2016 Categoría Primera B season

Torneo Águila
Season	2016
Champions	América de Cali (1st title)
Promoted	América de Cali; Tigres
Top goalscorer	Juan Camilo Hernández (21 goals)
	← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 Categoría Primera B season (officially known as the 2016 Torneo Águila season for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th season since its founding.

Format

The league retained the format used in the most recent season.^[1] The tournament was played in 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 earn promotion to the Categoría Primera A and also advanced to the Final round, which consisted of two legs to decide the winner.

Teams

Locations of the 2016 Categoría Primera B teams

Club	Home city	Stadium	2015 season
América de Cali	Cali	Pascual Guerrero	4th
Atlético^a	Cali	Pascual Guerrero	16th
Barranquilla	Barranquilla	Metropolitano	14th
Bogotá	Bogotá	Metropolitano de Techo	11th
Cúcuta Deportivo	Cúcuta	General Santander	20th (Primera A)
Deportes Quindío	Armenia	Centenario	9th
Deportivo Pereira	Pereira	Hernán Ramírez Villegas	2nd
Leones	Turbo Itagüí^b	John Jairo Tréllez Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí	6th
Llaneros	Villavicencio	Manuel Calle Lombana	15th
Orsomarso	Palmira	Francisco Rivera Escobar	Did not compete
Real Cartagena	Cartagena	Jaime Morón León	5th
Real Santander	Floridablanca	Álvaro Gómez Hurtado	13th
Tigres^c	Bogotá	Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento	12th
Unión Magdalena	Santa Marta	Federico Serrano Soto Municipal de Ciénaga	8th
Universitario	Popayán	Ciro López	7th
Valledupar	Valledupar	Armando Maestre Pavajeau	10th

a: Formerly known as Dépor.
b: Played at Polideportivo Sur in Envigado for most of the second half of the season.
c: Formerly known as Expreso Rojo.

First stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportivo Pereira	32	22	4	6	58	28	+30	70	Advance to the semifinals
2	América de Cali	32	16	12	4	48	24	+24	60
3	Real Cartagena	32	16	9	7	47	36	+11	57
4	Leones	32	14	7	11	43	31	+12	49
5	Universitario de Popayán	32	14	7	11	37	35	+2	49
6	Tigres	32	12	12	8	26	24	+2	48
7	Deportes Quindío	32	13	5	14	36	33	+3	44
8	Bogotá	32	12	8	12	37	39	−2	44
9	Valledupar	32	13	5	14	34	37	−3	44
10	Cúcuta Deportivo	32	11	9	12	35	31	+4	42
11	Orsomarso	32	11	7	14	35	48	−13	40
12	Barranquilla	32	9	8	15	31	37	−6	35
13	Unión Magdalena	32	9	8	15	30	39	−9	35
14	Real Santander	32	9	6	17	33	51	−18	33
15	Llaneros	32	7	10	15	31	42	−11	31
16	Atlético	32	6	7	19	19	45	−26	25

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^[2]

Results

Regular matches

Home \ Away	AME	ATL	BAR	BOG	CUC	QUI	PER	LEO	LLA	ORS	RCA	RSA	TIG	MAG	UPO	VAL
América de Cali		0–0	1–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	3–1
Atlético	0–2		1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1
Barranquilla	0–0	1–0		1–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–1
Bogotá	1–0	1–0	0–0		1–2	1–0	0–1	1–4	3–2	4–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	0–1
Cúcuta Deportivo	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1		1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–0
Deportes Quindío	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–3	2–1		1–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	0–2	0–1	1–2	3–1	0–0	1–0
Deportivo Pereira	1–0	7–2	4–0	4–0	1–0	1–0		1–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–1
Leones	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–1		3–0	0–2	4–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–0
Llaneros	1–1	1–2	1–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	4–3	2–3		1–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1
Orsomarso	1–5	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1		0–0	6–2	0–0	2–1	1–3	1–0
Real Cartagena	2–2	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–3	1–0	2–1	1–1		4–1	2–1	2–0	4–2	0–3
Real Santander	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	1–5	3–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	1–2		2–0	1–1	0–1	1–3
Tigres	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0		0–0	1–0	1–0
Unión Magdalena	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–4	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–2	0–0		0–1	3–0
Universitario de Popayán	0–1	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–3	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	3–1	2–3	2–0		2–1
Valledupar	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–2	3–1	0–0	1–2	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 17 October 2016. Source: DIMAYOR
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Regional derbies (Rounds 8 & 24)

Round 8 (Derbies) - April 2, 3, 4, and 5, 2016
Date	Time	Venue	Home	Score	Away
Sat.	14:00	Metropolitano de Techo	Tigres	1 – 1	Bogotá
Sat.	15:00	Federico Serrano Soto	Unión Magdalena	3 – 0	Valledupar
Sun.	11:30	Ciro López	Universitario de Popayán	2 – 0	Orsomarso
	15:00	Álvaro Gómez Hurtado	Real Santander	0 – 0	Cúcuta Deportivo
	15:30	Manuel Calle Lombana	Llaneros	1 – 1	Leones
	15:30	Jaime Morón León	Real Cartagena	2 – 1	Barranquilla
Mon.	19:45	Pascual Guerrero	Atlético	0 – 4	América de Cali
Tue.	20:00	Centenario	Deportes Quindío	1 – 2	Deportivo Pereira

