2015 Categoría Primera B season

The 2015 Categoría Primera B season (officially known as the 2015 Torneo Águila season for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th season since its founding.

Torneo Águila

Season	2015
Champions	Atlético Bucaramanga (2nd title)
Promoted	2015: Cortuluá, Cúcuta Deportivo 2016: Atlético Bucaramanga, Fortaleza
Relegated	None
Top goalscorer	Ayron del Valle (29 goals)
← 2014 2016 →

Format

16 teams competed in this Categoría Primera B season, a decrease from 18 in the last season due to the expansion of the Categoría Primera A to 20 teams starting from this season and the realization of a special promotion tournament to promote 2 additional teams to the Primera A at the start of the season. The Primera B tournament itself changed to a year-round competition with the 16 teams playing the other teams twice on a home-and-away basis and playing a regional rival twice more for a total of 32 matches. The top eight teams after the thirty-two rounds advanced to the Semifinal round where the eight teams were sorted into two groups of four and played a double Round-robin tournament group stage. Both group winners earned promotion to the Categoría Primera A and also advanced to the Final round, which consisted of two legs and decided the season winner.

Teams

 

 

América, Depor

 

Atlético Bucaramanga

 

Barranquilla

 

Bogotá, Fortaleza

 

Quindío

 

Pereira

 

Expreso Rojo

 

Leones

 

Llaneros

 

Real Cartagena

 

Real Santander

 

Unión Magdalena

 

Universitario

 

Valledupar

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Locations of the 2015 Categoría Primera B teams

Club	Home city	Stadium	2014 season
América	Cali	Pascual Guerrero^b	5th
Atlético Bucaramanga	Bucaramanga	Alfonso López	3rd
Barranquilla	Barranquilla	Metropolitano	15th
Bogotá	Bogotá	Metropolitano de Techo	16th
Cortuluá^a	Tuluá	Doce de Octubre	13th
Cúcuta Deportivo^a	Cúcuta	General Santander	6th
Depor	Cali	Pascual Guerrero^c	18th
Deportes Quindío	Armenia	Centenario	2nd
Deportivo Pereira	Pereira	Hernán Ramírez Villegas	10th
Expreso Rojo	Zipaquirá	Municipal Los Zipas	17th
Fortaleza	Bogotá	Metropolitano de Techo	17th (Primera A)
Leones	Turbo	John Jairo Tréllez	4th
Llaneros	Villavicencio	Manuel Calle Lombana	8th
Real Cartagena	Cartagena	Jaime Morón León	9th
Real Santander	Floridablanca	Álvaro Gómez Hurtado	14th
Unión Magdalena	Santa Marta	Municipal de Ciénaga	7th
Universitario	Popayán	Ciro López	12th
Valledupar	Valledupar	Erasmo Camacho Calamar^[1]	11th

a: Only competed in the Promotion tournament.
b: América hosted their home games between February and August at Estadio Hernando Azcárate Martínez in Buga and Estadio de Techo in Bogotá due to the closure of the Estadio Pascual Guerrero for the 2015 IAAF World Youth Championships.
c: Depor hosted their home games between February and August at Estadio Cacique Jamundí in Jamundí due to the closure of the Estadio Pascual Guerrero for the 2015 IAAF World Youth Championships.

Promotion tournament

The promotion tournament, which decided the two Primera B teams that would play in Categoría Primera A for its 2015 season was played from 14 to 21 January in Bogotá by DIMAYOR's eight "A-Class" associates that were in Categoría Primera B at the time. Those eight teams were split into two groups of four teams, where they played each team in their group once. Cúcuta Deportivo and Cortuluá finished on top of each group and earned promotion to the Categoría Primera A.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Cúcuta Deportivo	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7	Promoted to Categoría Primera A
2	Deportes Quindío	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7
3	Atlético Bucaramanga	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0
4	Real Cartagena	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source: DIMAYOR
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goals conceded; 5) Head-to-head record between the involved teams; 6) 2014 Aggregate table position.

January 14, 2015

16:00 UTC−05:00

Deportes Quindío	1–0	Atlético Bucaramanga
Castillo   86'	Report

Estadio Metropolitano de Techo, Bogotá

Referee: Harold Perilla

January 14, 2015

20:00 UTC−05:00

Cúcuta Deportivo	3–0	Real Cartagena
Bedoya   16' Lloreda   47' Jiménez   76'	Report

Estadio Metropolitano de Techo, Bogotá

Referee: Wilmar Roldán

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January 17, 2015

15:30 UTC−05:00

Real Cartagena	1–2	Deportes Quindío
Barreiro   90' (o.g.)	Report	Mosquera   49' Carpintero   78'

Estadio Metropolitano de Techo, Bogotá

Referee: Óscar Gómez

January 17, 2015

20:00 UTC−05:00

Atlético Bucaramanga	0–2	Cúcuta Deportivo
	Report	Jiménez   41' Marín   79'

