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)
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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.

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.

Club Home city Stadium Capacity
Atlético Cali Pascual Guerrero 33,130
Barranquilla Barranquilla Romelio Martíneza 20,000
Bogotá Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 8,000
Cortuluá Tuluá Doce de Octubreb 16,000
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander 42,901
Deportes Quindío Armenia Centenario 20,716
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas 30,297
Fortaleza Cota Municipal de Cota 4,000
Llaneros Villavicencio Manuel Calle Lombana 15,000
Orsomarso Palmira Francisco Rivera Escobar 9,000
Real Cartagena Cartagena Jaime Morón León 16,068
Real Santander Floridablanca Álvaro Gómez Hurtado 9,000
Tigres Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 8,000
Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Sierra Nevada 16,000
Universitario Popayán Ciro López 5,000
Valledupar Valledupar Armando Maestre Pavajeau 11,000

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cúcuta Deportivo 30 21 8 1 52 17 +35 71 Advance to the semifinals
2 Unión Magdalena 30 17 9 4 53 22 +31 60
3 Deportivo Pereira 30 15 8 7 43 31 +12 53
4 Real Cartagena 30 13 8 9 40 34 +6 47
5 Cortuluá 30 11 11 8 40 41 −1 44
6 Deportes Quindío 30 11 10 9 29 33 −4 43
7 Valledupar 30 10 11 9 40 38 +2 41
8 Llaneros 30 9 12 9 33 33 0 39
9 Fortaleza 30 9 11 10 39 38 +1 38
10 Barranquilla 30 8 11 11 36 45 −9 35
11 Tigres 30 7 13 10 30 35 −5 34
12 Universitario 30 8 9 13 36 46 −10 33
13 Bogotá 30 8 7 15 30 49 −19 31
14 Atlético 30 7 8 15 29 42 −13 29
15 Orsomarso 30 7 7 16 20 31 −11 28
16 Real Santander 30 3 9 18 27 42 −15 18
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 \ Away ATL BAR BOG COR CUC QUI PER FOR LLA ORS RCA RSA TIG MAG UPO VAL
Atlético — 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–3 3–3 2–3 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–1
Barranquilla 1–1 — 3–3 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–4 3–2 1–2 0–0 0–1
Bogotá 1–2 4–0 — 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–3 0–3
Cortuluá 1–1 1–2 3–2 — 1–2 2–1 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 4–2 2–1
Cúcuta Deportivo 3–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 — 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0
Deportes Quindío 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 — 0–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0
Deportivo Pereira 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 3–0 — 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–0
Fortaleza 0–0 3–3 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 — 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 2–2 2–1 2–2
Llaneros 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 — 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1
Orsomarso 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0
Real Cartagena 3–1 2–1 4–0 4–2 0–2 3–3 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 — 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–0
Real Santander 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 4–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 — 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–2
Tigres 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 — 0–0 1–0 2–2
Unión Magdalena 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 5–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 — 5–2 4–0
Universitario 3–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 3–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–3 — 2–2
Valledupar 2–0 4–1 2–0 2–2 2–3 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–3 1–0 3–3 —
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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CUC COR LLA RCA
1 Cúcuta Deportivo 6 4 1 1 9 3 +6 13 Advance to Finals — 1–0 2–0 3–0
2 Cortuluá 6 3 0 3 8 9 −1 9 1–0 — 3–0 3–0
3 Llaneros 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7 1–1 5–0 — 1–0
4 Real Cartagena 6 2 0 4 7 10 −3 6 1–2 3–1 3–0 —
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) First stage position.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAG QUI PER VAL
1 Unión Magdalena 6 5 1 0 13 4 +9 16 Advance to Finals — 2–1 3–0 2–0
2 Deportes Quindío 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10 1–1 — 1–2 1–0
3 Deportivo Pereira 6 3 0 3 10 10 0 9 2–3 1–3 — 4–0
4 Valledupar 6 0 0 6 1 13 −12 0 0–2 1–3 0–1 —
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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cúcuta Deportivo (C, P) 38 27 9 2 64 20 +44 90 Promotion to Categoría Primera A
2 Unión Magdalena (P) 38 22 10 6 66 29 +37 76
3 Deportivo Pereira 36 18 8 10 53 41 +12 62
4 Real Cartagena 36 15 8 13 47 44 +3 53
5 Deportes Quindío 36 14 11 11 39 40 −1 53
6 Cortuluá 36 14 11 11 48 50 −2 53
7 Llaneros 36 11 13 12 40 42 −2 46
8 Valledupar 36 10 11 15 41 51 −10 41
9 Fortaleza 30 9 11 10 39 38 +1 38
10 Barranquilla 30 8 11 11 36 45 −9 35
11 Tigres 30 7 13 10 30 35 −5 34
12 Universitario 30 8 9 13 36 46 −10 33
13 Bogotá 30 8 7 15 30 49 −19 31
14 Atlético 30 7 8 15 29 42 −13 29
15 Orsomarso 30 7 7 16 20 31 −11 28
16 Real Santander 30 3 9 18 27 42 −15 18
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

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Colombia Feiver Mercado Cortuluá 27
2 Colombia Ricardo Márquez Unión Magdalena 20
3 Colombia Jonathan Agudelo Cúcuta Deportivo 17
4 Colombia Diego Herazo Valledupar 16
5 Colombia Wilson España Universitario 12
6 Colombia Diego Echeverri Deportivo Pereira 11
7 Colombia Néstor Arenas Real Santander 10
Colombia Henry Castillo Bogotá
Colombia Yorleys Mena Deportivo Pereira
Colombia Jorge Obregón Real Cartagena
Colombia Juan José Salcedo Real Cartagena
Colombia Jhonier Viveros Unión Magdalena

Source: Soccerway

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Balance de la Asamblea Extraordinaria de la Dimayor" (in Spanish). Dimayor.com. 12 December 2017. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
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