Categoría Primera B Explained

Torneo BetPlay Dimayor
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Country:Colombia
Organiser:DIMAYOR
Confed:CONMEBOL
Teams:16
Promotion:Categoría Primera A
Levels:2
Domest Cup:Copa Colombia
Champions:Patriotas (1st title)
Season:2023
Most Successful Club:Atlético Huila (4 titles)
Tv:Win Sports
Win+ Fútbol
Current:2024 season

Categoría Primera B, commonly referred to as Torneo BetPlay Dimayor due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay (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.

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 2024 season. Teams who currently play are indicated in bold.

List of champions

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Envigado (1) Atlético Huila
Atlético Huila (1) Cortuluá
Cortuluá (1) Palmira
Deportes Tolima (1) Lanceros Boyacá
Atlético Bucaramanga (1) Alianza Llanos
Cúcuta Deportivo (1) Independiente Popayán
Deportivo Unicosta (1) Deportivo Pasto
Atlético Huila (2) Real Cartagena
Deportivo Pasto (1) Real Cartagena
Real Cartagena (1) Deportivo Pereira
Deportivo Pereira (1) Expreso Palmira
Deportes Quindío (1)
Centauros Villavicencio (1) No third-place awarded
Bogotá Chicó (1) No third-place awarded
Real Cartagena (2) No third-place awarded
Cúcuta Deportivo (2) No third-place awarded
La Equidad (1) Cortuluá
Envigado (2) No third-place awarded
Real Cartagena (3) No third-place awarded
Cortuluá (2) No third-place awarded
Itagüí Ditaires (1) No third-place awarded
Deportivo Pasto (2) No third-place awarded
Alianza Petrolera (1) No third-place awarded
Uniautónoma (1) No third-place awarded
Jaguares de Córdoba (1) No third-place awarded
Atlético Bucaramanga (2) No third-place awarded
América de Cali (1) No third-place awarded
Boyacá Chicó (2) No third-place awarded
Cúcuta Deportivo (3) No third-place awarded
Deportivo Pereira (2) Cortuluá
Atlético Huila (3) No third-place awarded
Deportes Quindío (2) No third-place awarded
Atlético Huila (4) Deportes Quindío
Unión Magdalena (1) No third-place awarded
Boyacá Chicó (3) No third-place awarded
Patriotas (1) No third-place awarded

Titles by club

As of 28 November 2023

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1 1992, 1997, 2020, 2021 2022
1 1995–96, 2005, 2018 1997
1 2003, 2017, 2022 2019
1999, 2004, 2008
3 1993, 2009 2020, 2021–I, 2021–II
1 1995, 2015 2009
1 1998, 2011 2010
1 2000, 2019 1998
1 2001, 2021–I 2014
1991, 2007
2 2021–II 2000, 2018
1 2012 2002
1 2016 2012
1 2023 2011
2002
1994
1996–97
2010
2014
2006
2013

References

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Así es el nuevo logo del FPC: llegó la Liga Aguila – GOL Caracol. 19 December 2014. golcaracol.com. 24 April 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222653/http://www.golcaracol.com/futbol-colombiano/liga-postobon/articulo-325417-asi-el-nuevo-logo-del-fpc-llego-la-liga-aguila. 3 March 2016.