2009 Categoría Primera B season

Copa Premier
Season2009
ChampionsCortuluá (2nd title)
PromotedCortuluá
2008
2010

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

Team City Stadium Capacity
Academia Bogotá Estadio Compensar 4,500
Alianza Petrolera Barrancabermeja Estadio Daniel Villa Zapata 8,000
Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Estadio Alfonso López 28,000
Atlético de la Sabana Sincelejo Estadio Arturo Cumplido Sierra 5,000
Barranquilla Barranquilla Estadio Romelio Martínez 20,000
Bogotá Bogotá Estadio Alfonso López Pumarejo 15,000
Centauros Villavicencio Estadio Manuel Calle Lombana 15,000
Cortuluá Tuluá Estadio Doce de Octubre 16,000
Dépor Cali Estadio Pascual Guerrero 45,195
Deportes Palmira Palmira Estadio Francisco Rivera Escobar 9,000
Deportivo Rionegro Rionegro Estadio Alberto Grisales 9,000
Expreso Rojo Zipaquirá Estadio Municipal Los Zipas 2,000
Itagüí Ditaires Itagüí Estadio Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí 12,000
Juventud Soacha Soacha Estadio Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento 8,000
Patriotas Tunja Estadio de La Independencia 20,000
Real Santander Floridablanca Estadio Álvaro Gómez Hurtado 4,000
Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Estadio Eduardo Santos 23,000
Valledupar Valledupar Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau 10,000

Torneo Apertura

First stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Bucaramanga 18 12 2 4 29 17 +12 38 Qualified for semifinals
2 Itagüí Ditaires 18 10 5 3 27 14 +13 35
3 Deportivo Rionegro 18 10 5 3 20 13 +7 35
4 Unión Magdalena 18 7 7 4 23 16 +7 28
5 Atlético de la Sabana 18 7 4 7 18 23 −5 25
6 Real Santander 18 6 5 7 20 17 +3 23
7 Valledupar 18 5 7 6 18 19 −1 22
8 Barranquilla 18 4 4 10 16 24 −8 16
9 Alianza Petrolera 18 0 5 13 11 30 −19 5
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Patriotas 18 7 7 4 22 18 +4 28 Qualified for semifinals
2 Cortuluá 18 7 6 5 23 18 +5 27
3 Expreso Rojo 18 7 6 5 19 17 +2 27
4 Deportes Palmira 18 7 6 5 18 17 +1 27
5 Bogotá 18 7 4 7 14 16 −2 25
6 Academia 18 6 6 6 18 22 −4 24
7 Juventud Soacha 18 6 5 7 24 22 +2 23
8 Centauros 18 5 4 9 21 28 −7 19
9 Dépor 18 3 4 11 15 25 −10 13
Source: [citation needed]

Semifinals

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cortuluá 6 5 1 0 7 2 +5 16 Qualified for the final
2 Deportivo Rionegro 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11
3 Deportes Palmira 6 1 1 4 6 10 −4 4
4 Atlético Bucaramanga 6 1 0 5 3 7 −4 3
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Itagüí Ditaires 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 11 Qualified for the final
2 Expreso Rojo 6 2 3 1 5 3 +2 9
3 Patriotas 6 1 3 2 5 7 −2 6
4 Unión Magdalena 6 1 2 3 5 7 −2 5
Source: [citation needed]

Finals


Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Cortuluá won on penalties.


 Copa Premier
2009–I Winners 
Cortuluá
Advanced to the Championship Final

Torneo Finalización

First stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Itagüí Ditaires 18 9 6 3 28 22 +6 33 Qualified for semifinals
2 Atlético Bucaramanga 18 9 5 4 37 21 +16 32
3 Bogotá 18 7 7 4 28 17 +11 28
4 Real Santander 18 7 7 4 22 21 +1 28
5 Patriotas 18 7 3 8 23 24 −1 24
6 Barranquilla 18 6 5 7 20 21 −1 23
7 Deportes Palmira 18 6 1 11 17 29 −12 19
8 Valledupar 18 6 1 11 14 29 −15 19
9 Dépor 18 4 5 9 21 26 −5 17
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Centauros 18 9 4 5 27 17 +10 31 Qualified for semifinals
2 Atlético de la Sabana 18 8 6 4 30 21 +9 30
3 Unión Magdalena 18 8 5 5 34 19 +15 29
4 Deportivo Rionegro 18 8 4 6 22 21 +1 28
5 Juventud Soacha 18 7 6 5 20 22 −2 27
6 Expreso Rojo 18 7 5 6 18 16 +2 26
7 Academia 18 7 4 7 27 25 +2 25
8 Cortuluá 18 6 5 7 21 22 −1 23
9 Alianza Petrolera 18 1 1 16 7 43 −36 4
Source: [citation needed]

Semifinals

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético de la Sabana 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10[a] Qualified for the final
2 Bogotá 6 3 1 2 12 7 +5 10
3 Deportivo Rionegro 6 3 1 2 8 9 −1 10
4 Itagüí Ditaires 6 0 3 3 7 13 −6 3
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Atlético de la Sabana qualified for having earned more points in the first stage.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Bucaramanga 6 3 2 1 8 4 +4 11 Qualified for the final
2 Centauros 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8
3 Unión Magdalena 6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 8
4 Real Santander 6 0 4 2 4 6 −2 4
Source: [citation needed]

Finals


Atlético Bucaramanga won 3–2 on aggregate.


 Copa Premier
2009–II Winners 
Atlético Bucaramanga
Advanced to the Championship Final

Championship final


Cortuluá won 4–1 on aggregate.


 Copa Premier
2009 champions 
Cortuluá
2nd title

Promotion/relegation playoff

As the second worst team in the 2009 Categoría Primera A relegation table, Deportivo Pereira had to play a two-legged tie against Atlético Bucaramanga, 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.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Atlético Bucaramanga 3–5 Deportivo Pereira 1–2 2–3