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2018 Categoría Primera B season

The 2018 Categoría Primera B season (officially known as the 2018 Torneo Águila season for sponsorship reasons) was the 29th season since its founding as Colombia's second division football league. The competition started on 10 February and concluded on 26 November. Cúcuta Deportivo were the champions by defeating Unión Magdalena 3–0 on aggregate score in the final. Both teams were also promoted to the Categoría Primera A.

Torneo Águila
Season2018
Dates10 February – 26 November 2018
ChampionsCúcuta Deportivo (3rd title)
PromotedCúcuta Deportivo
Unión Magdalena
Matches played266
Goals scored645 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorerFeiver Mercado
(27 goals)
Biggest home winU. Magdalena 5–0 Dep. Quindío
(12 August)
Llaneros 5–0 Cortuluá
(31 October)
Biggest away winBarranquilla 1–4 Real Santander
(7 April)
Universitario 0–3 U. Magdalena
(6 May)
Bogotá 0–3 Valledupar
(12 May)
Atlético 0–3 Cúcuta Deportivo
(20 May)
Bogotá 0–3 Fortaleza
(11 August)
Bogotá 0–3 U. Magdalena
(8 September)
Atlético 0–3 Tigres
(10 September)
Highest scoringU. Magdalena 5–2 Universitario
(30 September)
← 2017
2019 →

Format

For this season, the league returned to the 'one tournament per year' format. The season will consist of three stages. In the first stage, the 16 clubs played each other twice, once at home and once away. Similar to the 2018 Primera A season, the extra matches against a regional rival were not played. The top eight teams after the thirty rounds advanced to the semifinal round where they were sorted into two groups of four and played a double round-robin tournament group stage, with the top team of each group qualifying to the finals. The winner of the finals was crowned as the season champions and also earned promotion to the Categoría Primera A for the 2019 season. The season runner-up would have to play the best team in the aggregate table (other than the champion) on a home-and-away basis for the second promotion berth. In case the season runner-up also ended up as the best team in the aggregate table, it would also be promoted and the promotion play-off would not be played.[1]

Teams

16 teams took part, fourteen of them returning from last season plus Cortuluá and Tigres, who were relegated from the 2017 Primera A. The former will return to the second tier after 3 years while the latter returned after one season in the top flight. Both teams replaced Boyacá Chicó and Leones who earned promotion at the end of the last season.

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Locations of the 2018 Categoría Primera B teams
ClubHome cityStadiumCapacity
AtléticoCaliPascual Guerrero33,130
BarranquillaBarranquillaRomelio Martíneza20,000
BogotáBogotáMetropolitano de Techo8,000
CortuluáTuluáDoce de Octubreb16,000
Cúcuta DeportivoCúcutaGeneral Santander42,901
Deportes QuindíoArmeniaCentenario20,716
Deportivo PereiraPereiraHernán Ramírez Villegas30,297
FortalezaCotaMunicipal de Cota4,000
LlanerosVillavicencioManuel Calle Lombana15,000
OrsomarsoPalmiraFrancisco Rivera Escobar9,000
Real CartagenaCartagenaJaime Morón León16,068
Real SantanderFloridablancaÁlvaro Gómez Hurtado9,000
TigresBogotáMetropolitano de Techo8,000
Unión MagdalenaSanta MartaSierra Nevada16,000
UniversitarioPopayánCiro López5,000
ValleduparValleduparArmando Maestre Pavajeau11,000

a: Barranquilla used the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in Barranquilla as home stadium during the first half of the season.
b: Cortuluá used the Estadio Pascual Guerrero in Cali instead of the Estadio Doce de Octubre in Tuluá as home stadium during the first half of the season.

