The Torneo DIMAYOR, referred to as Torneo BetPlay Dimayor due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is the second-division football league in Colombia. The tournament was inaugurated on 29 January 1991.
Format Since 2015, the league is played with 16 teams due to the expansion to 20 teams in the Primera A tournament, for the first 3 out of 4 years since that change there was a single year-round tournament, but then DIMAYOR changed it back to Apertura and Finalización.
FormatQualification of WinnerApertura Tournament(16 teams) Round I: Each team plays each other in a round-robin system (15 games in total), the best 8 teams qualify to round II. Round II: The 8 teams get divided into 2 groups of 4 teams, each group is played home and away, the winner of each group qualifies to round III. Round III: A two-legged final. Year-round FinalFinalización Tournament(16 teams) Round I: Each team plays each other in a round-robin system (15 games in total), the best 8 teams qualify to round II. Round II: The 8 teams get divided into 2 groups of 4 teams, each group is played home and away, the winner of each group qualifies to round III. Round III: A two-legged final. Year-round FinalYear-round Final(2 equipos) The winner of the apertura and finalización tournaments play each other in a two-legged final. Categoría Primera APromotion Play-Off(2 equipos) The loser of the year-round final plays the highest team on the aggregate table in a two-legged match. Categoría Primera A
In case that the team that loses the year-round final is the best team in the aggregate table (excluding the champion), that team will get the second promotion spot.
In case that a team wins both Apertura and Finalización tournaments, that team will be automatically promoted and there will be no year-round final, the second promotion spot will be played between the two best teams in the aggregate table (excluding the champion).
Current teams
Seasons by club This is the complete list of the clubs that have taken part in the Categoría Primera B, founded in 1991, until the 2026 season. Teams who currently play are indicated in bold.
35 seasons: Itagüí Leones (Deportivo Rionegro) 26 seasons: Real Cartagena 23 seasons: Bogotá 23 seasons: Tigres (Expreso Rojo) 22 seasons: Alianza Petrolera 22 seasons: Atlético (Dépor, Dépor Aguablanca, Dépor Jamundí) 22 seasons: Barranquilla 20 seasons: Real Santander (Real San Andrés) 20 seasons: Valledupar 19 seasons: Unión Magdalena 18 seasons: Cúcuta Deportivo (Cúcuta 2001) 17 seasons: Cortuluá 14 seasons: Deportes Quindío 14 seasons: Girardot 13 seasons: Bello (Atlético Bello) 13 seasons: Deportivo Antioquia (Itagüí, Florida Soccer) 13 seasons: El Cóndor (Cóndor Real Bogotá) 13 seasons: Llaneros 12 seasons: Patriotas 11 seasons: Deportivo Pereira 11 seasons: Fortaleza 11 seasons: Orsomarso 9 seasons: Atlético Huila 9 seasons: Centauros Villavicencio 8 seasons: Academia 8 seasons: Atlético Bucaramanga 8 seasons: Boca Juniors de Cali 8 seasons: Lanceros (Lanceros Fair Play) 8 seasons: Universitario Popayán 7 seasons: Alianza Llanos 7 seasons: Boyacá Chicó (Bogotá Chicó) 5 seasons: Academia Bogotana
5 seasons: América de Cali 5 seasons: Atlético Buenaventura 5 seasons: Bajo Cauca 5 seasons: Cooperamos Tolima 5 seasons: Deportivo Pasto 5 seasons: Escuela Carlos Sarmiento Lora 5 seasons: Pumas de Casanare 4 seasons: Atlético Córdoba 4 seasons: Chía (Chía Fair Play, Club Fair Play) 4 seasons: La Equidad 4 seasons: Real Cundinamarca 3 seasons: Atlético Juventud (Juventud Soacha) 3 seasons: Palmira F.C. 3 seasons: Córdoba 3 seasons: Deportivo Unicosta 3 seasons: Envigado 3 seasons: Expreso Palmira 3 seasons: Fiorentina 3 seasons: Independiente Popayán 3 seasons: Internacional de Palmira 3 seasons: Itagüí Ditaires 3 seasons: Jaguares 3 seasons: Uniautónoma 2 seasons: Atlético de la Sabana 2 seasons: Soledad 2 seasons: Deportes Dinastía 2 seasons: Deportivo Armenia 2 seasons: Dimerco Popayán 2 seasons: El Cerrito 2 seasons: Guadalajara de Buga 2 seasons: Industrial Itagüí
