2022 Categoría Primera B season

Torneo BetPlay Dimayor
Season2022
Dates22 January – 29 November 2022
ChampionsBoyacá Chicó (3rd title)
PromotedBoyacá Chicó
Atlético Huila
Matches played289
Goals scored638 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorerTorneo I: Jefferson Rivas (13 goals)
Torneo II: Gustavo Britos (15 goals)
Biggest home winAtlético Huila 6–0 Atlético
(8 October)
Biggest away winReal Santander 0–4 Leones
(21 March)
Real Cartagena 0–4 Llaneros
(10 May)
Orsomarso 0–4 Dep. Quindío
(11 July)
Orsomarso 0–4 Fortaleza
(30 September)
Highest scoringFortaleza 6–2 Orsomarso
(7 March)
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The 2022 Categoría Primera B season (officially known as the 2022 Torneo BetPlay Dimayor season for sponsorship reasons) was the 33rd season of the Categoría Primera B since its founding as Colombia's second division football league. The season began on 22 January and ended on 29 November 2022.

Boyacá Chicó were the champions, winning their third Primera B title as well as promotion to the top flight by defeating Atlético Huila by a 3–0 score on aggregate in the season's Grand Final.[1] Atlético Huila claimed the other promotion berth, defeating Deportes Quindío in the promotion play-off by a 2–1 aggregate score.[2]

Format

The format for the 2022 Primera B season was approved at DIMAYOR's General Assembly session of 17 December 2021.[3]

For this season, and similar to the previous one, two tournaments (Torneo I and Torneo II) with three stages each were played. In the first stage of both tournaments, the 15 teams (16 teams in Torneo II) played a single round-robin tournament with each team having a bye round and home-and-away order reversed for the Torneo II. The top eight teams at the end of the fifteen rounds advanced to the semi-finals, where teams were drawn into two groups of four where they played each one of their rivals twice. The top team of each group advanced to the finals, playing a double-legged series with the winners advancing to the Grand Final.

The Grand Final to decide the season champions as well as the first promotion to Primera A, was a double-legged series contested at the end of the season by the winners of the season's two tournaments. The second promotion spot to Primera A for the 2023 season was decided in a promotion play-off between the Grand Final loser and the best-placed team of the season's aggregate table, other than the Grand Final winners.[4]

Teams

Originally, 15 teams took part in the season. Cortuluá and Unión Magdalena, who won the semifinal groups of the 2021–II Primera B tournament, were promoted to Primera A for the 2022 season and were replaced in Primera B by Atlético Huila and Deportes Quindío, who were relegated at the end of the 2021 Primera A Finalización tournament.[5][6]

On 20 April 2022 the General Assembly of DIMAYOR approved the reaffiliation of Cúcuta Deportivo, which had been expelled from the entity on 25 November 2020 due to legal issues. Despite being in the top tier at the moment of its disaffiliation, it was decided that Cúcuta Deportivo would enter the Primera B competition starting from the second half of the 2022 season, with which the tournament expanded to 16 teams.[7]

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Locations of the 2022 Categoría Primera B teams
Club City Stadium Capacity
Atlético Cali Pascual Guerrero 33,130
Atlético Huila Neiva Guillermo Plazas Alcid 22,000
Barranquilla Barranquilla Romelio Martínez 8,000
Boca Juniors de Cali Cali Pascual Guerrero 33,130
Bogotá Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 8,000
Boyacá Chicó Tunja La Independencia 20,630
Deportes Quindío Armenia Centenario 20,716
Fortaleza Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 8,000
Leones Itagüí Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí 12,000
Llaneros Villavicencio Bello Horizonte 15,000
Orsomarso Palmira Francisco Rivera Escobar 15,300
Real Cartagena Cartagena Jaime Morón León 16,068
Real Santander Piedecuesta Villa Concha 5,500
Tigres Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 8,000
Valledupar Valledupar Armando Maestre Pavajeau 11,000

The following team joined the competition for the Torneo II:

Club City Stadium Capacity
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander 42,901

Torneo I

First stage

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Leones 14 8 3 3 21 10 +11 27 Advance to the semi-finals
2 Fortaleza 14 7 4 3 26 17 +9 25
3 Deportes Quindío 14 6 7 1 17 8 +9 25
4 Real Cartagena 14 7 4 3 19 16 +3 25
5 Tigres 14 6 4 4 16 12 +4 22
6 Boyacá Chicó 14 6 4 4 18 16 +2 22
7 Llaneros 14 6 4 4 14 12 +2 22
8 Bogotá 14 6 4 4 17 16 +1 22
9 Valledupar 14 5 6 3 15 12 +3 21
10 Orsomarso 14 5 3 6 14 20 −6 18
11 Atlético 14 3 5 6 10 14 −4 14
12 Real Santander 14 2 5 7 13 21 −8 11
13 Barranquilla 14 2 4 8 13 23 −10 10
14 Atlético Huila 14 1 6 7 7 14 −7 9
15 Boca Juniors de Cali 14 1 5 8 10 19 −9 8
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots.

