| Competition: | Categoría Primera B |
| Season: | 1998 |
| Winners: | Deportivo Pasto (1st title) |
| Promoted: | Deportivo Pasto |
| Relegated: | Real Floridablanca |
| League Topscorer: | Nilson Pérez (20 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1997 |
| Nextseason: | 1999 |
The 1998 Categoría Primera B season, (officially known as the 1998 Copa Águila for sponsorship reasons) was the 9th season of Colombia's second division football league. Deportivo Pasto won the tournament for the first time and was promoted to the Categoría Primera A. Nilson Pérez, playing for Deportivo Rionegro, was the topscorer with 20 goals.[1] [2]
16 teams take part in the season. The previous season's champions Atlético Huila was promoted to Primera A for the 1998 season, being replaced in Primera B for this season by Deportivo Pereira, who were relegated from Primera A at the end of the 1997 season after finishing in the bottom of the top tier's relegation table. After finishing last in the 1997 season, Alianza Llanos was relegated to Categoría Primera C and was replaced by Escuela Carlos Sarmiento Lora, champions of the 1997 Primera C. Atlético Buenaventura did not take part of the tournament. Deportivo Antioquia changed its name to Itagüí F.C.. Univalle was the only debuting team for this season.
| Team | City | Stadium | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alianza Petrolera | Barrancabermeja | Daniel Villa Zapata | |
| Atlético Córdoba | Cereté | Alberto Saibis Saker | |
| Bello | Bello | Tulio Ospina | |
| Cooperamos Tolima | Ibagué | Manuel Murillo Toro | |
| Cúcuta Deportivo | Cúcuta | General Santander | |
| Deportivo Pasto | Pasto | Departamental Libertad | |
| Deportivo Pereira | Pereira | Hernán Ramírez Villegas | |
| Deportivo Rionegro | Rionegro | Alberto Grisales | |
| El Cóndor | Bogotá | El Campincito | |
| Escuela Carlos Sarmiento Lora | Popayán | Estadio Ciro López | |
| Girardot | Girardot | Luis Antonio Duque Peña | |
| Itagüí | Itagüí | Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí | |
| Lanceros Boyacá | Tunja | La Independencia | |
| Real Cartagena | Cartagena | Jaime Morón León | |
| Real Floridablanca | Floridablanca | Álvaro Gómez Hurtado | |
| Univalle | Jamundí | Cacique Jamundí |