2016 Categoría Primera B season


The 2016 Categoría Primera B season was the 27th season since its founding.

Format

The league retained the format used in the most recent season. The tournament was played in 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 earn promotion to the Categoría Primera A and also advanced to the Final round, which consisted of two legs to decide the winner.

Teams

ClubHome cityStadium2015 season
América de CaliCaliPascual Guerrero4th
AtléticoaCaliPascual Guerrero16th
BarranquillaBarranquillaMetropolitano14th
BogotáBogotáMetropolitano de Techo11th
Cúcuta DeportivoCúcutaGeneral Santander20th
Deportes QuindíoArmeniaCentenario9th
Deportivo PereiraPereiraHernán Ramírez Villegas2nd
LeonesTurbo
Itagüíb
John Jairo Tréllez
Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí
6th
LlanerosVillavicencioManuel Calle Lombana15th
OrsomarsoPalmiraFrancisco Rivera EscobarDid not compete
Real CartagenaCartagenaJaime Morón León5th
Real SantanderFloridablancaÁlvaro Gómez Hurtado13th
TigrescBogotáLuis Carlos Galán Sarmiento12th
Unión MagdalenaSanta MartaFederico Serrano Soto
Municipal de Ciénaga
8th
UniversitarioPopayánCiro López7th
ValleduparValleduparArmando Maestre Pavajeau10th

a: Formerly known as Dépor.
b: Played at Polideportivo Sur in Envigado for most of the second half of the season.
c: Formerly known as Expreso Rojo.

First stage

Standings

Results

Regular matches

Regional derbies (Rounds 8 & 24)

Semifinals

The Semifinal stage began on October 22 and ended on November 28. The eight teams that advanced were sorted into two groups of four teams. Tigres and América de Cali topped their respective groups and as a result both advanced to the finals and were also promoted to the Categoría Primera A for the 2017 season.

Group A

Group B

Finals

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Top goalscorers

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Aggregate table