2002 Categoría Primera B season

Categoría Primera B
Season2002
ChampionsCentauros Villavicencio (1st title)
PromotedCentauros Villavicencio
Top goalscorerFreddy Guirán (17 goals)
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The 2002 Categoría Primera B season, (officially known as the 2002 Copa Águila for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of Colombia's second division football league. Centauros Villavicencio won the tournament for the first time and was promoted to the Categoría Primera A. After expanding the number of Primera A teams from 16 to 18, DIMAYOR organised a special promotion tournament, where the top two teams were promoted. Freddy Guirán, playing for Alianza Petrolera, was the topscorer with 17 goals.[1][2]

Teams

14 teams take part in the season. The previous season's champions Deportes Quindío was promoted to Primera A for the 2002 season. Unión Magdalena was also promoted after winning the special promotion tournament.[3] No team was relegated from Primera A at the end of the 2001 season due to the expansion of the number of teams from 16 to 18. Atlético Barranquilla, Expreso Palmira and Unión Soacha did not take part of the tournament. Club Fair Play is renamed as Chía Fair Play and El Cóndor is renamed as Cóndor Real Bogotá. Centauros Villavicencio, Dimerco Popayán and Pumas de Casanare were the debuting teams for this season.

Team City Stadium
Alianza Petrolera Barrancabermeja Daniel Villa Zapata
Bello Bello Tulio Ospina
Centauros Villavicencio Villavicencio Manuel Calle Lombana
Chía Fair Play Chía La Luna
Chicó Zipaquirá Los Zipas
Cóndor Real Bogotá Bogotá El Campincito
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander
Deportivo Rionegro Rionegro Alberto Grisales
Dimerco Popayán Popayán Ciro López
El Cerrito El Cerrito Alfredo Vásquez Cobo
Escuela Carlos Sarmiento Lora Cali Pascual Guerrero
Girardot Girardot Luis Antonio Duque Peña
Itagüí Itagüí Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí
Pumas de Casanare Yopal Pier Lora Muñoz


 Categoría Primera B
2002 champion 
Centauros Villavicencio
1st title

References

  1. ^ "Colombia 2002". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Colombian League Top Scorers Second Level". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Especiales del Bestiario: triangular pirata, Cartagena 2001". bestiariodelbalon.com (in Spanish). 23 October 2006. Retrieved 9 April 2019.