2019 Categoría Primera B season

Torneo Águila
Season2019
Dates2 February – 6 December 2019
ChampionsDeportivo Pereira (2nd title)
PromotedDeportivo Pereira
Boyacá Chicó
Matches played294
Goals scored701 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorerTorneo I:
3 players
(12 goals each)
Torneo II:
Juan Sebastián Herrera
(12 goals)
Biggest home winDeportivo Pereira 6–0 Tigres
(18 March)
Cortuluá 6–0 Valledupar
(14 October)
Biggest away winTigres 0–5 Deportivo Pereira
(16 November)
Highest scoringOrsomarso 4–4 Boyacá Chicó
(22 September)
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2020 →

The 2019 Categoría Primera B season (officially known as the 2019 Torneo Águila season for sponsorship reasons) was the 30th season since its founding as Colombia's second division football league.

Format

For this season, the league returned to the format used in 2017. The season consisted of two tournaments (Torneo I and Torneo II) with three stages each. In the first stage of both tournaments, the 16 clubs played each other once, for a total of 15 games. The top eight teams after the first stage advanced to the semifinal round where they were sorted into two groups of four and played a double round-robin tournament group stage, with the top team of each group qualifying for the finals. The winners of both tournaments would play a final series on a home-and-away basis, with the winner being crowned as the season champions and also earning promotion to the Categoría Primera A for the 2020 season. The season runners-up would then play the best team in the aggregate table (other than the champions) in another double-legged series for the second promotion berth. In case the season runner-up also ended up as the best team in the aggregate table, it would also be promoted and the promotion play-off would not be played.[1]

Teams

16 teams took part, fourteen of them returning from last season plus Boyacá Chicó and Leones, who were relegated from the 2018 Primera A after one year in the top flight. Both teams replaced Cúcuta Deportivo and Unión Magdalena who earned promotion at the end of the last season. Also, starting from this season, Real Santander moved its home games to San Andrés Island, becoming Real San Andrés.[2]

On 12 March 2019, the General Assembly of DIMAYOR approved a proposal to relocate Universitario from Popayán to Cali starting from the second half of the season, with the aforementioned club being effectively rebranded as Boca Juniors de Cali.[3] Universitario played its last match in the tournament under that name on 4 May 2019, losing to Deportivo Pereira in Palmira by a 4–1 score.[4]

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Locations of the 2019 Categoría Primera B teams
Club Home city Stadium Capacity
Atlético Cali Pascual Guerrero 33,130
Barranquilla Barranquilla Romelio Martínez 20,000
Boca Juniors de Cali Cali Pascual Guerrero 33,130
Bogotá Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 8,000
Boyacá Chicó Tunja La Independencia 20,630
Cortuluá Tuluá Doce de Octubre 16,000
Deportes Quindío Armenia Centenario 20,716
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas 30,297
Fortaleza Cota Municipal de Cota 4,000
Leones Itagüí Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí 12,000
Llaneros Villavicencio Manuel Calle Lombana 15,000
Orsomarso Palmira Francisco Rivera Escobar 9,000
Real Cartagena Cartagena Jaime Morón León 16,068
Real San Andrés San Andrés Erwin O'Neill 5,000
Tigres Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 8,000
Universitario Popayán Ciro Lópeza 5,000
Valledupar Valledupar Armando Maestre Pavajeau 11,000

a: Universitario played their home matches against Llaneros, Bogotá, Leones and Deportivo Pereira at Estadio Deportivo Cali in Palmira.

Only participated in the Torneo I.
Replaced Universitario for the Torneo II.