Estadio Metropolitano de Techo, Bogotá

Referee: Nicolás Gallo

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January 20, 2015

19:45 UTC−05:00

Cúcuta Deportivo	3–3	Deportes Quindío
Lazaga   22', 67' Sosa   79'	Report	Galeano   35' (pen.) Barreiro   43', 87'

Estadio Metropolitano de Techo, Bogotá

Referee: Ulises Arrieta

Real Cartagena	Cancelled ^[A]	Atlético Bucaramanga

Notes

1. The match between Real Cartagena and Atlético Bucaramanga was cancelled after both teams were eliminated from contention.^[2]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Cortuluá	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	Promoted to Categoría Primera A
2	Unión Magdalena	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
3	América	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Deportivo Pereira	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2

Source: DIMAYOR
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goals conceded; 5) Head-to-head record between the involved teams; 6) 2014 Aggregate table position.

January 15, 2015

16:00 UTC−05:00

Deportivo Pereira	0–0	Unión Magdalena
	Report

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Referee: Gustavo Murillo

January 15, 2015

20:15 UTC−05:00

América	1–1	Cortuluá
Mercado   52'	Report	Córdoba   58'

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Referee: Ímer Machado

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January 18, 2015

15:30 UTC−05:00

Unión Magdalena	1–0	América
Salazar   74'	Report

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Referee: Wilson Lamouroux

January 18, 2015

19:30 UTC−05:00

Cortuluá	3–1	Deportivo Pereira
Ortíz   8', 27', 40'	Report	Giménez   80'

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Referee: Gustavo González

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January 21, 2015

16:00 UTC−05:00

Deportivo Pereira	1–1	América
Giménez   85'	Report	Lasso   66'

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Referee: Leevan Suárez

January 21, 2015

19:45 UTC−05:00

Unión Magdalena	0–0	Cortuluá
	Report

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Referee: Wilmar Roldán

Primera B tournament

First stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Bucaramanga	32	21	8	3	55	17	+38	71	Advanced to the semifinals
2	Deportivo Pereira	32	18	6	8	54	36	+18	60
3	América	32	15	11	6	61	37	+24	56
4	Fortaleza	32	13	12	7	41	35	+6	51
5	Real Cartagena	32	15	5	12	46	43	+3	50
6	Leones	32	15	5	12	33	36	−3	50
7	Unión Magdalena	32	12	12	8	37	28	+9	48
8	Universitario de Popayán	32	12	11	9	36	30	+6	47
9	Deportes Quindío	32	12	9	11	43	36	+7	45
10	Valledupar	32	10	8	14	38	45	−7	38
11	Bogotá	32	9	7	16	30	44	−14	34
12	Expreso Rojo	32	8	9	15	38	56	−18	33
13	Real Santander	32	8	8	16	36	52	−16	32
14	Barranquilla	32	7	10	15	23	37	−14	31
15	Llaneros	32	7	9	16	33	51	−18	30
16	Depor	32	6	6	20	37	58	−21	24

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^[3]

Results

Regular matches

Home \ Away	AME	BAR	BOG	BUC	DEP	QUI	PER	EXP	FOR	LEO	LLA	RCA	RSA	MAG	UPO	VAL
América		3–0	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–2	4–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0
Barranquilla	0–0		1–0	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1
Bogotá	0–2	0–2		0–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	5–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1
Atlético Bucaramanga	4–1	2–0	3–2		2–0	0–0	0–0	6–0	4–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–0
Depor	3–3	3–0	2–0	1–2		0–2	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–3	3–1
Deportes Quindío	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–3	1–3		2–3	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	2–1
Deportivo Pereira	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	3–2	1–0		5–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–0
Expreso Rojo	1–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–2		4–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–3
Fortaleza	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–0		0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–1
Leones	4–3	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	2–0		1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1
Llaneros	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–4	2–1	2–3	2–1	0–2		3–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1
Real Cartagena	1–2	3–3	4–0	2–0	3–2	0–1	2–3	2–1	2–2	2–0	3–0		1–1	0–2	1–0	3–2
Real Santander	0–5	0–0	3–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	2–3	3–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	0–1		0–0	2–0	3–2
Unión Magdalena	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	4–0	3–0		2–1	2–1
Universitario de Popayán	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0^[a]	3–2	3–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–0		1–2
Valledupar	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–3	1–2	3–3	1–1	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2015. Source: DIMAYOR
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. DIMAYOR awarded a 3–0 win in favor of Universitario de Popayán against Deportes Quindío after their game was suspended because of Quindío fans throwing objects at their team's players. The game was suspended with Universitario leading 2–1 after 85 minutes.

