The 1997 Categoría Primera B season, (officially known as the 1997 Copa Concasa for sponsorship reasons) was the 8th season of

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's second division football league.

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won the tournament for the second time and was promoted to the

Categoría Primera A The Categoría Primera A (), commonly referred to as Liga BetPlay Dimayor due to Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is a professional association football league in Colombia and the highest level of the Colombian ...

. John Jairo Quiñónez, playing for

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, was the topscorer with 13 goals.

Teams

16 teams take part in the season. The previous season's champions Deportivo Unicosta was promoted to Primera A for the 1997 season, being replaced in Primera B for this season by

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, who were relegated from Primera A at the end of the 1996–97 season after finishing in the bottom of the top tier's relegation table. After finishing last in the 1996–97 season, River Plate was relegated to Categoría Primera C. Independiente Popayán did not take part of the tournament.

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was accepted again by DIMAYOR to compete in the tournament, after three years without competing. Real Floridablanca was the only debuting team for this season.

References

External links

Dimayor official website
{{Colombian Primera B 1997 in Colombian football

Categoría Primera B seasons