2024 Categoría Primera B season

The 2024 Categoría Primera B season (officially known as the 2024 Torneo BetPlay Dimayor season for sponsorship reasons) is the 35th season of the Categoría Primera B since its founding as Colombia's second division football league. The season began on 2 February 2024.^[1]

Torneo BetPlay Dimayor

Season	2023
Dates	2 February – December 2024
Matches played	128
Goals scored	326 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Torneo I: Andrés Carreño (8 goals)
Biggest home win	Cúcuta Deportivo 6–0 Bogotá (16 March)
Biggest away win	Atlético 0–4 Boca Juniors (6 May)
Highest scoring	R. Cundinamarca 3–4 Llaneros (1 May)
← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 12 May 2024.

Teams

16 teams take part in the season. The previous season's champions Patriotas and runners-up Fortaleza were promoted to Primera A for the 2024 season,^[2] being replaced in Primera B for this season by Unión Magdalena and Atlético Huila, who were relegated from Primera A at the end of the 2023 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the top tier's relegation table.^[3]

On 12 December 2023 the General Assembly of DIMAYOR approved a request from Cortuluá to change their home stadium for this season, moving to Palmira after one season in Yumbo, Valle del Cauca Department.^[4] On 10 January 2024, Cortuluá was rebranded as Internacional F.C. de Palmira.^[5] In addition to this, starting from this season Real Soacha Cundinamarca left Soacha and was rebranded to Real Cundinamarca, temporarily moving to Bogotá and playing its home matches at Parque Estadio Olaya Herrera.^[6]

 

 

Atlético Huila

 

Barranquilla

 

Bogotá

 

Cali

 

Cúcuta Deportivo

 

Dep. Quindío

 

Leones

 

Llaneros

 

Palmira

 

Real Cartagena

 

Real Santander

 

Unión Magdalena

 

Bogotá teams:
Bogotá
Real Cundinamarca
Tigres
Cali teams:
Atlético
Boca Juniors
Palmira teams:
Internacional
Orsomarso

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Locations of the 2024 Categoría Primera B teams.

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Atlético	Cali	Pascual Guerrero	38,588
Atlético Huila	Neiva	Guillermo Plazas Alcid	12,000
Barranquilla	Barranquilla	Romelio Martínez	11,000
Boca Juniors	Cali	Pascual Guerrero	38,588
Bogotá	Bogotá	Metropolitano de Techo	10,000
Cúcuta Deportivo	Cúcuta	General Santander	42,901
Deportes Quindío	Armenia	Centenario	20,716
Internacional	Palmira	Francisco Rivera Escobar	15,300
Leones	Itagüí	Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí	12,000
Llaneros	Villavicencio	Bello Horizonte – Rey Pelé	15,000
Orsomarso	Palmira	Francisco Rivera Escobar	15,300
Real Cartagena	Cartagena	Jaime Morón León	16,068
Real Cundinamarca	Bogotá	Parque Estadio Olaya Herrera	2,500
Real Santander	Piedecuesta	Villa Concha	5,500
Tigres	Bogotá	Metropolitano de Techo	10,000
Unión Magdalena	Santa Marta	Sierra Nevada	16,000

Torneo I

First stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Huila	16	13	0	3	25	9	+16	39	Advance to the semi-finals
2	Cúcuta Deportivo	16	9	5	2	25	14	+11	32
3	Llaneros	16	8	5	3	28	15	+13	29
4	Tigres	16	7	6	3	22	12	+10	27
5	Unión Magdalena	16	7	6	3	25	17	+8	27
6	Real Cartagena	16	7	5	4	22	15	+7	26
7	Orsomarso	16	7	4	5	23	18	+5	25
8	Deportes Quindío	16	5	7	4	20	18	+2	22^[a]
9	Internacional	16	6	4	6	20	18	+2	22^[a]
10	Boca Juniors	16	7	1	8	17	17	0	22
11	Real Cundinamarca	16	5	4	7	28	28	0	19
12	Barranquilla	16	4	6	6	19	18	+1	18
13	Leones	16	2	8	6	21	28	−7	14
14	Bogotá	16	3	5	8	14	32	−18	14
15	Real Santander	16	2	2	12	14	35	−21	8
16	Atlético	16	1	2	13	5	34	−29	5

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.
Notes:

