Categoría Primera B, commonly referred to as Torneo BetPlay Dimayor due to

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by online betting company BetPlay (formerly ''Torneo Águila''), is the second-division

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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 currently play are indicated in bold. * 31 seasons: Leones (Deportivo Rionegro) * 22 seasons:

Alianza Petrolera Alianza Petrolera is a Colombian professional football team based in Barrancabermeja, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. The club was founded in 1991 and played in the Categoría Primera B until 2012. They play their home games at ...

* 21 seasons:

Real Cartagena Real Cartagena is a professional Colombian football team based in Cartagena, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Jaime Morón León stadium. History The origins of Real Cartagena date back to 197 ...

* 18 seasons:

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

* 18 seasons: Tigres (Expreso Rojo) * 18 seasons:

Valledupar Valledupar () is a city and municipality in northeastern Colombia. It is the capital of Caesar Department. Its name, ''Valle de Upar'' (Valley of Upar), was established in honor of the Amerindian cacique who ruled the valley; ''Cacique Upar''. T ...

* 17 seasons: Atlético (Dépor, Dépor Aguablanca, Dépor Jamundí) * 17 seasons:

Barranquilla 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 Col ...

* 17 seasons:

Unión Magdalena Unión Magdalena () commonly known as El Unión, and nicknamed as El Ciclón Bananero (The Banana Cyclone) and also Los Samarios (The Samarios), is a Colombian football club from the city of Santa Marta, capital of the department of Magdalena, ...

* 16 seasons:

Cortuluá Cortuluá, officially named Cortuluá Fútbol Club S. A. and previously known as Corporación Club Deportivo Tuluá, is a Colombian football club from the municipality of Tuluá in the Valle del Cauca. It was founded in 1967 and plays in the Cate ...

* 15 seasons: Real Santander (Real San Andrés) * 14 seasons: Bello (Atlético Bello) * 14 seasons: Club El Cóndor (Cóndor Real Bogotá, Deportivo El Cóndor) * 14 seasons: Cúcuta Deportivo (Cúcuta 2001) * 14 seasons: Girardot * 11 seasons:

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 ...

* 10 seasons: Llaneros * 9 seasons:

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 15,0 ...

* 9 seasons:

Deportes Quindío Deportes Quindío is a professional Colombian football club based in Armenia that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. The club was founded on 8 January 1951, and its best achievement was winning the 1956 league tournament. They play thei ...

* 9 seasons:

Fortaleza Fortaleza (, locally , Portuguese for ''Fortress'') is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. It belongs to the Metropolitan mesoregion of Fortaleza and microregion of Fortaleza. It is Brazil's 5th largest city and the t ...

* 9 seasons: Lanceros * 9 seasons: Patriotas * 8 seasons:

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* 8 seasons: Alianza Llanos * 8 seasons:

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 ...

* 8 seasons:

Universitario Popayán Universitario Popayán was a professional Colombian football team based in Popayán, that played in the Categoría Primera B from 2011 to 2019. They played their home games at the Ciro López stadium. History Universitario Popayán was founded ...

* 6 seasons:

Atlético Huila Atlético Huila is a professional Colombian football team based in Neiva, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. The club was founded on November 29, 1990, making it one of the youngest professional football clubs in Colombia. The club' ...

* 6 seasons: Boyacá Chicó (Bogotá Chicó) * 6 seasons: Deportivo Antioquia * 6 seasons:

Itagüí Itagüí () is a city of Colombia, located in the south of the Aburrá Valley in the Antioquia Department. It is part of The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. Demographics The population at the 2005 census was 230,272. Its density is 17&nb ...

* 6 seasons:

Orsomarso Orsomarso ( Calabrian: ) is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Cosenza The province of Cosenza ( it, provincia di Cosenza) is a province in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Cosenza. It contains 150 ''comu ...