Results

Home \ Away ATL HUI BAR BOC BOG BOY QUI FOR LEO LLA ORS RCA RSA TIG VAL
Atlético — 1–0 — 1–0 3–1 0–2 — 2–2 — 1–3 — — 0–1 — 0–0
Atlético Huila — — 0–0 2–0 — — 0–0 — 1–1 — 0–1 — 1–1 0–0 —
Barranquilla 1–0 — — — 2–4 2–2 — 0–1 — 1–2 — 0–2 — — 1–1
Boca Juniors de Cali — — 0–0 — 1–1 1–1 — — — 1–1 — 1–2 — 2–0 —
Bogotá — 2–0 — — — 0–0 — 0–1 1–0 0–1 — — 2–1 — 2–1
Boyacá Chicó — 1–0 — — — — 2–3 0–1 1–0 — 2–1 — 2–1 — 2–2
Deportes Quindío 1–0 — 2–1 1–0 1–2 — — — — 0–0 — 5–0 — 0–0 —
Fortaleza — 3–1 — 3–1 — — 2–2 — 1–2 — 6–2 — 2–3 1–2 —
Leones 1–1 — 3–1 2–1 — — 0–0 — — — 3–1 1–0 — 3–1 —
Llaneros — 2–1 — — — 1–2 — 0–1 1–0 — 0–1 — 2–2 — 0–0
Orsomarso 1–0 — 2–1 2–0 1–1 — 1–1 — — — — 1–2 — 0–2 —
Real Cartagena 0–0 1–1 — — 1–1 3–1 — 1–1 — 2–0 — — — — 1–2
Real Santander — — 2–3 1–1 — — 0–1 — 0–4 — 0–0 1–2 — 0–0 —
Tigres 1–1 — 2–0 — 3–0 1–0 — — — 0–1 — 1–2 — — 3–2
Valledupar — 1–0 — 2–1 — — 0–0 1–1 0–1 — 2–0 — 1–0 — —
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semi-finals

The eight teams that advanced to the semi-finals were drawn into two groups of four teams, with the top two teams from the first stage being seeded in each group. The two group winners advanced to the finals.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BOY LEO LLA RCA
1 Boyacá Chicó 6 2 3 1 7 4 +3 9 Advance to the Finals — 1–1 2–1 3–0
2 Leones 6 1 5 0 6 5 +1 8 0–0 — 1–1 0–0
3 Llaneros 6 1 4 1 9 6 +3 7 0–0 3–3 — 0–0
4 Real Cartagena 6 1 2 3 2 9 −7 5 2–1 0–1 0–4 —
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) First stage position.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification QUI FOR BOG TIG
1 Deportes Quindío 6 3 3 0 7 4 +3 12 Advance to the Finals — 1–1 2–1 1–0
2 Fortaleza 6 2 3 1 6 4 +2 9 1–1 — 0–1 2–1
3 Bogotá 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7 1–1 0–2 — 2–1
4 Tigres 6 1 1 4 3 6 −3 4 0–1 0–0 1–0 —
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) First stage position.

Finals

Boyacá Chicó0–0Deportes Quindío
Report
Referee: Edilson Ariza
Deportes Quindío2–2Boyacá Chicó
 Report
Penalties
 2–4
Referee: Nolberto Ararat

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Boyacá Chicó won on penalties.


 Torneo BetPlay DIMAYOR
2022–I winners 
Boyacá Chicó
Advance to the Grand Final

Top scorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Colombia Jefferson Rivas Leones 13
2 Colombia Johar Mejía Bogotá 9
3 Colombia Kevin Aladesanmi Fortaleza 7
Colombia Luis Fabián Mina Deportes Quindío
5 Colombia Mario Álvarez Llaneros 6
Colombia Diego Echeverri Llaneros
Colombia Breidy Golúz Orsomarso
Colombia Adrián Parra Fortaleza
Venezuela Henry Plazas Boyacá Chicó
10 Colombia Wilmar Cruz Boyacá Chicó 5
Colombia Wilson España Real Cartagena
Colombia Misael Martínez Valledupar

