2015 Categoría Primera B season


The 2015 Categoría Primera B season 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
AméricaCaliPascual Guerrerob5th
Atlético BucaramangaBucaramangaAlfonso López3rd
BarranquillaBarranquillaMetropolitano15th
BogotáBogotáMetropolitano de Techo16th
CortuluáaTuluáDoce de Octubre13th
Cúcuta DeportivoaCúcutaGeneral Santander6th
DeporCaliPascual Guerreroc18th
Deportes QuindíoArmeniaCentenario2nd
Deportivo PereiraPereiraHernán Ramírez Villegas10th
Expreso RojoZipaquiráMunicipal Los Zipas17th
FortalezaBogotáMetropolitano de Techo17th
LeonesTurboJohn Jairo Tréllez4th
LlanerosVillavicencioManuel Calle Lombana8th
Real CartagenaCartagenaJaime Morón León9th
Real SantanderFloridablancaÁlvaro Gómez Hurtado14th
Unión MagdalenaSanta MartaMunicipal de Ciénaga7th
UniversitarioPopayánCiro López12th
ValleduparValleduparErasmo Camacho Calamar11th

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

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Group B

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Primera B tournament

First stage

Standings

Results

Regular matches
Regional derbies (Rounds 8 & 24)

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

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Top goalscorers

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Aggregate table