The 2002 Categoría Primera B season, (officially known as the 2002 Copa Águila for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of Colombia's second division football league. Centauros Villavicencio won the tournament for the first time and was promoted to the Categoría Primera A. After expanding the number of Primera A teams from 16 to 18, DIMAYOR organised a special promotion tournament, where the top two teams were promoted. Freddy Guirán, playing for Alianza Petrolera, was the topscorer with 17 goals.^[1][2]

14 teams take part in the season. The previous season's champions Deportes Quindío was promoted to Primera A for the 2002 season. Unión Magdalena was also promoted after winning the special promotion tournament.^[3] No team was relegated from Primera A at the end of the 2001 season due to the expansion of the number of teams from 16 to 18. Atlético Barranquilla, Expreso Palmira and Unión Soacha did not take part of the tournament. Club Fair Play is renamed as Chía Fair Play and El Cóndor is renamed as Cóndor Real Bogotá. Centauros Villavicencio, Dimerco Popayán and Pumas de Casanare were the debuting teams for this season.

• Dimayor official website