1. Away goals against: Deportes Quindío 10, Internacional 11.

Results

Home \ Away	ATL	HUI	BAR	BOC	BOG	CUC	QUI	INT	LEO	LLA	ORS	RCA	RCU	RSA	TIG	MAG
Atlético	—	0–3	—	0–4	—	0–1	0–1	—	—	0–3	0–2	0–2	—	—	1–3	—
Atlético Huila	—	—	2–0	—	—	2–1	1–0	—	—	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	—	—
Barranquilla	4–0	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	0–0	2–2	—	—	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	—
Boca Juniors	0–1	0–2	1–0	—	1–2	—	2–1	—	1–0	—	—	—	—	—	2–0	0–0
Bogotá	2–2	2–1	1–0	—	—	—	2–2	—	2–2	1–2	—	—	—	—	0–1	0–2
Cúcuta Deportivo	—	—	2–1	1–0	6–0	—	—	1–0	1–1	—	—	—	3–2	2–1	—	1–1
Deportes Quindío	—	0–3^[a]	—	—	—	1–1	—	1–1	—	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	4–0	—	—
Internacional	3–0	2–1	—	2–1	3–0	—	—	—	2–2	—	0–1	—	—	—	0–0	0–2
Leones	2–0	1–2	—	—	—	—	2–2	—	—	0–3	1–1	0–0	—	—	2–3	1–3
Llaneros	—	—	2–1	2–0	—	0–0	—	1–2	—	—	1–0	0–0	3–3	4–0	—	—
Orsomarso	—	—	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–1	—	4–2	—	—	—	—	1–1	4–2	—	1–3
Real Cartagena	—	—	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	—	2–0	—	—	1–2	—	2–1	3–1	—	—
Real Cundinamarca	1–0	—	—	1–0	2–2	—	—	2–1	4–2	3–4	—	—	—	4–2	—	1–2
Real Santander	1–1	—	—	2–3	3–0	0–3	—	0–2	0–0	—	—	—	—	—	0–3	2–0
Tigres	—	0–1	—	—	0–0	4–0	0–0	—	—	1–1	0–1	4–2	1–0	—	—	—
Unión Magdalena	2–0	2–0	1–3	—	—	—	2–2	—	2–3	1–1	—	2–2	—	—	0–0	—

Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

1. Match awarded 3–0 to Atlético Huila due to Deportes Quindío fielding the suspended player Ferney Angulo. The match had ended with Deportes Quindío winning 2–1.^[7]

Semi-finals

The eight teams that advanced to the semi-finals will be 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 will advance to the finals.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HUI	TIG	RCA	ORS
1	Atlético Huila	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to the Finals		—
2	Tigres	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	Real Cartagena	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	Orsomarso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

First match(es) will be played: 20 May 2024. Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) First stage position (only applies for the seeded team, if it is involved in a tie), 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Away goals against, 7) First stage position.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CUC	LLA	MAG	QUI
1	Cúcuta Deportivo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to the Finals		—
2	Llaneros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	Unión Magdalena	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	Deportes Quindío	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

First match(es) will be played: 17 May 2024. Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) First stage position (only applies for the seeded team, if it is involved in a tie), 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Away goals against, 7) First stage position.

Top scorers

As of 12 May 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Andrés Carreño	Unión Magdalena	8
2	Jonathan Agudelo	Cúcuta Deportivo	7
	Lucas Farías	Atlético Huila
	Juan Salcedo	Orsomarso
5	Julián Angulo	Cúcuta Deportivo	6
	Jhon Cabal	Real Cundinamarca
	Robert Lara	Tigres
	Miguel Murillo	Real Cartagena
	Arney Rocha	Real Cundinamarca
	Alexis Serna	Deportes Quindío
	Kalazán Suárez	Internacional
	Cristian Vergara	Bogotá

Source: Soccerway

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Huila	16	13	0	3	25	9	+16	39	Advance to the Promotion play-off
2	Cúcuta Deportivo	16	9	5	2	25	14	+11	32
3	Llaneros	16	8	5	3	28	15	+13	29
4	Tigres	16	7	6	3	22	12	+10	27
5	Unión Magdalena	16	7	6	3	25	17	+8	27
6	Real Cartagena	16	7	5	4	22	15	+7	26
7	Orsomarso	16	7	4	5	23	18	+5	25
8	Deportes Quindío	16	5	7	4	20	18	+2	22^[a]
9	Internacional	16	6	4	6	20	18	+2	22^[a]
10	Boca Juniors	16	7	1	8	17	17	0	22
11	Real Cundinamarca	16	5	4	7	28	28	0	19
12	Barranquilla	16	4	6	6	19	18	+1	18
13	Leones	16	2	8	6	21	28	−7	14
14	Bogotá	16	3	5	8	14	32	−18	14
15	Real Santander	16	2	2	12	14	35	−21	8
16	Atlético	16	1	2	13	5	34	−29	5

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2024. 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.
Notes:

1. Away goals against: Deportes Quindío 10, Internacional 11.

See also

• 2024 Categoría Primera A season
• 2024 Copa Colombia

References

1. "Conoce todos los detalles de la primera fecha del Torneo BetPlay 2024-1" [Find out all the details of the 2024-1 Torneo BetPlay's first round] (in Spanish). Win Sports. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
2. "Patriotas se corona campeón del torneo de ascenso y regresa a la primera división" [Patriotas are crowned champions of the promotion tournament and return to the first division] (in Spanish). Caracol Radio. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
3. "Huila y Unión Magdalena, los descendidos a la Primera B para 2024" [Huila and Unión Magdalena, the relegated ones to Primera B for 2024] (in Spanish). Gol Caracol. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
4. "Dos históricos del fútbol colombiano harán un cambio de sede para el 2024" [Two historicals of Colombian football will make a change of venue for 2024] (in Spanish). La FM. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
5. "Conozca el nuevo equipo profesional del FPC que reemplazará a Cortuluá y jugará en Palmira, habla su presidente" [Get to know the FPC′s new professional team that will replace Cortuluá and will play in Palmira, its chairman speaks] (in Spanish). El País. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
6. "Siguen los cambios en el FPC: otro equipo modificó su nombre" [The changes in the FPC continue: another team changed its name] (in Spanish). Futbolred. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
7. "Decisión final: Dimayor le arrebató triunfo a equipo por esta razón" [Final decision: Dimayor took away a team's victory for this reason] (in Spanish). Futbolred. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

External links

• Dimayor's official website (in Spanish)