2022 Categoría Primera B season explained

Competition:Torneo BetPlay Dimayor
Dates:22 January – 29 November 2022
Season:2022
Winners:Boyacá Chicó (3rd title)
Promoted:Boyacá Chicó
Atlético Huila
Matches:289
Total Goals:638
League Topscorer:
Torneo II: Gustavo Britos (15 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Atlético Huila 6–0 Atlético
(8 October)
Biggest Away Win:Real Santander 0–4 Leones
(21 March)
Real Cartagena 0–4 Llaneros
(10 May)
Orsomarso 0–4 Dep. Quindío
(11 July)
Orsomarso 0–4 Fortaleza
(30 September)
Highest Scoring:Fortaleza 6–2 Orsomarso
(7 March)
Prevseason:2021
Nextseason:2023

The 2022 Categoría Primera B season (officially known as the 2022 Torneo BetPlay Dimayor season for sponsorship reasons) was the 33rd season of the Categoría Primera B since its founding as Colombia's second division football league. The season began on 22 January and ended on 29 November 2022.

Boyacá Chicó were the champions, winning their third Primera B title as well as promotion to the top flight by defeating Atlético Huila by a 3–0 score on aggregate in the season's Grand Final.[1] Atlético Huila claimed the other promotion berth, defeating Deportes Quindío in the promotion play-off by a 2–1 aggregate score.[2]

Format

The format for the 2022 Primera B season was approved at DIMAYOR's General Assembly session of 17 December 2021.[3]

For this season, and similar to the previous one, two tournaments (Torneo I and Torneo II) with three stages each were played. In the first stage of both tournaments, the 15 teams (16 teams in Torneo II) played a single round-robin tournament with each team having a bye round and home-and-away order reversed for the Torneo II. The top eight teams at the end of the fifteen rounds advanced to the semi-finals, where teams were drawn into two groups of four where they played each one of their rivals twice. The top team of each group advanced to the finals, playing a double-legged series with the winners advancing to the Grand Final.

The Grand Final to decide the season champions as well as the first promotion to Primera A, was a double-legged series contested at the end of the season by the winners of the season's two tournaments. The second promotion spot to Primera A for the 2023 season was decided in a promotion play-off between the Grand Final loser and the best-placed team of the season's aggregate table, other than the Grand Final winners.[4]

Teams

Originally, 15 teams took part in the season. Cortuluá and Unión Magdalena, who won the semifinal groups of the 2021–II Primera B tournament, were promoted to Primera A for the 2022 season and were replaced in Primera B by Atlético Huila and Deportes Quindío, who were relegated at the end of the 2021 Primera A Finalización tournament.[5] [6]

On 20 April 2022 the General Assembly of DIMAYOR approved the reaffiliation of Cúcuta Deportivo, which had been expelled from the entity on 25 November 2020 due to legal issues. Despite being in the top tier at the moment of its disaffiliation, it was decided that Cúcuta Deportivo would enter the Primera B competition starting from the second half of the 2022 season, with which the tournament expanded to 16 teams.[7]

ClubCityStadiumCapacity
AtléticoCaliPascual Guerrero33,130
Atlético HuilaNeivaGuillermo Plazas Alcid22,000
BarranquillaBarranquillaRomelio Martínez8,000
Boca Juniors de CaliCaliPascual Guerrero33,130
BogotáBogotáMetropolitano de Techo8,000
Boyacá ChicóTunjaLa Independencia20,630
Deportes QuindíoArmeniaCentenario20,716
FortalezaBogotáMetropolitano de Techo8,000
LeonesItagüíMetropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí12,000
LlanerosVillavicencioBello Horizonte15,000
OrsomarsoPalmiraFrancisco Rivera Escobar15,300
Real CartagenaCartagenaJaime Morón León16,068
Real SantanderPiedecuestaVilla Concha5,500
TigresMetropolitano de Techo8,000
ValleduparValleduparArmando Maestre Pavajeau11,000

The following team joined the competition for the Torneo II:

Torneo I

First stage

Results

Semi-finals

The eight teams that advanced to the semi-finals were drawn into two groups of four teams, with the top two teams from the first stage being seeded in each group. The two group winners advanced to the finals.

