The 2009

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 form ...

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 moved from

Cereté Cereté is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia. Name origin Cereté comes from the two indigenous words meaning Chere (fish) and te (shelter). History Cereté is one of the oldest administrative div ...

Sincelejo Sincelejo () is the capital and largest city of the Colombian department of Sucre. It is also the main city in the denominated '' Región Sabanas'' (Savannas Region), a subdivision of the Caribbean Region of Colombia, and the 23rd largest ci ...

and was rebranded as Atlético de la Sabana, while Girardot moved to Palmira and became Deportes Palmira. * Dépor moved from

Jamundí Jamundí is a town and municipality in the Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Jamundí is located south of Cali (the capital of the department) in the west riverside of the Cauca River The average temperature is 23° Celsius. Histo ...

to Cali, and

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 ...

moved from

Fusagasugá Fusagasugá (; ) or Fusa is a town and municipality in the department of Cundinamarca, in central Colombia. It is located in the warm valley between the rivers Cuja and Panches, a central region of the Andes Mountains in South America. The mun ...

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 ...

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 Categoría Primera A relegation table,

Deportivo Pereira Deportivo Pereira is a professional Colombian football team based in Pereira, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Hernán Ramírez Villegas stadium. History Early years While there are several ...

had to play a two-legged tie against

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 ...

, the Primera B runners-up. As the Primera A team, Deportivo Pereira played the second leg at home. The winner competed in the Primera A for the 2009 season, while the loser competed in the Primera B.

External links

Colombia 2009 - RSSSF
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