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Copa Premier
Season2008
ChampionsReal Cartagena (3rd title)
PromotedReal Cartagena
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The 2008 Categoría Primera B season, officially known as the 2008 Copa Premier season for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th season since its founding as Colombia's second division football league.

Teams

Team City Stadium Capacity
Academia Bogotá Estadio Compensar 4,500
Alianza Petrolera Barrancabermeja Estadio Daniel Villa Zapata 8,000
Bajo Cauca Caucasia Estadio Orlando Aníbal Monroy 4,000
Barranquilla Barranquilla Estadio Romelio Martínez 20,000
Bogotá Bogotá Estadio Alfonso López Pumarejo 15,000
Centauros Villavicencio Estadio Manuel Calle Lombana 15,000
Córdoba Cereté Estadio Alberto Saibis Saker 6,000
Cortuluá Tuluá Estadio Doce de Octubre 16,000
Dépor Jamundí Estadio Cacique Jamundí 2,500
Deportivo Rionegro Rionegro Estadio Alberto Grisales 9,000
Expreso Rojo Fusagasugá Estadio Fernando Mazuera 5,000
Girardot Girardot Estadio Luis Antonio Duque Peña 15,000
Itagüí Ditaires Itagüí Estadio Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí 12,000
Juventud Soacha Soacha Estadio Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento 8,000
Patriotas Tunja Estadio de La Independencia 20,000
Real Cartagena Cartagena Estadio Jaime Morón León 25,000
Real Santander Floridablanca Estadio Álvaro Gómez Hurtado 4,000
Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Estadio Eduardo Santos 23,000
Valledupar Valledupar Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau 10,000
  • Team in italics replaced Bajo Cauca for the Torneo Finalización.

Torneo Apertura

First stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Unión Magdalena 18 9 6 3 25 12 +13 33 Qualified for semifinals
2 Deportivo Rionegro 18 9 6 3 31 21 +10 33
3 Valledupar 18 8 6 4 21 18 +3 30
4 Córdoba 18 8 3 7 17 19 −2 27
5 Real Cartagena 18 6 6 6 24 23 +1 24
6 Real Santander 18 4 8 6 17 20 −3 20
7 Barranquilla 18 4 8 6 12 17 −5 20
8 Bajo Cauca 18 4 5 9 14 21 −7 17
9 Alianza Petrolera 18 3 6 9 18 31 −13 15
Source:

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bogotá 18 10 6 2 31 11 +20 36 Qualified for semifinals
2 Dépor 18 7 8 3 25 19 +6 29
3 Centauros 18 8 4 6 24 21 +3 28
4 Juventud Soacha 18 7 7 4 19 17 +2 28
5 Patriotas 18 6 5 7 22 27 −5 23
6 Girardot 18 6 3 9 24 24 0 21
7 Expreso Rojo 18 5 5 8 16 23 −7 20
8 Academia 18 4 7 7 21 25 −4 19
9 Cortuluá 18 1 8 9 15 25 −10 11
Source:

Semifinals

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportivo Rionegro 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 11 Qualified for the final
2 Juventud Soacha 6 3 1 2 9 9 0 10
3 Valledupar 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7
4 Dépor 6 1 2 3 6 9 −3 5
Source:

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Unión Magdalena 6 3 3 0 9 6 +3 12 Qualified for the final
2 Bogotá 6 3 2 1 8 5 +3 11
3 Centauros 6 1 3 2 5 7 −2 6
4 Córdoba 6 0 2 4 4 8 −4 2
Source:

Finals

Unión Magdalena0–2Deportivo Rionegro
Estadio Eduardo Santos, Santa Marta
Deportivo Rionegro2–0Unión Magdalena
Estadio Alberto Grisales, Rionegro

Deportivo Rionegro won 4–0 on aggregate.


 Copa Premier
2008–I Winners 
Deportivo Rionegro
Advanced to the Championship Final

Torneo Finalización

First stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Academia 18 9 5 4 24 16 +8 32 Qualified for semifinals
2 Deportivo Rionegro 18 8 7 3 23 18 +5 31
3 Unión Magdalena 18 8 4 6 19 14 +5 28
4 Real Cartagena 18 7 7 4 19 17 +2 28
5 Expreso Rojo 18 7 6 5 15 18 −3 27
6 Itagüí Ditaires 18 6 7 5 12 11 +1 25
7 Cortuluá 18 5 6 7 22 21 +1 21
8 Real Santander 18 5 4 9 15 20 −5 19
9 Centauros 18 2 5 11 13 25 −12 11
Source:

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Barranquilla 18 8 5 5 30 21 +9 29 Qualified for semifinals
2 Dépor 18 8 4 6 21 23 −2 28
3 Valledupar 18 7 5 6 25 22 +3 26
4 Patriotas 18 6 7 5 18 19 −1 25
5 Bogotá 18 7 3 8 24 23 +1 24
6 Girardot 18 7 3 8 24 24 0 24
7 Juventud Soacha 18 6 4 8 14 19 −5 22
8 Córdoba 18 5 6 7 17 19 −2 21
9 Alianza Petrolera 18 3 8 7 19 24 −5 17
Source:

Semifinals

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Real Cartagena 6 4 1 1 9 7 +2 13 Qualified for the final
2 Academia 6 4 0 2 12 4 +8 12
3 Patriotas 6 2 0 4 6 9 −3 6
4 Dépor 6 1 1 4 4 11 −7 4
Source:

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Valledupar 6 3 1 2 5 6 −1 10 Qualified for the final
2 Unión Magdalena 6 2 2 2 5 4 +1 8
3 Barranquilla 6 2 2 2 7 9 −2 8
4 Deportivo Rionegro 6 2 1 3 6 4 +2 7
Source:

Finals

Valledupar2–1Real Cartagena
Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau, Valledupar
Real Cartagena2–0Valledupar
Estadio Jaime Morón León, Cartagena

Real Cartagena won 3–2 on aggregate.


 Copa Premier
2008–II Winners 
Real Cartagena
Advanced to the Championship Final

Championship final

Real Cartagena3–0Deportivo Rionegro
Estadio Jaime Morón León, Cartagena
Deportivo Rionegro2–1Real Cartagena
Estadio Alberto Grisales, Rionegro

Real Cartagena won 4–2 on aggregate.


 Copa Premier
2008 champions 
Real Cartagena
3rd title

Promotion/relegation playoff

As the second worst team in the 2008 Categoría Primera A relegation table, Envigado had to play a two-legged tie against Deportivo Rionegro, the Primera B runner-up. As the Primera A team, Envigado played the second leg at home. The winner competed in the Primera A for the 2009 season, while the loser competed in the Primera B.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Deportivo Rionegro 1–3 Envigado 1–2 0–1

External links

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