The 2013 Categoría Primera B season was the 24th season since its founding and was officially called the 2013 Torneo Postobón for sponsorship reasons.
Format The season consisted of two tournaments: the 'Torneo Apertura' and the 'Torneo Finalización'. Each tournament will have an identical format of eighteen rounds with a round of regional derbies in the ninth round. At the end of the first eighteen rounds, the eight best-placed team will advance to the Semifinal round where teams will be sorted into groups and play a short double Round-robin tournament group stage. The winner of each group will advance to the Final round, which will consist of two legs. The winner will advance to the season final at the end of the Torneo Finalización, with its winner being promoted to the Categoría Primera A.
Current teams
ClubHome cityStadiumHead coach América Cali Pascual Guerrero Diego Umaña Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Alfonso López Bernardo Redín Barranquilla F.C. Barranquilla Romelio Martínez Arturo Reyes Bogotá F.C. Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo Germán Morales Cortuluá Tuluá Doce de Octubre Néstor Rodríguez Depor F.C. Cali Pascual Guerrero Victor Sicachá Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramirez Villegas Jesús Alberto Barrios Deportivo Rionegro Rionegro Alberto Grisales Álvaro Hernández Expreso Rojo Facatativá Jorge Torres Rocha Jhon Jairo Bodmer Fortaleza Zipaquirá Municipal Los Zipas Jaime Manjarrés Jaguares Montería Municipal de Montería José Alberto Suarez Llaneros F.C. Villavicencio Manuel Calle Lombana Alberto Rujana Real Cartagena Cartagena Jaime Morón León José Fernando Santa Real Santander BucaramangaFloridablanca Alfonso LópezÁlvaro Gómez Hurtado Victor Hugo González Unión Magdalena Santa MartaRiohacha Eduardo SantosFederico Serrano Soto Waldir Manga Uniautónoma F.C. Sabanalarga Marcos Henríquez José Manuel Rodríguez Universitario Popayán Ciro López Jhon Jairo López Valledupar F.C. Valledupar Armando Maestre Pavajeau Hugo Arrieta
Torneo Apertura
First stage
Standings
Results
Semifinals The Semifinal stage began on June 2 and ended on June 23. The eight teams that advanced were sorted into two groups of four teams. The winner of each group advanced to the finals.
Group A
Group B
Finals
Top goalscorers RankPlayerNationalityClubGoals1Martín ArzuagaUniautónoma222Isaac AriasValledupar203Óscar VillarealUnión Magdalena134Andrés Javier MosqueraBogotá9
Torneo Finalización
First stage
Standings
Results
Semifinals The Semifinal stage began on October 26 and ended on November 18. The eight teams that advanced were sorted into two groups of four teams. The winner of each group advanced to the finals.
Group A
Group B
Finals
Top goalscorers RankPlayerNationalityClubGoals1Jhony CanoReal Cartagena132Jonathan PalaciosRionegro123Jaime SierraDeportivo Pereira114Óscar VillarrealUnión Magdalena9
Final of the year
Promotion/relegation playoff As the second worst team in the relegation table, Cúcuta Deportivo had to play a two-legged tie against Fortaleza, the 2013 Categoría Primera B runner-up. As the Primera A team, Cúcuta played the second leg at home. Fortaleza won the tie and as a result were promoted to the Primera A for the 2014 season, while Cúcuta Deportivo were relegated to the Primera B.
Aggregate table
References