The 1998 Categoría Primera B season, (officially known as the 1998 Copa Águila for sponsorship reasons) was the 9th season of Colombia's second division football league. Deportivo Pasto won the tournament for the first time and was promoted to the Categoría Primera A. Nilson Pérez, playing for Deportivo Rionegro, was the topscorer with 20 goals.
Teams 16 teams take part in the season. The previous season's champions Atlético Huila was promoted to Primera A for the 1998 season, being replaced in Primera B for this season by Deportivo Pereira, who were relegated from Primera A at the end of the 1997 season after finishing in the bottom of the top tier's relegation table. After finishing last in the 1997 season, Alianza Llanos was relegated to Categoría Primera C and was replaced by Escuela Carlos Sarmiento Lora, champions of the 1997 Primera C. Atlético Buenaventura did not take part of the tournament. Deportivo Antioquia changed its name to Itagüí F.C.. Univalle was the only debuting team for this season.
Team City Stadium Alianza Petrolera Barrancabermeja Daniel Villa Zapata Atlético Córdoba Cereté Alberto Saibis Saker Bello Bello Tulio Ospina Cooperamos Tolima Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander Deportivo Pasto Pasto Departamental Libertad Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas Deportivo Rionegro Rionegro Alberto Grisales El Cóndor Bogotá El Campincito Escuela Carlos Sarmiento Lora Popayán Estadio Ciro López Girardot Girardot Luis Antonio Duque Peña Itagüí Itagüí Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí Lanceros Boyacá Tunja La Independencia Real Cartagena Cartagena Jaime Morón León Real Floridablanca Floridablanca Álvaro Gómez Hurtado Univalle Jamundí Cacique Jamundí
References
External links Dimayor official website