Source: Soccerway

Torneo II

First stage

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fortaleza 16 8 4 4 23 11 +12 28 Advance to the semi-finals
2 Deportes Quindío 16 8 4 4 24 16 +8 28
3 Atlético Huila 16 7 4 5 32 22 +10 25
4 Barranquilla 16 7 4 5 23 19 +4 25
5 Llaneros 16 6 7 3 18 14 +4 25
6 Tigres 16 7 4 5 19 19 0 25
7 Boyacá Chicó 16 5 9 2 16 10 +6 24
8 Real Santander 16 6 6 4 18 15 +3 24
9 Bogotá 16 7 2 7 21 20 +1 23
10 Atlético 16 7 2 7 14 18 −4 23
11 Cúcuta Deportivo 16 6 4 6 19 18 +1 22
12 Leones 16 4 9 3 22 21 +1 21
13 Boca Juniors de Cali 16 4 7 5 17 20 −3 19
14 Real Cartagena 16 4 4 8 18 26 −8 16
15 Valledupar 16 1 6 9 15 27 −12 9
16 Orsomarso 16 1 4 11 7 30 −23 7
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots.

Results

Home \ Away ATL HUI BAR BOC BOG BOY CUC QUI FOR LEO LLA ORS RCA RSA TIG VAL
Atlético — — 3–2 0–0 — — 0–1 1–1 — 4–0 — 2–1 0–2 — 1–0 —
Atlético Huila 6–0 — — — 2–0 1–1 3–2 — 1–2 — 2–0 — 2–3 — — 3–2
Barranquilla — 2–1 — 1–1 — — — 1–1 — 3–1 — 2–0 2–3 2–1 3–0 —
Boca Juniors de Cali 0–1 1–1 — — — — — 1–0 0–0 1–1 — 2–1 — 2–3 — 2–0
Bogotá 0–1 — 1–0 4–1 — — 2–1 1–2 — — — 1–0 2–0 — 0–1 —
Boyacá Chicó 1–0 — 1–0 3–1 0–2 — — — 0–0 — 1–1 — 4–0 — 2–2 —
Cúcuta Deportivo — — 0–1 1–2 — 1–2 — — — — 0–0 3–0 — 0–0 2–1 2–1
Deportes Quindío — 1–1 — — — 0–0 2–0 — 1–0 3–2 — 2–0 — 2–0 — 4–3
Fortaleza 2–0 — 3–0 — 1–2 1–0 2–2 — — — 1–0 — 3–1 — — 3–1
Leones — 2–2 — — 2–2 1–1 1–1 — 1–1 — 0–0 — — 1–1 — 1–0
Llaneros 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 — — 1–0 — — — — 2–0 — 2–0 —
Orsomarso — 0–2 — — — 0–0 — 0–4 0–4 1–4 2–2 — — 0–0 — 1–1
Real Cartagena — — 2–2 0–0 — — 1–2 3–1 — 0–1 — 0–1 — 2–2 0–1 —
Real Santander 0–1 2–1 — — 2–0 0–0 0–1 — 1–0 — 3–1 — — — — 1–0
Tigres — 1–2 — 3–2 2–1 — — 2–0 1–0 1–1 — 1–0 — 2–2 — —
Valledupar 1–0 — 0–1 — 3–3 0–0 — — — 0–3[a] 1–1 — 1–1 — 1–1 —
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. ^ Match abandoned after 68 minutes of play and awarded to Leones due to crowd disturbances by Valledupar fans. The score at the time of suspension was 3–3.[8]

Semi-finals

The eight teams that advanced to the semi-finals were drawn into two groups of four teams, with the top two teams from the first stage being seeded in each group. The two group winners advanced to the finals.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BOY LLA FOR BAR
1 Boyacá Chicó 6 4 1 1 8 1 +7 13 Advance to the Finals — 3–0 0–0 1–0
2 Llaneros 6 3 2 1 7 6 +1 11 1–0 — 0–0 2–0
3 Fortaleza 6 2 2 2 3 4 −1 8 0–2 1–2 — 1–0
4 Barranquilla 6 0 1 5 2 9 −7 1 0–2 2–2 0–1 —
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) First stage position.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HUI QUI RSA TIG
1 Atlético Huila 6 4 1 1 6 5 +1 13 Advance to the Finals — 2–1 1–1 1–0
2 Deportes Quindío 6 4 0 2 10 6 +4 12 3–0 — 1–0 1–0
3 Real Santander 6 1 2 3 4 6 −2 5 0–1 3–2 — 0–0
4 Tigres 6 1 1 4 2 5 −3 4 0–1 1–2 1–0 —
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) First stage position.

Finals

Boyacá Chicó1–0Atlético Huila
 Report
Referee: Bismarks Santiago
Atlético Huila1–0Boyacá Chicó
 Report
Penalties
 4–2
Referee: Carlos Betancur

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Atlético Huila won on penalties.