First stage

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Cúcuta Deportivo3021815217+3571Advance to the semifinals
2Unión Magdalena3017945322+3160
3Deportivo Pereira3015874331+1253
4Real Cartagena3013894034+647
5Cortuluá30111184041−144
6Deportes Quindío30111092933−443
7Valledupar30101194038+241
8Llaneros3091293333039
9Fortaleza30911103938+138
10Barranquilla30811113645−935
11Tigres30713103035−534
12Universitario3089133646−1033
13Bogotá3087153049−1931
14Atlético3078152942−1329
15Orsomarso3077162031−1128
16Real Santander3039182742−1518
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots

Results

Home \ AwayATLBARBOGCORCUCQUIPERFORLLAORSRCARSATIGMAGUPOVAL
Atlético—1–10–10–00–33–32–30–11–00–02–02–10–31–21–21–1
Barranquilla1–1—3–33–11–10–12–21–01–13–02–01–43–21–20–00–1
Bogotá1–24–0—2–01–22–11–10–32–12–12–11–11–00–31–30–3
Cortuluá1–11–23–2—1–22–13–21–00–01–00–22–00–11–14–22–1
Cúcuta Deportivo3–11–13–03–0—3–12–11–12–14–01–11–01–11–03–01–0
Deportes Quindío2–11–02–11–10–1—0–21–13–01–01–21–01–11–00–00–0
Deportivo Pereira1–03–01–12–20–13–0—1–01–11–11–02–13–10–02–02–0
Fortaleza0–03–30–01–10–01–01–2—1–11–01–22–03–22–22–12–2
Llaneros2–10–11–11–11–21–22–02–1—2–11–12–21–02–11–03–1
Orsomarso0–13–11–00–10–20–14–12–12–0—0–00–00–00–02–02–0
Real Cartagena3–12–14–04–20–23–31–21–12–21–0—2–10–01–13–21–0
Real Santander0–11–21–10–10–00–01–24–11–31–00–1—1–12–21–21–2
Tigres0–21–11–01–20–00–11–01–31–11–02–11–1—0–01–02–2
Unión Magdalena2–11–03–01–12–15–03–12–10–01–02–02–13–1—5–24–0
Universitario3–20–02–02–21–20–00–01–31–03–00–13–11–10–3—2–2
Valledupar2–04–12–02–22–30–00–13–10–01–11–01–03–31–03–3—
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semifinals

The eight teams that advanced to the Semifinals were drawn into two groups of four teams. The winners of each group advanced to the finals.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationCUCCORLLARCA
1Cúcuta Deportivo641193+613Advance to Finals—1–02–03–0
2Cortuluá630389−191–0—3–03–0
3Llaneros621379−271–15–0—1–0
4Real Cartagena6204710−361–23–13–0—
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) First stage position.

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationMAGQUIPERVAL
1Unión Magdalena6510134+916Advance to Finals—2–13–02–0
2Deportes Quindío6312107+3101–1—1–21–0
3Deportivo Pereira63031010092–31–3—4–0
4Valledupar6006113−1200–21–30–1—
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) First stage position.

Finals

Unión Magdalena0–1Cúcuta Deportivo
Report
  • Núñez 90'
Referee: Mario Herrera
Cúcuta Deportivo2–0Unión Magdalena
Report
Referee: Nicolás Rodríguez

Cúcuta Deportivo won 3–0 on aggregate.


 Torneo Águila
2018 champions 
Cúcuta Deportivo
3rd title

Aggregate table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Cúcuta Deportivo (C, P)3827926420+4490Promotion to Categoría Primera A
2Unión Magdalena (P)38221066629+3776
3Deportivo Pereira36188105341+1262
4Real Cartagena36158134744+353
5Deportes Quindío361411113940−153
6Cortuluá361411114850−253
7Llaneros361113124042−246
8Valledupar361011154151−1041
9Fortaleza30911103938+138
10Barranquilla30811113645−935
11Tigres30713103035−534
12Universitario3089133646−1033
13Bogotá3087153049−1931
14Atlético3078152942−1329
15Orsomarso3077162031−1128
16Real Santander3039182742−1518
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Promotion play-off

Since the season runners-up Unión Magdalena also ended up as the best team in the aggregate table (other than the champions), they earned automatic promotion to the Categoría Primera A and the promotion play-off was not played.

Top goalscorers

RankNameClubGoals
1 Feiver MercadoCortuluá27
2 Ricardo MárquezUnión Magdalena20
3 Jonathan AgudeloCúcuta Deportivo17
4 Diego HerazoValledupar16
5 Wilson EspañaUniversitario12
6 Diego EcheverriDeportivo Pereira11
7 Néstor ArenasReal Santander10
Henry CastilloBogotá
Yorleys MenaDeportivo Pereira
Jorge ObregónReal Cartagena
Juan José SalcedoReal Cartagena
Jhonier ViverosUnión Magdalena

Source: Soccerway

See also

References

External links

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