# 2012 Categoría Primera B season

The 2012 Categoría Primera B season is the 23rd season since its founding and is officially called the 2012 Torneo Postobón for sponsorship reasons.

## Format

The season will consist of two tournaments: the 'Torneo Apertura' and the 'Torneo Finalización'. Each tournament will have an identical format of eighteen rounds with a round of regional derbies in the ninth round. At the end of the first eighteen rounds, the eight best-placed team will advance to the Semifinal round where teams will be sorted into groups and play a short double Round-robin tournament group stage. The winner of each group will advance to the Final round, which will consist of two legs. The winner will advance to the season final at the end of the Torneo Finalización.

## Current teams

| Departament | Home city | Club | Head Coach | Stadium |
| Cundinamarca | Bogotá | Academia | Jaime Rodríguez Suárez | Estadio Compensar |
| Cundinamarca | Bogotá | Bogotá F.C. | Oswaldo Duran Renteria | Estadio Alfonso López Pumarejo |
| Cundinamarca | Zipaquirá | Fortaleza | Jaime Manjarrés | Estadio Municipal Los Zipas |
| Cundinamarca | Soacha | Expreso Rojo | Rafallo Curanto | Estadio Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento |
| Valle del Cauca | Cali | América | Eduardo Lara | Estadio Pascual Guerrero |
| Valle del Cauca | Cali | Depor F.C. | Jorge Bermúdez | Estadio Pascual Guerrero |
| Valle del Cauca | Tuluá | Cortuluá | Fernando Velasco Gutiérrez | Estadio Doce de Octubre |
| Santander | Bucaramanga | Atlético Bucaramanga | Álvaro de Jesús Goméz | Estadio Alfonso Lopez |
| Santander | Bucaramanga | Real Santander | Eduardo Villamizar | Estadio Alfonso Lopez |
| Santander | Barrancabermeja | Alianza Petrolera | Hector Dario Estrada | Estadio Daniel Villa Zapata |
| Atlántico | Barranquilla | Barranquilla F.C. | David Jose Pinillos | Estadio Romelio Martínez |
| Atlántico | Sabanalarga | Uniautónoma F.C. | Félix Valverde Quiñónez | Estadio Marcos Henríquez |
| Risaralda | Pereira | Deportivo Pereira | Octavio Zambrano | Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas |
| Antioquia | Rionegro | Deportivo Rionegro | Oscar Aristizabal | Estadio Alberto Grisales |
| Sucre | Sincelejo | Sucre F.C. | Osnar Acuña | Estadio Arturo Cumplido Sierra |
| Magdalena | Santa Marta | Unión Magdalena | Carlos Silva Socarrás | Estadio Eduardo Santos |
| Cauca | Popayán | Universitario Popayán | César Torres | Estadio Ciro López |
| Cesar | Valledupar | Valledupar F.C. | Jesús Alberto Barrios | Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau |
| Meta | Villavicencio | Llaneros F.C. | Alberto Rujana | Estadio Manuel Calle Lombana |
* Only participated in Torneo Apertura.
* Replace Academia FC for Torneo Finalización.

## Torneo Apertura
### First stage
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | América | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 38 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Cortuluá | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 33 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Rionegro | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 32 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 4 | Sucre | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 31 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 5 | Uniautónoma | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 30 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 6 | Universitario de Popayán | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 30 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 7 | Unión Magdalena | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 21 | +6 | 28 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 8 | Real Santander | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 27 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 9 | Fortaleza | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 26 | |
| 10 | Valledupar | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 24 | |
| 11 | Deportivo Pereira | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 23 | |
| 12 | Bogotá | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 20 | |
| 13 | Academia | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 19 | |
| 14 | Depor | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 18 | |
| 15 | Alianza Petrolera | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 17 | |
| 16 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 27 | −9 | 17 | |
| 17 | Barranquilla | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 16 | |
| 18 | Expreso Rojo | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 13 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ACA | AP | AME | BAR | BUC | BOG | COR | DEP | PER | EXP | FOR | RSA | RIO | SUC | MAG | UPO | UAU | VAL |
| Academia | | | 2–3 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | | | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | | | 3–0 |
| Alianza Petrolera | 0–0 | | | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | | | 2–2 | | | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| América | | 2–0 | | 1–0 | | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | | | 3–0 | 2–0 | | |
| Barranquilla | 2–1 | | | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | | | 1–1 | | | 0–2 | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | | | 1–3 | | | | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 2–2 |
| Bogotá | 3–2 | | | | 2–1 | | 1–3 | | | | 2–1 | | 3–3 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Cortuluá | | | 0–0 | | 2–0 | | | 4–2 | 1–0 | | | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 2–1 |
| Depor | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | | | | 2–0 | 2–1 | | | 2–3 | | | 1–1 | |
| Deportivo Pereira | | 4–0 | | 2–1 | | 0–3 | | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | | | 3–2 | |
| Expreso Rojo | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | | | | 0–1 | | | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
| Fortaleza | 2–1 | | 1–1 | | 1–0 | | 2–2 | | | 3–0 | | | 2–4 | 2–1 | | | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Real Santander | | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | | | 3–1 | | | |
| Rionegro | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 4–0 | | | 1–0 | 3–1 | | |
| Sucre | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | | 0–0 | | | | | 2–0 | 1–0 | | | | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Unión Magdalena | | 1–1 | | 2–1 | | 6–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | | 0–0 | | | | 3–1 |
| Universitario de Popayán | 0–0 | | | | | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | |
| Uniautónoma | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | | | | | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–4 | | | 3–0 |
| Valledupar | | 1–1 | 2–1 | | | | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 3–1 | 3–2 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | | |

### Semifinals

The Semifinal stage began on May 30 and ended on June 23. The eight teams that advanced were sorted into two groups of four teams. The winner of each group advanced to the finals.

#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AME | RIO | UPO | RSA |
| 1 | América | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 14 | Advanced to the Finals | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Deportivo Rionegro | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 9 | | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Universitario de Popayán | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 6 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 4–0 |
| 4 | Real Santander | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 4 | | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MAG | UAU | SUC | COR |
| 1 | Unión Magdalena | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 11 | Advanced to the Finals | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Uniautónoma | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Sucre | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 |
| 4 | Cortuluá | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 6 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | |

### Finals

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | América | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Advance to Final of the year |
| 2 | Unión Magdalena | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
* Torneo Postobón 2012 Apertura champion
* América de Cali 1st title

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Nationality | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Jefferson Duque | Colombian | Deportivo Rionegro | 20 |
| 2 | Sergio Romero | Colombian | Real Santander | 12 |
| 2 | Paulo César Arango | Colombian | América de Cali | 11 |
| 4 | Luis Ríos | Colombian | Real Santander | 10 |
| 5 | Yuberney Franco | Colombian | Uniautónoma | 10 |

## Torneo Finalización
### First stage
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Deportivo Pereira | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 14 | +23 | 43 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Alianza Petrolera | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 18 | +17 | 34 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 3 | América | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 18 | +13 | 34 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 4 | Rionegro | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 31 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 5 | Universitario de Popayán | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 30 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 6 | Cortuluá | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 29 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 7 | Uniautónoma | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 27 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 8 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 27 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 9 | Valledupar | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 25 | |
| 10 | Sucre | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 25 | |
| 11 | Bogotá | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 23 | |
| 12 | Unión Magdalena | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 21 | |
| 13 | Depor | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 19 | |
| 14 | Fortaleza | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 19 | |
| 15 | Expreso Rojo | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 16 | |
| 16 | Real Santander | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 16 | |
| 17 | Barranquilla | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 37 | −15 | 15 | |
| 18 | Llaneros | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 26 | −15 | 13 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | LLA | AP | AME | BAR | BUC | BOG | COR | DEP | PER | EXP | FOR | RSA | RIO | SUC | MAG | UPO | UAU | VAL |
| Llaneros | | 0–3 | | 1–2 | | 2–3 | | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | | | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Alianza Petrolera | | | 1–1 | | | | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | | 2–0 |
| América | 3–1 | | | | 1–0 | | 3–3 | 1–2 | | | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 4–0 | | | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Barranquilla | | 3–3 | 0–1 | | | | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–4 | | 3–2 | | 1–3 | |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 3–2 | | | | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | | | 2–0 | |
| Bogotá | 1–1 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | | | 3–2 | | | 0–1 |
| Cortuluá | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | | 3–1 | | | | 3–0 | 3–1 | | | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Depor | | | 1–3 | | 1–2 | | 2–2 | | 1–0 | | | 1–4 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 0–0 |
| Deportivo Pereira | 4–0 | | 3–2 | | 3–0 | | 4–1 | | | | | 4–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 4–1 | | 2–0 |
| Expreso Rojo | | | 1–2 | | 0–0 | | | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | | | 1–0 |
| Fortaleza | | 0–3 | | 3–1 | | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | | | 1–0 | 3–0 | | |
| Real Santander | 0–2 | | 0–1 | | 1–1 | | 2–1 | | | | | | 2–0 | 3–3 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Deportivo Rionegro | 1–0 | | | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | | 1–0 | | | 2–1 | | | 3–3 | 1–0 |
| Sucre | | 1–2 | | 2–1 | | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | | | 1–0 | 3–1 | | |
| Unión Magdalena | 1–0 | | 0–1 | | 3–0 | | 1–1 | | | | | 1–2 | 2–1 | | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Universitario de Popayán | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | | 1–0 | | | 1–3 | | | | | 1–1 |
| Uniautónoma | | 1–4 | | 0–0 | | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | | 2–0 | | 1–1 | | |
| Valledupar | 1–0 | | | 4–1 | 4–1 | | 0–0 | | | | 1–0 | | | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | |

### Semifinals

The Semifinal stage began on October 20 and ended on November 18. The eight teams that advanced were sorted into two groups of four teams. The winner of each group advanced to the finals.

#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RIO | UAU | PER | COR |
| 1 | Deportivo Rionegro | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 | Advanced to the Finals | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Uniautónoma | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 9 | | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Deportivo Pereira | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 |
| 4 | Cortuluá | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 | | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AP | AME | UPO | BUC |
| 1 | Alianza Petrolera | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 15 | Advanced to the Finals | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | América | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 9 | | 1–4 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Universitario de Popayán | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 9 | | 4–3 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| 4 | Bucaramanga | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | |

### Finals

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Alianza Petrolera | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Advance to Final of the year |
| 2 | Deportivo Rionegro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | |
* Torneo Postobón 2012 Finalización champion
* Alianza Petrolera 1st title

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Nationality | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Andrés Rentería | Colombian | Alianza Petrolera | 15 |
| 2 | Carlos Rodas | Colombian | Cortuluá | 12 |
| 2 | Alexander Mosquera | Colombian | América de Cali | 10 |
| 4 | Luis Ríos | Colombian | Real Santander | 10 |
| 5 | Harry Castillo | Colombian | Uniautónoma | 9 |

## Final of the year

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Alianza Petrolera | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Promotion to Categoría Primera A |
| 2 | América | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
* Torneo Postobón 2012 champion
* Alianza Petrolera 1st title

## Promotion/relegation playoff

As the second worst team in the relegation table, Cúcuta Deportivo had to play a two-legged tie against América de Cali, the 2012 Categoría Primera B runner-up. As the Primera A team, Cúcuta will play the second leg at home. The winner will be determined by points, followed by goal difference, then a penalty shootout. The winner will be promoted/remain in the Primera A for the 2013 season, while the loser will be relegated/remain in the Primera B.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | Remains in the Categoría Primera A |
| 2 | América | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | América | 52 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 89 | 52 | +37 | 100 | Promotion/relegation playoff |
| 2 | Rionegro | 50 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 80 | 58 | +22 | 81 | |
| 3 | Cortuluá | 48 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 66 | 46 | +20 | 76 | |
| 4 | Alianza Petrolera (C, P) | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 75 | 54 | +21 | 75 | Promotion to 2013 Categoría Primera A |
| 5 | Universitario de Popayán | 48 | 23 | 6 | 19 | 61 | 59 | +2 | 75 | |
| 6 | Deportivo Pereira | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 65 | 45 | +20 | 74 | |
| 7 | Uniautónoma | 48 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 68 | 57 | +11 | 74 | |
| 8 | Sucre | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 63 | |
| 9 | Unión Magdalena | 44 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 62 | |
| 10 | Valledupar | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 49 | |
| 11 | Real Santander | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 57 | 73 | −16 | 47 | |
| 12 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 44 | 60 | −16 | 47 | |
| 13 | Fortaleza | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 45 | |
| 14 | Bogotá | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 46 | 64 | −18 | 43 | |
| 15 | Depor | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 45 | 59 | −14 | 37 | |
| 16 | Llaneros | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 33 | 50 | −17 | 32 | |
| 17 | Barranquilla | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 40 | 65 | −25 | 31 | |
| 18 | Expreso Rojo | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 42 | −22 | 29 | |
* ↑ América is qualified as the Apertura champion.