Torneo I

First stage

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Real Cartagena 15 8 5 2 26 15 +11 29 Advance to the semifinals
2 Deportes Quindío 15 8 5 2 23 12 +11 29
3 Deportivo Pereira 15 8 4 3 26 10 +16 28
4 Barranquilla 15 7 5 3 20 15 +5 26
5 Boyacá Chicó 15 6 7 2 16 10 +6 25
6 Cortuluá 15 7 3 5 26 22 +4 24
7 Leones 15 6 6 3 16 12 +4 24
8 Llaneros 15 7 2 6 26 24 +2 23
9 Bogotá 15 6 4 5 16 19 −3 22
10 Tigres 15 5 5 5 20 24 −4 20
11 Fortaleza 15 5 4 6 21 22 −1 19
12 Valledupar 15 3 5 7 13 20 −7 14
13 Universitario 15 2 6 7 12 20 −8 12
14 Real San Andrés 15 1 7 7 13 24 −11 10
15 Atlético 15 1 5 9 9 25 −16 8
16 Orsomarso 15 0 7 8 16 25 −9 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 BAR BOG BOY COR QUI PER FOR LEO LLA ORS RCA RSA TIG UPO VAL
Atlético — — — 1–2 0–2 1–0 — 0–1 — — — 0–3 0–1 — — —
Barranquilla 1–0 — — 0–0 2–2 — — 2–0 — — — 2–1 2–0 — — 3–0
Bogotá 0–0 0–2 — — 3–2 — 1–1 — — 2–5 — 1–0 1–0 — — 2–1
Boyacá Chicó — — 0–0 — — 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 — 0–0 — — 0–1 2–0 —
Cortuluá — — — 0–0 — 1–3 2–1 3–2 0–1 — 2–0 — — 2–1 1–0 —
Deportes Quindío — 2–2 4–1 — — — — — 0–0 1–0 1–1 — — 3–1 2–1 —
Deportivo Pereira 4–0 2–1 — — — 0–1 — — — — 1–0 — 1–0 6–0 — 2–0
Fortaleza — — 2–0 — — 0–2 1–2 — 4–1 2–1 2–2 — — 0–0 3–1 —
Leones 4–2 0–0 1–0 — — — 1–0 — — 0–1 — 1–1 3–0 — — 0–0
Llaneros 3–1 3–1 — 3–3 3–2 — 0–0 — — — — 0–2 2–0 — — 0–1
Orsomarso 1–1 1–2 1–2 — — — — — 1–2 2–3 — — — — 2–2 1–2
Real Cartagena — — — 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 — — 1–1 — — 2–0 1–0 —
Real San Andrés — — — 0–1 2–2 1–1 — 2–2 — — 2–2 3–3 — 1–1 — —
Tigres 1–1 4–0 0–3 — — — — — 1–1 4–2 2–1 — — — 2–0 —
Universitario 1–1 0–0 0–0 — — — 1–4 — 0–0 3–0 — — 1–1 — — 2–1
Valledupar 1–1 — — 0–1 1–3 0–1 — 1–1 — — — 1–1 2–0 2–2 — —
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semifinals

The eight teams that advanced to the semifinals were drawn into two groups of four teams. The winners of each group advanced to the finals.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification COR RCA LEO BAR
1 Cortuluá 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 13 Advance to the Finals — 3–0 3–0 2–0
2 Real Cartagena 6 3 2 1 11 8 +3 11 1–1 — 4–1 2–1
3 Leones 6 2 1 3 6 11 −5 7 3–1 1–1 — 1–0
4 Barranquilla 6 1 0 5 4 9 −5 3 0–1 1–3 2–0 —
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.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PER BOY QUI LLA
1 Deportivo Pereira 6 5 0 1 9 4 +5 15 Advance to the Finals — 1–2 2–1 1–0
2 Boyacá Chicó 6 4 1 1 9 2 +7 13 0–1 — 1–0 0–0
3 Deportes Quindío 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 4 0–2 0–3[a] — 3–0
4 Llaneros 6 0 2 4 2 10 −8 2 1–2 0–3 1–1 —
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.
  1. ^ Match awarded 3–0 to Boyacá Chicó due to crowd disturbances. The match originally ended with a 0–1 win for Boyacá Chicó.[5]

Finals

Cortuluá2–1Deportivo Pereira
  • Herrera 24'
  • Roa 55'
 Report
Referee: Carlos Ortega
Deportivo Pereira2–1Cortuluá
 Report
Penalties
 3–1
Referee: Gustavo Murillo

Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Deportivo Pereira won on penalties.


