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Categoría Primera B
Countries	Colombia
Confederation	CONMEBOL
Founded	1991
Number of teams	18
Promotion to	Fútbol Profesional Colombiano
Relegation to	None
Levels on pyramid	Level 2
Domestic cup(s)	Copa Colombia
International cup(s)	None
Current champions	Cortuluá (2009-I)
Most championships	Real Cartagena; Envigado; Atlético Huila; Cúcuta Deportivo; (2 titles each)
Website	http://www.dimayor.com.co
	2009 - Copa Premier I

Categoría Primera B, also known as Copa Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the second division football league in Colombia. The league is divided into two six-month seasons and into two regional divisions of nine teams where each team plays the region's other eight teams both home and away. The top two teams in each conference advance to a playoff to decide the two teams who then advance to the final. The winner of the final secures a spot to play for promotion at the end of the year.

After the first season is over, the second season begins with the same teams and format. The season's winner plays the first season's winner in a two-legged final to decide the team who is going to get promoted to the Fútbol Profesional Colombiano. At the end of the year, the team with worst final standing in Primera A is relegated to Primera B.

[edit] Current teams

Name	City	Stadium	Founded	2008 Season
Championship - Colombian Second Division Copa Premier 2009
Academia F.C.	Bogotá	Estadio Compensar	1998	2nd
Alianza Petrolera	Barrancabermeja	Estadio Daniel Villa Zapata	1990	18th
Barranquilla F.C.	Barranquilla	Estadio Romelio Martínez	2005	10th
Bogotá F.C.	Bogotá	Estadio Alfonso López Pumarejo	2003	5th
Centauros	Villavicencio	Estadio Manuel Calle Lombana	2002	9th
Atlético La Sabana	Sincelejo	Arturo Cumplido Sierra	2009	(as Cordoba F.C.)
Cortuluá	Tuluá	Estadio Doce de Octubre	1967	13th
Depor Aguablanca	Cali	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero	2005	8th
Expreso Rojo	Fusagasugá	Estadio Fernando Mazuera	1997	16th
Deportes Palmira	Palmira	Estadio Francisco Rivera Escobar	2009	(as Girardot F.C.)
Itagüí Ditaires	Itagüí	Estadio Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí	2008	11th (as Bajo Cauca F.C.)
Juventud Soacha	Soacha	Estadio Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento	2007	None
Real Santander	Floridablanca	Estadio Álvaro Gómez Hurtado	2006	17th
Patriotas F.C.	Tunja	Estadio de La Independencia	2003	7th
Atlético Bucaramanga	Bucaramanga	Estadio Alfonso Lopez	1949	18th (relegated)
Deportivo Rionegro	Rionegro	Estadio Alberto Grisales	1939	3rd
Unión Magdalena	Santa Marta	Estadio Eduardo Santos	1954	4th
Valledupar F.C.	Valledupar	Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau	2004	6th

[edit] Titles

Year	Champion
1991	Envigado Fútbol Club
1992	Atlético Huila
1993	Cortuluá
1994	Deportes Tolima
1995	Atlético Bucaramanga
1995/1996	Cúcuta Deportivo
1996/1997	Deportivo Unicosta
1997	Atlético Huila
1998	Deportivo Pasto
1999	Real Cartagena
2000	Deportivo Pereira
2001	Deportes Quindío
2002	Centauros Villavicencio
2003	Chicó F.C.
2004	Real Cartagena
2005	Cúcuta Deportivo
2006	La Equidad
2007	Envigado Fútbol Club
2008-I	Deportivo Rionegro
2008-II	Real Cartagena
2009-I	Cortuluá
2009-II	Atlético Bucaramanga

[edit] Relegation

Year	Relegation
1991	None To Allow 16 Teams in Primera A
1992	Real Cartagena
1993	Deportes Tolima
1994	Atlético Bucaramanga
1995	Cúcuta Deportivo
1995/1996	Atlético Huila
1996/1997	Cúcuta Deportivo
1997	Deportivo Pereira
1998	Deportivo Unicosta
1999	Unión Magdalena
2000	Deportes Quindio
2001	None To Allow 18 Teams in Primera A
2002	Real Cartagena
2003	Centauros Villavicencio
2004	Cortuluá
2005	Unión Magdalena
2006	Envigado Fútbol Club
2007	Real Cartagena
2008	Atlético Bucaramanga
2009	Deportivo Pasto

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Contents

[edit] Current teams

[edit] Titles

[edit] Relegation

[edit] External links