# 2013 Categoría Primera B season

The 2013 Categoría Primera B season was the 24th season since its founding and was officially called the 2013 Torneo Postobón for sponsorship reasons.

## Format

The season consisted 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, with its winner being promoted to the Categoría Primera A.

## Current teams

| Club | Home city | Stadium | Head coach |
| América | Cali | Pascual Guerrero | Diego Umaña |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | Bucaramanga | Alfonso López | Bernardo Redín |
| Barranquilla F.C. | Barranquilla | Romelio Martínez | Arturo Reyes |
| Bogotá F.C. | Bogotá | Metropolitano de Techo | Germán Morales |
| Cortuluá | Tuluá | Doce de Octubre | Néstor Rodríguez |
| Depor F.C. | Cali | Pascual Guerrero | Victor Sicachá |
| Deportivo Pereira | Pereira | Hernán Ramirez Villegas | Jesús Alberto Barrios |
| Deportivo Rionegro | Rionegro | Alberto Grisales | Álvaro Hernández |
| Expreso Rojo | Facatativá | Jorge Torres Rocha | Jhon Jairo Bodmer |
| Fortaleza | Zipaquirá | Municipal Los Zipas | Jaime Manjarrés |
| Jaguares | Montería | Municipal de Montería | José Alberto Suarez |
| Llaneros F.C. | Villavicencio | Manuel Calle Lombana | Alberto Rujana |
| Real Cartagena | Cartagena | Jaime Morón León | José Fernando Santa |
| Real Santander | Bucaramanga Floridablanca | Alfonso López Álvaro Gómez Hurtado | Victor Hugo González |
| Unión Magdalena | Santa Marta Riohacha | Eduardo Santos Federico Serrano Soto | Waldir Manga |
| Uniautónoma F.C. | Sabanalarga | Marcos Henríquez | José Manuel Rodríguez |
| Universitario | Popayán | Ciro López | Jhon Jairo López |
| Valledupar F.C. | Valledupar | Armando Maestre Pavajeau | Hugo Arrieta |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | América | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 8 | +23 | 39 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Uniautónoma | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 32 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Bogotá | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 30 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 4 | Llaneros | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 30 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 5 | Rionegro | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 29 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 6 | Cortuluá | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 29 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 7 | Unión Magdalena | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 29 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 8 | Valledupar | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 28 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 9 | Depor | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 28 | |
| 10 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 26 | |
| 11 | Jaguares | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 25 | |
| 12 | Real Cartagena | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 24 | |
| 13 | Deportivo Pereira | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 23 | |
| 14 | Expreso Rojo | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 22 | |
| 15 | Fortaleza | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 19 | |
| 16 | Real Santander | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 18 | |
| 17 | Barranquilla | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 36 | −22 | 13 | |
| 18 | Universitario de Popayán | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 41 | −24 | 10 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | AME | BAR | BUC | BOG | COR | DEP | PER | EXP | FOR | JAG | LLA | RCA | RSA | RIO | MAG | UPO | UAU | VAL |
| América | | 5–1 | | | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 0–0 | | 1–0 | | | 1–0 | |
| Barranquilla | | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | | | | 1–0 | | 0–2 | | 1–2 | | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | 0–1 | | | | | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | | 3–1 | |
| Bogotá | 1–2 | | 3–1 | | | 3–1 | | 1–0 | | | 0–0 | | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 0–1 |
| Cortuluá | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | | | | | 1–1 | | 4–1 | | 1–2 | 3–2 | | 0–3 |
| Depor | 1–0 | | 2–2 | | | | | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | | | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Deportivo Pereira | | 2–2 | | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | | | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 0–3 | 4–0 | | | |
| Expreso Rojo | | 1–0 | | | 2–0 | | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| Fortaleza | | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | | | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | | | |
| Jaguares | | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 1–3 | | 1–0 | | | 2–1 | | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Llaneros | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | | | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | | | 1–0 | | | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Real Cartagena | | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | | | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | | 0–2 | | | 1–1 |
| Real Santander | 0–2 | | 1–0 | | | 0–1 | | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | | | 3–4 | | 2–1 | | 0–2 |
| Rionegro | | 2–1 | | 3–5 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | | | | 2–1 | 0–4 | |
| Unión Magdalena | 0–1 | | 1–2 | | | 2–1 | | 2–1 | | | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 4–0 | | 1–0 |
| Universitario de Popayán | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | | 2–4 | | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | | | | | | 0–8 |
| Uniautónoma | | 5–0 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | | 2–0 | | | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | | |
| Valledupar | 0–0 | | 0–0 | | | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | | | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | |

### Semifinals

The Semifinal stage began on June 2 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 | MAG | RIO | AME | LLA |
| 1 | Unión Magdalena | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 12 | Advanced to the Finals | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Rionegro | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 8 | | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| 3 | América | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 7 | | 4–1 | 4–0 | | 0–2 |
| 4 | Llaneros | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | UAU | COR | VAL | BOG |
| 1 | Uniautónoma | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 11 | Advanced to the Finals | | 2–2 | 6–2 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Cortuluá | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 11 | | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Valledupar | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 8 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 2–0 |
| 4 | Bogotá | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 2 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |

### Finals

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Uniautónoma | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Advance to Final of the year |
| 2 | Unión Magdalena | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
* Torneo Postobón 2013 Apertura champion
* Uniautónoma 1st title

