The 2015 Categoría Primera B season (officially known as the 2015 Torneo Águila season for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th season since its founding.
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
ClubHome cityStadium2014 season América Cali Pascual Guerrerob 5th Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Alfonso López 3rd Barranquilla Barranquilla Metropolitano 15th Bogotá Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 16th Cortuluáa Tuluá Doce de Octubre 13th Cúcuta Deportivoa Cúcuta General Santander 6th Depor Cali Pascual Guerreroc 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 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
Notes
Group B
Primera B tournament
First stage
Standings
Results
Regular matches
Regional derbies (Rounds 8 & 24)
Round 8 (Derbies) - April 4, 5, and 6, 2015DateTimeVenueHomeScoreAwaySat.15:00Erasmo Camacho CalamarValledupar1 – 2Unión MagdalenaMunicipal Los ZipasExpreso Rojo1 – 1LlanerosSun.11:30Ciro LópezUniversitario de Popayán1 – 0Leones15:00Hernando Azcárate MartínezAmérica3 – 0Depor15:30Jaime Morón LeónReal Cartagena2 – 0BarranquillaMon.18:30Metropolitano de TechoFortaleza2 – 2Bogotá19:00Álvaro Gómez HurtadoReal Santander0 – 0Atlético Bucaramanga20:30Hernán Ramírez VillegasDeportivo Pereira2 – 1Deportes Quindío
Round 24 (Derbies) - August 29, 30, 31, and September 1, 2015DateTimeVenueHomeScoreAwaySat.15:00Metropolitano de TechoBogotá0 – 0FortalezaSun.Municipal de CiénagaUnión Magdalena0 – 0ValleduparJohn Jairo TréllezLeones0 – 0Universitario de Popayán15:30Pascual GuerreroDepor1 – 2AméricaAlfonso LópezAtlético Bucaramanga0 – 1Real SantanderManuel Calle LombanaLlaneros0 – 1Expreso RojoMon.18:00Metropolitano Roberto MeléndezBarranquilla0 – 2Real CartagenaTue.20:00CentenarioDeportes Quindío4 – 0Deportivo 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
Group B
Finals
Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Ayron del ValleAmérica 29 2 Leonardo CastroDeportivo Pereira 18 3 Carlos PeraltaUnión Magdalena 17 4 Ernesto FaríasAmérica 14 Edis IbargüenFortaleza 14
Source: DIMAYOR
Aggregate table
References
External links DIMAYOR's official website