Group B

Finals

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Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Boyacá Chicó won on penalties.

Top scorers

RankNameClubGoals
align=center 1 Jefferson RivasLeonesalign=center 13
align=center 2 Johar MejíaBogotáalign=center 9
3 Kevin AladesanmiFortaleza7
Luis Fabián MinaDeportes Quindío
5 Mario ÁlvarezLlaneros6
Diego EcheverriLlaneros
Breidy GolúzOrsomarso
Adrián ParraFortaleza
Henry PlazasBoyacá Chicó
10 Wilmar CruzBoyacá Chicó5
Wilson EspañaReal Cartagena
Misael MartínezValledupar

Source: Soccerway

Torneo II

First stage

Results

Semi-finals

The eight teams that advanced to the semi-finals were drawn into two groups of four teams, with the top two teams from the first stage being seeded in each group. The two group winners advanced to the finals.

Group B

Finals

----Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Atlético Huila won on penalties.

Top scorers

RankNameClubGoals
align=center 1 Gustavo BritosAtlético Huilaalign=center 15
align=center 2 Andrés AmayaAtlético Huilaalign=center 8
3 Jonathan AgudeloCúcuta Deportivo7
Diego EcheverriLlaneros
Leider RobledoReal Cartagena
6 Kevin AladesanmiFortaleza6
Julián AnguloReal Santander
Jesús ArrietaBoyacá Chicó
Aldair ZárateBogotá

Source: Soccerway

Grand Final

The Torneo I and Torneo II winners played a double-legged series to decide the season champions and the first team promoted to the 2023 Categoría Primera A season.----

Boyacá Chicó won 3–0 on aggregate.

Promotion play-off

The best-placed team in the aggregate table, Deportes Quindío, played a double-legged series against the Grand Final losing side Atlético Huila to decide the second and last team promoted to Primera A.

----Atlético Huila won 2–1 on aggregate and were promoted to Categoría Primera A.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Boyacá Chicó vuelve a la primera división: superó 3-0 en el global al Huila en la gran final de la B. Boyacá Chicó return to the first division: they beat Huila 3–0 on aggregate in the B′s grand final. Gol Caracol. es. 21 November 2022. 21 November 2022.
  2. Web site: Atlético Huila cae en Armenia pero asciende a primera división. Atlético Huila go down in Armenia but are promoted to the first division. Diario As Colombia. es. 29 November 2022. 29 November 2022.
  3. Web site: SÍNTESIS DE LA ÚLTIMA ASAMBLEA EXTRAORDINARIA DE LA DIMAYOR 2021. SUMMARY OF THE LAST EXTRAORDINARY ASSEMBLY OF DIMAYOR 2021. Dimayor. Spanish. 17 December 2021. 18 December 2021.
  4. Web site: Torneo BetPlay: cómo serán el sistema de juego y los ascensos en 2022. Torneo BetPlay: what the system of play and promotions will be like in 2022. Antena 2. es. 21 December 2021. 18 January 2022.
  5. Web site: ¿Qué tan espinoso fue el camino? Cortuluá y Unión, los nuevos en 2022. How thorny was the path? Cortuluá and Unión, the newcomers in 2022. Futbolred. es. 27 December 2021. 18 January 2022.
  6. Web site: Huila y Quindío, los que deben descender en 2022 a la 'B'. Huila and Quindío, those who must be relegated to the "B" for 2022. La FM. es. 14 November 2021. 18 January 2022.
  7. Web site: Es un hecho: Cúcuta Deportivo vuelve al fútbol profesional después de dos años de 'castigo'. It's a fact: Cúcuta Deportivo return to professional football after two years of 'punishment'. El País. es. 20 April 2022. 20 April 2022.