 Torneo BetPlay DIMAYOR
2022–II winners 
Atlético Huila
Advance to the Grand Final

Top scorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Argentina Gustavo Britos Atlético Huila 15
2 Colombia Andrés Amaya Atlético Huila 8
3 Colombia Jonathan Agudelo Cúcuta Deportivo 7
Colombia Diego Echeverri Llaneros
Colombia Leider Robledo Real Cartagena
6 Colombia Kevin Aladesanmi Fortaleza 6
Colombia Julián Angulo Real Santander
Colombia Jesús Arrieta Boyacá Chicó
Colombia Aldair Zárate Bogotá

Source: Soccerway

Grand Final

The Torneo I and Torneo II winners played a double-legged series to decide the season champions and the first team promoted to the 2023 Categoría Primera A season.

Atlético Huila0–2Boyacá Chicó
Report
Referee: Andrés Rojas
Boyacá Chicó1–0Atlético Huila
 Report
Referee: John Hinestroza

Boyacá Chicó won 3–0 on aggregate.


 Torneo BetPlay DIMAYOR
2022 champions 
Boyacá Chicó
3rd title

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportes Quindío 44 21 16 7 60 36 +24 79 Advance to the Promotion play-off
2 Boyacá Chicó (C, P) 48 20 19 9 55 34 +21 79 Promotion to Categoría Primera A
3 Fortaleza 42 19 13 10 58 36 +22 70
4 Llaneros 42 16 17 9 48 38 +10 65
5 Leones 36 13 17 6 49 36 +13 56
6 Tigres 42 15 10 17 40 42 −2 55
7 Bogotá 36 15 7 14 43 43 0 52
8 Atlético Huila (P) 40 13 11 16 46 45 +1 50 Advance to the Promotion play-off
9 Real Cartagena 36 12 10 14 39 51 −12 46
10 Real Santander 36 9 13 14 35 42 −7 40
11 Atlético 30 10 7 13 24 32 −8 37
12 Barranquilla 36 9 9 18 38 51 −13 36
13 Valledupar 30 6 12 12 30 39 −9 30
14 Boca Juniors de Cali 30 5 12 13 27 39 −12 27
15 Orsomarso 30 6 7 17 21 50 −29 25
16 Cúcuta Deportivo 16 6 4 6 19 18 +1 22
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Promotion play-off

The best-placed team in the aggregate table, Deportes Quindío, played a double-legged series against the Grand Final losing side Atlético Huila to decide the second and last team promoted to Primera A.

Atlético Huila2–0Deportes Quindío
 Report
Referee: Éder Vergara
Deportes Quindío1–0Atlético Huila
 Report
Referee: Bismarks Santiago

Atlético Huila won 2–1 on aggregate and were promoted to Categoría Primera A.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Boyacá Chicó vuelve a la primera división: superó 3-0 en el global al Huila en la gran final de la B" [Boyacá Chicó return to the first division: they beat Huila 3–0 on aggregate in the B′s grand final] (in Spanish). Gol Caracol. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Atlético Huila cae en Armenia pero asciende a primera división" [Atlético Huila go down in Armenia but are promoted to the first division] (in Spanish). Diario As Colombia. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  3. ^ "SÍNTESIS DE LA ÚLTIMA ASAMBLEA EXTRAORDINARIA DE LA DIMAYOR 2021" [SUMMARY OF THE LAST EXTRAORDINARY ASSEMBLY OF DIMAYOR 2021] (in Spanish). Dimayor. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Torneo BetPlay: cómo serán el sistema de juego y los ascensos en 2022" [Torneo BetPlay: what the system of play and promotions will be like in 2022] (in Spanish). Antena 2. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  5. ^ "¿Qué tan espinoso fue el camino? Cortuluá y Unión, los nuevos en 2022" [How thorny was the path? Cortuluá and Unión, the newcomers in 2022] (in Spanish). Futbolred. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Huila y Quindío, los que deben descender en 2022 a la 'B'" [Huila and Quindío, those who must be relegated to the "B" for 2022] (in Spanish). La FM. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Es un hecho: Cúcuta Deportivo vuelve al fútbol profesional después de dos años de 'castigo'" [It's a fact: Cúcuta Deportivo return to professional football after two years of 'punishment'] (in Spanish). El País. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Dura sanción para Valledupar tras hechos en el Armando Maestre: costosa multa y pérdida de puntos" [Harsh sanction for Valledupar after events at the Armando Maestre: expensive fine and loss of points] (in Spanish). Gol Caracol. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.