* 5 seasons: Academia Bogotana * 5 seasons: América de Cali * 5 seasons: Atlético Buenaventura * 5 seasons: Bajo Cauca * 5 seasons: Cooperamos Tolima * 5 seasons:

Deportivo Pasto Asociación Deportivo Pasto, also known as Deportivo Pasto, is a Colombian professional football team based in the city of Pasto, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Estadio Departamental Libertad. D ...

* 5 seasons: Escuela Carlos Sarmiento Lora * 5 seasons:

Pumas de Casanare 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 B ...

* 4 seasons: Atlético Córdoba * 4 seasons: Chía (Chía Fair Play, Club Fair Play) * 4 seasons:

La Equidad Club Deportivo La Equidad Seguros, also known as La Equidad, is a professional Colombian football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Metropolitano de Techo stadium. History ...

* 3 seasons: Atlético Juventud (Juventud Soacha) * 3 seasons:

Boca Juniors de Cali Boca Juniors de Cali is a professional football club which represented the city of Cali since its creation in 1937 until its exit from professional football in 1957 and again from 2019 onwards competing in the Categoría Primera B, the second t ...

* 3 seasons: Palmira F.C. * 3 seasons: Córdoba * 3 seasons: Deportivo Unicosta * 3 seasons: Expreso Palmira * 3 seasons:

Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the actual club was refounded in August 2002 fo ...

* 3 seasons: Independiente Popayán * 3 seasons:

Itagüí Ditaires Itagüí () is a city of Colombia, located in the south of the Aburrá Valley in the Antioquia Department. It is part of The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. Demographics The population at the 2005 census was 230,272. Its density is 1 ...

* 3 seasons: Uniautónoma * 2 seasons: Atlético de la Sabana * 2 seasons: Soledad * 2 seasons: Deportes Dinastía * 2 seasons: Deportivo Armenia * 2 seasons: Dimerco Popayán * 2 seasons: El Cerrito * 2 seasons:

Envigado Envigado () is a town southeast of Medellín, Colombia in the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. It borders El Poblado, Medellín to the north, Sabaneta to the south, El Retiro and Caldas ...

* 2 seasons:

Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...

* 2 seasons: Industrial Itagüí * 2 seasons: Jaguares * 2 seasons:

Johann Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...

* 2 seasons: Pacífico * 2 seasons: Real Floridablanca * 2 seasons: Real Sincelejo * 2 seasons: River Plate * 2 seasons: Unión Soacha * 1 season: América de Cali B * 1 season: Atlético Barranquilla * 1 season: Atlético Huila B * 1 season: Atlético Nacional B * 1 season: Atlético Popayán * 1 season: Cartago * 1 season: Cortuluá B * 1 season:

Deportes Palmira Deportes Palmira was a Colombian football (soccer) team, based in Palmira, Colombia, Palmira. The club was founded in 2009 and played in Categoría Primera B. The club was formerly known as Girardot F.C. based in Girardot, Cundinamarca, Girardot ...

* 1 season: Deportes Risaralda * 1 season:

Deportes Tolima Club Deportes Tolima S.A., commonly known as Deportes Tolima, or simply as Tolima, is a Colombian professional football club based in Ibagué, Tolima Department that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. Founded in 1954, the club has wo ...

* 1 season: Deportes Tolima B * 1 season: Deportivo Cali B * 1 season: Deportivo Pereira B * 1 season: Ferroclub Pereira * 1 season: Florida Soccer * 1 season: Independiente Medellín B * 1 season: Junior B * 1 season: Millonarios B * 1 season: Once Caldas B * 1 season: Real Cartagena B * 1 season: Samarios * 1 season: Santa Fe B * 1 season:

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* 1 season: Unión Meta * 1 season: Univalle

List of champions

Titles by club

''As of 21 November 2022''

References

External links

Dimayor Official Website
Spanish)
Colombian Federation
Spanish)
FiFa Association
English) {{DEFAULTSORT:Categoria Primera B 2

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