 Torneo Águila
2019–I Winners 
Deportivo Pereira
Advance to the Grand Final

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Colombia Diego Álvarez Deportivo Pereira 12
Colombia Juan Sebastián Herrera Cortuluá
Colombia Guillermo Murillo Cortuluá
4 Panama Edwin Aguilar Real Cartagena 11
Colombia Jairo Molina Deportivo Pereira
6 Colombia Jhonny Cano Real Cartagena 8
7 Sweden Kevin Aladesanmi Leones 7
Colombia Leonel García Atlético
Colombia Danny Santoya Deportes Quindío

Source: Soccerway

Torneo II

First stage

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportes Quindío 15 8 5 2 21 12 +9 29 Advance to the semifinals
2 Boyacá Chicó 15 8 3 4 25 19 +6 27
3 Bogotá 15 8 2 5 19 14 +5 26
4 Cortuluá 15 8 1 6 24 19 +5 25
5 Deportivo Pereira 15 6 7 2 13 9 +4 25
6 Real Cartagena 15 7 3 5 20 19 +1 24
7 Fortaleza 15 6 4 5 18 15 +3 22
8 Tigres 15 5 6 4 17 14 +3 21
9 Leones 15 4 9 2 19 17 +2 21
10 Real San Andrés 15 6 2 7 16 17 −1 20
11 Llaneros 15 6 1 8 12 15 −3 19
12 Valledupar 15 4 7 4 14 19 −5 19
13 Atlético 15 4 6 5 15 13 +2 18
14 Boca Juniors de Cali 15 3 2 10 15 25 −10 11
15 Barranquilla 15 2 5 8 10 21 −11 11
16 Orsomarso 15 1 5 9 13 23 −10 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 BAR BOC BOG BOY COR QUI PER FOR LEO LLA ORS RCA RSA TIG VAL
Atlético — 0–0 2–1 0–1 — — — 0–0 — 1–1 1–2 1–0 — — 1–1 0–0
Barranquilla — — 3–1 0–2 — — 0–2 1–1 — 2–2 1–0 0–0 — — 1–1 —
Boca Juniors de Cali — — — — 2–2 3–2 0–2 — 0–1 — — 2–1 1–2 — 2–0 —
Bogotá — — 2–0 — 0–1 — 2–1 — 2–0 3–3 — 2–1 — — 0–3 —
Boyacá Chicó 2–0 4–0 — — — 3–2 — — — — 1–0 — 5–2 1–0 — 1–0
Cortuluá 3–2 2–0 — 1–0 — — — — — — 1–0 — 1–0 1–0 — 6–0
Deportes Quindío 0–4 — — — 3–0 1–1 — 1–1 1–1 — — — 2–0 1–0 — 0–0
Deportivo Pereira — — 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 — — 1–0 1–1 1–0 — 0–0 — — —
Fortaleza 1–1 2–1 — — 3–0 4–2 — — — — — — 1–0 3–0 — 0–0
Leones — — 2–2 — 1–0 1–0 2–3 — 0–0 — — 2–0 — — 0–0 —
Llaneros — — 1–0 0–2 — — 0–1 — 2–0 1–1 — 2–0 — — 1–3 —
Orsomarso — — — — 4–4 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 — — — 1–2 0–1 0–0 —
Real Cartagena 1–0 2–1 — 2–1 — — — — — 0–1 3–0 — — 3–3 — 2–2
Real San Andrés 0–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 — — — 3–1 — 3–1 0–1 — — — — 2–1
Tigres — — — — 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–2 — — — 0–1 1–1 — 1–2
Valledupar — 1–0 2–1 1–1 — — — 1–1 — 1–1 0–2 3–1 — — — —
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semifinals

The eight teams that advanced to the semifinals were drawn into two groups of four teams. The winners of each group will advance to the finals.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PER COR TIG QUI
1 Deportivo Pereira 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 13 Advance to the Finals — 1–0 1–1 1–0
2 Cortuluá 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 3–1 — 2–0 1–0
3 Tigres 6 1 3 2 6 12 −6 6 0–5 1–1 — 4–3
4 Deportes Quindío 6 0 2 4 6 11 −5 2 0–2 3–3 0–0 —
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.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BOY FOR RCA BOG
1 Boyacá Chicó 6 4 2 0 9 4 +5 14 Advance to the Finals — 1–1 2–1 1–1
2 Fortaleza 6 2 2 2 10 9 +1 8 0–2 — 1–3 3–1
3 Real Cartagena 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 8 0–1 2–2 — 1–0
4 Bogotá 6 0 2 4 4 11 −7 2 1–2 0–3 1–1 —
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.