Round 24 (Derbies) - August 20, 21, 22, and 23, 2016
Date	Time	Venue	Home	Score	Away
Sat.	15:00	Armando Maestre Pavajeau	Valledupar	2 – 1	Unión Magdalena
		Polideportivo Sur	Leones	2 – 1	Llaneros
		Francisco Rivera Escobar	Orsomarso	1 – 1	Universitario de Popayán
Sun.		Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez	Barranquilla	1 – 1	Real Cartagena
Sun.	15:30	General Santander	Cúcuta Deportivo	1 – 2	Real Santander
Mon.	14:00	Metropolitano de Techo	Bogotá	0 – 0	Tigres
Mon.	19:45	Pascual Guerrero	América de Cali	5 – 0	Atlético
Tue.	19:45	Hernán Ramírez Villegas	Deportivo Pereira	1 – 2	Deportes Quindío

Semifinals

The Semifinal stage began on October 22 and ended on November 28. The eight teams that advanced were sorted into two groups of four teams. Tigres and América de Cali topped their respective groups and as a result both advanced to the finals and were also promoted to the Categoría Primera A for the 2017 season.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TIG	PER	LEO	BOG
1	Tigres	6	3	2	1	5	4	+1	11	Finals and promotion to Categoría Primera A	—	0–2	2–1	1–0
2	Deportivo Pereira	6	2	3	1	10	6	+4	9		0–0	—	2–2	3–0
3	Leones	6	2	3	1	12	10	+2	9		1–1	2–2	—	3–1
4	Bogotá	6	1	0	5	5	12	−7	3		0–1	2–1	2–3	—

Source: DIMAYOR
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) First stage position

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AME	QUI	RCA	UPO
1	América de Cali	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13	Finals and promotion to Categoría Primera A	—	2–1	2–1	2–0
2	Deportes Quindío	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11		1–0	—	3–1	1–0
3	Real Cartagena	6	1	2	3	6	10	−4	5		0–2	2–2	—	1–0
4	Universitario de Popayán	6	0	3	3	3	7	−4	3		1–1	1–1	1–1	—

Source: DIMAYOR
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) First stage position

Finals

5 December 2016

19:30 UTC−5

Tigres	0–2	América de Cali
	Report	Lasso 34' (o.g.) Vásquez 43'

Estadio Metropolitano de Techo, Bogotá

Referee: Bismark Santiago

10 December 2016

19:00 UTC−5

América de Cali	3–1	Tigres
Angulo 24', 52' Martínez Borja 45'	Report	Rivera 72'

Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali

Referee: Jorge Guzmán

Torneo Águila 2016 champion
América de Cali 1st title

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Juan Camilo Hernández	Deportivo Pereira	21
2	Jairo Molina	Bogotá	17
3	Damir Ceter	Deportes Quindío	14
4	Martín Arzuaga	Real Cartagena	13
4	Ernesto Farías	América de Cali	13

Source: DIMAYOR

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Deportivo Pereira	38	24	7	7	68	34	+34	79
2	América de Cali (C)	40	22	13	5	62	29	+33	79	Promotion to Categoría Primera A
3	Real Cartagena	38	17	11	10	53	46	+7	62
4	Tigres	40	15	14	11	32	33	−1	59	Promotion to Categoría Primera A
5	Leones	38	16	10	12	55	41	+14	58
6	Deportes Quindío	38	16	7	15	45	39	+6	55
7	Universitario de Popayán	38	14	10	14	40	42	−2	52
8	Bogotá	38	13	8	17	42	51	−9	47
9	Valledupar	32	13	5	14	34	37	−3	44
10	Cúcuta Deportivo	32	11	9	12	35	31	+4	42
11	Orsomarso	32	11	7	14	35	48	−13	40
12	Barranquilla	32	9	8	15	31	37	−6	35
13	Unión Magdalena	32	9	8	15	30	39	−9	35
14	Real Santander	32	9	6	17	33	51	−18	33
15	Llaneros	32	7	10	15	31	42	−11	31
16	Atlético	32	6	7	19	19	45	−26	25

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

References

^ "Así se jugarán la Liga, Copa y Torneo Águila en el 2016" [This is how the Liga, Copa, and Torneo Águila will be played in 2016]. Caracol Radio. 24 November 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
^ "Reglamentación Torneo Águila 2016" (PDF). DIMAYOR. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 23, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2016.

External links

DIMAYOR's official website (in Spanish)

[Format-1] "Así se jugarán la Liga, Copa y Torneo Águila en el 2016" [This is how the Liga, Copa, and Torneo Águila will be played in 2016]. Caracol Radio. 24 November 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2016.

[Tiebreakers-2] "Reglamentación Torneo Águila 2016" (PDF). DIMAYOR. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 23, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2016.

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