2000 Categoría Primera B season

The 2000 Categoría Primera B season, (officially known as the 2000 Copa Águila for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th season of Colombia's second division football league. Deportivo Pereira won the tournament for the first time and was promoted to the Categoría Primera A. Gustavo Iturburo, playing for Unión Magdalena, was the topscorer with 21 goals.[1][2]

Categoría Primera B
Season2000
ChampionsDeportivo Pereira (1st title)
PromotedDeportivo Pereira
RelegatedCooperamos Tolima
Top goalscorerGustavo Iturburo (21 goals)
1999
2001

Teams

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16 teams take part in the season. The previous season's champions Real Cartagena was promoted to Primera A for the 2000 season. Unión Magdalena were relegated from Primera A at the end of the 1999 season after finishing in the bottom of the top tier's relegation table. Atlético Córdoba and Atlético Popayán did not take part of the tournament. Cúcuta 2001 changed its name back to Cúcuta Deportivo and Palmira changed its name to Expreso Palmira. Unión Soacha and Unión Meta were the debuting teams for this season.

Team City Stadium
Alianza Petrolera Barrancabermeja Daniel Villa Zapata
Bello Bello Tulio Ospina
Cooperamos Tolima Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas
Deportivo Rionegro Rionegro Alberto Grisales
El Cóndor Bogotá El Campincito
Escuela Carlos Sarmiento Lora Cali Pascual Guerrero
Expreso Palmira Palmira Francisco Rivera Escobar
Girardot Girardot Luis Antonio Duque Peña
Itagüí Itagüí Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí
Lanceros Fair Play Tunja La Independencia
Soledad Soledad Romelio Martínez
Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Eduardo Santos
Unión Meta Villavicencio Bello Horizonte
Unión Soacha Soacha Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento


 Categoría Primera B
2000 champion 
Deportivo Pereira
1st title

References

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  1. ^ "Colombia 2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Colombian League Top Scorers Second Level". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
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