Finals

Deportivo Pereira2–1Boyacá Chicó
 Report
Referee: Luis Fernando Trujillo
Boyacá Chicó1–1Deportivo Pereira
 Report
Referee: Óscar Gómez

Deportivo Pereira won 3–2 on aggregate.


 Torneo Águila
2019–II Winners 
Deportivo Pereira
Advance to the Grand Final

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Colombia Juan Sebastián Herrera Cortuluá 12
2 Colombia Edinson Palomino Boyacá Chicó 11
3 Colombia Sebastián Acosta Fortaleza 10
4 Colombia Cristian Cangá Valledupar 8
5 Panama Edwin Aguilar Real Cartagena 7
Colombia Diber Cambindo Deportes Quindío
Colombia Leonel García Atlético
Colombia Jairo Molina Deportivo Pereira
9 Sweden Kevin Aladesanmi Leones 6
Colombia Henry Hernández Deportes Quindío
Colombia Yorleys Mena Real Cartagena
Colombia Luis Mina Boca Juniors de Cali
Colombia José Carlos Muñoz Cortuluá

Source: Soccerway

Grand Final

Since Deportivo Pereira won both tournaments of the season, the Grand Final was not played and they were declared as champions of the season. Deportivo Pereira also earned direct promotion to Categoría Primera A for the 2020 season.


 Torneo Águila
2019 champions 
Deportivo Pereira
2nd title

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportivo Pereira (C, P) 46 25 13 8 65 32 +33 88 Promotion to Categoría Primera A
2 Boyacá Chicó (P) 46 23 15 8 62 37 +25 84 Qualification for Promotion play-off
3 Cortuluá 46 23 8 15 74 55 +19 77
4 Real Cartagena 42 20 12 10 65 49 +16 72
5 Deportes Quindío 42 17 13 12 55 44 +11 64
6 Leones 36 12 16 8 41 40 +1 52
7 Bogotá 36 14 8 14 39 44 −5 50
8 Fortaleza 36 13 10 13 49 46 +3 49
9 Tigres 36 11 14 11 43 50 −7 47
10 Llaneros 36 13 5 18 40 49 −9 44
11 Barranquilla 36 10 10 16 34 45 −11 40
12 Valledupar 30 7 12 11 27 39 −12 33
13 Real San Andrés 30 7 9 14 29 41 −12 30
14 Atlético 30 5 11 14 24 38 −14 26
15 Boca Juniors de Cali 30 5 8 17 27 45 −18 23
16 Orsomarso 30 1 12 17 29 48 −19 15
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 promotion play-off was played by Boyacá Chicó and Cortuluá, who were the best two teams in the aggregate table excluding the champions, Deportivo Pereira. The winners of this double-legged series earned the second promotion berth.

Cortuluá0–0Boyacá Chicó
Report
Referee: Carlos Ortega
Boyacá Chicó1–0Cortuluá
 Report
Referee: Óscar Gómez

Boyacá Chicó won 1–0 on aggregate.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Balance de la Asamblea Extraordinaria de la Dimayor" (in Spanish). Dimayor.com.co. 30 November 2018. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Real Santander jugará en San Andrés a partir de 2019" (in Spanish). Win Sports. 30 November 2018. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Dimayor aprobó la llegada del club Boca Juniors de Cali" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Pereira goleó a Popayán pero no será cabeza de grupo" (in Spanish). Código Fútbol Comunicaciones. 4 May 2019.
  5. ^ "RESOLUCIÓN NO. 028 DE 2019" (in Spanish). Dimayor. 29 May 2019.