2 seasons: Johann 2 seasons: Pacífico 2 seasons: Real Floridablanca 2 seasons: Real Sincelejo 2 seasons: River Plate 2 seasons: Unión Soacha 1 season: América de Cali B 1 season: Atlético Barranquilla 1 season: Atlético Huila B 1 season: Atlético Nacional B 1 season: Atlético Popayán 1 season: Cartago 1 season: Cortuluá B 1 season: Deportes Palmira 1 season: Deportes Risaralda 1 season: Deportes Tolima 1 season: Deportes Tolima B 1 season: Deportivo Cali B 1 season: Deportivo Pereira B 1 season: Deportivo Samarios 1 season: Independiente Medellín B 1 season: Independiente Valle del Cauca (Independiente Yumbo) 1 season: Junior B 1 season: Millonarios B 1 season: Once Caldas B 1 season: Real Cartagena B 1 season: Santa Fe B 1 season: Santa Rosa 1 season: Sucre 1 season: Unión Meta 1 season: Univalle
List of champions SeasonChampion (Title count)Runner-up1991 Envigado (1) Alianza Llanos 1992 Atlético Huila (1) Alianza Llanos 1993 Cortuluá (1) Fiorentina de Florencia 1994 Deportes Tolima (1) Deportivo Antioquia 1995 Atlético Bucaramanga (1) Lanceros Boyacá 1995–96 Cúcuta Deportivo (1) Girardot 1996–97 Deportivo Unicosta (1) Lanceros Boyacá1997 Atlético Huila (2) Cúcuta Deportivo 1998 Deportivo Pasto (1) Deportivo Pereira 1999 Real Cartagena (1) Itagüí 2000 Deportivo Pereira (1) Unión Magdalena2001 Deportes Quindío (1) Deportivo Rionegro 2002 Centauros Villavicencio (1) Alianza Petrolera 2003 Bogotá Chicó (1) Pumas de Casanare2004 Real Cartagena (2) Deportivo Antioquia 2005 Cúcuta Deportivo (2) Bajo Cauca 2006 La Equidad (1) Valledupar 2007 Envigado (2) Academia2008 Real Cartagena (3) Deportivo Rionegro 2009 Cortuluá (2) Atlético Bucaramanga 2010 Itagüí Ditaires (1) Deportivo Pasto 2011 Deportivo Pasto (2) Patriotas 2012 Alianza Petrolera (1) América de Cali 2013 Uniautónoma (1) Fortaleza 2014 Jaguares de Córdoba (1) Deportes Quindío 2015 Atlético Bucaramanga (2) Fortaleza 2016 América de Cali (1) Tigres 2017 Boyacá Chicó (2) Leones 2018 Cúcuta Deportivo (3) Unión Magdalena 2019 Deportivo Pereira (2) Boyacá Chicó 2020 Atlético Huila (3) Cortuluá 2021–I Deportes Quindío (2) Cortuluá Atlético Huila (4) Deportes Quindío2021–II Unión Magdalena (1) Cortuluá 2022 Boyacá Chicó (3) Atlético Huila 2023 Patriotas (1) Fortaleza 2024 Unión Magdalena (2) Llaneros 2025–I Jaguares (2) Patriotas 2025–II Cúcuta Deportivo (4) Real Cundinamarca
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Titles by club As of 2 December 2025
ClubTitlesRunners-upSeasons wonSeasons runner-upAtlético Huila 1 1992, 1997, 2020, 2021 2022 Cúcuta Deportivo 1 1995–96, 2005, 2018, 2025–II 1997Boyacá Chicó 1 2003, 2017, 2022 2019Real Cartagena — 1999, 2004, 2008 — Cortuluá 3 1993, 2009 2020, 2021–I, 2021–IIUnión Magdalena 2 2021–II, 2024 2000, 2018Atlético Bucaramanga 1 1995, 2015 2009Deportivo Pasto 1 1998, 2011 2010Deportivo Pereira 1 2000, 2019 1998Deportes Quindío 1 2001, 2021–I 2014Envigado — 1991, 2007 — Jaguares — 2014, 2025–I — Patriotas 2 2023 2011, 2025–IAlianza Petrolera 1 2012 2002América de Cali 1 2016 2012Centauros Villavicencio — 2002 — Deportes Tolima — 1994 — Deportivo Unicosta — 1996–97 — Itagüí Ditaires — 2010 —La Equidad — 2006 — Uniautónoma — 2013 —
Notes
References
External links
Dimayor Official Website(Spanish) Colombian Federation(Spanish) FiFa Association(English)