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Nationality | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Martín Arzuaga | Colombian | Uniautónoma | 22 |
| 2 | Isaac Arias | Colombian | Valledupar | 20 |
| 3 | Óscar Villareal | Colombian | Unión Magdalena | 13 |
| 4 | Andrés Javier Mosquera | Colombian | Bogotá | 9 |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | América | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 33 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Rionegro | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 32 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Real Cartagena | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 31 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 4 | Cortuluá | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 29 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 5 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 28 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 6 | Fortaleza | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 28 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 7 | Uniautónoma | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 27 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 8 | Jaguares | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 26 | Advance to the Semifinals |
| 9 | Deportivo Pereira | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 24 | |
| 10 | Valledupar | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 22 | |
| 11 | Llaneros | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 22 | |
| 12 | Depor | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 21 | |
| 13 | Real Santander | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 21 | |
| 14 | Bogotá | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 21 | |
| 15 | Unión Magdalena | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 19 | |
| 16 | Expreso Rojo | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 18 | |
| 17 | Universitario de Popayán | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 34 | −13 | 18 | |
| 18 | Barranquilla | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 17 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | AME | BAR | BUC | BOG | COR | DEP | PER | EXP | FOR | JAG | LLA | RCA | RSA | RIO | MAG | UPO | UAU | VAL |
| América | | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | | | | 2–0 | | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| Barranquilla | 2–3 | | | | | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | | 1–2 | | 2–2 | | 4–1 | 2–2 | |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | | | | 0–0 | | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| Bogotá | | 1–0 | | | 1–1 | | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | | | 0–2 | |
| Cortuluá | | 0–0 | | | | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–3 | | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
| Depor | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | | 2–2 | | | 3–2 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | | | |
| Deportivo Pereira | 0–0 | | 1–1 | | | | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | | | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Expreso Rojo | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | | | 1–1 | | 1–0 | | 2–0 | | 1–1 | | | 1–0 |
| Fortaleza | 1–1 | | 1–1 | | | | | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | | | 2–4 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Jaguares | 0–0 | | 2–1 | | | 1–0 | | 1–2 | | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | | | 0–1 |
| Llaneros | | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | | | | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 4–3 | | |
| Real Cartagena | 1–0 | | 1–2 | | | | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | | | | 5–1 | | 5–1 | 2–3 | |
| Real Santander | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | | 0–1 | | | 2–2 | | | 1–2 | | 2–4 | |
| Rionegro | 2–1 | | 0–1 | | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | | 2–1 | | 2–2 | | 4–2 | | | 2–1 |
| Unión Magdalena | | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 2–3 | | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | | | | | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Universitario de Popayán | | | | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | | 0–1 | | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | |
| Uniautónoma | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | | 0–4 | | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | | | 0–1 | | | | 1–1 |
| Valledupar | | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | | | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 6–1 | | |

### Semifinals

The Semifinal stage began on October 26 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 | FOR | AME | UAU | RCA |
| 1 | Fortaleza | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 10 | Advanced to the Finals | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | América | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 8 | | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Uniautónoma | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 8 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 1–3 |
| 4 | Real Cartagena | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7 | | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RIO | JAG | COR | BUC |
| 1 | Rionegro | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 11 | Advanced to the Finals | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Jaguares | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 8 | | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Cortuluá | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 7 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 4–0 |
| 4 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 6 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |

### Finals

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Fortaleza | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Advance to Final of the year |
| 2 | Rionegro | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
* Torneo Postobón 2013 Finalización champion
* Fortaleza 1st title

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Nationality | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Jhony Cano | Colombian | Real Cartagena | 13 |
| 2 | Jonathan Palacios | Colombian | Rionegro | 12 |
| 3 | Jaime Sierra | Colombian | Deportivo Pereira | 11 |
| 4 | Óscar Villarreal | Colombian | Unión Magdalena | 9 |

## Final of the year

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Uniautónoma | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | Promotion to Categoría Primera A |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |
* Torneo Postobón 2013 champion
* Uniautónoma 1st title

## Promotion/relegation playoff

As the second worst team in the relegation table, Cúcuta Deportivo had to play a two-legged tie against Fortaleza, the 2013 Categoría Primera B runner-up. As the Primera A team, Cúcuta played the second leg at home. Fortaleza won the tie and as a result were promoted to the Primera A for the 2014 season, while Cúcuta Deportivo were relegated to the Primera B.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Fortaleza | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | Promoted to the Categoría Primera A |
| 2 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | |

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | América | 48 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 72 | 36 | +36 | 87 | |
| 2 | Uniautónoma (C, P) | 52 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 89 | 68 | +21 | 85 | Promotion to 2014 Categoría Primera A |
| 3 | Rionegro | 50 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 76 | 70 | +6 | 82 | |
| 4 | Cortuluá | 48 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 71 | 58 | +13 | 76 | |
| 5 | Unión Magdalena | 44 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 63 | |
| 6 | Real Cartagena | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 75 | 60 | +15 | 62 | |
| 7 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 60 | |
| 8 | Fortaleza (P) | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 60 | Promotion/relegation playoff |
| 9 | Llaneros | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 59 | |
| 10 | Jaguares | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 59 | |
| 11 | Valledupar | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 59 | 45 | +14 | 58 | |
| 12 | Bogotá | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 53 | |
| 13 | Depor | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 49 | |
| 14 | Deportivo Pereira | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 47 | |
| 15 | Expreso Rojo | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 40 | |
| 16 | Real Santander | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 44 | 62 | −18 | 39 | |
| 17 | Barranquilla | 36 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 38 | 64 | −26 | 30 | |
| 18 | Universitario de Popayán | 36 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 38 | 75 | −37 | 28 | |
* ↑ Fortaleza qualified as the season's runner-up.