1999 Categoría Primera B season

Categoría Primera B
Season1999
ChampionsReal Cartagena (1st title)
PromotedReal Cartagena
Top goalscorerJulián Vásquez (21 goals)
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The 1999 Categoría Primera B season, (officially known as the 1999 Copa Águila for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th season of Colombia's second division football league. Real Cartagena won the tournament for the first time and was promoted to the Categoría Primera A. Julián Vásquez, playing for Itagüí, was the topscorer with 21 goals.[1][2]

Teams

16 teams take part in the season. The previous season's champions Deportivo Pasto was promoted to Primera A for the 1999 season. Deportivo Unicosta, who were relegated from Primera A at the end of the 1998 season, did not take part of the tournament. After finishing last in the 1998 season, Real Floridablanca was relegated to Categoría Primera C. Univalle did not take part of the tournament. Cúcuta Deportivo changed its name to Cúcuta 2001 and Lanceros Boyacá changed its name to Lanceros Fair Play. Atlético Popayán, Palmira, Soledad were the debuting teams for this season.

Team City Stadium
Alianza Petrolera Barrancabermeja Daniel Villa Zapata
Atlético Córdoba Cereté Alberto Saibis Saker
Atlético Popayán Popayán Ciro López
Bello Bello Tulio Ospina
Cooperamos Tolima Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro
Cúcuta 2001 Cúcuta General Santander
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 Fair Play Tunja La Independencia
Palmira Palmira Francisco Rivera Escobar
Real Cartagena Cartagena Jaime Morón León
Soledad Soledad Romelio Martínez


 Categoría Primera B
1999 champion 
Real Cartagena
1st title

References

  1. ^ "Colombia 1999". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Colombian League Top Scorers Second Level". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 March 2024.