has a capacity of 20,000 spectators.... |
2005 | |
| Bogotá F.C. Bogotá F.C. Bogotá F.C. is a Colombian football team, based in Bogotá, Colombia. The club was re-founded in 2004. In the turn of the century a club under the same name Bogotá F.C. played for the local league. The club currently plays in Categoría Primera B.-External links:*... |
Bogotá Bogotá Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district... |
Estadio Alfonso López Pumarejo | 2003 | |
| Cortuluá Cortuluá Corporación Club Deportivo Tuluá, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Tuluá. The club was founded October 16, 1967 and plays its home games at the Doce de Octubre stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 16,000 seats.-History:... |
Tuluá Tuluá Tuluá is a city located in the heart of the Cauca Valley, Colombia Valle del Cauca, Colombia. A major industrial and commercial center, it is the region's fourth largest city after Cali, the department capital, Buenaventura and Palmira. Founded around 1741 by Juan de Lemos y Aguirre, it has a... |
Estadio Doce de Octubre Estadio Doce de Octubre Estadio Doce de Octubre is a multi-use stadium in Tuluá, Colombia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 16,000 people and was built in 1967. Cortuluá plays its home matches at this stadium.... |
1967 | |
| Centauros Centauros Villavicencio Corporación Deportiva Centauros Villavicencio, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Villavicencio. The club was founded January 14, 2003 and plays its home games at the Manuel Calle Lombana stadium, which has a capacity of 15,000 seats.-History:... |
Villavicencio Villavicencio Villavicencio is a city and municipality in Colombia, capital of the Department of Meta, with 361,058 inhabitants. The city is located at 4°08S, 73°40W, 75 km southeast of the Colombian capital city of Bogotá by the Guatiquía river... |
Estadio Manuel Calle Lombana | 2002 | |
| Depor Aguablanca Depor F.C. Depor Aguablanca, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Cali. Formerly known as Depor Fútbol Club, the club was founded in 2005 and plays its home games at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero... |
Jamundí Jamundí Jamundí is a town and municipality located in the Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia.Jamundí is located 23 km south of Cali, the capital of the Department, Valle del Cauca. The average Temperature is 23 grades Celsius.Foundation... |
Estadio Cacique Jamundí | 2005 | |
| Deportivo Pasto Deportivo Pasto Asociación Deportivo Pasto or simply Deportivo Pasto is a Colombian football team from the city of Pasto, Nariño Department. It was founded in 1949... |
Pasto Pasto Pasto, officially San Juan de Pasto, is the capital of the department of Nariño, located in southwest Colombia. The city is located in the "Atriz Valley", on the Andes cordillera, at the foot of the Galeras volcano, at an altitude of 8,290 feet above sea level... |
Estadio Departamental Libertad Estadio Departamental Libertad Estadio Departamental Libertad is a multi-purpose stadium in Pasto, Colombia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Deportivo Pasto. The stadium holds 25,000 people and was built in 1954.... |
1919 | |
| Deportivo Rionegro Deportivo Rionegro Deportivo Rionegro is a Colombian football team, based in Rionegro. It was founded in 1939. Famous former players include Iván Córdoba, who started his career at Deportivo Rionegro and went on to play for Internazionale and captain his nation, as well as the Goalkeeper Rene Higuita.Dueño:... |
Rionegro Rionegro, Antioquia Rionegro is a city and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia, located in the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. The official name of the City is "Ciudad Santiago de Arma de Rionegro" but is named after the Negro River which is the most prominent geographical feature of the municipality... |
Estadio Alberto Grisales | 1939 | |
| Expreso Rojo Expreso Rojo Expreso Rojo is a Colombian football team, based in Zipaquira, Cundinamarca.They formerly played in Sincelejo at the stadium Arturo Cumplido Sierra. Since 2007 they moved to Fusagasuga, Cundinamarca-Squad:As of August 28, 2009... |
Soacha Soacha Soacha is the city of Colombia on the southern edge of Bogotá, the country's capital. It has an important industrial zone and is home to mostly working class families.-Demographics:... |
Estadio Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento | 1997 | |
| Fortaleza F.C. | Zipaquirá Zipaquirá Zipaquirá is a municipality and city of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. Its neighboring municipalities are Tausa and Cogua to the north; Nemocón, Gachancipá and Sopó to the east; Cajicá and Tabio to the south; and Subachoque and Pacho to the west. Its seat of municipal government is 49... |
Estadio Municipal Los Zipas | 2011 | As Juventud Girardot Atlético Juventud Soacha Atlético Juventud Girardot was a Colombian football team, based in Girardot, Colombia. The club was founded in 2007 and plays in Categoría Primera B.In 2010, the club moved from Soacha to Girardot.... |
| Pacifico F.C. | Buenaventura Buenaventura -Myths and legends:*Buenaventura River , a legendary but non-existent river that was once believed to run from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean in what is now the western United States-People:... |