Regional derbies (Rounds 8 & 24)

Round 8 (Derbies) - April 4, 5, and 6, 2015
Date	Time	Venue	Home	Score	Away
Sat.	15:00	Erasmo Camacho Calamar	Valledupar	1 – 2	Unión Magdalena
		Municipal Los Zipas	Expreso Rojo	1 – 1	Llaneros
Sun.	11:30	Ciro López	Universitario de Popayán	1 – 0	Leones
	15:00	Hernando Azcárate Martínez	América	3 – 0	Depor
	15:30	Jaime Morón León	Real Cartagena	2 – 0	Barranquilla
Mon.	18:30	Metropolitano de Techo	Fortaleza	2 – 2	Bogotá
	19:00	Álvaro Gómez Hurtado	Real Santander	0 – 0	Atlético Bucaramanga
	20:30	Hernán Ramírez Villegas	Deportivo Pereira	2 – 1	Deportes Quindío

Round 24 (Derbies) - August 29, 30, 31, and September 1, 2015
Date	Time	Venue	Home	Score	Away
Sat.	15:00	Metropolitano de Techo	Bogotá	0 – 0	Fortaleza
Sun.		Municipal de Ciénaga	Unión Magdalena	0 – 0	Valledupar
		John Jairo Tréllez	Leones	0 – 0	Universitario de Popayán
	15:30	Pascual Guerrero	Depor	1 – 2	América
		Alfonso López	Atlético Bucaramanga	0 – 1	Real Santander
		Manuel Calle Lombana	Llaneros	0 – 1	Expreso Rojo
Mon.	18:00	Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez	Barranquilla	0 – 2	Real Cartagena
Tue.	20:00	Centenario	Deportes Quindío	4 – 0	Deportivo Pereira

Semifinals

The Semifinal stage began on 8 November and ended on 30 November. The eight teams that advanced from the first round were sorted into two groups of four teams. Atlético Bucaramanga and Fortaleza topped their groups, advancing to the finals and being also promoted to the Categoría Primera A for the 2016 season.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BUC	AME	RCA	UPO
1	Atlético Bucaramanga	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13	Finals and promotion to Categoría Primera A		—	1–1	3–0	1–0
2	América	6	3	1	2	12	9	+3	10			0–1	—	3–1	3–2
3	Real Cartagena	6	2	1	3	7	12	−5	7			0–3	2–1	—	3–1
4	Universitario de Popayán	6	1	1	4	8	13	−5	4			2–1	2–4	1–1	—

Source: DIMAYOR
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) First stage position

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FOR	PER	LEO	MAG
1	Fortaleza	6	5	0	1	14	7	+7	15	Finals and promotion to Categoría Primera A		—	3–1	3–0	3–2
2	Deportivo Pereira	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13			4–0	—	1–0	3–0
3	Leones	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4			0–3	1–1	—	1–2
4	Unión Magdalena	6	1	0	5	5	14	−9	3			0–2	1–2	0–3^[a]	—

Source: DIMAYOR
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) First stage position
Notes:

1. DIMAYOR awarded a 3–0 away win in favor of Leones for Unión Magdalena fielding an unauthorized player. Original result was a 3–0 win for Unión Magdalena.

Finals

December 6, 2015

15:00 UTC−05:00

Fortaleza	0–2	Atlético Bucaramanga
		Cataño   56', 59'

Estadio Metropolitano de Techo, Bogotá

Referee: Leonard Mosquera

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December 12, 2015

19:30 UTC−05:00

Atlético Bucaramanga	0–0	Fortaleza

Estadio Alfonso López, Bucaramanga

Referee: Jorge Guzmán

Torneo Águila 2015 champion
Atlético Bucaramanga 2nd title

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Ayron del Valle	América	29
2	Leonardo Castro	Deportivo Pereira	18
3	Carlos Peralta	Unión Magdalena	17
4	Ernesto Farías	América	14
	Edis Ibargüen	Fortaleza	14

Source:

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Atlético Bucaramanga (C)	40	26	10	4	67	20	+47	88	Promotion to Categoría Primera A
2	Deportivo Pereira	38	22	7	9	66	41	+25	73
3	Fortaleza	40	18	13	9	55	44	+11	67	Promotion to Categoría Primera A
4	América	38	18	12	8	73	46	+27	66
5	Real Cartagena	38	17	6	15	53	55	−2	57
6	Leones	38	16	6	16	38	46	−8	54
7	Universitario de Popayán	38	13	12	13	44	43	+1	51
8	Unión Magdalena	38	13	12	13	42	42	0	51
9	Deportes Quindío	32	12	9	11	43	36	+7	45
10	Valledupar	32	10	8	14	38	45	−7	38
11	Bogotá	32	9	7	16	30	44	−14	34
12	Expreso Rojo	32	8	9	15	38	56	−18	33
13	Real Santander	32	8	8	16	36	52	−16	32
14	Barranquilla	32	7	10	15	23	37	−14	31
15	Llaneros	32	7	9	16	33	51	−18	30
16	Depor	32	6	6	20	37	58	−21	24

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

References

1. [Baseball stadium Erasmo Camacho approved as Valledupar FC's home stadium for the 2015 season]. Radio Guatapurí. Archived from the original on January 10, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
2. [The Bucaramanga vs. Real Cartagena match was cancelled]. DIMAYOR. Archived from the original on 2015-01-19. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
3. (PDF). DIMAYOR. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-16. Retrieved 15 February 2015.

External links

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