# 2015 Categoría Primera B season

The 2015 Categoría Primera B season (officially known as the 2015 Torneo Águila season for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th season since its founding.

## Format

16 teams competed in this Categoría Primera B season, a decrease from 18 in the last season due to the expansion of the Categoría Primera A to 20 teams starting from this season and the realization of a special promotion tournament to promote 2 additional teams to the Primera A at the start of the season. The Primera B tournament itself changed to a year-round competition with the 16 teams playing the other teams twice on a home-and-away basis and playing a regional rival twice more for a total of 32 matches. The top eight teams after the thirty-two rounds advanced to the Semifinal round where the eight teams were sorted into two groups of four and played a double Round-robin tournament group stage. Both group winners earned promotion to the Categoría Primera A and also advanced to the Final round, which consisted of two legs and decided the season winner.

## Teams

| Club | Home city | Stadium | 2014 season |
| América | Cali | Pascual Guerrero$^b$ | 5th |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | Bucaramanga | Alfonso López | 3rd |
| Barranquilla | Barranquilla | Metropolitano | 15th |
| Bogotá | Bogotá | Metropolitano de Techo | 16th |
| Cortuluá$^a$ | Tuluá | Doce de Octubre | 13th |
| Cúcuta Deportivo$^a$ | Cúcuta | General Santander | 6th |
| Depor | Cali | Pascual Guerrero$^c$ | 18th |
| Deportes Quindío | Armenia | Centenario | 2nd |
| Deportivo Pereira | Pereira | Hernán Ramírez Villegas | 10th |
| Expreso Rojo | Zipaquirá | Municipal Los Zipas | 17th |
| Fortaleza | Bogotá | Metropolitano de Techo | 17th (Primera A) |
| Leones | Turbo | John Jairo Tréllez | 4th |
| Llaneros | Villavicencio | Manuel Calle Lombana | 8th |
| Real Cartagena | Cartagena | Jaime Morón León | 9th |
| Real Santander | Floridablanca | Álvaro Gómez Hurtado | 14th |
| Unión Magdalena | Santa Marta | Municipal de Ciénaga | 7th |
| Universitario | Popayán | Ciro López | 12th |
| Valledupar | Valledupar | Erasmo Camacho Calamar | 11th |
a: Only competed in the Promotion tournament. b: América hosted their home games between February and August at Estadio Hernando Azcárate Martínez in Buga and Estadio de Techo in Bogotá due to the closure of the Estadio Pascual Guerrero for the 2015 IAAF World Youth Championships. c: Depor hosted their home games between February and August at Estadio Cacique Jamundí in Jamundí due to the closure of the Estadio Pascual Guerrero for the 2015 IAAF World Youth Championships.

## Promotion tournament

The promotion tournament, which decided the two Primera B teams that would play in Categoría Primera A for its 2015 season was played from 14 to 21 January in Bogotá by DIMAYOR's eight "A-Class" associates that were in Categoría Primera B at the time. Those eight teams were split into two groups of four teams, where they played each team in their group once. Cúcuta Deportivo and Cortuluá finished on top of each group and earned promotion to the Categoría Primera A.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | Promoted to Categoría Primera A |
| 2 | Deportes Quindío | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | |
| 3 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |
| 4 | Real Cartagena | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |

#### Notes

* ^ The match between Real Cartagena and Atlético Bucaramanga was cancelled after both teams were eliminated from contention.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Cortuluá | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Promoted to Categoría Primera A |
| 2 | Unión Magdalena | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | América | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Deportivo Pereira | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |

## Primera B tournament
### First stage
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 32 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 55 | 17 | +38 | 71 | Advanced to the semifinals |
| 2 | Deportivo Pereira | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 60 | Advanced to the semifinals |
| 3 | América | 32 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 56 | Advanced to the semifinals |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 32 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 51 | Advanced to the semifinals |
| 5 | Real Cartagena | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 50 | Advanced to the semifinals |
| 6 | Leones | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 50 | Advanced to the semifinals |
| 7 | Unión Magdalena | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 48 | Advanced to the semifinals |
| 8 | Universitario de Popayán | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 47 | Advanced to the semifinals |
| 9 | Deportes Quindío | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 45 | |
| 10 | Valledupar | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 38 | |
| 11 | Bogotá | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 34 | |
| 12 | Expreso Rojo | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 56 | −18 | 33 | |
| 13 | Real Santander | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 32 | |
| 14 | Barranquilla | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 31 | |
| 15 | Llaneros | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 30 | |
| 16 | Depor | 32 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 24 | |

#### Results
##### Regular matches

| Home \ Away | AME | BAR | BOG | BUC | DEP | QUI | PER | EXP | FOR | LEO | LLA | RCA | RSA | MAG | UPO | VAL |
| América | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Barranquilla | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Bogotá | 0–2 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Depor | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 |
| Deportes Quindío | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Deportivo Pereira | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Expreso Rojo | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Fortaleza | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Leones | 4–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Llaneros | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Real Cartagena | 1–2 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Real Santander | 0–5 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Unión Magdalena | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Universitario de Popayán | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 |
| Valledupar | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
* ↑ DIMAYOR awarded a 3–0 win in favor of Universitario de Popayán against Deportes Quindío after their game was suspended because of Quindío fans throwing objects at their team's players. The game was suspended with Universitario leading 2–1 after 85 minutes.