Polideportivo El Cristal | 2009 | |
| Patriotas F.C. | Tunja Tunja Tunja is a city and municipality located in the central part of Colombia, in the region of "Alto Chicomocha". As of the 2005 Census it had 152,419 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Department of Boyacá and part of the subregion of the Central Boyacá Province. It is approximately 145 km... |
Estadio de La Independencia | 2003 | |
| Real Santander Real Santander Real Santander is a Colombian football team that play in the Primera B League.Real Santander plays in Bucaramanga, Colombia and replaces to Pumas de Casanare... |
Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Bucaramanga is a Colombian city, and capital city of the department of Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth largest city economy and sixth largest population in Colombia, with 1,212,656 people in its metropolitan area... |
Estadio Alfonso Lopez Estadio Alfonso Lopez Estadio Alfonso López is a multi-purpose stadium in Bucaramanga, Colombia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people, and is the home of Atlético Bucaramanga and Real Santander. It had the first synthetic grass pitch in Colombia. -Picture:* -... |
2006 | |
| Unión Magdalena Unión Magdalena The Asociación Deportiva Unión Magdalena is a Colombian soccer team founded in the year 1950 as "Los Samarios" and based in Santa Marta. It has only won one championship, in the year 1968 against Deportivo Cali in the final. Red and blue stripes compose its shirt... |
Santa Marta Santa Marta Santa Marta is the capital city of the Colombian department of Magdalena in the Caribbean Region. It was founded in July 29, 1525 by the Spanish conqueror Rodrigo de Bastidas, which makes it the oldest remaining city in Colombia... |
Estadio Eduardo Santos Estadio Eduardo Santos Estadio Eduardo Santos is a multi-use stadium in Santa Marta, Colombia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 23,000 people and was built in 1951. The stadiums is named after politician and publisher Eduardo Santos. Unión Magdalena plays its home matches... |
1954 | |
| Universidad Autónoma F.C. | Sabanalarga Sabanalarga Sabanalarga is a municipality in the Atlántico Department, Colombia. Founded in 1620 by Lucas Dionisio Tesillo y Diego and Marceliano de Jesús Almanza... |
Estadio Marcos Henríques | 2011 | As Atlético La Sabana Atlético La Sabana Atlético La Sabana is a Colombian football team, based in Sincelejo, Colombia. The club was founded in late 2008 and plays in Categoría Primera B as of 2009. The club was formerly known as Córdoba F.C... |
| Valledupar F.C. Valledupar F.C. Valledupar Fútbol Club is a Colombian football team, based in Valledupar.In the 2006 season, they reach Copa Mustang play-offs promotion after beat Cortuluá.-External links:*Valledupar FC is currently in the round of 16... |
Valledupar Valledupar Valledupar is a city and municipality in northeastern Colombia. It is the capital of Cesar Department and was founded in 1550 by the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Santana. Its name, Valle de Upar , was established in honor of the Amerindian cacique who ruled the valley; Cacique Upar... |
Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau The Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau is a football stadium in Valledupar, Colombia. It has a capacity of 9,500 and is the home stadium of Valledupar F.C..... |
2004 |
Titles
| Year | Champion |
|---|---|
| 1991 | Envigado Fútbol Club Envigado Fútbol Club Envigado Fútbol Club is a Colombian football club based in the metropolitan Medellín of Envigado. The club was founded October 14, 1989 and plays its home games at the Estadio Polideportivo Sur stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 12,000 seats.... |
| 1992 | Atlético Huila Atlético Huila Atlético Huila, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Neiva, that competes in the top division of the Colombian professional football league. The club was founded in 1990 and plays home games at the Guillermo Plazas Alcid stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 22,000... |
| 1993 | Cortuluá Cortuluá Corporación Club Deportivo Tuluá, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Tuluá. The club was founded October 16, 1967 and plays its home games at the Doce de Octubre stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 16,000 seats.-History:... |
| 1994 | Deportes Tolima Deportes Tolima Deportes Tolima, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Ibagué. The club was founded December 18, 1954 and play their home games at the Manuel Murillo Toro stadium, which has a capacity of 30,000.-Foundation:... |
| 1995 | Atlético Bucaramanga Atlético Bucaramanga Club Atlético Bucaramanga Corporacion Deportiva, known simply as Atlético Bucaramanga, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Bucaramanga. The club was founded in 1949... |
| 1995/96 | Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta Deportivo Corporación Nuevo Cúcuta Deportivo is a football club based in the city of Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, Colombia. The club was officially founded on September 10, 1924 and plays its home games at the General Santander Stadium, which has a capacity of 45,000.... |
