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2009 Categoría Primera B Season
The 2009 Categoría Primera B season, officially known as the 2009 Copa Premier season for sponsorship reasons) was the 20th season since its founding as Colombia's second division football league. Teams * Starting from this season, Córdoba F.C., Córdoba moved from Cereté to Sincelejo and was rebranded as Atlético de la Sabana, while Girardot F.C., Girardot moved to Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Palmira and became Deportes Palmira. * Dépor F.C., Dépor moved from Jamundí to Cali, and Expreso Rojo moved from Fusagasugá to Zipaquirá. Torneo Apertura First stage Group A Group B Semifinals Group A Group B Finals ---- ''Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Cortuluá won on penalties.'' Torneo Finalización First stage Group A Group B Semifinals Group A Group B Finals ---- ''Atlético Bucaramanga won 3–2 on aggregate.'' Championship final ---- ''Cortuluá won 4–1 on aggregate.'' Promotion/relegation playoff As the second worst team in the 2009 Cate ...
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Categoría Primera B
Categoría Primera B, commonly referred to as Torneo BetPlay Dimayor due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay (formerly ''Torneo Águila''), 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 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 c ...
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Zipaquirá
Zipaquirá () is a municipality and city of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. Its neighboring municipalities are Cogua and Nemocón to the north; Tocancipá to the east; Tabio, Cajicá and Sopó to the south; and Subachoque and Pacho to the west. Its seat of municipal government is 49 kilometers from the national capital Bogotá. It is part of the Greater Bogotá Metropolitan Area, and is the capital of the Sabana Centro province. It is also the headquarters of the diocese of the same name and that includes much of the Department of Cundinamarca, extending to the centre of Bogotá, the region of Rionegro, the Ubaté Valley, and the region of Guavio. The town is primarily known for its Salt Cathedral, an underground church built inside a salt mine in a tunnel made as result of the excavation of the ''salinas''. Zipaquirá has an original architecture, and the old city centre is a tourist attraction. Its main square is surrounded by old buildings in the Spanish Coloni ...
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Real Santander
Real Santander is a professional Colombian football team based in Bucaramanga, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Estadio Villa Concha in Piedecuesta, a municipality in the metropolitan area of Bucaramanga. History The club was founded on 17 January 2006 in Floridablanca, Santander Department after the demise of Real Floridablanca eight years earlier. In late 2006 they acquired the license (''ficha'') of Pumas de Casanare and became affiliated to DIMAYOR, entering Categoría Primera B, Colombia's second tier in 2007. The club's best achievement in Primera B was a runner-up finish in the first tournament of the 2017 Categoría Primera B season, losing the double-legged final to Boyacá Chicó. Relocation to San Andrés Island Financial difficulties at their hometown forced the club to relocate the men's team to the Caribbean island of San Andrés in late 2018, being renamed as ''Real San Andrés'' and playing their home matche ...
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Patriotas Boyacá
Patriotas Boyacá, also known as Patriotas, is a professional Colombian football team based in Tunja, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the La Independencia stadium. History Patriotas was founded in 2003 by the then-governor of Boyacá Miguel Ángel Bermúdez, together with the then Coldeportes chairman and the owners of hardware business G&J. In its first year in the Primera B, the club reached the semifinals, where it was eliminated by Bogotá Chicó. In 2004 the team again advanced to the semifinals, where the team played against Deportivo Antioquia, Centauros Villavicencio and Expreso Rojo, but did not qualify. In 2005 Patriotas was second in the general table but in the semifinals was eliminated by Bajo Cauca F.C. In 2009 some changes were implemented in the tournament. Patriotas was first in Group B but was eliminated again in the semifinals and ended up in third place. In 2011 the team was promoted to the Categoría Pr ...
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Expreso Rojo
Tigres Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Bogotá that plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Metropolitano de Techo stadium. History The history of the club began in 1998 when the team played in the Categoría Primera B under the name Univalle, playing the first half in Jamundí and the second in Palmira with Hernan Dario Herrera as coach. In 1991 the team was renamed Expreso Palmira, due to the support of the carrier of the same name. In that season the coaches were Carlos Burbano and José Martínez, who left the team in tenth place. In the 2000 season with coach Eduardo Lara, the club played a prominent campaign to reclassification, and placed third, qualifying for the final round for the promotion. There it faced Deportivo Pereira, Unión Magdalena and Deportivo Rionegro, ranking third again. In 2001 the club was ranked eighth in the table, thus qualifying to the play-offs where they finished last behind Bogotá ...