##### Regional derbies (Rounds 8 & 24)

Round 8 (Derbies) - April 4, 5, and 6, 2015 :
| Date | Time | Venue | Home | Score | Away |
| Sat. | 15:00 | Erasmo Camacho Calamar | Valledupar | 1 – 2 | Unión Magdalena |
| Sat. | 15:00 | Municipal Los Zipas | Expreso Rojo | 1 – 1 | Llaneros |
| Sun. | 11:30 | Ciro López | Universitario de Popayán | 1 – 0 | Leones |
| Sun. | 15:00 | Hernando Azcárate Martínez | América | 3 – 0 | Depor |
| Sun. | 15:30 | Jaime Morón León | Real Cartagena | 2 – 0 | Barranquilla |
| Mon. | 18:30 | Metropolitano de Techo | Fortaleza | 2 – 2 | Bogotá |
| Mon. | 19:00 | Álvaro Gómez Hurtado | Real Santander | 0 – 0 | Atlético Bucaramanga |
| Mon. | 20:30 | Hernán Ramírez Villegas | Deportivo Pereira | 2 – 1 | Deportes Quindío |
Round 24 (Derbies) - August 29, 30, 31, and September 1, 2015 :
| Date | Time | Venue | Home | Score | Away |
| Sat. | 15:00 | Metropolitano de Techo | Bogotá | 0 – 0 | Fortaleza |
| Sun. | 15:00 | Municipal de Ciénaga | Unión Magdalena | 0 – 0 | Valledupar |
| Sun. | 15:00 | John Jairo Tréllez | Leones | 0 – 0 | Universitario de Popayán |
| Sun. | 15:30 | Pascual Guerrero | Depor | 1 – 2 | América |
| Sun. | 15:30 | Alfonso López | Atlético Bucaramanga | 0 – 1 | Real Santander |
| Sun. | 15:30 | Manuel Calle Lombana | Llaneros | 0 – 1 | Expreso Rojo |
| Mon. | 18:00 | Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez | Barranquilla | 0 – 2 | Real Cartagena |
| Tue. | 20:00 | Centenario | Deportes Quindío | 4 – 0 | Deportivo Pereira |

### Semifinals

The Semifinal stage began on 8 November and ended on 30 November. The eight teams that advanced from the first round were sorted into two groups of four teams. Atlético Bucaramanga and Fortaleza topped their groups, advancing to the finals and being also promoted to the Categoría Primera A for the 2016 season.

#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BUC | AME | RCA | UPO |
| 1 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 13 | Finals and promotion to Categoría Primera A | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | América | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Real Cartagena | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 7 | | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Universitario de Popayán | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 4 | | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | — |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FOR | PER | LEO | MAG |
| 1 | Fortaleza | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 15 | Finals and promotion to Categoría Primera A | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Deportivo Pereira | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 13 | | 4–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Leones | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 |
| 4 | Unión Magdalena | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 3 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | — |
* ↑ DIMAYOR awarded a 3–0 away win in favor of Leones for Unión Magdalena fielding an unauthorized player. Original result was a 3–0 win for Unión Magdalena.

### Finals

* Torneo Águila 2015 champion
* Atlético Bucaramanga 2nd title

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ayron del Valle | América | 29 |
| 2 | Leonardo Castro | Deportivo Pereira | 18 |
| 3 | Carlos Peralta | Unión Magdalena | 17 |
| 4 | Ernesto Farías | América | 14 |
| 4 | Edis Ibargüen | Fortaleza | 14 |
Source: DIMAYOR

### Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Atlético Bucaramanga (C) | 40 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 67 | 20 | +47 | 88 | Promotion to Categoría Primera A |
| 2 | Deportivo Pereira | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 73 | |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 40 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 67 | Promotion to Categoría Primera A |
| 4 | América | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 73 | 46 | +27 | 66 | |
| 5 | Real Cartagena | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 57 | |
| 6 | Leones | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 54 | |
| 7 | Universitario de Popayán | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 51 | |
| 8 | Unión Magdalena | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 51 | |
| 9 | Deportes Quindío | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 45 | |
| 10 | Valledupar | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 38 | |
| 11 | Bogotá | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 34 | |
| 12 | Expreso Rojo | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 56 | −18 | 33 | |
| 13 | Real Santander | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 32 | |
| 14 | Barranquilla | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 31 | |
| 15 | Llaneros | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 30 | |
| 16 | Depor | 32 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 24 | |