| 1996/97 | Deportivo Unicosta |
| 1997 | Atlético Huila Atlético Huila Atlético Huila, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Neiva, that competes in the top division of the Colombian professional football league. The club was founded in 1990 and plays home games at the Guillermo Plazas Alcid stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 22,000... |
| 1998 | Deportivo Pasto Deportivo Pasto Asociación Deportivo Pasto or simply Deportivo Pasto is a Colombian football team from the city of Pasto, Nariño Department. It was founded in 1949... |
| 1999 | Real Cartagena Real Cartagena Real Cartagena, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Cartagena. The club was founded in 1971 and play their home games at the Estadio Jaime Morón León, which has a capacity of 20,000 approximately.-Current roster:As of Jan 28, 2011... |
| 2000 | Deportivo Pereira Deportivo Pereira Deportivo Pereira is a professional soccer team of the Colombian city of Pereira. Founded in 1944, its traditional colors are red and yellow. It plays in the Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas.-History:... |
| 2001 | Deportes Quindío Deportes Quindío Deportes Quindío, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Armenia. The club was founded January 8, 1951 and play their home games at the Centenario de Armenia stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 29,000.-National Honours:... |
| 2002 | Centauros Villavicencio Centauros Villavicencio Corporación Deportiva Centauros Villavicencio, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Villavicencio. The club was founded January 14, 2003 and plays its home games at the Manuel Calle Lombana stadium, which has a capacity of 15,000 seats.-History:... |
| 2003 | Chicó F.C. Chicó F.C. Boyacá Chicó Fútbol Club is a Colombian football club based in the city of Tunja. The club was founded on March 26, 2002 in Bogotá as Deportivo Bogotá Chicó F.C. named after one of the city's neighborhoods... |
| 2004 | Real Cartagena Real Cartagena Real Cartagena, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Cartagena. The club was founded in 1971 and play their home games at the Estadio Jaime Morón León, which has a capacity of 20,000 approximately.-Current roster:As of Jan 28, 2011... |
| 2005 | Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta Deportivo Corporación Nuevo Cúcuta Deportivo is a football club based in the city of Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, Colombia. The club was officially founded on September 10, 1924 and plays its home games at the General Santander Stadium, which has a capacity of 45,000.... |
| 2006 Primera B 2006 The Torneo Primera B of 2006 was full of expectations, since Centauros Villavicencio were relegated from the Colombian Professional Football league.-Final Table, League Stage:- External links :***... |
La Equidad La Equidad Club Deportivo La Equidad Seguros, known simply as La Equidad, is a Colombian football club, based in Bogotá. The club was founded in 1990.-History:... |
| 2007 Primera B 2007 The Torneo Primera B of 2007 was full of expectations, since Centauros Villavicencio were relegated from the Colombian Professional Football league-Copa Premier I 1st Round:-Copa Premier I Semifinals:Group AGroup B-Match summaries:... |
Envigado Fútbol Club Envigado Fútbol Club Envigado Fútbol Club is a Colombian football club based in the metropolitan Medellín of Envigado. The club was founded October 14, 1989 and plays its home games at the Estadio Polideportivo Sur stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 12,000 seats.... |
| 2008 | Real Cartagena Real Cartagena Real Cartagena, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Cartagena. The club was founded in 1971 and play their home games at the Estadio Jaime Morón León, which has a capacity of 20,000 approximately.-Current roster:As of Jan 28, 2011... |
| 2009 | Cortuluá Cortuluá Corporación Club Deportivo Tuluá, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Tuluá. The club was founded October 16, 1967 and plays its home games at the Doce de Octubre stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 16,000 seats.-History:... |
| 2010 | Itagüí Ditaires Itagüí Ditaires Itagüí Ditaires is a Colombian football team, based in Itagüí, Colombia. The club was formerly known as Bajo Cauca F.C. and was rebranded in 2008 and currently plays in Categoría Primera A. Itagüí plays at the Estadio Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí. Also Itagui is considered the best team in... |
Relegation
| Year | Relegation |
|---|---|
| 1991 | None To Allow 16 Teams in Primera A |
| 1992 | Real Cartagena |
| 1993 | Deportes Tolima |
| 1994 | Atlético Bucaramanga |
| 1995 | Cúcuta Deportivo |
| 1995/96 | Atlético Huila |
| 1996/97 | Cúcuta Deportivo |
| 1997 | Deportivo Pereira |
| 1998 | Deportivo Unicosta |
| 1999 | Unión Magdalena |
| 2000 | Deportes Quindio |
| 2001 | None To Allow 18 Teams in Primera A |
| 2002 | Real Cartagena |
| 2003 | Centauros Villavicencio |
| 2004 | Cortuluá |
| 2005 | Unión Magdalena |
| 2006 | Envigado Fútbol Club |
| 2007 | Real Cartagena |
| 2008 | Atlético Bucaramanga |
| 2009 | Deportivo Pasto |
| 2010 | Cortuluá |
| 2011 | Deportivo Pereira |