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Deportivo Rionegro
Leones F.C., also known as Itagüí Leones, is a professional Colombian football team based in Itagüí playing in the Categoría Primera B starting from 2019. They play their home games at the Estadio Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí. History Founded as ''Deportivo Rionegro'' in 1944, Leones Fútbol Club participated in all seasons of the Categoría Primera B from 1991 to 2017, when the team was runner-up of the tournament and was promoted to Categoría Primera A for the first time. The team played for almost forty years in the amateur league. The team's first president was Libardo Sanchez and his first manager was Alfonso Piedrahita. Thanks to its performances and achievements in the 80s the club was admitted in the first edition of the Categoría Primera B, the second-tier of the professional Colombian league, played in 1991. In 1993, with the direction of manager Carlos Augusto Navarrete, Rionegro managed to be among the five best of the tournament. The team got its best pe ...
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Centauros Villavicencio
Corporación Deportiva Centauros Villavicencio, was a Colombian football club based in the city of Villavicencio. The club was founded on 14 January 2003 and played its home games at the Manuel Calle Lombana stadium, which has a capacity of 15,000 seats. History The club was founded on 14 January 2002 and abolished the rise in the first season immediately on from the second division to the Categoría Primera A. On 2 February 2003 completed the club's 1–1 draw against Deportivo Pasto his first game in the highest Colombian league. The season was very successful for the novice. In the end of this season, they reached the fourth place and thus even the qualification of the Cuadrangulares, Colombian Championship Playoffs. There Villavicencio failed due to the other teams. All the more surprising after this successful first round, followed in the Torneo Finalizacion the total crash. The club was standing with Atletico Bucaramanga and Deportivo Tuluá level on points at the last pl ...
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Barranquilla F
Barranquilla () is the capital district of Atlántico Department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean Coast region; as of 2018 it had a population of 1,206,319, making it Colombia's fourth-most populous city after Bogotá, Medellín, and Cali. Barranquilla lies strategically next to the delta of the Magdalena River, (originally before rapid urban growth) from its mouth at the Caribbean Sea, serving as a port for river and maritime transportation within Colombia. It is also the main economic center of Atlántico department in Colombia. The city is the core of the Metropolitan Area of Barranquilla, with a population of over 2 million, which also includes the municipalities of Soledad, Galapa, Malambo, and Puerto Colombia. Barranquilla was legally established as a town on April 7, 1813, although it dates from at least 1629. It grew into an important port, serving as a haven for immigrants from Europe, ...
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Atlético de la Sabana
Atlético La Sabana was a Colombian football (soccer) 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. based in Córdoba, Colombia but due to financial difficulties, the club relocated to Sincelejo and was rebranded. In 2011 due to financial problems, the team was sold to the Universidad Autónoma del Caribe and refounded as Universidad Autónoma F.C. Club history ???? - foundation as Itagui Florida SC. 2005 - renamed as Florida Soccer Club Medellin. 2006 - renamed as Corporacion Deportiva Córdoba Fútbol Club. 2009 - relocated to Sincelejo and renamed as Corporación Deportiva Atlético La Sabana. Source: Notable players * Nelson Asprilla * Hernán Burbano Hernán Darío Burbano (born 5 March 1988), popularly known by his nickname Piri, is a Colombian professional footballer who plays for Cúcuta Deportivo. He is a naturalized citizen of Mexico. Mainly a ...
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Atlético Bucaramanga
Club Atlético Bucaramanga S.A., better known as Atlético Bucaramanga, is a Colombian professional football team based in Bucaramanga. The club plays its home games at the Alfonso López stadium. The club was founded on 11 May 1949 by Rafael Chaberman, a Barranquilla businessman. Ever since, it has been a regular participant in the top flight of the Colombian professional league. The team's most recent stint in the top division began in 2015. The club's greatest achievement to date took place in 1997, when they reached the finals of the Colombian football league, losing to América de Cali. That performance qualified them for the ensuing Copa Libertadores de América, in which they reached the second round. History Atlético Bucaramanga's origins can be found in the regional football league of the Santander Department. Like most of Colombia's departments, Santander had a local league. However, they did not have a team capable of competing for national honors. A number of ...
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